I always wonder this about Thursday’s Child. It’s a really lovely song, but the production and particularly backing vocals don’t do it justice at all. My favourite “what are they doing” backing vocal of all […]

I’m not big on gripes as a rule, but I do dislike this thing with modern comedians where they often seem to convince themselves that they’re truth-tellers or modern day philosophers, whose important thoughts soc […]

Not a dodgy pen, but I’ll be completely honest with you: the Hand of God is one of my all time favourite football moments and I wouldn’t change it for anything. I like to watch beautiful football, but I als […]

I’m smugly happy pretty much all the time, I don’t need refereeing decisions for that. 🙂

I’m in the same camp. If you can automate decision making so we get instant feedback on issues that are clear yes/no decisions then absolutely have at it. For anything subjective, someone is going to end up […]

I get it, but your assumption is incorrect. I’ve seen VAR give us plenty of decisions, but it’s never remotely changed my feelings about the technology, even in the moment. It’s massively counter to what I enjoy […]

You’d be entirely wrong. I’d want VAR gone either way, and I know this for a fact, because I’ve recently been in a not dissimilar situation. Two weeks ago we got a VAR decision in our favour against West Ham that […]

Completely disagree. I don’t want to get rid of VAR because it still gets some things wrong. I want to get rid of VAR because it amplifies the misunderstanding that getting everything right is either […]

Fantastic band, still mean a huge amount to an absolute ton of people. Not sure why this thread has become about dancing. You can probably dance to anything but I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone go “I really […]

As always in football, it’s the hope wot kills you….

Lol. “I don’t read”. Yes, Nigel – that much is readily apparent.

Haha – fair enough! I was actually quite glad you didn’t go down in the end. I know a lot of Spurs fans and I don’t take a great deal of pleasure in their suffering – we’ve all had our bleak moments as fans and […]

Lol – is this a little bit rich coming from a Spurs fan, Nigel? Your lot scored a grand total of one goal fewer from corners than Arsenal in the league this season, and yet ended up barely avoiding relegation. […]

Indeed!

No contact before the corner is taken will just lead to one more set of daft, subjective rules for the pundits to endlessly pore over in lieu of actual football. The goalkeepers and coaches will sort it out.

You seem a bit worked up about Arsenal, so here’s a beautiful video for you with lots of smiling faces. Should cheer you right up. 😘

The corners thing doesn’t bother me at all. All that’s really happened is that football evolved towards less physical, more technical goalkeepers with less command of their box, and coaches have moved to take adv […]

No bitterness at all. They’re a fantastic football side – one of the best I’ve seen in the Champs League – and we very nearly turned them over. Spent all day yesterday at the victory parade, amidst what was […]

You’re absolutely dreaming about the old days of sportsmanship, I’m afraid. Maybe if you go back far enough you get 22 tubby geezers with handlebar moustaches all shaking hands and acting like it’s a public […]

Not a fan of this endless bureaucratic fiddling in the name of “improving” the sport. Generally enacted by people who don’t understand the first thing about the true spirit of the game (by which I mean: Ameri […]