Charlie Scrase

Student journalist @ LSBU

Long suffering Arsenal fan

Theme park enthusiast

[Draft Jon Stewart 2028 @Stewart_2028]

EVERY DEMOCRAT NEEDS THIS TYPE OF ENERGY!

Jon Stewart absolutely DEMOLISHES a Republican legislator with facts and logic:

[Second Tier podcast @secondtierpod]

It was way past it's best..

But really just want Soccer AM back on a Saturday morning.

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Barcelona’s Camp Nou rebuild is almost a year behind schedule. We don’t know when they can return to the stadium, nor where their next home game will be played.

Costs for the project are currently estimated at €1.4bn, and recent accounts put the club's total debt at €2.4bn.

You might expect the uncertainty, disorder and debt to have been met with fan protests.

That’s not been the case at all.

✍️ @polballus

https://t.co/M25qwbA7mc

[Richard Keys @richardajkeys]

So according to Webb it’s ‘good use of VAR’ because Pope got a touch on the ball but when Saliba got a good head on the ball before catching Joao Pedro he said ‘"That touch on the ball doesn't negate the possible award of a penalty’. It can’t be both. What a farce.

[Brighton & Hove Albion @OfficialBHAFC]

We're proud to be supporting the #TogetherAgainstSuicide initiative alongside @Samaritans and the @PremierLeague. 💙🤍

Find safe spaces, trained listeners and vital support at @The_AmexStadium. 🫂

[The Sweeper @SweeperPod]

🇦🇹 Austrian Bundesliga club WSG Tirol had one of the worst away followings of any top-flight European football club last season, with one away fan on average.

Today, we can only assume that he or she must be nursing a hangover or out with the family as they have not brought a single fan to Rapid Vienna!

[Tom Canton @TomCantonMedia]

What I need explaining to me is why Red Bull Salzburg and RB Leipzig can play in the same competition.

Manchester City and Girona can play in the same competition.

But Crystal Palace and Lyon cannot.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: CNN’s Jeff Zeleny just called out Donald Trump’s corrupt meme coin dinner as a first of its kind. Finally, the media is paying attention and calling out Trump’s BS.

[Dale Vince @DaleVince]

Reform want to be in power whatever the cost.

The public are waking up to it.

[Trump Lie Tracker (Commentary Account) @MAGALieTracker]

BREAKING: Anderson Cooper delivers a BRUTAL reality check to Trump about accepting a “free” luxury jet from Qatar. It will cost the American taxpayer at least $750 million for Trump to use. It is NOT free. Everyone needs to watch this clip.

[Talking Highbury @TalkingHighbury]

@Arsenal You still have time to reconsider this terrible decision. This is the most important game we've ever had in this stadium, and this is what you choose to do?

[Rym Momtaz ريم ممتاز (rmomtaz.bsky.social) @RymMomtaz]

Unclear how American universities think they can continue their crushing domination of the competition if they start being perceived as unsafe for the world's best and brightest. Factually, there's a growing list of top US unis that are no longer safe for international students.

[Guz Khan 🥶 @GuzKhanOfficial]

I can’t deal with ignorance and stupidity.

If you’re sat in the UK and think Islam and Muslims are the MAIN reason your country is falling apart (or at least you think it is) you couldn’t be more wrong.

If all Muslims left and Islam was banned here, your personal life would still be a shit as it is today.

The country would still be as shit as you perceive it.

You need to grow up and do the research, you’ll understand you’ve either been played, or you have racist issues that you need to be honest about.

Just be honest mate, don’t be a fanny.

[Dean Blundell🇨🇦 @ItsDeanBlundell]

Goddammit, I love this country. 🇨🇦

[Rory Talks Football @Rory_Talks_Ball]

Credit where it’s due @Chelsearory nails every single point here

[NJB @nigel_b_golf]

I’ve read a lot of discourse this morning & last night around ‘Why Arsenal haven’t bought anyone?’. I agree with what some people are saying around needing a sporting director etc now that Edu isn’t there. But I think we have broader issues that are not necessarily hard to fix, but have hampered us in the last 3 windows.

I will go back to All or Nothing, when then DoF Richard Garlick is discussing with Edu about releasing Auba, it is Tim Lewis who has to sign it off. Lewis was tasked by KSE to keep our business above board following the debacle that Raul Sanllehi led, with dodgy deals including the huge overpay on Pepe. This…… this deal created the valuation risk aversion. This deal gave Lewis the power to prevent spend over perceived value & sales under perceived value. He needed persuading by RG/Edu/MA that Auba going for free was best.

Fast forward to summer 22 & we now are now bidding for Lisandro Martinez. As soon as that price hits £38m and still no agreement, we immediately walk away and get Zinchenko, the other option at £35m. Was the hard top end valuation limit stop given by Tim? Or did MA/Edu/RG all agree that that was the limit? Either way it was second choice.

In the winter window of 23 we moved for Caicedo, we were prepared to pay £75m. We also were prepared to pay £80m for Mudryk……. These top end valuations must have been agreed with the whole team. We landed neither but brought in Jorginho - who Mikel always wanted as a player, Trossard who was a market opportunity to provide cover for the injured GJ9, and Kiwior who was seen as a good rotation project for LCB.

Summer 23 & we land Kai & Jurrien at their valuations. We then pay £30m over the perceived value of Rice. MA & Edu drove hard for this & it must have hurt Lewis to sanction. This transfer in my eyes, changed our business for the last 3 windows. It made us have to chase sales even though we had Money (lots of it) available.

Winter 23, everyone thinks we need a striker. We don’t buy Toney, we stay as we are and Mikel first uses the term, “We must only bring in the right players who add the right value to the team.”

Summer 24, and this is where we get the disconnect between Manager and Recruitment. He is given options that do not fit his need. Something in the model
is wrong. Edu is offering Rodrigo Muniz as an option upfront when it’s clear MA wants Sesko who fits his criteria perfectly, but is not available. The secondary options presented are just not good enough. James Ellis, Jason Ayto and Edu are bringing options to the table that are just not the players Mikel wants. He insisted on Merino because if he wants Dec to roam, destroy and build, he needs another duel winner to supplement him. Edu doesn’t agree and it all ends with MA winning the argument and Edu gone.

There are other issues in summer 24. Raphinha won’t join because he wants guaranteed playing time, Edu can’t negotiate this and we lose out. We are offered Neto and wait too long, we under value Amadou Onana & miss that, extended Jorginho instead.

Then there is the sales, the team, realising the strategy & options don’t align, decide to hit the SCCR button and sell now whilst we can attract buyers. We end up short on squad numbers.

Winter 25. We need a wide player and forward. We chase MA’s 1st option of Sesko, not available. We get offered Watkins who we value at £40m but Villa want £60m. If MA really wanted Watkins, would he have pushed the board (Lewis) to sanction this? I think he would.

We need to change the ID model to match Mikel and blur the upper valuation limit line. This is on EVERYONE to make a small change. Most of all, we need a Sporting Director who is ELITE.

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

.@jonstewart on how the Trump administration is scapegoating DEI in favor of a meritocratic myth

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

To recap, Trump:

-Forced out the FAA chief at Musk's insistence
-Imposed a hiring freeze that reportedly included air traffic controllers
-Fired the TSA head and gutted a key aviation safety committee
-Blamed the DCA crash on DEI

This is disastrous leadership.

[The Media Mentor @themediamentor]

Keep an eye on this feed in the next five days if you’re waiting for the BBC Apprenticeships. Details will be shared here and on the website. In the meantime these are worth registering for ⤵️

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[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Today is James Bond Day!

Who do you want to see cast as the next James Bond?