๐ฃ๏ธ @AlanShearer: โLet them play, let them enjoy itโ
๐ฃ๏ธ @GaryLineker: โ99.9% of what parents say from the touchline is nonsense anywayโ
Itโs time to tackle hate in football and especially at grassroots levels @EE#ad ๐
So sorry to hear the news of my very first England coach, Terry Venables. A man who gave me a chance to play for my country and became without a shadow of doubt my number one England coach in my whole career.
There were three things that were important to me about Venables. The first is when we hear people that play for Pep Guardiola now say that he can call the outcome of a game in training a few days before the match arrives, Terry Venables had that very same capability, heโd come through the Barcelona system. In Euro 96 as a right back, I played as a conventional right back in the first match, the right of a back three in parts of the second match against Scotland and as a right winger when we were in possession through our goalkeeper in the third match against Holland and in the fourth match against Spain in the quarter final as a right wing back. The ability that we had to change systems during matches and from game to game was incredible, it blew my mind. England certainly needed more like him and it was a real sadness when he left at the end of Euro 96, I felt it never got as good again for England as it was under him.
The second thing was that he was an unbelievable personality and character, larger than life. He was someone who was a players man, looked after his players, stood up for his players in big situations like the pre-96 trip to Hong Kong and the dentist chair incident. He was someone who the players trusted and had great faith in and he always spoke openly and he was a personality that was far too big for the then rigid and stiff FA football association and thatโs why they got rid of him after Euro 96 and why the relationship ended.
The third thing is what all great coaches need. He had an unbelievable ruthlessness and clinical side to him. We had brilliant leaders in that dressing room like Ince, Adams, Shearer, Platt, Gascoigne, Southgate and Seaman. He handled them all really strongly and they all knew who the boss was. There were many times where he would come in at half-time and call out one of the senior players and there were few England managers who could do that and Terry had that quality.
I sit here today thinking back to my special times with Terry and can say he is without doubt the most technically gifted British coach weโve ever produced.
โThe most important people in our society, we do not want to pay for.โ
Successionโs Brian Cox on why we should support teachers, doctors and nurses on the picket line @EquityUK
There are no more slogans left. No more campaigns. No more conversations to be had. We were told and taught to turn the other cheek. Enough. We have to affect the money. That's all they care about.
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Despite being on the NHS Agenda for Change contract, and paying into NHS pension, the government has decided not to pay the agreed 5% pay rise and non-consolidated payment for โAll NHS Staffโ. We deserve to be treated equally! โค๏ธ
Nothing left to say about Harry Kane. He is an extraordinary player, who we wonโt fully appreciate until he is no longer an #england player. 54 goals in 81 internationals is amazing. (Rooney, an equally incredible goalscorer, managed 53 in 120 apps). ๐
"They are responsible for your poverty."
"We refuse to be poor. We are going to win for our people on our terms."
Mick Lynch's powerful speech in front of thousands of striking workers this afternoon.
Today our strike action begins, and nursing staff need your solidarity.
Share this if you stand with those fighting for a safer future for nursing, patients, and the NHS.
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