Ben Cook

21 years’ partnered and counting (less for murder 🤣) / Great Dane parent / B737 Captain + TRE / All views my own / R/Ts not an endorsement / COYS ⚽️

[Ben Cook @bencookfly]

@tomhfh Get air-con installed. You’ll never look back

[TSN @TSN_Sports]

The Swiss Football Association weighs in on the decision to allow USA's Folarin Balogun to play vs. Belgium. #FIFAWorldCup

[UEFA @UEFA]

UEFA statement on the Balogun case: ⬇️
https://t.co/9LQDx8waKe

[indykaila News @indykaila]

We want the FIFA president Gianni Infantino to resign immediately.

The trust is gone.

[LERRY @_AsiwajuLerry]

The worst President FIFA has ever had.

[Joseph S Blatter @SeppBlatter]

Red cards are not overturned by political phone calls. They are overturned by rules, evidence and independent bodies. If a U.S. President intervenes with the FIFA President — and a player is suddenly cleared before a World Cup knockout match — the question is unavoidable: Quo vadis, FIFA?

Football must never become a playground for political power. #FIFA #WorldCup #GianniInfantino #DonaldTrump

[Ben Cook @bencookfly]

Love Columbo. Never be bettered

[Rodney Marshall @RodneyMarshall1]

'Health spa' operator and conman Milo Janus (Robert Conrad) encouraging Columbo to quit the cigars and chilli, while taking up daily exercise, carrot juice and vitamins. Now that really was an exercise in futility. A Classic Columbo, with plenty of humour and darker material. 1/

[Billie @Billie_T]

Remember that smug interview levy did when we were on the brink of relegation. How’s that going for you pal? We’ve seen life without you now and it’s glorious

[Mark Goldbridge @markgoldbridge]

Spurs trying to hijack the Fernandes deal lol! It's like a puppy trying to take a bone from a lion

[Ben Cook @bencookfly]

@VFTLpodcast @kvlmason @EliasBurke @JamesTMaw @JackPittBrooke No Harris 🙌

[Ben Cook @bencookfly]

@RicharlisonSZNx @martincnwoch Need a passport to catch a flight from Newcastle to London. Mmmmmm 🤣

[LeftSideOfHistory @leftsidehist]

Any excuse to watch this video again

[Ben Cook @bencookfly]

@R46972Reuben @JacobsBen @BloodRedUnited 👍

[Ben Cook @bencookfly]

@Don_Falcone2 @premierleague @Arsenal 🤣

[Ian Acheson 🇬🇧☘️ @NotThatBigIan]

I'm hardly a fan of the late Prime Minister but surely he and the country ought to be allowed the dignity of a resignation speech without that no-account unemployable imbecile blasting out 'Ode to Joy' in the background.

[LizaMinnelliOutlives @LiZaOutlives]

Liza Minnelli has outlived yet another resident of 10 Downing Street.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has resigned.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

#GeneralElectionNow

[Ben Cook @bencookfly]

@Peston @ollieollieGA It’s outrageous

[Ben Cook @bencookfly]

@piersmorgan Unacceptable from Trump.

[Well Onside @WellOnside]

Simon Jordan talking about Tottenham having their pants pulled down by Brighton for Jan Paul van Hecke…

1) We don’t know how that £52m is structured, and how much of that is guaranteed and realistic.

2) How much would van Hecke be worth with 3+ years on his contact. My guess would be £70m+. In which case we’ve got him at a 25% discount.

3) If we did choose to wait until next summer when his contract expires, who’s to say a bigger, more appealing club won’t jump ahead of us? After which he would be valued at £70m+ again.

4) Upon signing with us is he not immediately worth his full value, having a long-term contract, hence an instant £15-20m unrealised profit?

The facts are Daniel Levy would have fought tooth and nail for a stupidly low fee, and would have ended up p*sing Brighton off, and we wouldn’t have signed the player. That is exactly why we are in this mess, because we’ve been trying to squeeze every penny out of the good opportunities and ending up having to take the average ones…