Ben Nicholson

Reading FC / England / 33

[Ben Nicholson @benrfc19]

Richardson will be gone in October and the cycle starts again, just a deeply unserious club with little to no long term strategy about what they want to do on the pitch.

[Jack Pitt-Brooke @JackPittBrooke]

The defining story of UK sport in 21st century has been rolling out the red carpet to global capital. But somehow these rebrands just feel a bit too much. Sport's 'is this too on the nose?' era, like Messi in the bisht, the Saudi Newcastle kit, the FIFA Peace Prize etc.

[Ben Nicholson @benrfc19]

If Crawley plays against Nee Zealand this summer I would sack McCullum on the spot. The amount of tolerance for mediocrity in this side has been staggering. Vibes and the odd 80 shouldn’t ever be enough to make you an international player, let alone an opener.

[Vithushan Ehantharajah @Vitu_E]

Might be the shittest bit of cricket of the series, that. Well done everyone #Ashes

[Ben Nicholson @benrfc19]

A fitting end to one of the worst 46s I’ve ever watched, fucking hell Jamie. To give that dildo a wicket an all 🙃

[Ben Nicholson @benrfc19]

The least secure 10th place you could find when there’s only 3 points between 9th and 21st…

[Michael Walsh @thatbloodyMikey]

If "Tradition" is lining the Streets to Applaud the Rich as they head off to tear up wild animals for Sport, You are a Peasant minded fool, & the reason this Country is Cooked.

[Ben Nicholson @benrfc19]

Another ringing endorsement for Stokes not be allowed to keep picking his pals, Carse is inconsistent at the best of times but this is fucking ridiculous.

[Ben Nicholson @benrfc19]

Why are any of us surprised that two blokes with 60+ caps and don’t average above 35 are inconsistent and repeatedly fail the same way every series…

[Ben Nicholson @benrfc19]

Bloke on 106 at the over end and guys just throwing their hands at nothing wide balls, utterly fucking brainless

[Ben Nicholson @benrfc19]

Never a single there, so fucking unnecessary 🙃

[Zac Bowden @zacbowden]

"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails. They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."

[Colin Millar @Millar_Colin]

The scale of the damage inflicted by social media upon society is quantifiably absolutely immense. And it's likely significantly worse than anyone currently realises. Handing so much unchecked power and influence to billionaires was always going to bring dystopian results.

[Ben Nicholson @benrfc19]

Michael Oliver is having an all timer here, absolutely staggering.

[Vithushan Ehantharajah @Vitu_E]

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[Ben Nicholson @benrfc19]

Sky, TNT etc all need to provide a commentary free coverage option. Trying to enjoy games and atmospheres has become near impossible with commentary akin to drunk blokes chatting in a pub.

[Ben Nicholson @benrfc19]

This has been an utterly dreadful bowling display by Hampshire 🤦🏼‍♂️

[Ben Nicholson @benrfc19]

@ElmParkRoyals Tbf you can have it both ways, his playing time and therefore any taken away from another player isn’t dependent on his quality, it’s on minutes played.

For what little it’s worth, I don’t think there’s anyone he’d be obviously denying that’s banging down the door for minutes.

[Jack Pitt-Brooke @JackPittBrooke]

For all the talk about “clear and obvious”, the technology effectively demands full re-refereeing. This is why any tweak, compromise or modification is impossible. The only solution is full abolition.

[Ben Nicholson @benrfc19]

Won’t find many people who love Noel as much as I do, but this has to end for everyone’s sake. Hard to put into words how bad and tactically inept this is.