I’ve not been in a great place lately, I’m going through a divorce with kids involved and it’s been so much harder than I thought. It was my 50th birthday yesterday and I took sleeping tablets so I could sleep through it. That 2nd half meant fucking everything to me, it really did.
It's not a direct criticism of his team mates it's realism and possibly a defence of some of the younger players that have been shoved out of position at full back and the manager.
He said how well they performed last season and that they needed help and additions to the squad.
In 2008, at age 30 while at Liverpool, Jamie Carragher publicly attacked the club's owners in his autobiography, also criticising manager Rafa Benitez.
He said he felt physically ill at them making a profit on the club, accusing them of planning to build a new stadium to make money & increase the club's value.
The owners also broke their vow not to load debt onto the club from the leveraged buyout, causing yearly interest payments. Jeez, sounds eerily similar huh.
Almost as if he & Lisandro Martinez have a bit in common here, except that this is personal to him. Should he have written a book instead, @Carra23?
“Even years after I’d left Sky, it appeared I was still fair game for Gray and Keys,” Logan wrote in The First Half. “I sat a row behind them on a flight to Istanbul for the Champions League Final in 2005, which I was covering for ITV. I was seven months pregnant with twins, and I was huge — I looked like I’d swallowed a space hopper. In full earshot of me, and anyone who might be listening in our business-class cabin, Richard said: ‘So, Andy, what do you think of pregnant women?’”
“‘I’m afraid I don’t find them very attractive, Richard. In fact, I never slept with my wife when she was pregnant with our kids.’ ‘So you didn’t have sex, Andy?’ Keys asked. ‘No, I didn’t say that, Richard.’ Then they laughed their heads off at their little ‘comedy’ routine.”
“I was embarrassed and thought their comments were especially cruel, bearing in mind they both had children and wives of their own. Luckily, by that time I had been working with lovely men such as Ally McCoist and Andy Townsend at ITV, who were kind and caring, always asked after my wellbeing, and seemed genuinely excited for me about the babies. Keys and Gray were dinosaurs, waiting to become extinct.”
I seem to have upset the @SuellaBraverman fan club - so let me be clear.
This women sows hate, lies and division. She is wrong.
She does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
RT if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
Confirmed. Man City goal WAS a mistake. Pro Ref spokesperson said: “Following the incident in the 60th minute of Sunday's Premier League fixture between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford, we can provide clarification regarding Erling Haaland’s awarded goal.
“The on-field decision was offside against Erling Haaland – that was checked by VAR and he was found to be in an onside position.
“In the same attack, it was established that Enzo Fernandez did not play the ball and therefore that makes any offside offence subjective, however, on this occasion, the VAR did not recognise the likely impact of his position and should have recommended an on-field review.
“Contact has been made with Manchester United this evening to acknowledge what we deem is an error of judgement. A review of the incident will take place.”
😳🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: These images of Mikel Arteta are going VIRAL across social media.
Arteta can be seen leaving his technical area, walking past the fourth official who just lets it happen, and continuing all the way towards the halfway line during the match vs Chelsea.
Fans are questioning why action is rarely taken over Arteta repeatedly moving so far outside his technical area and running down the touchline.
"Is it outstanding if you only played Premier League games?" 🤔
"How many big games did he play?" 😬
Bruno Fernandes has been voted the PFA Players’ Player of the Year... but does everyone agree? 👀 🏆
Can someone PLEASE explain what the hell is going on with Premier League transfer fees?! 😭💰
Savinho joined Man City for around £20M in 2024, completely stunk the place out for two seasons, scored just SEVEN goals in 84 games… and has now been sold to Tottenham for £85M. 🤯
Then there’s Liam Delap. Chelsea paid around £30M for him last summer, he completely sh*t the bed with THREE goals in 47 games… and now Nottingham Forest are paying £50M for him. 😭
Two players. 10 goals in 131 games. Combined sale price: £135M.
PLEASE. MAKE. IT. MAKE. SENSE. 😭😭
Mark Goldbridge 'calls it first once again':
“We're not in advanced talks with Baleba. We're not in talks with Baleba, but it's a story that won't go away. And I feel sorry for these 'journalists' who are sitting there talking about Man United talking to Tchouaméni or Baleba, because it's a little bit like Peter and Paul.
Fly away, Baleba! Fly away, Tchouaméni! They're not, come back, Baleba! Come back, Tchouaméni! .. they're just stories that keep coming back & forth, but then they're never going to land. They're never going to land.
And we're not in talks with Baleba. He's down the list. There are other players ahead of him. And I do feel sorry for the people that want Baleba because I feel like the only place this can be coming from is his representatives.
And remember the 5 strands of a transfer. 1, total bullshit. 2, totally true. 3, agent driving it to get a move somewhere. Four, agent driving it to get a contract where they are. Five, the selling club using United to get more interest in the player.
So we're not looking at Baleba at the moment, but I certainly think it's being driven by people around him, and I think he's desperate to come to Man United. But you know my message to Baleba is:
If you were so desperate to sign for Man United, maybe you should have got off your ass last season and played for nine months like you did the previous 9 months, because mate, you blew it. You blew it.
If you'd have had a good season last season, we'd probably all be saying go and get him. Instead, we've got a cult saying go and get him, but Man United aren't looking at him. He's way too expensive anyway. And also his bad season has knocked him down the list.
So there's nothing advancing with Baleba. We can kill that story off.”
This is who some people actually choose to listen to.
Hi @andyburnham we pay £60 a month for Sky Sports and TNT Sports, yet that still only gives us access to 70% of the games.
Meanwhile, fans in Singapore pay £25 a month and can watch every single match.
This is the English league, yet English fans are paying more and getting less. Surely that can’t be right.
Please can you look into this and make the coverage fairer for fans in England?
We shouldn’t have to pay a premium just to watch our own league. No wonder many fans buy dodgy firesticks!
Bob Odenkirk says Ricky Gervais in the original Office might be one of the greatest acting performances ever, over Daniel Day-Lewis
“I want to tell you what I think the best acting maybe ever is. Not Daniel Day-Lewis. Ricky Gervais in the first Office”
“It’s crazy how real he feels and how much there’s layers in what he’s doing. How much pain is inside this absolute clown of a human, It really ranks”
Wayne Rooney on the half-time show. “I like a lot of them artists, but I thought it was crap.”
Best commentator on the BBC broadcast & has been the breakout pundit of the tournament. Authentically speaks his mind & knows the modern game. He's a treasure.