Phil Riches

A fan of Dimitar Berbatov, Apollo Brown and Nigel Thornberry.

[Phil Riches @ParableOfPhil]

Weird country for safety precautions this one. You can buy a machine gun with your groceries but you’re not allowed to watch sport if there’s a bit of lightening.

[Nathan @NathanAClark]

"Is Messi the greatest footballer of all time?" hasn't been an interesting question for 15 years. What I want to know is, will there ever be a better one?

[Phil Riches @ParableOfPhil]

Both are great and preferring either is obviously fine.

[Tino Berettino @nittylife]

I think if you come across someone who genuinely thinks Heat is better than the Departed, you can safely disregard their opinion on anything to do with art/entertainment/culture in general

[Phil Riches @ParableOfPhil]

@stadnicki17 @SamMonsonNFL It would be almost impossible to become even a lower-league player if you started at 10. Football takes significantly longer to get good at than other sports and requires playing regularly from a very early age to even have a chance.

[Phil Riches @ParableOfPhil]

@ademir2z I think that's purely kick-off times tbh. Would imagine Europeans will watch a lot more games in 2030 despite it having the same format.

[Phil Riches @ParableOfPhil]

@ademir2z Agree it's too early to judge but what do you mean by a highlights tournament? I've watched about 70% of the games and by and large they've been good, even if the low-stakes element of third place finishes removes some tension.

[Phil Riches @ParableOfPhil]

@spencermorgan93 @GarisScott Doesn’t really matter but he was a regular for them that season until he tore his hamstring, which is why he missed the last 3 months of the season. Wasn’t the main man yet but he definitely contributed, he was incredible when they won at Stamford Bridge in the last 16.

[Phil Riches @ParableOfPhil]

Career ending 😂 Was a clumsy challenge with zero force or malice after he tried to press him on the ball.

[The Touchmine | 𝐓 @TouchmineX]

���🇦🇷 Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick after a career ending tackle on Algeria's player. 😳

By rules, it should've been a Red Card, but surprisingly refree didn't even check the VAR. 🤔

[Daniel Storey @danielstorey85]

Messi is the greatest player of my lifetime, but my favourite by a far greater distance. Just a very silly situation all round that he could feasibly dominate this tournament at the age of 38, and yet somehow entirely logical when you watch him play.

[Phil Riches @ParableOfPhil]

Genuinely mental take. The reason they’ve been so successful in recent years is that they’ve *finally* provided a base for him to excel.

[#1 Daryl Morey Enjoyer @sthsthburner]

It's so strange that age 48 Messi might still be the best technician itw and yet Argentina don't seem interested in (or capable of?)surrounding him with runners and athletes who can take advantage of his playmaking

[Bd@irB@ll @Bd_irB_ll]

You can have watched Messi a million times and it never quite feels like you've done it enough

[Phil Riches @ParableOfPhil]

Messi’s an absolute nonsense 😂

[Phil Riches @ParableOfPhil]

@judeblay Haha for real, we’ll still be banging on about him when we’re old men I have no doubt 😂 It’s the evolution of growing up with him and seeing the different stages of him. Was genuinely shocked how emotional I was when he finally won it in ‘22, watching him has been a gift.

[Phil Riches @ParableOfPhil]

Yep. He’s still good.

[Phil Riches @ParableOfPhil]

It’s not ideal but is a player who’d have been on the bench getting injured something that rocks your preparations? Not for me, Clive.

[Matt Law @Matt_Law_DT]

Exclusive : England World Cup preparations rocked by the news Tino Livramento is expected to be ruled out of the tournament through injury. Tuchel ready to replace him with Trevoh Chalobah among the options to come in. FA yet to confirm.

https://t.co/DKS4WSqTNZ

[Phil Riches @ParableOfPhil]

@KalleSorbo Astronomically high ticket prices (many games clearly not sold out if you look at the stands), mid-half ad breaks under the guise of hydration, not allowing fans from certain countries in (unprecedented in WC history).

[Phil Riches @ParableOfPhil]

Absolutely mind boggling that someone this ill-informed about past protests groups/direct action would be in charge of this decision.

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

The Lady Chief Justice: Palestine Action was not a direct action civil disobedience protest group like the suffragettes, but used violence to destroy property

The suffragettes burned down country houses & train stations, bombed churches & sent letter bombs to politicians.

[Oliver Brown @oliverbrown_tel]

These ‘hydration breaks’ are fundamentally warping the World Cup. Curacao had just enjoyed perhaps the highlight so far with that equaliser against Germany and were on the attack again. Then three minutes to promote a laptop brand, and momentum is handed straight back. Wretched.

[Seb Stafford-Bloor @SebSB]

That Gianni Infantino unilaterally altered the structure of football matches is deserving of so much more anger.