Patrick Austen-Hardy

27, Senior Sports Reporter @ReachPLC Sports Content Hub ✍️ @MirrorSport and et al - @SolentSportsJ graduate - Views are my own!

[Patrick Austen-Hardy @PatrickJamesAH9]

It suddenly occurred to me, I have been with @DailyStar_Sport for one year now. To celebrate an incredible 366 days (okay it was my 'workversary yesterday at the Home of Fun Stuff, here are my favourite articles and exclusives from this time... 🧵

[Pilib De Brún (Phil Brown) @Malachians]

Ornstein is a perfect example to follow for anyone looking to get in to football journalism. He doesn’t entertain, he informs. He doesn’t build a brand of tearing other people down, he doesn’t say the same thing twice just for RT’s and doesn’t speak at all unless there is something meaningful to be said. It is so unbelievably difficult to be that well informed and to be that accurate, he is obviously someone who has a lot of trust of key people in the game. That’s how it’s done.

[Patrick Austen-Hardy @PatrickJamesAH9]

This is sensible transfer business from @ChelseaFC, similar to what they used to do. Premier League proven, experienced, can operate in a back four and three. Sometimes you don't need to reinvent the wheel with revolutionary transfer models #transferwindow

[Sam Tabuteau @tabuteauS]

🚨Chelsea book medical for Maxence Lacroix as they close in on £52m deal for Crystal Palace CB. Lacroix exit will accelerate Palace's search for a replacement. Chrislain Matsima, Axel Disasi and Chibuike Nwaiwu all options. W/@MrDomSmith #CFC #CPFC
https://t.co/gU3Ot1HpNw

[Jack Donald ✝️🌲 @BibleBaggins46]

“Capitol”

[Simon 🇬🇧🌹 @AndyBurnhamFC]

Suella. Use your brain for five seconds and think why Andy might post this on January 6th 2021. Like, actually think

[Sir Geoff Hurst @TheGeoffHurst]

Argentina did their best to kick us off the pitch in 66 when we beat them 1-0. Nothing changes and i am so glad Spain beat them. Any other result would have been a travesty. Rodri superb & cuccagna outstanding .

[Manchester City @ManCity]

Several items from @PepTeam's office are up for auction 🤝

Explore all the items on offer below ⤵️

🔗 https://t.co/ekI9Xe0A2W

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

LOL SPAIN EDITED TRUMP OUT OF THE PHOTO 🤣🤣🤣

[Javier Milei @JMilei]

FESTEJO MUNDIAL
Dada la inquietud sobre los festejos por el logro alcanzado por la Selección Argentina, comunico a la población que, en función de lo que decidan los Jugadores y el Cuerpo Técnico respecto al día para celebrar, el mismo será declararado feriado nacional.

[Chris Webb @Chris_Webb1]

Before #FIFA start pumping the propaganda tonight and telling us all how amazing this #WorldCup has been, let’s remember they oversaw:

- highest ticket prices ever and took a cut from resale sites.

- did nothing about Somalian referee and dozens of staff who were banned from entering the US for no legitimate reason.

- stood by as Iran were forced to train outside the US and travel in on match days.

- overturned red cards after phone calls with the president.

- Americanised the beautiful game with hydration (TV) breaks and 25 mins half time in the final

- guided Argentina through the tournament with less travel, VAR support and blatantly turning a blind due to their aggression and foul play.

[James Horncastle OSI @JamesHorncastle]

You’d hope this isn’t a consequence of Gazzetta running a double-page spread calling the World Cup a disaster yesterday. Shameful if so when FIFA hosts the World Cup in a nation with first amendment rights like the US…

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

Wayne Rooney - Voice of a nation.

[Carrie Brown 💙 @CarrieBrownTV]

Franco needs to get this misleading video down or I’ll recommend he gets any further accreditation to FIFA events withdraw. He’s been told repeatedly the man filming was in the wrong.

[Oli Dugmore @OliDugmore]

Small consolation, but England’s rugby team have just battered Argentina, who played in 1986 World Cup Maradona jerseys.

Seven players sent to the sin bin, England prop Ellis Genge hitting the Enzo Fernandez celebration, stadium mostly dead silent. Thanks for coming lads 👍

[Romain Molina @Romain_Molina]

Pour rappel, la sélection haïtienne 🇭🇹 n'a pas eu le droit de jouer avec un maillot qui rappelait symboliquement la bataille de Vertières décisive avant l'indépendance du pays car la FIFA a jugé que cela était un "message politique"

C'est à la carte ou à la volonté de la Maison Blanche désormais la "politisation" à la FIFA...

[Patrick Austen-Hardy @PatrickJamesAH9]

@ChelseaFC set to boast a front-line of Rogers, Palmer, Estevao and Joao Pedro. With no Champions League fixture congestion, Xabi Alonso could really cook something special #Rogers #Chelsea

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

In May we said Nigel Farage probably didn't owe tax on his £5m gift.

The Guardian now reports the gift followed talks where Farage said he'd need £5m to return to frontline politics.

*If* that's right, we think there's a high risk of a £3m tax bill - payable by Reform.

[kaitlyn🛸 @fearlesskait]

“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you’re the one filming it”❤️‍🩹

[ABC News @ABC]

Dramatic video shows the U.S. Navy Blue Angels making a low-altitude flyover above Pensacola Beach, Florida, on Wednesday. Navy officials confirmed in a statement that Blue Angels leadership is "reviewing the circumstances surrounding the maneuver and conducting a thorough safety review.” https://t.co/UAaRdz6xrH

[Patrick Austen-Hardy @PatrickJamesAH9]

I'm comfortable with #Tuchel staying (unless Guardiola is in the wings). However, last night cannot happen again. For too long England concede and don't regain possession. This has to change! We have players, Mainoo and Wharton, who love having the ball. They need to come in!

[Sam Tabuteau @tabuteauS]

🚨EXCL: Chelsea could look to loan out Mamadou Sarr this summer. The Blues are keen for Sarr, who has several options, to get a PL loan. Still possibility Sarr stays with the first-team and talks set to take place with Xabi Alonso. Loan most likely #CFC
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