Football

tarnations, city get yet another weak team in a cup draw, when will the fa investigate this madness

Great footballer, lousy declarer of huge financial payments.

Josh Magennis has the best footballing tash I've seen in a long time.

It's Magnumesque

Impressed with Mainoo tonight. He’s one of these footballers who senses danger.

He’s one of these footballers who senses danger.

I’m one of these footballers as well. Absolutely superb at sensing danger, unfortunately powerless to do anything about the danger.

Ha!

Joey Barton on Twitter is like the Pied Piper, but for racists and nutters rather than rats.

Touched on in the end of this: https://thisisnotfootball.co.uk/2024/01/06/listen-like-thieves/

"Elsewhere, is there a more deflating phrase than: ‘Have you heard
what Joey Barton’s said now?’

Seriously, I’d rather hear about that really weird dream you had last
night or what you cook in your fucking air fryer than his latest
thicker-than-the-Saltburn-bathwater contrivance. In the glorious days
before the internet, these bores were just avoided in alehouses.

‘Oh hello Joe, lad. Didn’t know you come in here. Sorry, no, just
finishing this pint and got to get going. Up early in the morning,
son.’

Now it’s a fucking career."

This is spot on! Pub bore!

Wonder what kind of deals they’re signing as there’s no income tax normally. It’d be hilarious if it all backfires spectacularly.

Bang on. He really is trying hard for that right wing gammon grift.

It's giving big divorced by Billie Piper energy.

yep exactly that.

Somehow, I see Henderson as more of a Vim guy.

So now they overturn the VAR call which overturned the ref’s on-field decision. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67922687

Looks like we need an extra level of VAR for the red card review panel

Phil McNulty, BBC journalist, forgot to change accounts before he posted ! then did the " my account was hacked " excuse

absolute cunt

Are we sure he wasn't just flinging abuse at The Mail? Seems fine to me.

he's an evertonian allegedly

Not a massive Eric Dier fan and appreciate he’s a free agent in summer but £3.5M seems a surprisingly modest fee

Eric Dier will always have this in his promotional video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=usmU7pQepik

https://youtu.be/RE9dJMw_isA

This too

Worth £3.5M on its own!

Original point stands though - £3.5M for someone with 49 England caps (in an era where England have been pretty decent) does look like a pretty good deal