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BT Sport are vastly overestimating my level of interest in the emotional state of Jolson Lescott.

Three finals for Italian clubs and three defeats. That’s tough.

"Coverage and pre-match build-up begins from 6pm with kick-off at 8pm. Rio Ferdinand, Owen Hargreaves, Joleon Lescott, Michael Owen and Steve McManaman are among the pundits with Jake Humphrey presenting." 🤢

The one alternative database I’d like to see for FM is one that adjusted the ridiculous disparities in prize money and other positive feedback loops - perhaps even implementing some kind of salary cap or something - to restore some competitive balance. The trend towards clubs dominating the league for years is even worse than real life.

Benfica is a great place for a young American player because as we all know this is where Freddy Adu blossomed into the best player the world has ever seen.

But Spurs are not a strong powerful team.

I live right across from the Oval and I had no idea cricket could be so loud. India fans go absolutely wild whenever they think they’ve got a wicket. But they’re not actually getting too many of them lol

All this “first European trophy in 58 years stuff” is doing West Ham’s 1999 intertoto cup winning team a major disservice.

Wonder how Messi will adjust to the step up in quality after two years in Ligue 1

Omg he was born in the same week that Crank That Soulja Boy was released

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I wonder if it was the family connection with his dad playing for them that did it

There are plenty of other examples. But let’s just limit ourselves to managers who have left Celtic for the English Premier League relatively recently then. The last time a Premier League team hired a Celtic manager was when Brendan Rodgers went to Leicester City, and sure, it didn’t end too well but it was a solid start and in winning the FA Cup (more than Spurs recently lol) he is the second most successful manager in their history. Last manager before that to go from Celtic to Premier League was Martin O’Neill to Aston Villa who saw them to three consecutive sixth place finishes: comfortably their best spell of the century so far. By managing Celtic you have experience of intense media scrutiny, highly demanding fans, an expectation to win all the time, dealing with possibly the most intense footballing rivalry in the world and playing European football. Seems like a decent enough apprenticeship to me. In many ways you will learn things that are invaluable for a job at a top club that you’re not going to learn from a couple of good seasons at, say, Brighton. Sure you’d rather get someone with a top CV at the top level but this is a Tottenham team who finished mid-table last season. Taking a punt on a guy who did well in Scotland is their level now.

That’s true. Managers who have done well in Scotland have famously not really been able to cut it down in England. Like the guy this thread is named after, for example.

Nobody goes to the MLS these days. It’s all about the Saudibucks now.

Early days but it looks like Mercedes have made a pretty good car now.

Does this have any implication for that license points potential race ban that was dangling over his head for a while?

Is he going to retire now? Has he completely lost what he had?

Did you know: both of these teams are managed by baldy men

Yeah I actually considered Dublin for this but went for Edinburgh in the end because tickets plus accommodation worked out about a third of the price (which is saying a lot because Edinburgh isn’t exactly cheap).

Old Bruce was really good. I’ve never actually been to a stadium show before and it had all the annoying things I expected - not particularly good sound, lots of waiting, pain in the arse to get home from and so on. But it didn’t really matter because the show was so good. I wouldn’t say Springsteen is my favourite that I’ve ever seen in terms of the music itself, but I think he might be the best at putting on a show, which is a rare talent that far too many great musicians and songwriters are terrible at. I don’t think it was possible to have a bad time at this show.

Can we please stop the Big Sam disrespect in this thread. He is a great man and it is not his fault that Leeds are so shit that even a wizard like Big Sam can't keep them up.

Yeah this race wasn't terrible. Probably the one I've enjoyed most this year, although that's not saying very much.

Hmmm. Do I go outside and enjoy the sun or do I stay inside and watch a Verstappen procession?

Yeah I think that’s okay. I only thought it was silly when Gareth Bale won it when he was 31 or whatever.