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Probably the fact that their last album, released in 2016, hasn't sold at least 49k copies this year.

Now watch it take another week to announce Sarri.

He was definitely the star of an otherwise underwhelming Norwich side last season.

Croatia lost me with their attitude, to be honest. Before the game I was expecting whoever won to be my preference to beat France on Sunday. They weren't as rough on the pitch as the likes of Tunisia, Panama, and Colombia, but they played just dirty enough for me to want a France win now. Croatia played the better game than England last night thanks to their world class midfield play and flexibility but I'm currently hoping for a comfortable France win with no more than two goals each from Griezmann and Mbappe.

LBC caller wants England to lose World Cup because the team is multi-racial.

I agree with this bit. Smash through some easy ones till you get into double digits at least.

I have a suggestion for the FM series: - Start with 09 and try to win the 2010 World Cup with England. - If you fail, move onto 11 and try to win Euro 2012. - If you fail again, move onto 12 and take another shot at it. - Repeat with each version until you finally manage to win an international competition or accept failure if you get through all of them and still haven't won.

At least he understands how the game works. That alone qualifies him to be a TV pundit.

Regardless of the fact that Mbappe went down for no reason I think Godin should've also gotten a yellow card for violently trying to pull him back onto his feet. Atrocious behaviour from both sides there.

This is what makes clubs nights at my regular haunt increasingly less appealing. Three out of four regular club nights consistently play mainly crowd favourites with only the fourth being able to adapt its playlist to the vibe of the room when a specific DJ is running the decks. The pop punk night used to be so predictable that you could work out the next four songs because they used the same playlist every single week, which even meant they played at roughly the same time every week. In terms of discovering new music I've found that several Spotify playlists have been fantastic for expanding my listening habits with both new releases and older music that I was only vaguely familiar with. It helps that I work at a music venue so I'm often able to get away with putting on my headphones and smashing out a week's worth of social media posts.

Looks like it paid off.

I don't mind the logo but that's probably just Stockholm Syndrome talking. The sponsor has been pretty roundly criticised ever since it was first announced, mostly for being a betting company, but isn't helped by the fact that it clashes so much.

New Norwich kit inspired by the famous 92-94 kit. I think it's equally as shit.

Can anyone give me a suggested team to play as on the demo to get a grasp of how the game works now? I have a week to decide whether or not I want to buy the full game in the Steam sale and so far I'm struggling to deal with the interface and six years worth of new features. The database seems to be post-transfer window because Giroud is at Chelsea from the start of the season.

Well that's even more stupid.

I thought cards were wiped from the group stages?

I think so.

The San Marino challenge is so hard it's ridiculous. Building up the club is one thing; making something of the national side is nigh on impossible. From a 2011 start the best I've managed with the NT is small wins over shit friendly opponents and the odd point in qualifiers. Keeping hold of the job is hard enough a challenge on its own. Even in 2027, when I'm about to win my 3rd Serie A title, the only good regens I've had come through on this save are defenders and a decent keeper. I had an amazing regen striker on my previous Sammarinese save but lost the laptop hard drive to a burnout thanks to a missing heat sink.

Just downloaded the demo because the game is down to ~£12 and it's definitely an improvement on the FM12 that I still often play, but I'll be damned if it isn't way more complicated to keep track of things.

That Football, Tactics, and Glory game looks interesting but I think I'll leave it off my purchases because the most expensive individual game is currently Fable: The Lost Chapters at just £7. I've also downloaded the FM18 demo because £13 for the full game is tempting, and I don't think I've played any version newer than the 14 demo. I'm still getting hours out of 12 though, so it'd have to be a fantastic improvement to convince me its worth getting when I have such a backlog of interesting "new" games plus San Marino and Alex Ferguson challenges going on FM12.

Almost feel sorry for Salah with Egypt not managing to even earn a single point. He's got at least one more World Cup in him but Egypt won't necessarily qualify in 2022 and the four extra African places from 2026 onwards will probably be too late to benefit a 34 year old Salah.

Having two screens for my computer at work will come in handy today. I've also brought in my laptop so I can work* at the same time. *Play FM12.

Well he did spend seven years playing in Scotland.

Yep.