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That went about as well as could be expected, all things considered. Also not sure why some act so surprised that Casemiro is playing at CB. It's not like EtH is playing him there for shits and giggles. Lisandro, Varane, Maguire and Lindelof are all injured. Shaw, who can play there and is actually quite good at CB, is also injured. Kambwala only returned to full training on Thursday - I doubt he would even be playing for the first team this season had it not been for all the injuries in defence.

That was an important win for Everton given the situation with 777 as well as West Ham beating Luton. If Everton go into Administration (it's been reported that this could be a possibility this month) then they still stay up even with the automatic 9 point deduction for entering into Administration.

Dyche named manager of the month for April. Fair decision. Despite that hammering against Chelsea, he still picked up hugely important wins, including their first win against Liverpool at Goodison in 14 years, to secure Everton's PL status with room to spare.

Leverkusen scoring a 97th minute equaliser was inevitable.

Weird that Saka is not among the player of the year nominations as well. He's been brilliant again this season.

Agreed. When talking about the Ballon d'Or, most seem to pick one of Haaland, Mbappe or Bellingham but Vini Jr has been the best player in the world over this season and should be winning this year's Ballon d'Or.

It's the assistants fault. A referee is extremely unlikely to overrule his assistant in that situation. The goal probably would've been ruled out for offside anyway. Real's players also stopped playing when the referee blew the whistle so it might not have ended in a Bayern goal had the assistant not put up his flag.

Real were clearly the better side. They almost pulled a PSG by fluffing all those chances but got the job done in the end.

Any side with five CBs out injured and both LBs out injured are going to have to play with a makeshift backline. The tactical setup is primarily to blame - that's been the biggest factor all season.

That isn't all that surprising. Chelsea's underlying numbers are much better than United's. According to Understat, United's expected points is 42 (which would be 15th place). Ten Hag genuinely has us playing relegation level football. We will end up finishing 8th-10th which would be a fairer reflection of our standard of play this season. I doubt we pick up any more points this season.

Emerson is rubbish. Maguire has picked up a muscle injury in training and will be out for around 3 weeks. That's all of our CBs injured. Think Evans might have recently returned to training though.

Just a coincidence. There are a few top shows that I've not rewatched since its original run so I'm slowly working my way through those. I'll be getting to Black Sails eventually as well.

Old man, stop yelling at clouds!

Ha! I'm going to get to Friday Night Lights eventually as well. Haven't done a rewatch since its original run but that was another fun series.

I'm not well versed on this topic so have refrained from commenting. What I will say though is that conservatives have generally tended to be on the wrong side of history when it comes to social issues. A lot of the rhetoric against trans people has mirrored the rhetoric that conservatives used against gay people back in the day so be careful about parroting conservative talking points. About trans women in sports. I'd leave that up to the governing bodies rather than legislators. Governing bodies of each sporting discipline should determine whether an individual possesses an unfair advantage based on evolving scientific study. Legislators otoh are mostly just going to pander to the whims of their voter base. From my own experience, South Africa tends to be a fairly conservative country socially but I'm glad that LGBT rights are constitutionally protected - in fact, in May 1996 South Africa became the first jurisdiction in the world to provide constitutional protection to LGBT people. LGBT people have a right to exist and participate in society the same as everyone else.

Just finished rewatching The Shield for the first time since its original run (Blu-ray version which looks great btw and retains the grainy documentary feel but with better colours and sound). What a great series. Absolutely nailed the landing and remains one of the best ever finales of a series. Definitely deserves recognition among the greatest series ever although it does seem to be overlooked among the general populace - I'd rate it above Breaking Bad easily. The only weak season is season 6 which may be a result of the writers strike back then. eta. next up is a first time rewatch of Justified.

It does seem draconian (threatening to cancel the staff Christmas party) but it should also be noted that standards have slipped at United in all aspects of the business, including hygiene standards. Recall that the club recently lost their 5-star rating (downgraded to 1-star after an inspection by Trafford council) for serving undercooked chicken. The article in the Athletic also mentioned that Ratcliffe was not pleased with the condition of the U18 and U21 dressing rooms in addition to the IT department saying that it reflects poorly on the club when they host visitors, young player's parents, new players and the media. He's not wrong in that.

Bayern might as well take whatever Real Madrid is offering for Davies. He's been fucking rubbish for two seasons straight. He's either stagnated and been found out or he's simply not interested in playing for Bayern anymore. The latter would be an unprofessional dick move.

I wouldn't write Spurs off getting something against City though. They've caused City problems in the past few seasons including this one. Just like how Chelsea have been largely shit this season but somehow gave City a run for their money in all 3 games this season. Horses for courses and all that.

It's only right and proper for the tractor boys to be playing in the farmer's league.

And Birmingham City has paid the ultimate price for their moronic decision to sack Eustace.

Lenders to 777 Partners Allege Fraud, Double-Pledging in Suit.

Ipswich heading up unless something drastic happens. Back-to-back promotions. McKenna has done a fantastic job there.

The results were not all that great initially. Arteta took over in December 2019 with Arsenal in 10th place. They finished the season 8th but won the FA Cup which banked some credit for Arteta. The next season they finished 8th again and the season after that they finished 5th - were looking good for a 4th place finish but ended the season poorly and lost out to Spurs. There's no guarantee that Ange could do similar for Spurs but it'd be foolish to not give him the chance. This season looks to be ending in a bit of disappointment for Spurs since they've had the lightest fixture list compared to the teams around them but Ange has also radically change the style of play to something a lot more exciting while losing the club's most influential player.