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Mbappé misses another penalty this time against Athletic Bilbao who go on to win the game. Thus far Mbappé is looking like a terrible signing for Real. Him not being a #9 but rather looking to occupy the same space as Vini mostly and he also seems to be clogging up Bellingham's game as well has hugely disrupted Real's attacking play. He may have come in on a free transfer but he basically cost Real Madrid an entire seasons worth of transfer budget - his wages are on par with Real's top earners (€15m/year + bonuses) but he also reportedly received an eye watering signing bonus of €150m. They really should have gone in for Kane - he was the perfect Benzema replacement.

Very comfortable win for Arsenal. The first half was a snoozefest but Arsenal took complete control in the 2nd half. Defensively, they were far too good for a United side that is still far from polished in the attacking third - never had a sniff at goal. United did okay at keeping the scoreline respectable given that the defence had to be shuffled around with Martinez suspended and Shaw injured again. Mainoo being suspended as well left us a bit light in midfield. We really need another midfielder who can keep the ball and negotiate the press - Eriksen can do that but his legs have gone and he struggles to keep up against a physical and mobile midfield. Not a fan of playing Bruno in a double pivot as it basically neuters his creative play - suppose choices were limited there though.

It's getting a 2nd season. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ella-purnell-sweetpea-season-2-starz-sky-1236075449/

Unfortunately, I think that this horse has not just bolted but Republicans have taken it out back and put a bullet in its head. Getting a constitutional amendment through to curb the president's pardon powers in this current climate is nothing more than a childish pipedream. Democrats looking to take the moral high ground has not worked out so well whereas projection has worked out incredibly well for the GOP - this is borne out by the prevalence of bothsidesism. Republicans have shown that there is no level they won't stoop to to seize more power so Democrats can either get down in the muck and fight back or meekly sit on their moral high horse and watch fascism take over.

Biden should issue broad pardons for everyone on the MAGA "enemies" list. Start with Dr. Fauci. That'll really piss them off. The clown caucus in the House were already making noises about starting a witch hunt against him.

Trump's lackey judge refusing to approve an agreed upon and perfectly reasonable plea deal is what abuse of power actually looks like. That's when it became blatantly clear that this had nothing to do with justice and accountability and was instead exactly what MAGA are always crying about i.e. weaponising the justice department for politically motivated reasons (projection as always with that lot). Biden shouldn't have to sacrifice his son to the frothing MAGA mob just so some liberal bedwetters can continue feeling morally superior.

*double yawn*

*yawn*

This is nowhere near Trump levels. Equating Biden pardoning his son to the horrible abuses of power that Trump and Republicans in general engage in is ludicrous. Reminds me of this parody account.

That horse has already bolted, unfortunately. No, it won't. They were already emboldened regardless of this action by Biden since the US electorate keeps rewarding MAGA for being lawless deplorables.

I disagree. Trump's judge refusing to approve an agreed upon plea deal reeked of a political witch hunt. Happy that Biden pardoned his son. Fantastic decision.

Nah. I'm glad that Biden pardoned his son. That Trump appointed judge was full of shit for refusing to approve the plea deal in the first place. Who gives a shit what the maga clowns think about this? Trump was busy selling pardons during his last term and will continue to grossly abuse the system this time around regardless. Trump is already calling the J6 insurrectionists "hostages who have been imprisoned for years" and an "abuse and miscarriage of justice".

Slot is doing a great job but it must also be noted that he inherited a very well coached squad that's easily top 3 strongest in the league whereas Klopp took over a Liverpool side that was a joke and built them up into one of the best sides in Europe.

There's been reports that City will look to buy in January with Zubimendi, Wharton and Ederson (Atalanta midfielder) on their list.

So far this has been the most one-sided Liverpool/City game in many a year.

He's small but let's not forget that Gomes captained England's U17 World Cup winning side. He's always been highly rated but his small size made it difficult for him to get opportunities at United over physically bigger players. He made a good choice in not renewing his contract at United (the club wanted to keep him because he has very good technical ability) because he actually needed proper game time to develop further - an issue at United is that we hang on to some youth players a bit too long when they would be better served being sold to clubs where they can get the game time needed to advance their development (put in a buyback or first refusal clause). He signed for Lille in 2020 and was loaned out to Boavista for the 2020/2021 season. After that he was brought back to Lille where he's established himself as a key player for a top 4 club in France that is doing well in the champion's league. He's also been performing at a good enough level to rightfully earn a call-up to the national team. He's still got a slight build but after 4 seasons of regular football in top flight professional leagues, he's much better equipped to deal with the physicality of the game - Ligue 1 is a physical league; it's like the Championship but with better players.

It's all well and good mocking Apartheid Andy but his DOGE department is going to cause irreparable damage to the US. As the saying goes, it's easier to break than it is to build. Musk and other billionaire cunts are going to wreck government departments and significantly ramp up robber baron looting under the guise of efficiency while the plebs mindlessly cheer.

Or we could look to bring back our former academy player whose contract with Lille is up at the end of the season - Angel Gomes.

FIFA have given Saudi Arabia's 2034 bid the highest ever evaluation marks for a World Cup bid despite 8 stadiums not even being built yet. Their risk assessment of Saudi Arabia's human rights is rated as 'medium'. Good process, lads.

Defensively we were all over the place for most of the first half but we managed to pull ourselves together and got better towards the end of the half and were much better in the 2nd half. Only poor finishing and decision-making (mainly from Garnacho) prevented the scoreline from being 5-2 or 6-2. LWB is proving to be a huge problem area in addition to both Garnacho and Rashford not quite fitting well in the two positions behind the striker for different reasons. Garnacho has better off the ball work rate and pressing but his link-up and creative play is really poor. Rashford's work rate and pressing is shit but his link-up and creative play is much better than Garnacho's. Mount+Bruno seem to be the best combination to play there but it might only be a matter of time before Mount is injured again and disappears for 3 months. Disappointed that Mainoo hasn't gotten any game time so far. Amorim was basically asking Bruno to perform the role that Mainoo is the best at doing in the squad i.e. press resistance, interceptions and recycling possession. Glad to see that Amorim was quick to recognise that Shaw would be a better fit at LCB. Maz has looked really good at RCB but going forward, I think it'd be better for him and Dalot to rotate at RWB and Diallo moved into the centre to rotate with Mount and Bruno - Diallo looks to be a better fit for that position than either Rashford or Garnacho. Some positives but it's also clear that Amorim has a lot of work to do (as was expected).

Apparently the show has a planned 5-season arc. There were reports that the actor who plays Boyd, Harold Perrineau, was given assurances that From had a planned out arc and wouldn't be like Lost before he agreed to sign on. Although, I feel that 5 seasons is 2 seasons too many for this show. They are really having to drag things out where each season feels like 80% filler and characters avoiding obvious conversations that would advance the plot does become grating.

The BEST turkey. MOIST and JUICY.