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Is he supposed to catch a bus?

I didn't know about those countries.

I wonder, and I haven't read into this yet, if this could be a political move linked with a limited number of vaccines in the EU. "We haven't vaccineted many people? Well, it's not our fault, it's that horrible AZ that's the reason. Look, it even gives people blood clots!"

That's a rib breaker

If Watkins was out I bet that ElGhazi or Traore would play up front.

I can't see a valid argument to suggest otherwise. The question I have is, will Wesley be a better footballer following his injury?

Next week - ''Jack has gone fishing, should be available for the next game''

That makes sense

It's not an unsustainably weak league. It's got more 'big' teams than the Bundesliga, and develops really good players. I'd probably argue that, team for team, it's a better league than La Liga.

It's a weird rule, but yesterday it made the game much more dramatic. I like it.

Socks aside, I'm more concerned they had to borrow their trousers from their younger sisters.

Playacting from a number of Juve players is disgusting. If I was a fan of be pissed off.

I'd like to see him in a better league, he seems like a really good manager *Edit - by "better" I meant the PL

I'd like to think that she hoped it would be better than it actually ended up. Maybe for someone who did her stint as a Hollywood start on the sunny west coast it was just too much to leave behind for royal responsibilities. And the disgusting media didn't help the cause either.

I don't blame her for this as much as I blame Harry - you gotta tell the woman you want to spend your life with just how bad it's gonna be. Surely he must know this better than anyone.

I did, but I feel like there are some loose ends that Oprah didn't follow. For example, which I understand is the case now, why are they bothered about royal security if they can organise their own security? Unless it's extremely difficult to do, I never organised VIP 24/7 security so God knows what that entails. I don't know, I just feel that if you want a clean slate, a life away from 'the firm', live a live that you are clearly living now, good on them. Move away from this shit show and leave it behind. I get the interview from the 'racist media' angle - that should be spoken about. I don't get the interview from any other angle, security, royal titles etc. Just leave them to rot in the Windsor and live your life which NOW you are capable of doing.

I can sympathise with the personal struggle and the pain that she went through, if you have £1 or £1million the mental health does not discriminate. But what you summarised is what I have a problem with. They talked about planning this for 2 years - did security not come up in any conversations over 2 years? They talk about stepping down as senior royals - why should we pay for them if they don't represent the Crown? They want their son to be free - why even bring up the royal title conversation? They talked about media destroying them - why not live in peace in California and how about, I don't know, don't have the most media driven interview in years? The royal household has some serious problems, and these issues should be dealt with. But I just don't get the behaviour of Harry and Meghan in conducting this clearly scripted interview caused to build shock rather than to give any context.

You are 100% - but I feel like we need further context to understand if it was a racist remark or, as I suggested, something of a less evil nature. Hence I am interested in how the palace will reply, and interested in watching the whole interview in order to make an informed opinion. As I mentioned, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. And as for the extended member of the family that is exactly the conversation environment that I meant - parents, uncles, cousins. No one questioned the skin colour - it was a discussion of ''I wonder what he is going to look like'' with regards to specific genetical predispositions, such as skin colour. And I guess each family of mixed heritage is having those conversations. The question lies in the intent.

On one hand you could hold the line that the senior royals are racists with Victorian ideals. On the other hand, it could have been one of those family conversations that everyone has - I'm very pale and my wife is tanned, we had an open discussion about how dark skinned our kid would be. We also talked about eye colour, height, and other "genetic" predictions. Unless spoken of in a derogatory way, nothing much wrong with that, unless Meghan took offence and held it inside - maybe she hated it so much at that point she saw everything in a negative light. But the truth is probably somewhere in the middle, between a history of royal disregard for any warmth and humanity, and boosting the Hollywood status of the most famous couple in the world.

Maybe, but to be fair it's not the last 6 home games - it's been a 1.5 season long pattern of a steady decline with no view of how things will turn around. They won last year, but as the season went on they were less and less convincing. They will go on a run of 3 wins. But then they will lose to West Ham, draw away at Crystal Palace, win with Brighton, but lose against Southampton. In the meantime, they will get knocked out after drawing PSG in CL Quarters. While it might be most entertaining for us, I can only assume that is not good enough for them.

Problem with "best ever" is that I bet if you were to put together the best players from 1995, they would struggle against a well drilled team from 2021 composed of lesser footballers. Pele was probably the best of his time - but now, football is so massive he might have seemed mediocre compared to Grealish, Mount or Sterling if 1964 Pele was put in a time machine to today. For that reason, I would say that Ronaldo and Messi have to be the best ever.

I'm sure I saw him between 17:30-18:15

No question. But I think if they had Van Dijk they would not be challenging for the title anyway.

Van Dijk injury is a symptom, not the cause. They conceded 7 with Van Dijk against Villa.

I feel empathetic for any emotional distress caused, regardless of if someone is rich, famous or whatever. Different people have different problems. But somehow I feel like Megan acts surprised that she would be restricted in her new life when marrying into royalty? I mean, what did she expect? And if she is in fact "surprised", what sort of a partner is Harry for not telling her how bad it's gonna be?