AJ

If FIFA is helping out with the sportswashing, what hope does football have?

The man doth protest too much.

He is pretty much like that with any other world leader unless they are prepared to kiss his ass, and has started to apply some xenophobic policies. Biden is unlikely to receive a Chrissie card from Xi, let alone being wished a happy Chinese New Year.

Please America, don't let this horrible human being be your leader again.

" One in the hole, you say?"

Seems he didn't take the training drills for it seriously.

10 vs 12.

Zero interest, and I will be very happy for it all to be over so normal footballing programming can resume. Reasons being, there are enough things happening in my life to keep me preoccupied. Another reason is my country is there simply to make up the numbers, and just as England have a shite manager in Southgate, we too have a shite manager in Graham Arnold. Graham Arnold is to Southgate as Bolsinaro was to Trump, so, he is quite crap, and he is taking a crap selection of our country's players to play in a crap tournament in a crap country. I would rather watch the American version of "The Inbetweeners" dubbed in mandarin while trying to widen my pee hole with a toothpick than watch any of it.

Agree, and also thanks to @Rodders for the link. This is a gem of a website.

Not bothering to watch it and can't wait until it is bloody over.

I have no doubts. We can beat anyone.

Manchester United going through their defence drills.

He did give us that penalty shot. The hubble telescope has managed to locate the ball. Its currently in Jupiter's orbit, and has been colonised by miniature space rats.

Free hit for Unai.

Big fan of Ollie, but I think I have finally had it with him. For so long now, I have been hoping he finds form again, and when he scored against Brentford, I was hoping very much he had turned a corner, but after the Newcastle game, I have had to draw the conclusion that he doesn't belong here. During the last game, he couldn't hold the ball, couldn't win the ball. It was like he had no physical substance, like he was a ghost. Absolute passenger, and I had already forgiven his shot in the Fulham game that went out for a throw. I really don't like criticising our players. When there is a debate about the quality of our players, I usually stay out of it. But, if we want to improve, we can't afford to hold on to passengers, especially if they take up valuable positions in the squad. Unfortunately, Ollie has become unplayable now, and not in the good way.

I find it a bit hypocritical when these conservatives say that libs are soft on crime. Trump pardons the likes of Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, and Charles Kushner. Kyle Rittenhouse gets off scot free, They also legalise murder wih those damned stand your ground laws. Last time I checked, in most societies little things like treason, fraud, and murder were considered serious social no nos. F***ing hypocrites.

Reminds me of that joke. A guy was smoking a ciggie at the bar, when another guy walks up beside him, and starts doing the faux coughing thing. " You shouldn't smoke. Those things will take years off your life" he says to the guy smoking. The smoking guy replies " Well, my grandad lived to 90 years old." " Did he smoke too?" The guy takes another drag on his darb. " No. He just minded his own f***ing business."

No, but I can be slightly flippant. No disrespect to Unai or Falco either. " Rock me Amadeus" was one of the greatest songs from the 80s.

And this one is just mean.

He comes across as an absolute gentleman, and I think we have been blessed to get him. Also, he does look a bit like a slightly deceased Austrian pop star from the 80s.

If so, then I question his training methods.

Very happy about this. This might upset some, but I rate him higher than Pep.

We are apparently linked with Vincent Kompany now. Journalists are such lazy trolling bastards.

Anyone count how many crosses we made into the box? I didn't notice any. I think that made a bit of a difference.