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@danielstorey85 Bobby Moore Bobby Charlton Duncan Edwards Billy wright Stanley Matthews Kevin keegan won 2 ballon d’or

In Harry Kane, England might have the current best player in the world for the first time in their history. That is both a great blessing and a potential curse - Kane will define the summer. Column. inews.co.uk/sport/football…

@FreeBetsWorld_ Whatever

The Premier League was formed in 1992 when top clubs broke away from the Football League to secure a more lucrative TV deal.

@efropoker Well….quite….lets see if this is “much better” Enjoy the season

@STIGUCD The weird thing about humans is they like to evolve when there’s a much better system.

Some people are mad that there isn't enough baseball in "the zone" to be a strike and want there to be some arbitrary different % (as opposed to the current arbitrary % of >0%). It's, frankly, absurd. The truth is that no matter what constitutes a ball/strike, something slightly different will be upsetting for some people. Hypothetically, instead of using the current ABS metric where 0.00001" of the ball needs to hit the box to be a strike, let's say that the entire box is extended by the size of the ball in all directions. And now, instead of 0.00001% of the ball needing to be inside the box, 100% of the ball needs to be inside the box. This is the literal exact same result, but maybe (strangely?) appease different people.

@Nick_Metcalfe I will see that and raise you a grim second tier Irish game last Friday in front of 150 where I was on stadium PA duty, and a grim meaningless friendly in Lansdowne Road last night where we were outplayed in midfield by guys I never heard of Happy hunting

As for football, I'll continue to go around the grounds and around the country. I'll be at a top flight game at a beautiful old ground in London soon. And this evening, I'm back on the desk at TNT Sports for a huge night of World Cup play-off action. Yours, Lord Subbington

@henrywinter It has been coached out of them So many teams are no obsessed with everyone basically doing the same thing in order to move the ball up the pitch with short passes “through the lines” 🤮 Result being the main striker doesn’t “strike” - having see delap in person, I like him

30 years ago, Terry Venables could leave out Ian Wright for Euro 96 because he had Alan Shearer, Teddy Sheringham, Les Ferdinand and Robbie Fowler at centre-forward. Elite options at No 9 now? Basically, Harry Kane. Ollie Watkins, Dominic Solanke, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Danny Welbeck are below Kane’s level. Liam Delap needs to get the upward trajectory of his career back on track again. A “minor issue” benching/resting Kane will always be a major problem for England. FA coaches at St George’s Park debate why there are so few 9s emerging. Focus on 10s and wide attackers in academies, more teams playing only one centre-forward in a 4-3-3/4-2-3-1 and cage styles leading to “ballers” not poachers are all reasons discussed. Line-leading skills, back-to-goal expertise, finishing prowess need re-developing. Because Kane is 32 and succession planning is required. #ENG

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@sportbible No manager has ever won the World Cup Players win it Thank you

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@Rod_Studd I was there with you. You were not alone.

I didn’t. I warned what would happen. And it has.

@ballsdotie Our midfield was out played by the 7/18/22 from the oppo

HT: Ireland 0-0 North Macedonia A disallowed Troy Parrott goal the only bit of excitement in a half of football befitting of the occasion. Thoughts on the first 45 minutes?

@PaamanuelUtd_ You will never believe what happened before your arbitrary line in space time continuum

there is a club who claim to be the England biggest with 2 premier league titles 😉

@Footballtweet No

🐐 Sky Sports named Cristiano Ronaldo as the Premier League's Greatest Ever Forward.. Do you agree? 🤔

@Nick_Metcalfe I really didn’t

My final word on VAR for now. Fans have got to stop acting like noble knights who were always dead against technology from the start. The majority wanted technology. Many pleaded for it. The fact it went further than was expected is another issue. But you lot wanted technology.

@premierleague Can I get Leeds in 1992 ?

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@Okoliemeka_ The. King. Is. Tired.

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@Nick_Metcalfe Some fans were Many others knew this could not work Goal line technology….i can get there….anything else is guessing

Cobblers, Colonel. Fans were demanding technology. Stop trying to rewrite history, you cheeky rascal.

@Nick_Metcalfe @BulletRobinson Fans coped perfectly with human error for 100 years before VAR We also continue to cope with human error post VAR

@BulletRobinson @STIGUCD I wasn’t that bothered either way personally. Fans wanted it because they couldn’t cope with human error. I guess I broadly thought football was too far behind the likes of rugby and cricket. I like it that more decisions are right now but it’s too slow. End of sermon.

I feel like I should go to a priest with a confession like this, but I don’t want VAR to go. Football before VAR was dominated by referee gaffes. You lot pleaded for technology. It wasn’t quite the technology you wanted, so you moaned again. Fewer mistakes are made now.

@Nick_Metcalfe @BulletRobinson No it was not

@BulletRobinson @STIGUCD Your memory is entirely skewiff here Richard but it’s no crime. The mantra from fans was, the technology is there let’s use it. Although I accept VAR went further than fans were expecting it to.

@BulletRobinson @WafflesInfo @Nick_Metcalfe This. All day this. Our game cannot be referreed to precision Handball, offside (frame speeds, who decides when the ball was kicked etc), pushing, fouls, was the foul inside the box, who gets the corner when 2 players touch it simultaneously We knew it would be pants

@WafflesInfo @STIGUCD @Nick_Metcalfe They are 100% at fault. The entire tv and radio coverage teams are entirely at fault. They created a situation that meant there was no was VAR could not be introduced. Normal humans knew it would kill the game. Idiots in tv studios now pleading ignorance and moaning about it

@WafflesInfo @BulletRobinson @Nick_Metcalfe Right - but the administrators of the game should be able to assess TV level nonsense and run the game sensibly and driven by pundits seeking clicks

@BulletRobinson @STIGUCD @Nick_Metcalfe It was a hot topic on basically every episode of MOTD for years. Shearer exasperated because of the refs, demanding technology. I didn't make it up.