Andrew Burrell

Goodbye Twitter It was fun … for a while If you need a failed sports injury guru you can find me @umburrella.bsky.social

@GuillemBalague :)

Take refereeing out of that list 🤦

The intensity, the quality, the personalities, the managers, the little battles, the physicality, the noise, the tactics, the goals, the things that have not been scripted, the sadness (for Rodri), the refereeing... This is the top of the world of elite football Just... Wow 😲 #ManCityVsArsenal

Main character syndrome is a serious problem when it comes to Michael Oliver.

Interesting to see that (some) Man City fans have pivoted very quickly from “We’re innocent. It’s a conspiracy. Show me the evidence.” to “The rules aren’t fair. How else were we supposed to compete?” … :)

🇸🇲 SAN MARINO WIN A GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20+ YEARS & A COMPETITIVE MATCH FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!!! History is made as the worst team in the FIFA rankings (210th) finally end the longest winless run in international football history (140 games dating back to April 2004)!!!

@gutguido @paddypower :)

@paddypower Gondor calls for aid! And Rohan won't answer.

EXTINGUISH THE BEACONS OF GONDOR

@Stillmanator No need to demand respect. The lad earned it the hard way.

For this week’s column I basically spent 1100 words demanding we put respect on Eddie Nketiah’s name 👇🏻🔴⚪️

@brucemillington @HLTCO Spoiler alert: they’re wrong

@HLTCO A couple of Gooners whose opinions I value are worryingly down on Nketiah. Let’s hope they’re wrong on this occasion.

That’s that then. I’m growing more and more happy about the prospect of Eddie Nketiah in Palace colours.

@HLTCO Lad has a great mentality. If he gets regular games there is still plenty of untapped potential.

@FabrizioRomano Graveyard where young players careers go to die #midtable

🔵⏳ Gabriel Mec and Mike Penders, expected to be next signings for Chelsea.

@SuhailChowdhary Keep working on your delivery and remember that comedy is all about timing.

@prodnose Southgate will still insist on playing a man (Harry Kane) who clearly cannot run. That’s not Kane’s fault, but it’s wilful negligence on the part of the manager.

My genuine joy at us being in the final only tempered by Gary Neville now giving major credit to Gareth Southgate who, frankly, has bumbled through this tournament with a terrific squad that he has hopelessly mismanaged.

Apparently Southgate deserves credit for his substitutions … I mean bringing on a striker who can actually RUN is a very bold move. Alternatively … why did he not start Watkins???

Innovative ‘false 9’ formation from England tonight. I mean they have a real #9 on the pitch but he prefers to hang around the halfway line instead of the penalty box #playingwith10men

@England @HKane Never. Ever. A. Penalty. Although I suppose we could call it quits after Koeman somehow wasn’t send off in 1993???

Wins the penalty. Scores the penalty. GET IN THERE, @HKANE! ⚽️

Kane can’t even run. Will Southgate have the courage to take him off? Never!

@TrungTPhan “Containerization has only become the norm … in the last 15 years” … ??? Really I’d say it has been the norm for 30+ in many places. I remember seeing garbage bags in Naples 15 years ago but I put that down to Naples being … well Naples!

New York City paid Mckinsey $4m to conduct a feasibility study on whether trash bins are better than leaving garbage on the street. The deck is 95-slides long and titled “The Future of Trash”. Some highlights: ▫️The official term is “containerization”, which is the “storage of waste in sealed, rodent-proof receptacles rather than in plastic bags placed directly on the curb.” ▫️Two main types of containerization: 1) individual bins for low density locales; 2) shared containers for high-density. ▫️NYC needs to clean up 24,000,000lbs of garbage a day ▫️Containerization has only become the norm worldwide in major cities in the past 15 years. ▫️New York City first considered containerization in the 1970s but never conducted a feasibility study until now (Mckinsey’s sales team has been dropping the ball) ▫️Key considerations for container viability: • POPULATION DENSITY: NYC has 30k residents per square mile (more dense than comparable big cities) • BUILT ENVIRONMENT: Few places to “hide” containers due to history of infrastructure development. • WEATHER: Snow creates challenges for “mechanized collection” in the winter. • CURB SPACE: Mostly taken up by bus stops, bike lanes, outdoor dining and fire hydrants. • COLLECTION FREQUENCY: NYC needs to double frequency of pick-up for estimated speed of trash that bins would accumulate. • FLEET: A new garbage truck will needs to be designed to collect rolling bins at scale. ▫️ The proposed solution (literally garbage bins and shared containers) covers 89% of NYC streets and 77% of residential tonnage. ▫️The three case studies — because you gotta have solid case studies — are Amsterdam, Paris and Barcelona. ▫️There is a slide called “Why containerization matters” and three reasons are “rats”, “pedestrian obstruction” and “dirty streets” (the 21-year intern that did this slide billed at prob $10k an hour is my hero). The study is actually pretty interesting. I have no idea if $4m is a rip-off to learn that “yeah, we should put garbage in bins so rats don’t eat it” but I would have happily done it for 10-20% of that budget (and come to a similar conclusion).

No Englishman has had a bigger impact on this tournament than Michael Oliver. At last we have somebody who can sit in the middle of the park and dictate the game. Proud. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@jamiecweir Agree. I thought it was a penalty in real time but as soon as I saw the first replay I wasn’t so sure. It’s a very odd movement. I’d be screaming for a penalty if I was a Scotland fan but would also think it was a bit soft if it was given against my team.

I’ve watched this about 20 times now and still don’t think it’s ‘stone wall’. Why does Stuart Armstrong stop all his momentum by leaping into the air rather than running onto the pass and getting a shot away?!