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@pullbuoy Definitely nobody in the 100m BR if we didn't take G I-B. Although I'm obviously always happy to see other HNs doing well, I was being a bit parochial about England only. I suppose we'll have to live vicariously through Yorkshire's finest Northern Irishman on this occasion. 😂

@EpicallyFailing I speculate also that men’s distance they took a view that the home nations would be represented (Wiffen, TMS and maybe a couple of Scots) but there would possibly be nobody in the women’s events

Yesterday England’s swimming squad for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games was confirmed. No massive surprises but a few people who might feel harshly done by as fleshing out relays apparently took the discretionary focus. For a breakdown of the selection: pullbuoy.co.uk/commonwealth-g…

@pullbuoy Yeah, I was putting Abbie into the medley relay in my head. I was also trading off that relay for representation men's distance events & back up for Cox (presuming more likely that we see female BK in mixed than BR). But again, that's just me, I get why they did what they did.

@EpicallyFailing No Idle-Beavers could mean no medley relay though (unless Abbie is pressed into action or Imogen had her arm twisted) but agree you could make a case for some others.

If the ref/VAR decided that one of the other fouls happening took priority (Tross, Rice etc), fair enough. But you don't not give a foul to *some* team for what happened. I suspect if we looked back at all corners by both sides you could give multiple fouls for each side.

VAR discussion is crazy. Should refs give multiple fouls against all teams - Arsenal included - for everything that happens at every corner? Absolutely. But Raya clearly & obviously being fouled. No debate about that. The debate should be about consistency of application.

@Andyjamesonswim Here's the Irish selection policy for Glasgow - swimireland.ie/wp-content/upl…

Wasn't expecting to see someone repping a Whitehaven flag on the WIC stream this morning. Yay that person.

Yes, no football team ever surrounded the keeper and did this before a corner/long throw before the evil cads at Arsenal thought of it. Damn you Nicolas Jover!!

Get in!!!!! #curling

Hockey is brilliant.

Newly released footage shows exactly how many Czech players were on the ice moments before their go-ahead goal during yesterday's game against Canada

@danielstorey85 I take your point that if the fanbase gets nervous, it could make it hard viewing and potentially those nerves get transmitted to the players. But doesn't that say more about the views/expectations of the fanbase than anything else?

@danielstorey85 A fair article. But the stat that interested me was the failure to win away by more than 1 goal. But that same stat - at least from a quick glance - appears to be true of all of the top 6 except Chelsea. Would that not indicate that winning big away in the PL is quite tough?

Arsenal are teetering, fear becoming a self-inflicting weapon. And I don’t think that their problems are only psychological. ⬇️ inews.co.uk/sport/football…

Look I'm not saying that teams should be looking to hire McDermott or McDaniel ahead of other options, but I would point out that the Conference games this weekend are both Sean vs Mike...

And breathe

NFC West is the best...

Whoever just burnt @BrandonPerna's curse wheel, Matthew Stafford, the Rams (and I!) thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Now let's never talk of this again.

@RyanHanaWWP I'm in town for Tuesday's game, which means we're destined to lose that one, sadly.

Update: with 4 games left in the month, this is already Detroit's best December by points (17) since 2011 (18). Even if they lose their remaining 4 games in regulation, it would be their best December by points % since 2014. #LGRW

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