Millo💀

#MOTD , more bald chat than action! 🤬

@henrywinter About time some players are held accountable i.e sacked !

Liam Rosenior getting his cards was always on the cards after another wretched game and then he criticised the players in public. Chelsea say they will conduct a period of “self-reflection” before appointing the latest permanent head coach. In an emergency episode of The Football Boardroom… #CFC 1/2

@dayvales 😅

@TheAthleticFC @OliverKay Cosmic intergalactic football 👊

Football has entered a new era of pragmatism: long-throws, low blocks, corner kicks turned into wrestling matches. Nobody, it seems, has broken that news to Luis Enrique and his Paris Saint-Germain team. ✍️ @OliverKay 🔗 nytimes.com/athletic/71830…

@Jack_Bass_ @peterhook @ABconcerts Dad and lad 👊

When your dad’s got a hurt-y finger so you finally get to play the bass solo on The Perfect Kiss.. 🐸⚡️🎸 @peterhook @ABconcerts

@henrywinter Yes , but HK needs to turn up and needs service , he looked well off it at the last big tournament

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

@henrywinter Start writing the sequel H , 60 years of hurt !

Still can’t believe that England are going to the World Cup without arguably their best passer. Watching fringe candidates labour at Wembley highlights even more the nonsense of Alexander-Arnold’s omission. He’s a game-changing option from the bench. If you have pace out wide in Gordon/Rashford and Saka/Madueke/Bowen and want to launch a quick counter, TAA can deliver. If England are in a shoutout, he can deliver. Risk/reward. #ENG

Possibly the worst panel ever, how has it come to this ? Quality of our politicians has never been lower , we’re doomed #bbcqt

@dayvales @Artemisfornow

@Artemisfornow You couldn’t make this up!

*sigh*... apparently, as the UK becomes more diverse, white men should just accept they will have fewer top jobs. Nowhere does this review suggest that board positions should go to the best candidate regardless of race, sex, or background! Neither does it suggest majority ethnic businesses should make room for white men on the board. And now we have yet another review pressuring private companies to socially engineer their businesses, when really they should simply be focusing on being a successful growing business.

@piersmorgan You were lucky, we lived in a newspaper in a septic tank,,

I went to a comprehensive school from 13-18.. and have zero criminal convictions.

@models_by_Russ Skilled , switched on people, appreciated and valued by experienced leaders , who understand and have been there. A powerful combination but unfortunately very rare these days.Old school got stuff done 💪

There’s a lot of talk about “employee engagement” these days. Here’s the uncomfortable truth from someone 26 years into the railway — pride doesn’t disappear because people get lazy. It disappears because loyalty stopped being a two-way street. When I started in Electrification, it was a small world. We knew each other nationwide. We worked away together. Froze together. Sat through 23-hour rip-downs together while shifts came and went. It wasn’t perfect — we were naïve enough to think we had jobs for life — but we cared. Then the cycles hit. Every railwayman knows them. Ten-year waves. Skills watered down. Good men left. Companies realised they only needed you when it suited them. And once people learn they’re expendable, they stop committing their identity to the job. That’s not weakness. That’s self-preservation. Today we’ve got corporate slogans, “social values,” and managers who’ve never stood under live OLE at 2am in sideways rain telling lads to open up about their feelings. Meanwhile this remains one of the most dangerous industries in the country. In high-risk environments, pride isn’t nostalgia. It’s protection. You don’t need hugs. You don’t need buzzwords. You need competence. Standards. Ownership. I understand why younger lads are cynical. I really do. The industry taught them to be. But you cannot build a safety-critical culture on disengagement and constant moaning. All I want is a committed team that takes pride in what they do. Because when the wires come down at 100mph, “values workshops” don’t fix it — skilled, switched-on people do. Maybe that makes me old-school. Or maybe I just still give a damn

Hopefully Jack will go down for a long stretch so we no longer have to endure his wooden acting , even Segal has more range #SilentWitness

@henrywinter Come on H, next to Micah anyone can come across as insightful.WR seems like a decent guy , fabulous player , but a pundit he is not

Wayne Rooney was always an illuminating interview as a player. His analysis in Rio in 2014 of England’s shortcomings at that World Cup – “not streetwise enough” – was painfully accurate. Rooney’s now growing into punditry judging by latest MOTD. He’s not always been the most natural or convincing pundit on TV - his podcast is good - and has divided opinion amongst viewers but he was very good last night. Delivered insightful analysis especially on Haaland’s movement and all-round contribution. You’d expect that insight from a former striker. But Rooney also excellent on Leeds’ tactics, especially their press, cutting out the space for Villa and forcing them wide. Drops in detail on individuals like Rogers (importance to Villa), Calvert-Lewin (leap). Strong views on Chelsea’s defending and marking, too. More of this, please.

Oh dear, is it too early to blame Sam Burgess? #ENGvIRE

Meanwhile UK economic growth at 0.1% These guys will get us going #TheApprentice

@thecooktwit @marcuswareing Watching on catch up , he’s doing another one !

@thecooktwit @marcuswareing That was an evil test set by the Scottish lad, he came across well, but I know what you mean

Not being funny but one of the highlights of #Masterchef for me is watching @marcuswareing and monica preparing the skills test! What’s the point of getting an ex winner to do it?

@henrywinter Surely Henry , it’s about time players attitude and “professionalism “ is questioned. managers carry the can , players miraculously experience a new manager bounce !Managers should demand and expect consistent attitude and performance, time to see some players sacked ?

Thomas Frank had to go. Last night showed why. As is usual with dismissed managers, stories will inevitably emerge highlighting issues around his management and a reported disconnect with certain players. But players have to take responsibility, too. Before seeing Frank and Matthew Benham at Brentford once, I watched training and walked in with the players. They all stood or sat in the boot-room, all engaged in a serious conversation about training, about the game ahead. They struck me as a group of individuals prepared to take responsibility individually and collectively. They continue to do so at Brentford and at other clubs they've joined (eg Mbeumo at United). That’s credit to Brentford’s recruitment and the culture developed there. Spurs is obviously a different level - something that Frank failed to grasp - but recruitment needs to focus on bringing in more leaders and responsibility-takers in the future. Spurs captain is currently serving a four-game ban for a reckless tackle. Spurs fans deserved better leadership from Frank. They’re still owed better leadership from some of their players. Frank was a problem, but not the only one. #THFC

@dayvales @A1an_M “Me dad was on the tools” much more authentic , I hear he needs a new spin doctor, I am available soon

@dayvales @A1an_M But his father was a toolmaker?!

Why does he persist with this? Even if it was true, which it isn't, I can't see how it would win him any new voters or bring back any old ones. I mean who out there is saying tonight "that Starmer - solid working class fella, I'm voting for him" ? No-one.