Kevin English

Takes a big man to admit when he’s wrong. Bruno handled the whole Keane incident with class. All Keano had to do was say he misquoted him, apologise and move on. Shame it’s dragged on like this. Suppose that doesn’t get you clicks though. Disappointing.

Couple of sups...

Up Binian early this morning. Feet up now in the back garden. Belter day that.

As far as I know Thomas Tuchel has never watched Ivan Toney live in Saudi Arabia. It feels like he’s picked much of this England World Cup squad without using his eyes.

Aston Villa win their first trophy for 30 years. Quick, mention Manchester United. 🤷‍♂️

If the memories of Bilbao won't make you realise the incompetence of Ruben Amorim, how much better off Manchester United are now & how far they have come in the four months since he left, you never will. Thank god it is over. I never want to feel like that again.

At 44, Sir Alex Ferguson had won... 3 x Scottish Premier Division 4 x Scottish Cups 1 x Scottish League Cup 1 x UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (beat Bayern and Real Madrid with Aberdeen) 1 x UEFA Super Cup 1 x Scottish First Division (St Mirren with a squad with an avg. age of 19)

@GeoffShreeves @Jack_Gaughan Looking forward to the section where we look at Pep's drug test failures as a player, his multiple (untrue) explanations into how that happened, and his clubs' subsequent punishments for drug-related offences as a manager. Getting the popcorn ready!

I’ve said a lot about Pep Guardiola in the past 24 hours and this thread will be a bookend. First and foremost he’s been a genius coach who, inspired by Cryuff, has revolutionised football at all levels in the past two decades. 1/n

VAR I enthusiastically welcomed it. Was sold on the higher percentage of right decisions so we could all go home knowing football justice had been done and we could concentrate on which player was crap instead. But I was wrong. Woefully and completely wrong. Waiting 5 minutes for a decision to be made alone means the system isn't fit for purpose. Why? Because I sat with TV producers who said everything would be wrapped up in 10-30 seconds. It has literally taken the spontaneous joy from the most important part of the game. A goal. Then, one thing completely blindsided me and many others. Subjectivity. I thought there would be science and a nailed on guarantee of a successfully and universally accepted decision. How wrong we were. Instead, arbitrary lines are drawn that simply can't with any certainty say whether a player is offside or not. So a human in a portacabin, 200 miles away only does what the referee can do, make a best guess. Likewise handballs, dives, any penalty decision to be honest. A subjective decision decided out of stadium allowing an increasingly small and poor refereeing pool a get out of jail free card. Instead of them making a shit decision and owning it, they just pass it on 200 miles away so 3 men in a portacabin can make a shit decision instead. Lunacy. For the love of the game, let's go back to investing in getting more referees, respecting them so that they join the trade and don't feel constantly abused. In short, treat them like rugby referees. Ultimate respect. Then, fuck VAR off, it's ruined the game, made it petty and chaotic, and taken that one ingredient that you simply can't replace, instantaneous joy. As a player and fan I accepted a referee making a bad decision in a game in the same way I accepted fucking up a shot or pass. We're all human. Let's get back to that, humans doing their best, everyone walks away from the ground accepting that and less unrealistic pressure put on officials to be perfect when perfection doesn't exist in any walk of life. VAR stinks. A system designed to help is a massive hindrance and it's about time pundits, fans, players, referees, clubs put pressure on authorities to get rid of it. We only need goal line tech, the rest can and should be refer refereed by humans making their best judgement. A best judgement that was over 98% right( audited fact pre VAR). Enough is enough, fuck it off.

Richard Ashcroft talking about Slane 98 last night was mad when you were actually there. I can't believe that was 28 years ago. Still remember it like it was yesterday but sadly some are no longer with us and the drugs don't work hit's hard these day's that's for sure.

The coolest bastard on the planet. What a gig.

Some day yesterday with @celt00 down here in Dublin. Celtic winning the league and sinking creamy pints in the Celt he was in his element. Out for a nice dinner with the wives then watching the main man Richard Ashcroft do his thing it couldn't of went any better. ❤️

Managers not wearing suits in cup finals pisses me off more than it should

The real deal is back😃@PaddyDonovan23 no robbery this time. But disgusting judging again nonetheless. Really mature Slick dominant performance from paddy Tactics spot on from @AndyLeeBoxing could hear the instructions on my TV another world title shot👊Delighted for you lads🇮🇪

For a man who gets offended when people call him a piss can, when he's tweeting shite at 3am... this is a bold take... "If you think Bruno Fernandes has been the best player in English football during 2025-26, you’re a fucking idiot." You're a fucking embarrassment, Tony.

Iptv shit itself last night so only seeing the big talking point now. Should of been awarded 2 penalties ffs 🤣

As if City couldn’t embarrass themselves anymore… They’ve refused to host the FA Youth Cup final at their stadium in the fear of a United-dominant crowd. (Shame about that construction that DEFINITELY couldn’t be put on hold for an extra day 🤣) They then give United less than 1000 tickets. Sold out in a minute. And now they can’t even sell their own allocation in that tiny ground. They’ve even got influencers on the marketing job… Pathetic, hollow cheats.

Does anyone else spend the entire modern movie turning the volume up and down because there is zero sound consistency in movies anymore?