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@McDonnellDan That game shouldn't have existed in the calendar. Even a world cup 3rd and 4th place playoff is rarely a spectacle. On a completely unrelated thread, your piece detailing your trip to the Icelandic islands was the best football article I've read in years ! Thank you.

Sorrowful end at the Aviva Stadium proves an appropriate conclusion for the week that wasn’t independent.ie/sport/soccer/i…

@McDonnellDan Your article during the week reviewing your trip to Iceland was absolutely brilliant, best footy background piece I've read in 25+ years. Thank Daniel

Live piece from Prague. There was a happier version binned before a rewrite. Two Italia 90 moments before a World Cup was too much to ask. Penalties were a torture that should have been avoided independent.ie/sport/soccer/i…

Here we go again #lewiston #Maine

@matias_grez @BlogdoJuca Beautifully written memories. The first world cup I watched as an 8 year old - you revived those memories for me. Well done Matias !

"They were exceptional players... and they were kind, captivating and seductive." I spoke to @BlogdoJuca about the #BRA team of 1982 - arguably the greatest team to never win the #FIFAWorldCup - and why they became one of the most beloved in history. edition.cnn.com/2022/12/01/foo…

@silentmoviegifs Do you compile a mental checkpoint when you encounter them (i.e. Thats a smoking scene for future ref) or find them after (i.e gather any smoking scenes) ???

I don't know if many other people are still using the Moments feature on Twitter, but I enjoy putting these things together every year

Some of my favourite GIFs and videos from 2021 twitter.com/i/events/13455…

@FreudianSlip3rs @KingBobIII @NatalieORegan1 Built before that

Tell me you live in Ireland without telling me you live in Ireland.

@DEADLINE @MrEricLange Started watching #escapeatdannemora yesterday. 6 episodes in. You have created an incredible character in Lyle, amazing acting, thank you.

‘Perry Mason’: Eric Lange & Justin Kirk Upped To Series Regulars For Season 2 deadline.com/2021/02/perry-…

@RalfLittle @TomChivers What you doing in America that has you in charge of scissors ???

@TomChivers Don’t know if this is of adjacent interest but I spend a lot of time in America these days and some them will ask for “a scissor” instead of “scissors”. Which, as language stickler, always blows my tiny mind.

something I'd like to know: why are the words "shears", "scissors", "secateurs", "tongs", "pliers", which all have different roots, all quasi-plural? They have two main "parts", but so do hinges or can-openers. There must be some pluralising-by-analogy or something? Anyone know?