@Everton Continues with...
...hl!
Merlin Rohl!
He is lightning and he's heading for goal.
Gonna be too much...
For you to take!"
Take it, it's yours.
I'm also here for weddings and birthdays.
#MerlinRohl music
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Matt Read
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Matt Read
@MattRead66
First journalist to interview Sterling, Henderson, Walcott, others. MATCH Feats Ed of 13 years. Contributor to mags, radio, web. MA Sports Journalism lead @ CU
Leicester, Liverpool, London & Katılım Şubat 2009
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@Everton Just came up with this. Guess the tune. Better?
We've got the Rohl wizard,
Direct and lightning quick,
He's gotta play,
Runs all day,
Won't let any ****** get in his way,
Gonna be too much,
for you to taaaake.
You'd better stand aside,
Rohl will not be denied,
He's Merlin Ro..
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@MarkOgden_ @pbsportswriter Enjoyed this, Mark. But (and I appreciate you know this as much as I do) 'football wanting it' is a tad broad. All involved in professional football weren't pushing for VAR. The broader analysis also sidesteps the nuances of/within this incarnation.
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Football wanted VAR and now everyone complains when it gets a big decision right. You can’t have it both ways — and that applies to Mikel Arteta as much as anyone espn.com/soccer/story/_…
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An incredible fact about the greatest full-back (bar Kyle Walker) of the last 10 years.
If Portugal had a strong manager, and were 'over' Ronaldo, they would be a serious contender this year. They have class across the field... Bar No. 9.
Fabrizio Romano@FabrizioRomano
💙❤️ João Cancelo becomes the first player ever to win the league title in four of top five European leagues. 🏆🇮🇹 Juventus 🏆🇪🇸 Barcelona 🏆🇩🇪 FC Bayern 🏆🏴 Man City
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@daviddownie17 Attitude - and the obsession with noting the limits of his (pretty good) squad - must change for a club like Everton to move to the next level. A level EFC sat at for 60 years. Football, as Bournemouth have shown, is only partly about players. Success depends on how they're used.
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@daviddownie17 See the tweet that followed, Dave.
There is no guarantee connected to that musing. The only guarantee is that he will improve players who graft, chase and doggedly follow the rigid plan - see Garner and (the improved, but highly limited) Keane. Creatives will struggle to thrive.
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Season over. Deserves to be. Miss that many chances, defend that poorly for their goals. Fucking manager taking our worst player off today with 2 minutes to go. #EFC
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@daviddownie17 Although I'm not suggesting Moyes' approach will get Everton there. Not when there are giants like Brentford, Bournemouth and Fulham to compete against. 👀
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@MattRead66 Nothing other than Europe. Rest of it is irrelevant
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This sums up the views of many Evertonians. Some (away from the club) say to be grateful. Many of those close to the club are calling for change.
John@JohnBra95167994
@daviddownie17 Mate we've dropped 6 points in the last 4 games thanks to moyes ingame management. Cried we want european football all season and he's cost us it. Will be more monday night football next season now while we watch a brentford or brighton win the conference leagus. Needs to go
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@rorydavies66 Stats do not tell you who's controlled an opponent through their fast reactions, who has made the right runs or played the right (forward/progressive) passes from deep positions. Stats add something, but often are for those who don't really understand the nuances of football.
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@MattRead66 @sistoney67 So your telling me as a player Declan rice has been better than Bruno Fernandes in the premier league ? Reliable sources 🤣🤣🤣. Name a stat fernandes isn’t ahead of rice at in a far worse team. Ignorance is not a bliss clearly
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Well deserved individual honour for season’s outstanding player
The Football Writers' Association@theofficialfwa
BREAKING - Bruno Fernandes is the Footballer of the Year and Bunny Shaw is Women's Footballer of the Year. Man Utd captain @B_Fernandes8 edged out Declan Rice in the vote among 900 members of @theofficialfwa . Manchester City striker Shaw won by a landslide. Full story here: footballwriters.co.uk/?p=10226 Congratulations to both players, who will receive their awards at the Footballer of the Year annual dinner in London on May 19 Details here: footballwriters.co.uk/editorial/brun… #FOTY2026
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@rorydavies66 @sistoney67 Ignorance is not bliss, Rory. It leads to these election results we're having. Do your research - from reliable sources
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@MattRead66 @sistoney67 All rice has been better at is passing the ball backwards
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I differ from Henry here, and on many other opinions. The game's about quality, skill, strategy, focus, endeavour, teamwork - many things. Declan Rice has excelled this season in every one of the key aspects. Fernandes has risen, but also floundered. A distant fourth, for me.
Henry Winter@henrywinter
Congratulations to Bruno Fernandes voted Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year. Superb for Manchester United in a tough season. I voted Declan Rice for driving Arsenal to within touching distance now of the Premier League & Champions League. The game’s about glory.
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As far as apologies are concerned, that is crap. It may not be enough to #Tchouameni summer. #Valverde
Fabrizio Romano@FabrizioRomano
🚨 OFFICIAL: Aurelien Tchouameni statement to apologize to all Madridistas. ““What happened this week in training is 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 — I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school. No matter who is right or wrong, we should always look for the calmest solution to resolve a conflict”. “Above all, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛. I know the fans, the staff, my teammates, the management, everyone is deeply disappointed by the way this season has unfolded. But frustration cannot excuse everything”. “These incidents, even if they can happen in any dressing room, are not worthy of Real Madrid. Especially since Real Madrid is the most talked-about club in the world”. “Anyway, now is no longer the time to figure out who did what, who said what, or who was right or wrong. I acknowledge the club’s sanction and I accept it”. “We remain family, with disagreements at times but we must always put our objectives above everything else. 𝐈 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩, and I also want to extend my apologies to all Madridistas”.
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@TyrrellPaul @johnmcdonnellMP An expert in that field. And a dreamer.
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@johnmcdonnellMP desperate to do any media round he can. He does come from a position of substantial experience in election defeats - having been one of the senior figures who presided over Labour’s biggest general election defeat since 1935.
Sky News@SkyNews
Sir Keir Starmer would be "gone by now" if Andy Burnham was in parliament, says Labour MP John McDonnell. Burnham, the Mayor of Manchester, was blocked from standing in a by-election by Labour's executive committee. 🔗 trib.al/0aJJHsY 📺 Sky 501
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@lewis_goodall The problem is that those who want him out are one-eyed. They feel a Corbyn-style extremist can work in the modern world. Starmer fails because he is realistic and more centrist. But really 30% of the population want to gamble on Socialism... And life being like a Hovis advert.
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I’m intrigued by the argument that Labour can’t change the leader as the Tories did. Does anyone think it was a bad idea when May was replaced by Johnson- when he won an 80 seat majority? Or that Johnson should have been replaced after Partygate? Or that Truss should have been replaced for being Truss? In each case, it minimised political damage.
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This is magnificent.
Every player I would want depicting with the right actor... and a couple of inspired extras.
Tancredi Palmeri@tancredipalmeri
Ahah this is fucking brilliant, but where the hell is Jonathan Banks as Totò Schillaci
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BIG.
Expect the 'lower status' player to leave or be forced to issue a public apology. That would be Tchouameni.
Although that would change if Valverde (recent captain) was the significant aggressor.
David Ornstein@David_Ornstein
🚨 Federico Valverde & Aurelien Tchouameni in dressing-room fight at Real Madrid training ground. Valverde went to hospital with head injury. Follows altercation 24hrs earlier. #RMFC expected to take action. W/ @GuillermoRai_ @MarioCortegana @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/72610…
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@matchmagazine So sorry to hear this.
Russ' magic was in coming up with wickedly dry sports satire that could make adults howl with laughter and adding visual elements that made younger readers point and giggle. Brilliant cartoonist and a great bloke to work with.
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For everyone who grew up enjoying MATCHMAN’s adventures - and for those whose children have continued to do so - we invite you to join us in paying tribute to Russ.
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We’re deeply saddened to share that Russ Carvell, the gifted creator of MATCHMAN and a beloved MATCH contributor since the '90s, has passed away.
MATCHMAN won’t appear as a cartoon for now but will live on in the magazine - and we’ll continue to honour Russ in MATCH each issue
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