Mr K

We are deeply saddened by the passing of the legendary Kevin Keegan and mourn his loss. His indomitable spirit and remarkable contribution will be forever etched in our history and his legacy will live on. Rest in peace, Kevin. 1951-2026

The Internet is undefeated.

When the least cheesy thing is Miss Piggy and Kermit, you know you've fucked up.

24 years later, they are back!!

A Rugby World Cup Final would never be this boring.

@DanielHeithorn Only 3 in the UK are IMAX 70mm (two in London and 1 in Manchester). I went to see it twice already at both in London!

@TheRealMr_K Dual Laser Projection. For the 70mm screening only 6-8 cinemas in Europe are configured that way. 4 in London, 2 in Paris, 1 in Brussels, one in Berlin and Munich.

Have to drive 90km to my workplace. But 10km closer from my workplace is an IMAX cinema. So on Friday, I will watch for the very first time a movie in IMAX format and I am happy it's #TheOdyssey, as Nolan intended.

I have created indices to help see the relative load used by teams on attack (“CPR” or total of combined carries, passes and rucks built per match) and use of the kick in attack (aggregate of kick total, kicks for attack, contestables and retains). The top four teams = inverse:

International Rugby: The Final Boss. ❤️🇿🇦🏆

@CaptSpringbok I know that feeling hahaha! Having to explain to my wife as well 3 times for 3 separate trips/games to France for 2023 RWC! Great memories!

My wife’s reaction every time I tell her I’ve bought tickets for a rugby game in another country, and immediately proceed to tell her we need to watch our spending for the rest of the month! 😂😭

FIFA appoints Slavko Vincic to referee World Cup final... six years after he was arrested at a sex party where cocaine and guns were found trib.al/3wUU1dZ

I hope he kept the receipt

The World’s End in Finsbury Park… very good!

Thoughts on my new T-shirt?

Simulation confirmed. Lionel Messi once held a baby Lamine Yamal for a charity photoshoot. 19 years later, the two will play against each other in the World Cup final.

A brutal stat: England had only 12% possession between Anthony Gordon’s goal and Enzo Fernandez’s equaliser.

What Dembélé will see every time he turns around today

@SABCNews Can you check this as I don’t believe it’s correct - England did it June 2002 to March 2003 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_E…

South Africa have become the first nation to beat every Six Nations team and those from the Rugby Championship in a 12-month period. tinyurl.com/yhn5vbek

South Africa are the 2025/26 Seven Nations winners 🇿🇦

I’m going to take my time with this one. If you’re busy, bookmark it and come back later. Do you know the biggest problem with Cristiano Ronaldo? It isn’t that he never won the World Cup. It’s that he spent years telling everyone what separates legends, only to change the standards once he couldn’t reach them himself. After winning Euro 2016, Ronaldo made it clear that winning a major international trophy was what completed a player’s legacy. At the time, Messi had just lost another international final and was going through the toughest period of his career. Those comments only added to the narrative that Messi could never be the greatest because he hadn’t won with Argentina. For years, that became the standard. Messi was called a bottler, while Ronaldo was praised as the player who had proved himself internationally. Nobody wanted to hear about context. Nobody cared that Messi had dragged Argentina to a World Cup final in 2014 with a squad many considered weaker than the Portugal teams Ronaldo has had over the last decade. The only thing that mattered was that Ronaldo had won a major trophy with his country, and Messi hadn’t. Then Messi won the Copa América. Suddenly, the goalposts moved. We were told one Euro was worth more than multiple Copa América titles because South America supposedly wasn’t competitive enough. That became the new excuse. Then Messi won the World Cup. The excuses changed again. It was “fixed.” It was “scripted.” Then came, “A career can’t be defined by seven games.” Funny how nobody was saying that before the tournament, when many believed it would finally be Ronaldo’s chance to win it. Now Portugal have been eliminated from the World Cup, and Ronaldo posts about Euro 2016 again. That’s what I find ironic. When international trophies favored Ronaldo, they were the ultimate measure of greatness. When Messi caught up, people started ranking competitions differently. When Messi surpassed him by winning the biggest trophy in football, suddenly the World Cup wasn’t supposed to define a career anymore. That’s the contradiction. The difference between Messi and Ronaldo was never just about goals, assists, or trophies. It’s about consistency. Messi never needed to diminish Ronaldo’s achievements to elevate his own, nor did he ask football to change its standards because they no longer favored him. He simply kept playing until he won everything there was to win. League titles. Champions Leagues. Ballons d’Or. Golden Boots. Copa América. Finalissima. World Cup. Every major trophy that was ever used against him eventually became part of his legacy. Cristiano Ronaldo will always be one of the greatest footballers to ever play the game. But this is exactly why I believe Messi is the greatest. He didn’t ask football to rewrite the standards. He met every single one of them.