Mark Say

@WISE16 I'm beginning to think TfL is closing it to regulate traffic in the tunnel. Last week I was stuck on the roundabout for ten minutes until the barriers were raised. No sign of any emergency or maintenance vehicles. And long queues in Jamaica and Lower Roads.

Is there a way to know how many times the Rotherhithe tunnel has been closed over the last few moths? It seems to be happening quite frequently

@swspurs @JacoCats One thing that worries me about him is the look on his face - despair - when things are not going well in a game. Suggests he lacks the mental strength to help turn things around; but could say that about most of the team at the moment.

@JacoCats Nonsense tbh. A 22 year old settling into a new country improving but still looking for consistency. Be a major European player for the next decade. Bale, Modric, Son were very similar and in Bale and Son's case worse

ON XAVI SIMONS: After few months I think it's fair to reflect on this signings. There are many problems that I have with him at the moment: 1. Too much hype before joining, that didn't help at all the settling of a very young player. He came here already with the "aura" of a superstar, where in reality he's not even close to that level, and I don't think he will ever be. 2. Heavily struggling to adapt. Since the start of the season there no signs of improvement in the PL, especially in terms of rythm and physicality. Too easy to disposses, too slow in the decision making. It feels like the game at times moves too quickly. 3. Very confident based player. If things go well he tend to get fired and his performances follows his mental state. But if he's struggling (and it's the case in the PL) he seem to go on a downward spiral that makes him more and more chaotic and erratic on the ball. 4. Was absolutely misprofiled from the start, he came here and people thoight we had a creative n10, technically sublime and reliable. In reality he's not that type of player. His passing is inconsistent, the vision and the weight of pass is not high level, even when we involve him around the box and in the pocket of spaces he feels uncomfortable. IS HE A BAD PLAYER? NO. I still believe Xavi will be a very useful player for us in the future. The problem is the role we're giving to him, a role that he's clearly not comfortable with, the creative machine, the one that needs to unlock very difficult situations. He doesn't need to be that player, but more the one at the end of certain passes, the finisher. If he showed something is surely the fact that he's very dangerous in the box and around it when his focus is on shooting and finishing. He also have a very good dribble in progression and he can create his own shot in tight spaces. We will see the best of him in the moment when a good creative midfielder will play near him. Unfortunately we're seeing the worst of him in the PL.

@msloobylou By episode three I was thinking "Meh!" But it picked up in episode four.

My dad (90) made an announcement today. He's given up on Night Manager 2.

@swspurs @josh_burman_ Porro needs a break. I'd bring in Davies lb and play Spence RB.

@josh_burman_ I like it .udogie left,Spence right when we can

I guess this is the best team we can put out rn? No way solanke or udogie will be ready to start but if they are they come straight in

@niallb1 @lennylaw I walked past that pub earlier today. No gangland tourists in sight.

@swspurs From the past handful of games I think it's due to the players not being good enough. Too many poor touches, stray passes, shirking from tackles and not taking opportunities for a pass that would create a chance.

They're working their socks off but how on earth do we train going forward? We fuck up every promising position.

@msloobylou The king has been canoodling with that Boleyn girl?

A mate told me a bit of gossip today that is so old it should be in a museum

@msloobylou @marcooth Thirty minutes of music. Ninety minutes of Jools Holland chatting with his mates.

@marcooth Who’s on? NO DON’T TELL ME, I want to be surprised

So excited about the Hootenany!!!

I saw the first London production of Sondheim's Into the Woods in 1990 and have always thought it was one of my best nights at the theatre. Well the new version at Bridge Theatre is even better.

@Buddyboy51 The only Constables I liked were some of the latter ones where he seemed to have picked up elements of Turner's technique, especially in the skies.

@markssay Completely agree. Should keep Constable well away from the mastery of Turner. x.com/buddyboy51/sta…

Been to Turner v Constable at #TateBritain today. It did nothing to change my mind that Turner wins hands down.

Christmas present from the Mrs. Excellent catalogue from an excellent exhibition. #TateModern

@niallb1 Round of applause!

I didn’t think it was possible but, here we are.

@poorceltic LA Confidential excellent. He was at his best in that period.

@markssay reading his trilogy. quite wonderful. next up for me LA Confidential. the sense of corruption is something even the psycopathic, narcissist that is the moron's moron Trump would find normal.

James Ellroy (1988) The Big Nowhere. odonnellgrunting.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/jam…

One more @UKAuthority webcast for this year. Harnessing AI to defend the public sector. Presented with @zscaler ukauthority.com/articles/podca… #AI #cybersecurity #govtech

Shaukat Ali Khan, executive chief digital information officer at the NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, provides a perspective on responsible progress with new tech ukauthority.com/articles/tech-… @stkhan #AI #HealthTech #govtech

@NCSC provides an update on its trials of cyber deception techniques, saying they are showing their value in #cybersecurity ukauthority.com/articles/ncsc-…

Hounslow and Chesterfield councils are running a pilot of a new software for managing responses to planning consultations ukauthority.com/articles/houns… @LBofHounslow @ChesterfieldBC @UrbanIntelUK #govtech #localgov

The Scottish Government has said the national digital dermatology service, launched in September, is already doing a lot to reduce waiting lists for referrals ukauthority.com/articles/scott… #NHS #HealthTech