Nigel

Declan Rice seems like one of the most genuine people in football

There’s always a tweet, where has your empathy gone @RachelReevesMP ? Lecturing us on what being British is, how dare you.

@GriftReport @TheGriftReport Fucking vile. Needs locking up

Shocking animal cruelty: Malik Zoubiri, 31, caught on camera repeatedly punching and dragging his terrified Rottweiler named Dyson by the hind leg with the chain lead wrapped around its neck outside flats in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Further investigation uncovered years of horrific abuse inside the home: he threw 20kg weights at the dog, submerged him in water, smashed his head against furniture, deliberately starved him for days and refused to let him outside to toilet. The badly traumatised Rottweiler was so physically and mentally damaged that he could not be safely rehomed and was put down. Zoubiri pleaded guilty to two animal welfare offences at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court. He was handed a five-year ban on keeping any animals, a 12-month community order with 15 rehabilitation days, £500 costs, £180 fine and £114 victim surcharge. Why no jail?!?

@EFL_Comms @SkyBetChamp

A League Arbitration Panel has today dismissed Southampton Football Club’s appeal against the Independent Disciplinary Commission’s decision in respect of breaches of EFL Regulations. As a result, the original sanction remains in force. Southampton’s expulsion from the Sky Bet Championship Play-Offs stands, alongside the four-point deduction to be applied to the Club’s 2026/27 Championship record and the reprimand in respect of all charges. In accordance with EFL Regulations, the decision of the League Arbitration Panel is final. Following the conclusion of the proceedings, the Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Final between Hull City and Middlesbrough is confirmed as taking place at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 23 May, kicking off at 3.30pm. #EFL

@SouthamptonFC @SportsPeteO

We have this evening been informed that the EFL’s League Arbitration Panel has upheld the sanctions imposed earlier this week.

#SaintsFC statement re failed appeal

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@AvonandsomerRob Slough

Name ONE British Town or City you'd advise a friend NOT to relocate to?

Max knows 😏 #pompey

@secondtierpod @JacobsBen Scum by name, scum by nature

Southampton ARE APPEALING the decision per @JacobsBen. They feel the decision is unjust and intend to resolve on May 20th (tomorrow). Fucking hell.

You reap what you sow

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@MattCas04807118 @TheGriftReport The worst of the worst right there. Prick

Wow, poor bloke and poor guide dog.🙁 Manners and the understanding of others should be brought back to society.😡

@PompeyNewsNow Sensible.

#Pompey are exploring the possibility of sending Makenzie Kirk out on loan next season Portsmouth News portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football…

@jimbo_pfc Mental aint it.

how is that not a red? consistency in this game is a joke

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@POMPEYBENNY Right up there with the new goalposts.

“Significant improvements” = Day to day running of a football club 🤣🤣🤣 Reseeding the pitches 🤣🤣🤣

@ImMeme0 The absolute state of it.

UK leftist is crying her eyes out while watching patriots march with British flags. This is a mental illness.

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.