Connor Rafferty

A Mars Bar cost 28p in 2000. Today it's £1.05, and it's 18% smaller. Price up 275%. Size down 18%. Most people accept this as normal. It shouldn’t be.

£108m total commitment on Guehi. It’s a hard life being Pep. Buy two central defenders a year ago. Don’t like em. Buy another. Maybe another in case you need a snack.

Man City last won the league in 23/24 season. That summer they spent €249m Since that summer, they have spent a further €540m Imagine ANY manager with that kind of backing… Your €75m Marmoush not work out? Don’t worry, we’ll get you €72m Semenyo one calendar year later… Don’t worry about the 115 charges hanging over them, it’s all above board this.

So Man City bought Bournemouth’s best player and now they’re buying Palace’s best player … two well-run clubs losing major assets to a club that behaves however it wants, utterly uninhibited by the phantom 115 charges. It looks and smells like corruption, but it’s just football

Hugo Eketike should have went down in the box for 💯 pen and Leeds down to 10 men. (I would have) However he stays on his feet and VAR or ref can’t see that he is trying to be honest. It’s a very strange law that he doesn’t get rewarded (pen still given) for his honesty.

Selling Luis Diaz was, let’s admit now, a terrible decision. He should’ve been given the not-outrageous pay rise he deserved. His dream was not to play in Germany. He would’ve happily stayed.

Joe Root scored 13,662 runs in his career & still used to get called home bully!! Joe Root avg outside England: 🇿🇦 - 50.21, 🇳🇿 - 50.30, 🇱🇰 - 65.50, 🇮🇳 - 45.42, 🇦🇪 - 57.40, WI - 51.50, 🇦🇺 - 37.25 🇵🇰 - 47.70 - Dominated entire world, greatest after Sachin!

😡 - (@Squawka) “Liverpool have now suffered the most VAR errors against this season, with four ‘errors’ against them. Even with one error going their way, the Reds are still worse off than any other team.”

Right so wtf then 😭😭 ??

Apparently grabbing someone by the throat isn't a red card offence anymore. Joke.

57 G/As in the hardest league in the world. Trophies won. Sustained success. Consistency. Longevity. And he gets a 4th place finish. The most disrespected player in world football.

4th, btw😂

Salah had the greatest individual Premier L season of all time. If he doesnt win the Balon D'or today only confirms the suspected bias vs him. For context Dembele had 48 goal involvements last season Salah had 57 in a harder league Crime against football if he doesnt get it👍

If we factor in the guaranteed sale of Harvey Elliott for LFC, Arsenal net outspent everyone this summer. Over the past 5 years, AFC have spent (net) double that of LFC and Man City. Approx £700m vs LFC’s and Man city’s approx 350m each. The idea that Arteta deserves some grace because he’s ’at least made Arsenal competitive again’, doesn’t take into account the sheer scale of the club’s investment. In the past 5 years, no English club has put their foot down financially, quite like Arsenal. And Newcastle also don’t need to worry that they’re being left behind by ‘the cartel’. Their £450m net spend over the past 5 years eclipses that of LFC and City.

@dermot0805 He’s needs a chance. Understanding. There is so much ability there lol. New 5 year contract I think.

Regardless of Amorim’s future that will likely be Onana’s last United match, though can they sell him, looks bereft of confidence.

Shearer on motd slagging off Kerkez for the first goal for being too attacking even though he'd already been subbed. Brilliant stuff Al.

The signing of Gyokeres puts Arsenals net spend in this window £20m short of Liverpool’s.

How can Liverpool afford all these signings? Ranking of net spend across the 5 completed seasons prior to this summer 2020/21-2024/25 (according to @TMuk_news) 1) Chelsea: -£770m 2) United: -£547m 3) Spurs: -£472m 4) Arsenal: -£468m 5) Newcastle: -£365m 6) West Ham: -£274m 7) Man City: -£270m 8) Liverpool: -£252m 9) Nottingham Forest: -£220m Liverpool's net spend in this time is over £200m less than Spurs, they've spent less than West Ham... Across this period, Liverpool won a Premier League title, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cups and reached a Champions League final. They won that Premier League title, having made a net PROFIT of £4.4m on transfers across that season. Even if they do sign Isak, they are likely to make at least £130m from the sales of Diaz, Nunez and Elliot. Don't be angry, it's not unfair. Liverpool are just smarter than your club.

@MichaelVaughan Talk me through this pant gamesmanship. Can bat for hours but can’t field.

I just hope Zac Crawley’s hand is ok to Bat tomorrow .. took a nasty blow .. #ENGvIND 😜

@mattylufc_ Not to mention pant can’t wicket keep but can bat - pure gamesmanship

Absolutely outstanding work from Crawley and Duckett making sure India only bowled one over. The India team have got some front mouthing off about the time wasting after the way they’ve carried on for 2 tests and 3 days so far.