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@TheArsenal_ @andydunnmirror Yeah, Arsenal really hard done by on squad building, only allowed to spend over a billion since Arteta came in to win an FA Cup 6 years ago.

@andydunnmirror It’s really hard to feel any sympathy for city given the 115 Andy. It overshadows everything, but least it’s let them build a squad to deal with such a schedule, which is the same as Arsenal’s.

The FA and Premier League should be embarrassed - they've left Pep Guardiola with no choice mirror.co.uk/sport/football…

Out shopping earlier and the assistant suggested I try the jeans in a larger size. I was like “I’m here to buy a phone, mate.”

@OliverKay @Charlespurs @SebSB Similar with players getting shoved into advertising hoardings. Some of those are pretty solid chunky LED screens with a risk of serious injury. Slight pull of hair = instant red. Shove someone into a large solid object at speed = maybe the ref says something.

Totally. I understand that argument about it "only happening" because Romero was blocking him. I also understand what Dermot Gallagher meant on Sky when he said it had to be judged on the offence rather than the outcome. There are so many examples of that. BUT ... because of the situation, it wasn't "just a push". It put two players at risk, as you said. I remember a similar one in an England-Belgium game at Wembley (Gary Cahill and Dries Mertens). It's so dangerous

It’s strange that referees have created these red lines around player protection - high feet, studs showing - but when confronted with something this dangerous had no idea what to do.

@DaleJohnsonBBC Ah well, only a really obvious mistake that should never have happened. At least it won't have any impact on anything. Glad that we're wasting so much time and effort on VAR and these laughable panel reviews.

Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey should have been sent off against Tottenham, the Premier League's KMI Panel has said. Brobbey pushed Cristian Romero into keeper Antonin Kinsky but escaped a second yellow. Romero suffered a season-ending knee injury. 👇 bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

@thomasforth How many of those are student accommodation? I find it remarkable how many huge student blocks have gone up in town, especially the top end near the arena. Huge demand obviously.

Left work early to take some pictures of the kind of plots outside of the city centre but in the city core that the latest Centre for Cities report on densification says we need to build in Leeds. And I have great news! We've already built it! It's just not in the data yet.

@DaleJohnsonBBC Get VAR out of football.

Championship clubs have rejected to chance to introduce a version of VAR for next season. Football Video Support (FVS), a variation of VAR which needs fewer resources and gives each coach two reviews per game, could have been brought in from August. 👇 bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

@DaleJohnsonBBC An absolutely atrocious decision. What is the point of VAR?

Much will depend on what Anthony Taylor told the VAR he saw. If the referee described it as we saw and chose a yellow, there's not much the VAR can do. But that's a red for me. Another case where the outcome is probably different had the opponent "played up" to it. #MCIARS

@HKhaliqueLoonat @TimesSport Now do total treatment time for each team's goalkeeper? Ideally alongside total time spent actually injured.

Which teams are the biggest time-wasters when leading? That's the subject of this week's The Trend for @TimesSport

@Zonal_Marking Cheat on your dying wife? Yes. Wear a snood? NEVER. Rio is a principled chap, you've got to say that.

have just stumbled upon this article on the remarkable snood outrage of 2011, even madder than I remembered

@j4ppleby Extreme Mounjaro face.

I can’t get over how weird this photo is. He’s trying to look malnourished after his great sacrifice, which, at the end of, the thing he wants more than anything is… a tiny coffee 🤔😂

@thomasforth How do they work out where income tax is raised?

Very good. Opens the door to much deeper devolution and the freedom or Mayors and/or Local Authority leaders to bet on winning! Great to see us learning from the USA and many EU nations on this. 👍💪

@DaleJohnsonBBC What is the point of VAR?

Brighton should have been awarded a penalty in their 1-0 loss at home to Arsenal, the KMI Panel has said. Gabriel Martinelli held back Mats Wieffer. The KMI Panel also ruled that Chelsea should have got an on-field penalty against Arsenal. bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

@kylenewbould Dermot Gallagher in "saying any old shit for money" shock. Why is this boring, personality-free moron on telly?

Funnily enough, this is what Gallagher had to say on Johnson fouling Justin: "Why would it be a second yellow card? He’s not stopping a promising attack, he hasn’t pulled his shirt back. People mis-time tackles, if it’s half a second earlier he gets the ball."🤔

@thomasforth Have you read @Samfr's Failed State? Very interesting and compelling arguments against the current overly centralised model of government.

My views are probably closest to, 1/ MPs don't need more staff. 2/ MPs don't need paying more. 3/ Ideally we'd have fewer MPs and much less power at Westminster but we've never moved in that direction and making things miserable is a bit of a brake on yet further centralisation.

I am enjoying the "MPs should or shouldn't be local" debate on here. Strong feelings on lots of sides, all completely incompatible.

@Glinner Moved to being a political grifter instead. Nobody who runs in such a bizarre fashion should be anywhere near a position of power, absolute fruitcake.

If he actually believed this and he wasn't just ripping these women off? I don't know if that's worse or better.

@captainstaino @philmcnulty Bizarre bit of goalkeeping. Did he think he was outside the box or something?

@philmcnulty Why did the keeper not just grab the ball?!

Long clearance from Courtois drops behind O'Reilly. Valverde gets there ahead of Donnarumma and scores from a tight angle.

@thomasforth Next is the accusation of having a chip on your shoulder about the North because you think that actually maybe it would be good to care about most of the country.

Me: "could one of these three meetings on this national issue be in Manchester or Birmingham?" The internet: "why do you hate London?" Me: "Kings Cross is great, what a success, may we have some similar investment?" The internet: "stop talking down Britain!"

Obviously I've blocked the anon prick, after I think a calm response. But it's an interesting monomania. I've said nothing in the whole thread that shows any "dislike of the south". I have wanted representation for where I live. But this is often considered hatred of the South.

@JamesWillMarsh @GjMcGowan @thomasforth At enormous cost v a relatively small driver payroll. The payoff comes a very, very long time in the future. You would get more return from building new driverless lines. Glasgow is a poor comparison, far less complex.

@GjMcGowan @thomasforth It’s very possible just would involving a lot of rolling stock and signalling upgrades.

I don't believe that "the unions" are the main barrier to a driverless tube. France quite famously has powerful unions,... and lost of driverless metros. Copenhagen's metro and soon suburban trains are driverless despite,... unions. I just don't buy the unions are to blame line.

@Simon_Hughes__ Leeds are lying re: Savile. They have done absolutely nothing for years to try and stop it. No statements to fans, no bans or suspensions, nothing. Pathetic to pipe up now when it's finally getting some attention.

@DaveC1992 @madnutter0102 @Zonal_Marking If you can't play your second-choice keeper that you've spent £12m on that's the fault of whoever signed him.

@stf28476 @madnutter0102 @Zonal_Marking He shouldn't have played and been in that position which is what my original message says...

to be fair, analysis from an ex-manager who once substituted a goalkeeper after 21 minutes and then called him "the worst professional I've ever seen" is actually quite useful x.com/footballitalia…