Mark I. Harrison

'we don't lose finals' he says, whilst wearing a bucket hat he got from a final they lost.

Premier League fans deliver damning verdict on VAR. 75% of 7,946 fans polled by the Football Supporters’ Association “didn’t support the use of VAR”. Too long, too forensic, too much of a joy killer, fans say. Findings shared with Premier League and PGMO. 92% of fans surveyed “agreed” that “VAR has removed the spontaneous joy of goal celebrations” (82% of them “strongly agreed”). 85% of match-going fans “strongly disagreed” with the notion that “VAR makes watching football more enjoyable”. And 83% of those watching on TV. 85% of match-going fans “strongly disagreed” that “VAR decisions are generally resolved in a reasonable amount of time”. Echoed by 83% of those watching on TV. Only 18% agreed that “VAR has improved the overall accuracy of refereeing decisions”. 72% are “concerned about the expansion of VAR beyond its current remit”. 79% “strongly disagreed” with the suggestion “that the match-going experience is better with VAR”. 67% “strongly agreed” that they preferred “watching games that are played without VAR to games with VAR”. 84% “strongly support” goal-line technology. 34% “strongly opposed” to the idea of a challenge system (two per game per team). “These findings back up the FSA's previous survey in 2021, where fans expressed misgivings about the introduction of VAR,” says Thomas Concannon, @WeAreTheFSAPremier League network manager. “The vast majority are reporting the same concerns five years on - the loss of spontaneity when celebrating goals, and an overall worsening of the match-going experience. We have shared the survey results with the Premier League and PGMO, and look forward to discussing its findings with them.” Fans surveyed of all PL clubs and all ages (Under-18 to 65+).

Old cunts who never served love to chat this type of shit knowing that they're sitting pretty.

Seeing Americans defend their shitty stadiums that are miles away from host cities and their embarrassing transport set up, like you guys are really in a cult man. Some Stockholm syndrome type shit or something.

Eddie Marsan? Left-leaning? ARE YOU ACTUALLY SERIOUS?

Wondering whether Arsenal might have to call off their FA Cup tie at Southampton. All these injuries they're getting over the international break...

This Arsenal stuff is getting ridiculous man. Zubimendi now!

The concept of the British middle class is conveniently elastic. On the one hand, it’s used to refer to anyone with a white collar job and a mortgage, on the other it’s defined as families with nannies and kids at private school who can somehow be presented as the national norm.

I wonder who will be the first player to get ejected after a successful challenge because they make a snarky remark to an ump on a pitch that wasn't even close to being called correctly...

right wing people legit just make stuff up to get mad about

Team who could lose up to three midfielders in the summer, including two nailed on starters, are considering replacements. Wow, what a shock, I can't believe a football team would behave like this!

Today's work is proper 'losing faith in humanity' stuff.

Mental that this guys still at it man. Absolutely ridiculous levels of 'how could you be arsed' on display

yeah dude she was in the movie

It's surely Daniel Day-Lewis

These guys are falling like flies, there gonna have no team left. Surely, they can't all be lying? 🤣🤣

Forget about politics yellow fucking chinos yellow chinos

recession indicator

@A_muzanx @chess_insights It's Neiksans, Rudolf and Sargent today. Looks like Leko won't be on the rotating cast 😢. They do have Howell and Polgar, both of whom I love. I think I will be picking and choosing between broadcasts throughout the tournament depending on who is commentating that day.

@MarkIHarrison @chess_insights Hope we get Leko !

What stream are we watching?

Taker was a wrestler who could be great, especially in his Mania streak between 23 and 29 inclusive. However, his in ring work wasn't as consistently great as you would hope it to be for a 'great' wrestler.