🚨💣 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐃: Michael Oliver has been appointed to referee the blockbuster FA Cup quarter-final between Manchester City and Liverpool.
This will mark his 65th game in charge of the Sky Blues — 45 wins, 8 draws, 11 defeats.
Notably City remain winless under him this season:
❌ 1-0 loss to Aston Villa
⚖️ 1-1 draw at West Ham
⚖️ 1-1 draw against Chelsea
Oliver’s most recent Liverpool fixture saw Manchester United stun the Reds 2-1 at Anfield.
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If you could ONLY pick 1 of these
• Playstyles Removed
• Hypermotion Removed
• Shush Celebration Return (🐀)
• Original League SBC Return
• Futmas Return
• Monthly Rewards Return
Which one are you picking? 🤔
And as for Trent Alexander-Arnold not being good enough for this squad? What? A couple of months before the World Cup is not the time for Thomas Tuchel to be playing stupid games with one of our most talented players. Absolutely bizarre.
HOT TAKE 🔥
If the WWE doesn't pull the trigger on a full Uncle Howdy singles push by SummerSlam, they're actively burying one of their most unique characters of the past few years.
Bo Dallas has all the tools to make this happen, that eerie calmness on the mic, the physicality and wrestling ability, as well as the built in emotional ties to Bray Wyatt’s legacy, he could be a main event heel for years to come if the WWE did it properly.
The Wyatt Sicks as a group has become background noise at this point, I love them don’t get me wrong but there are too many members, with not enough direction, and the supernatural stuff feels watered down when it's spread across five people instead of being focused on one unhinged leader.
Let Erick Rowan, Dexter Lumis, Joe Gacy and Nikki Cross do their thing in the midcard or tag division as a four person unit, and they could still hold ties to Uncle Howdy/Bo Dallas if needed.
Post WrestleMania Uncle Howdy should be working with main card talent and having a sniff at mid card titles, not coordinating group spots, Bray made magic because he was a singular voice, Bo deserves the same shot without the dead weight.
What's YOUR take on this? ‼️🤔
#UncleHowdy
30 years ago, Terry Venables could leave out Ian Wright for Euro 96 because he had Alan Shearer, Teddy Sheringham, Les Ferdinand and Robbie Fowler at centre-forward. Elite options at No 9 now? Basically, Harry Kane.
Ollie Watkins, Dominic Solanke, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Danny Welbeck are below Kane’s level. Liam Delap needs to get the upward trajectory of his career back on track again. A “minor issue” benching/resting Kane will always be a major problem for England.
FA coaches at St George’s Park debate why there are so few 9s emerging. Focus on 10s and wide attackers in academies, more teams playing only one centre-forward in a 4-3-3/4-2-3-1 and cage styles leading to “ballers” not poachers are all reasons discussed.
Line-leading skills, back-to-goal expertise, finishing prowess need re-developing. Because Kane is 32 and succession planning is required. #ENG
Before Sensible Soccer and Kick Off, there was MicroProse Soccer (1988).
But did you know the game was actually developed by Sensible Software? MicroProse was “just” the publisher and named the game after themselves.
The creators were Chris Yates and Jon Hare - the same duo who would later make Sensible Soccer.
What might look quite dated from today's perspective was an absolute blast in 1988. Oman beating Brazil 2-0 in the finals to win the World Cup? No problem. Playing in thunderstorms and lightning? Hell yeah! And that replay feature… man, that “R” in the top left corner hits different if you remember football matches on TV from the 80s.
Oh, and that banana kick… glorious!
Topped off with music from the legendary Martin Galway, MicroProse Soccer was pure 80s gold.
Easy fixes for ultimate team on the next FIFA;
- Give us back red picks and do weekly/monthly rewards like the old games.
- Revamp Draft all together.. rewards have to be better
- Remove skill based matchmaking in non-competitive modes
- Playstyles need re-balancing or completely removing. (Not sure it’s actually possible to balance them)
- introduce a catalogue with rewards for collectors/creators (example - 20 liverpool players = retro Sturridge card) > would need an option to ‘seal’ a card so you avoid SBC’ing etc
Anything I’ve missed you think you would add? #fc26