Just watched the second half of the Scotland game and they really aren't very good. I really want them to do well but the decision making is very strange throughout the side. Feel like they really miss McTominay when he's out
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Excellent column about international football echoing a lot of things I've been writing about recently. Nice to see Cymru fans in the photo used in the online version as well!
James Nalton@jdnalton.bsky.social · 21h agoInternational football is not without its issues, but as the club game at the top level is being ruined by private equity and state ownership, the international game provides an alternative. This weekend's Morning Star column on Nations Leagues and extended international breaks.
It's going to be a tough Nations League campaign for Wales. Portugal first up and I'm not expecting a good result. Hopefully I'll be proved wrong but I won't even be able to watch the game tonight. Cue some nervous checking of the score throughout the evening
“This host is on the slide” says fat, swollen parasite having fully drained its victim.
Matthew Stadlen @matthewstadlen.bsky.social · last wk.Multibillionaire Sir Jim Radcliffe complaining about benefits policy, reminiscing about the British Empire and describing the UK as “on the slide”, while living as a tax resident in Monaco, shows that self-awareness might not be his greatest strength.
My latest for the International Break project looks at the first games of the new season and some surprising names on the fixture list medium.com/@danroberts_...
International Football Returns, With Some Surprises
The first international break of the season is here, with an interesting set of fixtures, to say the least
medium.com
Even if the majority of residents in Piddington are not far right, as most of the reporters covering the story have decided, they don't seem to have been too bothered by the very obvious prospect of their stunt being used by Reform, Restore, and other far right groups for their own ends
Piddington getting more media coverage and "understanding" from politicians than Wales or Scotland's calls for independence
I feel like, in the future, this meeting might be seen as an important moment in the history of the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to meet in Cardiff
The Plaid Cymru, SNP and Sinn Féin leaders will discuss ways they can work more closely.
bbc.co.uk
Happy to report that Channel 5 have turned away from their game show style presentation of the NFL this year
I'm glad Lucca is as dire for Napoli as he was at Forest. I'm always disappointed when a good player in Seria A fails to do well in England
I can't see what the problem is. Crypto billionaires are famously well known for caring about what happens to all people
I don't usually use my phone at gigs but these two were incredible at The Rose Hill last night. Try to see Traditional Mutant if they play near you!
Switched on the Aussie Rules and Brisbane are already 32 points up
My latest for The International Break welcomes the return of the Nations League medium.com/@danroberts_...
Welcome Back Nations League Football, I’ve Missed You
A sometimes derided international football competition is about to make its return
medium.com
One day English sports reporters and commentators will spend a little time finding out how to pronounce footballers' names
Just read that a senior person at Anthropic believes there is a greater than 10% chance that AI could kill ALL humans in the next decade
Leonardo DiCaprio's Enthusiastic Clapping
ALT: Leonardo DiCaprio's Enthusiastic Clapping
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So, I binge watched the final series of Colin from Accounts, even though I planned to watch only a couple of episodes a night
My latest for The International Break welcomes the return of the Nations League medium.com/@danroberts_...
Welcome Back Nations League Football, I’ve Missed You
A sometimes derided international football competition is about to make its return
medium.com
Great report on Fiorentina's 100th birthday celebrations turning sour. Loved the photos too!
@foolsrushin.bsky.social · 3w agoPleased with this article about Fiorentina and it’s hundred years open.substack.com/pub/calciono...
At least in Germany they know a fascist neo-nazi group when they see one. Doesn't stop them getting voted in though. Very worrying times as the policies of fascism become ever more normalised
When masked thugs radicalised by racist hate blockade ports and threaten harm, the police make zero arrests, and the response of the government is to issue a statement sympathising with the protesters' aims and only mildly rebuking their actions, we have a big fucking problem.
A worldwide weekend of sports for me. Watched the Aussie Rules yesterday before going to watch Lewes in the FA Cup. Serie A on BBC Alba this afternoon before rounding off with the baseball on iPlayer
Hertha Berlin win their fourth game of the season to keep the 100% record going and sit top of the table. Too early to get excited about a return to the Bundesliga?