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Tech person, interested in software engineering. Not the comedian. Also #LUFC + Games + SciFi + Books + History + Politics. Something for everyone then! Opinions my own, not my employer's.

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tbh, thought the ref was by and large ok. There were 3 key decisions, all effectively by VAR - failure to review lufc penalty (dodgy); disallowing lufc goal (correct); award of safc penalty (marginal, especially annoying compared to citeh game). We didn't threaten enough and they got lucky (again).

03.03.2026 23:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Loses points for accidentally blowing himself up, surely

02.03.2026 23:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That scaling advantage assumes HBO Max subs aren't all Paramount+ subs already (typically via grandfathered plans from their cable/satellite/etc provider)

02.03.2026 18:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I believe the deal was done a while ago but FA can't work out how to announce.

28.02.2026 19:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

115, and the FA is going to let them off with a fine, is what I'm hearing

28.02.2026 19:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Double handball as well

28.02.2026 19:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

God that was painful #lufc
Hard on Birmingham, they were the better side. Well done Perri.

15.02.2026 14:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Still convinced, more than ever, we should have taken Phillips in the window. FB not helped by the general lack of ball winners in that starting midfield though.

15.02.2026 14:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The fact he's not got any better as the midfield around him has slightly improved says a lot.

15.02.2026 14:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Difficult to figure out which of the #lufc middle 5 is the most disappointing but I'm giving Longstaff extra disappointment points for wasting set pieces.

15.02.2026 12:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Feels from the commentary like TNT is showing the West Ham game with the intention of syndicating it to WHUTV. Course it was a red. TBH feels like West Ham staying in cup and taking a straight red on a key player is a good result for us though #lufc

14.02.2026 14:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Back when we used to drive on the right

14.02.2026 13:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Has probably "dreamed of managing them since he was a boy"

11.02.2026 13:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'd be surprised - they're hoping to grab Tuchel or Pochettino after the World Cup* So I can't see them getting in a "proper" manager as a temp.

* assuming they're still in the EPL, otherwise presumably Mark Robins, Nathan Jones, etc.

11.02.2026 13:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Notice De Zerbi just left Marseille (mutual consent, sounds more like a sacking as they just got pasted by PSG) - Paixao was bought specifically to play his system and has languished ๐Ÿค”

11.02.2026 13:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think your account may have been hacked by Gareth Southgate

09.02.2026 06:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

PSR rules change next year and were also punitive of Burnley and Leeds (Sunderland got a bye due to coming up so quickly from L1); that winds down going forward so for PSR the pressure drops I think. We only had 60% of the starting allowance of a non-promoted team (this is from vague memory tbc).

07.02.2026 14:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Nigel bloody Farage

Nigel bloody Farage

Cometh the hour ...

05.02.2026 12:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

need a new plan then ...

31.01.2026 16:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In which case we should have tried to protect our goal difference, methinks

31.01.2026 16:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think we should bring on Gnonto for Darlow #lufc

31.01.2026 16:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Arsenal have a far more expensive squad than us, having done well out of PL/UCL football (and up until 2018, Russian oligarch blood money) but it also feels like Farke misjudged tactics and personnel on this one #lufc

31.01.2026 15:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wonder what the XGA was on that one #lufc

31.01.2026 15:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well I'm increasingly glad we didn't get Slot ๐Ÿ™„ #lufc

24.01.2026 19:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"What do we want?"
"We want the blood money tap switched back on! Blood for the blood god! Up the Blues!"

19.01.2026 16:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She's more, MP for Oxbridge who has this annoying inconvenience of a safe seat Up North. And I say that as someone who considers themselves left of centre

14.01.2026 17:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think they already missed a trick with the X-Men one of not pushing Doomsday vs the Odyssey as "the better upcoming Cyclops movie"

13.01.2026 13:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not sure whether this was the notorious one where he got stuck on a train with some Leeds fans and furtively turned in a piece about how much he'd always hated Leeds. Anyhow, think he's a West Ham fan, so karma is coming.

13.01.2026 13:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

From YEP: "Farke lost Sebastiaan Bornauw to a possible adductor strain at the break during the victory but believes the injury to be minor. When asked if it highlighted a need for a centre-back signing in the January window, he insisted he was happy with his options."

11.01.2026 17:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's one of his favourite German years

08.01.2026 23:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0