The worst ‘Haaland to Liverpool’ clickbait of all time?

Mason Mount and his redemption story make an appearance in Mediawatch, but then there’s some of the worst Liverpool clickbait ever…   Sermon on the Mount If Thomas Tuchel wins the Champions League this season and then claims the Premier League next year, some writers will still be tutting and pointing out that he did […]

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Silly England shouts and Moyes ignored for Manager of Year

It turns out this England management lark is not as easy as it seems from the press box. Plus Dean Smith gets a MotY shout over David Moyes.   Haaland cattle Erling Haaland’s representatives meeting with Barcelona and Real Madrid is newsworthy. He is one of the best young players in world football and his […]

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Maguire was ‘shaky’ as media gives England reality check

England will face ‘much better teams’ than Poland. Those ‘much better teams’ are not doing all that well against similar opposition, of course.   Case for the defence After the first round of UEFA qualifying for the 2022 World Cup, four teams have played and won their opening three games. Italy, Denmark, England and Armenia […]

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Why are Liverpool relaxed about Mo Salah ‘own goal’?

Mo Salah has scored an ‘own goal’ by saying something non-committal and banal. The fool.   Salah-Balah We covered this in more detail here, but Mo Salah has not ‘again hinted Real Madrid could be his next move’ (The Sun), he literally answered a question about Spanish football (not Real Madrid) very politely by saying:  […]

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When Harry Kane gets advice from Stan Collymore…

Harry Kane needs to concentrate more on scoring goals. And why does he not concentrate more on scoring goals? Because he plays for Spurs obviously…   Know what I mean, Harry Harry Kane scored for England on Sunday; it was his 33rd goal in just 52 England games. At club level, he has scored 160 […]

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The Luke Shaw misfit narrative is now undroppable

Luke Shaw is a member of the England Misfits Club apparently. Except he’s really not, is he?   The Misfits ‘LUKE SHAW had managed just 60 minutes of international football under boss Gareth Southgate until last night,’ writes Charlie Wyett in The Sun. ‘Along with James Maddison, Jack Grealish and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, he was a […]

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Boyhood dream? Or ‘extraordinary waste of everybody’s time’?

James Ward-Prowse and Ollie Watkins realised England dreams. They should have celebrated that ‘extraordinary waste of time’ with a handshake.   Grump it up What makes you grumpy? Is it a lack of sleep? A poor diet, perhaps? Or maybe it’s being sent to Wembley to watch England win comfortably and convincingly as part of […]

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Liverpool stunned by proof that bad things come in threes

Liverpool have been rocked: there is a hit out on Mo Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold has been snubbed again and Sadio Mane is risking wraths.   No matter what I do, all I think about is you ‘Gareth Southgate has been left with a dilemma over whether to pick Harry Kane in all three World Cup […]

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Mourinho and Southgate’s continued Kane ‘collision course’

Gareth Southgate and Jose Mourinho absolutely despise each other if you believe the newspapers. Harry Kane is central to their ongoing war.   Simple plan Gareth Bale joined Tottenham on a season-long loan last September. It was reported at the time that the deal contained a clause permitting Spurs to extend the move by another […]

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