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AJ has the hallmarks of an Audley Harrison tribute act, laughable how he still seems to believe his own hype yet simultaneously doesn't want to be near a scuffle

Would love to see Canelo knock him out

For the rage it must cause DUP'ers alone its a huge advancement and a win across the board

As a fella at work put it, we don't come in to use the computers, the machines are here to use us

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Don't listen to this weeks GAA Social unless you want to cry your eyes out.

Relentless

Jansen brought Larsson and Lambert. Vengloš pulled Moravčík out of nowhere. O'Neill added Sutton, Lennon and Thompson. Strachan found Nakamura and Boruc. Lennon brought Hooper, Wanyama, Forster and Van Dijk. Rodgers had Dembélé and Édouard. Ange brought Kyogo, Jota, Hatate and O'Riley.

Those rabbits from the hat have all but disappeared, not only is it gonna be tight to retain the league but the whole thing is going to be a total zzzzzzz snoozefest as they sleepwalk into a disasterclass fighting it out for third place

At this stage Bodø/Glimt are a better proposition for any player with a desire to push on

Hate that vibe, comes through way too often

Very true

Was it a lapse not bringing Wharton or Lewis-Skelly (who kept Zubamendi out of the CL Final lineup)

A few mins before Eng scored v Argentina Anderson hit a cracker of a crossfield ball along the ground through the lines to Gordon on the wing, they were combative, well in the game and playing decent stuff, after the goal they froze, several tactical mishaps later it was a car crash - it really was right there for them to make the final

At least 10-15 years ago they'd pick up a bit of quality from league 1 and the championship, zero intent across the board at the minute

A beautiful human being with great character and a habit of putting more than the arm in

So true

Astounded me the number of times Stevie G was lauded for a crossfield diag that left a full back or winger stood basically on the corner flag with no room to maneuver and no-one in the box to receive a cross if they could have dug one out in 0.3 second flat, it looked the part but rarely amounted to much, needless to say Stevie didn't adapt well to the higher IQ requirement when the legs went

On comms he's overdoing the shock and awe wonderment of it all for the non-GAA fan
On the podcast its wall to wall pestilence, i hate to say that but he thrives off it and its unlistenable as a result

Niblock tops them all and that takes some doing

Tuchel a very easy scapegoat. Ultimately they just aren't good enough. I think he is bang on with his football iq comments.

A few minutes before England scored Elliot Anderson played a great crossfield diagonal between the lines, across the ground to Gordon on the wing, proper football, after they scored they strung 5 passes together once, the players retreated, Tuchel's subs and tactical alterations compounded the fear and sense of a systems failure, players and manager both equally complicit, Kane was the anti-Messi for the last 20mins, had a front row seat of a game going on around him, the last 10mins looked like a 10v6 such was the control England willingly handed over

Somewhere along the line you need to speculate to accumulate, thats if you have any aspirations of winning a game in the CL knockouts, if you don't aspire to that then you'd behave exactly as they are, their total lack of ambition was plain for all to see ahead of the Bayern game 18 months ago, there's nothing interesting really happening, a very boring enterprise at the minute

Messi has a football IQ of 200, while England retreated he worked out the necessary hack and set about with the minimum of fuss, amazing how much he walks through a game, he's 5 steps ahead and doesn't expend energy he doesn't need to, amazing to watch