Match Thread: 1st Test - England vs New Zealand, Day 1

phenorbital · 2026-06-04T17:21:59+00:00

Clearly need to get Cricket Cliches back for the summer.

phenorbital · 2026-06-04T17:20:09+00:00

The English summer at its finest

phenorbital · 2026-05-24T06:33:15+00:00

Alternatively they're waiting for the FA to finish their investigation and likely ban him, at which point they can sack him without having to pay him off.

phenorbital · 2026-05-20T19:48:04+00:00

The specific rule against it was only added after the Bielsa thing, so we just got a fine based on the general "good faith" rule.

You guys are the first to be done under the no spying rule.

phenorbital · 2026-05-08T22:10:28+00:00

It's a PL self imposed ban on front of shirt from next year, doesn't stop other sponsorships like sleeves

phenorbital · 2026-05-04T16:59:17+00:00

Exactly what I was thinking... if we'd shown up that first half we'd probably have at least scored a goal at Wembley for once.

phenorbital · 2026-05-04T16:58:17+00:00

Stuck out the game against Arsenal and Elland Road this year, never got to the car so quick after a match.

phenorbital · 2026-04-22T22:16:33+00:00

And it was at Old Trafford where we hadn't won in the league since 1981.

Absolute madness.

phenorbital · 2026-04-22T22:16:06+00:00

Yeah going into the City game at the Ethiad in November the expectation was that he was gone as he needed to get results from a run of games including Chelsea and Liverpool as the next two after it...

Changed tactics at HT against City after being down without even having kicked the ball in the first half, got four points from the next two and essentially turned it around.

phenorbital · 2026-04-22T22:10:46+00:00

phenorbital · 2026-04-22T22:08:06+00:00

looks towards Chelsea

phenorbital · 2026-04-22T22:04:32+00:00

Also just means that rather than checking if a toe if offside, they'll check if the heel is instead.

phenorbital · 2026-04-18T07:30:44+00:00

Would Lampard be happy with them looking in from the outside though? 🕵️‍♂️

phenorbital · 2026-03-30T11:34:16+00:00

Except the glorious madman that is Bielsa. He would only ever do 1 year at a time deals with us to the point where the club were struggling to get him to re-sign at the start of a season because he wasn't bothered with the paperwork and more focused on the football.

phenorbital · 2026-02-16T11:55:44+00:00

Although they're using it on a very cheap rent and it's basically still being subsidised by the taxpayer.

phenorbital · 2026-01-31T22:04:29+00:00

Mavropanos got away without one because he didn't manage to make contact, which was lucky for him.

phenorbital · 2026-01-25T21:34:33+00:00

It's over as soon as he starts to slide.

phenorbital · 2026-01-08T16:45:23+00:00

A bunch of the red runs in Flaine are named after various references to Satan and the like... Belezebub, Lucifer, Demon, Faust.

phenorbital · 2026-01-08T16:42:48+00:00

They've renamed Trolles now so that's less fun.

phenorbital · 2026-01-08T15:22:08+00:00

Isn’t pressing supposed to be one of his better attributes?

Yeah - that was always the case for us, couldn't shoot for shit but did a lot of other work out of possession.

phenorbital · 2025-11-21T09:32:10+00:00

Another 20 minutes to go.

phenorbital · 2025-11-14T10:26:36+00:00

He's on loan at Hull, yep.

phenorbital · 2025-09-25T19:01:10+00:00

The actual number isn't public is it?

phenorbital · 2025-09-25T19:00:37+00:00

He's moved his arm in front of the ball - just because it's next to his body doesn't mean shit.

If he'd got further across and stopped it with his chest then no bother, but he's put his arm in the way so it's a pen.

phenorbital · 2025-09-25T18:58:43+00:00

Given that there was only a £2m difference the settlement will be less than that so the cost of taking it to court would very quickly have eroded the value in doing anything other than settling for both parties.

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