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Think I am more in admiration of Sheffield United's achievement than even laughing at Leeds. For a club whose budget is in the bottom third in the Championship promotion for the second time in three years is incredible. The Blades will instantly be made relegation favourites, just behind...

I enjoy watching it these days, especially for the big tournaments and the best domestic matches. The standard is unrecognisable from 20 years ago. Will go and see the Lionesses at the Amex for their last game before the World Cup, and as the family are doing Paris during it we have tickets for...

I like Maty Ryan as a keeper and think he's very good. Saying someone may be too short to be a top-class keeper is less a criticism than an observation though. Just off the top of my head and thinking about recent goals conceded, would a taller keeper have saved shots from Hazard and Loftus...

I'd happily sign Neal Maupay. 27 goals in an average team, albeit one that does create a lot of chances, is good going. Only 22, so will get better. But we'd have to change the way we play a bit to get the most out of him, Watkins and Benrahma/Canos give him a regular diet of chances.

Mark Davis hanging in there against John Higgins, playing to a finish this afternoon. First to 10, trails 8-6, but decent chance to close the gap in this frame...

Huge first-round match for oldest man in the draw Mark Davis under way against the four-time champ John Higgins. The Sussex man has a very good record against Higgins, won 9 of their last 11 including in Crawley this season when the Scot said he just couldn't beat him and might need a mental...

After some excellent afternoon drinking in the sun and completely ignoring the match, that was a nice surprise to come back to.

After feeling incredibly pissed off for weeks, culminating in Tuesday night, I have now managed to rationalise things in my own mind to prepare for relegation. It hasn't been enjoyable since December. I don't want to watch another season of both negative, poor displays and bad results. Even...

Barber will insist on doling out a £100 per STH refund for 2019-20 after relegation...

To be fair, I think they almost ditched the time-wasting altogether and speeded up in the second half. Clearly felt there was more chance of them scoring another...just makes it even worse, as you say.

There has got to be some mystery to this signing that no one will ever admit, along the lines of paying for 'George Weah's cousin'. Who was that in the highlights video showreel?

Luton are playing some good stuff. Got to be worth £45 a ticket. And £25 for an 11-year-old.

Err, no one got sent off tonight. Watching a few of them losing their rag, I'd say that was a near-miracle.

He has almost as many ways of losing the ball as Derby do of blowing promotion...

It does, you can't get away from it. Losing twice to Cardiff is a disgrace, they are such a poor side, but Warnock gets a tune from and instils confidence in his inferior players. There is a real grudging respect for the wins he has dragged out of them this season. The required post mortem...

Walking to the station tonight I heard another fan say they remember looking at the live table when 2-0 up at West Ham on Jan 2 - and that struck a chord because I did exactly the same thing in my seat at the London Stadium. That would have had us in the top half, three places higher than it...

You can also pretty much predict his team-talk. He will tell them our team are a bunch of flakes, there for the taking and to be roughed up, with a dressing room in disarray (it doesn't have to be true), falling like a stone, a crowd that will turn on the team if they score first, that our form...

I think the last time I did the 'insurance bet to cover a total disaster' was the Palace play-off SF 2nd leg. About the same price that night, maybe 3-1. Not sure I can bear to do it again. If you take the view that if we lose, we're down, you can also get 11-1 on Cardiff staying up on the...

...I'm hoping holiday kids' duty today might do the trick until the drive down. So far....not working.

Staying until the end and walking straight onto the platform for a Brighton train....bring on Lincoln at home.