…according to the Telegraph he’s been chosen as MD of professional cricket at the ECB. The paper describes his time at Sussex as a “mixed bag”. Presumably it means a bag that’s been emptied of all the good stuff, had some food waste put in it, and then mixed.
I'm going to stick up for Nick here. I work in the same office as him. I'm 42, and he's been on the TV news longer than I've been alive. Writing a TV script so the words match the pictures (but don't simply repeat what it is you're looking at), and you're on a deadline, and maybe in a foreign...
Feel a bit annoyed that I'll be piling into the west stand off the train at the last minute like it's a normal evening KO with no time to soak up any atmosphere, but, absolutely.
Hard faced journos call some cases “mad or bad” trials. If a defendant claims to have mental health issues then a court has to decide whether that was the reason or excuse for the behaviour. Letby hasn’t provided evidence of any such issues.
Would be the SECOND Brighton player with a cousin who goes to school with one of my kids. (Tariq Lamptey’s cousin is the other, he’s 11 and an absolute baller, I believe he’s on Spurs’s books)
I hope the great Tony enjoyed this shambolic display, possibly less than the next King and the one after that enjoyed their pizza. (Photo from the Sun)
This will be a weird old game. Both teams will be, to a degree, emotionally and physically spent. Neither side will really want to be there. Yes we could still confirm Europa League with a point or even aim at fifth with a win. But will either side truly be that bothered?
If all of these fairly reasonable things happen:
Spurs fail to beat Brentford
Aston Villa lose to Liverpool
We beat Southampton
then we are essentially guaranteed sixth place on goal difference NEXT WEEKEND.