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That sounds more like a Twitter-style bicker than any desire to confront the issue. I don't watch the Sunday shows these days so I'm not sure who you're referring to. If you mean journalists who are openly supportive of one party or another, Iet's have a few names. As far as I'm aware all BBC...

He can think and say what he likes as a pundit / TV presenter. Unless he works for the BBC. That’s the long-established very strict code that goes right back to Lord Reith and that’s the entire issue around his pronouncements. Gaz decided he was above all that impartiality bollocks. After...

FFS. You’re autistic and neurodivergent? Crikey, I never knew. FWIW (not much) I’ve been on ADHD meds for 12 years. Who cares?

There are worse office habits than daring to type on a keyboard and snacking. I can imagine them grumbling to their mates, ‘And he spends all day listening to country music and muttering to himself, writing these long messages on football websites.’ 😏

I’m not at all sure it was well meant. It came across as a bit nasty and vindictive, and very probably libellous. I never had a strong opinion on HS but since his YT vids appeared I’ve rather warmed to the bloke. I frequently disagree with him but I don’t see that as a problem. I find his YT...

Women's football has come on leaps and bounds. If we go back a few years, I admit I thought it really poor to watch, full of rookie errors and misjudged passes and crazy goals. But over recent times, it's really tightened up a lot. I wil now happily watch a women's match. In fact it's time I...

Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter.

I love maps and always have. But I think that’s an example of a map being a bad medium to convey information. Too messy. The message gets lost. If it was tabulated you could add columns for current population and note the percentage changes. A better use of the map might be to have colour...

I hate this sort of cheating. All of it. Veltman included. You have to either be all in favour of it, including when the opponents do it, or be against it, including when your own side does it. I can’t stand people getting all principled and opinionated about something when they’re the victim...

He’ll be loving all this outrage. That’s the entire point of his carefully crafted abuse, and the entire point of TalkSport obligingly asking if he wants to apologise. Clicks, dear boy, clicks. Don’t forget to hit subscribe to drive up the followers and the advertising revenue and the...

What’s the problem with his accent? He’s a Bolton lad. Bloody hell, how can people feel so strongly about this sort of stuff? It’s a good traditional Lancashire accent.

I’m guessing so, yes. At the top level anyway. Some certainly do public appearances, speak at dinners etc. Usually these things are booked via an agent. Might be wrong but I bet some have agents. And if Coote didn’t have one, I suspect he has now!

Oh.

You need to understand a bit about Novara Media perhaps.

He was a superb audiobook narrator. I’ve listened to about 8 Trollope novels he did (Barchester Chronicles etc). Brilliantly performed.

He might turn out ok. He’ll have a book to write, the tour with a live show ‘exposing the truth about the game’, blah blah. Maybe even I’m a Celebrity if he turns out to have a bit of personality. I’m sure his agent will be on it already.

Sorry you’ve still lost me. I heard him interviewed on 5 Live when I was returning from the game. The bus was noisy but he sounded quite self-effacing and emotional, as well he might after that game. Maybe other people are talking about other interviews he gave? Not sure about this “warped...

An away fans ban wouldn’t remove the danger. We’ve seen a Turkish owner this week sent to prison for 5 years for punching a ref after a game. We’ve seen other scenes from Turkey where guns were being waved about on the pitch. They’ve had the league programme suspended for weeks for...

I don’t always like the way he stirs the political pot given his position as a BBC presenter but I do think he’s a consummate professional at MOTD, and has really grown into the role after a tricky start (some may remember his early days). A top player as well of course which gave him extra...

TBF they brought in a stack of star players after he arrived. Neto, Sancho, Felix etc. I’m not saying they all play in his position but they’re going to get shoehorned in somehow after they’d spent all that money on them and the resulting reorganisation will have pushed him down the pecking order.