Search results

Couldn't resist smiling when I heard Edith Piaf's "Non, je ne regrette rien" at the start of the adverts. When it comes to picking the bones out of that performance, the loss to Fiji and the appointment of Eddie Jones as a whole, I think Australia will be doing an awful lot of regretting.

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino, speaking to BBC Sport: "The team has given everything, we need to keep working. To play with 10 men is always difficult but the team worked hard." "We need to change the situation, the only way I know we can change the situation is by working really hard." "We...

Thankfully he doesn't. And that was exactly what was needed at halftime with a few home truths told. We saw the results seconds after the restart.

Roberto de Zerbi "We played the worst game in my time. In two or three situations we were lucky. It is the first time we have played after a European game. We have to get used to playing a lot of games in a row. I changed a lot of players because we need to give one game on the bench for the...

Dunk doing what Dunk does.

Another one on the Albion production line.

It's the only one I've got! :)

What a turnaround either side of halftime. Completely different game now. 79% win probability.

That's always the fear with playing out from the back. It's working for us extremely well in general and is integral with how we play. But if it goes wrong, it'll go horribly wrong.

The Fields of Athenry echoing around the stadium is a thing of beauty.

2 for Dan.

I find it pretty much unwatchable now and turned off today within seconds of finding out what and who were on. If this comes across as grumpy old man, I really don't mean it to. I enjoy watching MOTDx - it's really interesting to see a young take on football and the surrounding culture. So...

Barney Ronay is wonderfully descriptive. "De Zerbi looks good with it too: the insolent charisma, the tender but piercing eyes, good hair, good beard, a look that feels part Renaissance frieze depiction of Beelzebub, part artisan cupcake entrepreneur at an elite urban food quarter."

This rings a bell.

My memory's getting shorter by the day. But let's move on. Who's looking forward to the first Europa game against AEK?

I clearly have a short memory. :) (But I'm sure you get the gist.)

This is it for me. Dunk is a player who makes the other players around him look even better. We saw it with Ben White who struggled initially at Arsenal. We've seen it with Webster. And now we're seeing it with van Hecke.

Not great is it. Did his best not to give us a penalty on 2 occasions, then started throwing yellow cards around like confetti in the 2nd half. For the first time that I can remember, I'm grateful for VAR.

Disappointing. We were the agents of our own downfall with defending that was naive at best. Still, heads up everyone. The other game was a draw and with 5 games left, there's still every chance. First night nerves. Until their 3rd goal, we were looking the side far more likely to win the...

Real European baptism of fire that first half. AEK far more direct and could've scored 4 had it not been for Steele and woeful finishing. As many others have said, Dunk is a huge loss - he would've called the line for the 2nd goal. Need to get Solly and Mitoma running at those fullbacks...