"The move expands the competition from its projected 80 matches to 104, including a new round-of-32 stage."
If only we could have someone to explain it clearly...
Big winner tonight: Everything Everywhere All At Once with 7 Oscars including Best Picture and 3 of the 4 top individual awards.
Big loser tonight: The Banshees of Inisherin won nothing despite its 9 nominations.
That's about it for tonight after over 3 and a half hours.
At least we didn't...
Really happy that The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse took the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.
It was a TV highlight of Christmas for me. And Charlie Mackesy's acceptance speech was great.
It's not every day you get Happy Birthday To You sung by a star-studded Oscars guestlist.
Well deserved win for James Martin and the cast of An Irish Goodbye.
Losing to Palace at the Amex despite almost certainly outplaying them...well, we've been here before recently.
But blowing Wembley and a possible Final by losing at home to the 16th best side in Tier 4? *shudder*
A shame they couldn't hold out for a point. Only conceding 2 goals is an improvement from the previous 3.5 average.
But with City having 61% possession and 25 shots with 9 of them on target, the winner was always a possibility.
Still, a similar performance against lesser teams should bring...