Ainsley-Sorsby

And here i was wondering how football journos are going to fill the time after the internanional games and before the leagues restart. Why, ofc its going to be with a bit of united drama! Its their favorite

I can't decide if their doubling down on shutting down criticism is more embarassing than the fact that they keep feeding all this embarassing exclusives to the Daily Mail

Its kind of impressive how fixed the media are about the Rwanda sponsorship, a sponsorship that objectively has a positive side considering how much the Rwandan tourism is tied to wildlife conservation and how many conservationists support eco tourism in the region, because it makes the wildlife important and gives local governments and communities are reason to to try and protect the rainforest and the wildlife. Meanwhile, the entire league is sold to shady oligarchs and butcher princes who "don't mind if you tell them that they do sportswashing". Arsenal's stadium is called Emirates ffs.

My cynical self would assume that this is because Rwanda had to be picky and doesn't have enough to pay for everyone, unlike the rest of the shady sponsors and owners

If the daily mail didn't even have to work enough to come up with some bs clickbait or even just use BOLD big LETTERS in the title and instead, all they had to do was use my direct quote to come up with a ridiculous headline, i'd be really concerned

Pretty sure 90% of Martinelli's dribbles are from just yesterday

Kinda tough for midfielders like Rice to get recognision in such awards, even defenders can be flashy in their own way and make highlights(see VVD or Saliba) but an all around midfielder who just holds everything together without being a particularly aggressive defender or a flashy playmaker, will find it harder to get noticed, at least when it comes to individual awards, not mention that its harder to stat pad

So, are we pretending that Mbappe is still a wonderkid in developement, or is it finally time to accept that he's a very good player, but nowhere near the level of Ronaldo and Messi were and its ridiculous to put him in the same discussion?

I count about...3 useful players on that list, one of them being Casemiro who's aging and with years of long intensive campaigns with Madrid on his back, which puts in to question how long he'll remain useful for

Lets play a lil' game: look at this line up for a moment and forget they're wearing a united uniform

Onana, Dalot, Maguire, Evans, Lindelof, Amrabat, McTominay, Eriksen, Fernandes (c), Rashford, Hojlund

Where would you expect this squad to be placing? I'd say a range from 8-12 is a fair expectation, so they're playing just on par for their quality honestly. Maybe a better manager could squeeze a europa league placement

The FA has a diversity consultant? Didn't all the media companies who had such "consultants" start laying them off recently cause they realised they didn't do very much, to put it politely?