Wullie

Gimp

Michael Thomas on the same note as Aguero.

Nayim's a great shout.

Karel Poborsky

Archie Gemmill Carlos Alberto

Yeah if you have to question which one, it probably doesn't count.

Van Basten.

Every single one of those rule changes you mention could be/were/are implemented at all levels. There is no reason they can't, unlike VAR. You clearly don't give a shit about any football that's not televised, that's up to you. I don't watch much of the lower leagues either. But I care about the fundamental basics of the football pyramid across our country (and by extension the world) and don't believe the top flight should have special status and effectively its own rules. What exactly does this have to do with televised or not? Whether in stadia or at home, you're gonna have to sit through video replays if VAR is implemented. And no need think I "don't give a shit" when I've said time and again that the goal is to make football fairer as a game, not be some elitist TV-watching wanker as you seem to have assumed I am. Absolutely kidding yourself if you think clubs are going to be installing video screens, or even that replays will be shown in grounds at all. It has everything to do with television.

I don't listen to AM other than the clips I see on here (too many podcasts already) but I wouldn't expect Bob Mortimer's humour to translate particularly well abroad.

Salah's 50/1 to be top scorer in the WC. Dunno how he plays for Egypt but they're in a pretty easy group.

He's got magic BEWTS!

Wasn't that revealed to be a private joke?

I think it boils down to two groups: those that long for accurate, reality and data-based outcomes of football games, and those that are okay with a high error rate as long as the game doesn't change at all. I fall into the former category as I've spent far too long as a football fan depressed about what might have been had a particular call gone our way. I get the impression the schism is (generally, not exclusively) between people who experience football mainly in person and those who experience it mainly via television.

I think the lack of VAR prior to the last two years is why football is so unpopular across the world.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2018/apr/24/david-squires-on-arsene-wengers-22-seasons-at-arsenal

They've always taken back from me in those situations.

Does it work with bet builders? Just done one, it does You can't do in-play bet builders. EDIT: you posted that at half 7 so obviously you're not talking about the in-play bit, which is what I presume Wilson meant.

Who? I looked at the last couple of squads and he wasn't in, so immediately forgot about him. I counted Welbeck in the Man United crowd and I just didn't want to include Livermore and Solanke as they're shite. I discounted Sturridge on the basis he came up through the real Man City who were wank.

How many current England players have come through the academies of the top six? The Man United lads and Wilshere, is that it? Going to a lower league academy seems like a far more likely method of progression at the moment.

I counted a few months ago and it was already over 100.

God I hope Mitrovic scores and celebrates in front of their fans on Friday.

Does he still spend his days on Twitter wailing about how much he wants Alan Pardew back at Newcastle and how much he hates the NUFC fans who drove him away?

There were 10,000 fans at Naples airport at 1.30 this morning to welcome the team back.

Get the fuck in Napoli. Along with Juve having two tough away games, one of Napoli's (on paper arguably their toughest) is at Fiorentina whose fans would love them to roll over and play dead if it stops Juve winning the title.

Video diary of the day. Fucking state of this lot man.