GideonShandy

Any (well, almost any) use of the word "suffer" by managers, players or pundits.

"In 2005, Zwayer was involved in the match fixing scandal which centered around Bundesliga referee Robert Hoyzer, who took bribes to fix several matches which he officiated. Zwayer assisted him in a match and accepted a bribe of 300 euros to avoid critical scenes for Wuppertaler SV. In January 2005, he and three other high-ranking referees informed the DFB about Hoyzer's match fixing. He was subsequently banned from refereeing for 6 months, a suspension that was kept secret for several years until the German newspaper Die Zeit published a secret file from the German FA." Wiki

Substitutes touching the grass with their hand and then making the sign of the cross as they run on. Seems like they all do it these days. More annoying than Bellingham grabbing his crotch and almost as bad as that Turkish idiot who got suspended for the "grey wolf" sign.

Pretty sure He's Spanish. Haven't met any English people called Jesus.

Rondon worldie

Always seemed a bit far-fetched that he could have done a medical and negotiated terms with another club over the weekend while training with England and preparing for the Slovakia game in Germany.

Bitchy, even?

Rondon banging them in for Venezuela.

Contrast with nutting someone, which does mean attacking them with your nut - not hitting them on the nut. Funny old world.

More "marriage on the rocks" stuff on Mail Online just now.

She has used "end of June" before in a general sense, meaning somewhere towards the end of the month. She also reported that he'd bought a new house when he hadn't. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/26/eddie-howe-optimistic-guimaraes-will-stay-at-newcastle-this-summer Not Worrying.

It's obviously a good thing. If a 100 million offer had come in we would have had to let Bruno go if he wanted. Now we can tell Arsenal or anyone else to bugger off regardless of whether they offer 30 million or 300 million and whether he wants to leave or not.

7th

I wonder whether many players in his situation regard being binned off to Saudi as a "reward," lucrative and undemanding though it may be. Maybe more of a consolation prize for someone who wants to keep competing at a high level but can't find any takers. I don't know.

Nice to see Salomon Rondon captaining Venezuela and putting himself about a bit as usual. Played a big part in both goals.

Lively 15 minute cameo for Spain against Italy today. Almost scored twice. Thrilled for the 30-year-old lad.

Ayoze showed more intent and created more danger in his 15 minutes than England's front three in their whole game.

Two honorary Geordies on for Spain.

Probably looking for a new joke book. And maybe a chicken wrap.

Pretty wild stuff at Dortmund. Terzic quits because of a "physical confrontation" with Mats Hummels. A few hours later, the club releases Hummels on a free.

Should have knutted him. Cabbage-headed knut.

Yeah, never thought of that.

Joe Kinnear would probably have called him Dementia.

Don't like his name.

International Geordie Day. Have a good one.