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They've also lost their keeper. A big loss, IMO. Jiminez will be back, by the looks of it, so that will help. And they do have a talented squad. But I'll go with Dean Smith at Villa as well. Heightened expecations, under-performance early on, players noses get out of joint, Smith out. Lampard in.

I won't get worried until he starts slagging off twitter supporters.

If Guardiola has made under-the-table arrangements I wonder what sort of tax questions might come up. Will the UK government take a less lenient approach than that taken by eg. the Spanish government?

Are the other clubs in the Prem--or at least some of the other clubs in the Prem--looking the other way for fear of discouraging other sportswashers swooping in to overpay for their teams?

Mexico vs Honduras in one of the Gold Cup QFs tonight/tomorrow morning. I'm expecting some top-notch shithousery.

Slutsignal > Batsignal

So another Jack Grealish?

Michael York will save millions!

Watching Milner, it's clear he isn't a "natural goal-scorer". But it's also clear he's trained himself to become an excellent penalty taker. Maybe other players don't see the utility: if they're not one of their side's penalty takers, they're not really going to get that much chance to use the skill. Better to train at something they'll use throughout matches--there's a lot of money out there, and a lot of competition for jobs.

Disappointed for Henderson. I didn't like Southgate taking the captaincy from him. I don't suppose Henderson did either. But he reacted like a captain should. Class player/person.

Look at Messi, working his ass off. And Neymar getting fouled and not going down in a rolling heap. Strange days.

Decent half of football from Argentina. Hopefully they don't run out of gas. Thought the ref did a good job, as well.

I don't know. But Tite did give at least three keepers matches, so maybe it's just that he's decided on Ederson? ____________________________ This could be interesting.

It's on Fox/Fox Sports in the US and TSN in Canada.

Brazil vs Argentina in the Copa final today/tonight. 1 AM GMT Hopefully Messi can overcome the huge gulf in talent between the two squads. But I doubt it.