Dan in Adelaide

They are broadcasting WA’s telethon across Australia and this Sourh Australian millennial was surprised to learn that Fat Cat has been living in Perth for the last 35 years

ok i’m kind of miffed that the russian bot farm problem was this easy to mitigate against and i really wish ukraine had done it years ago now

The Simpsons strikes again

Not a new trend

From an Arsenal perspective it’s seems like Kroupi in January could be the move

At £6m & sold for potentially £60m 7 years later there's no doubt Martinelli has been a massive success. There's no shame in the club outgrowing his level. He was a big part of helping the club elevate levels. It was likely he'd go this summer & he was one i was desperate to win the league before

Whether or not you think the Community Shield is a “trophy”, it’s still more meaningful than the Carabao Cup or the FIFA Club World Cup, but that says more about those two Mickey Mouse competitions than it does about the Community Shield. 🚮

We know Arsenal want to generate some money from sales but rather than just sell them now, I’d much rather see Nwaneri & Lewis-Skelly go to Como on loan. Cesc said he wanted a couple of players on loan, and I think we could maximise both their development and value there. Then reassess in a year

Great to see bellerin again. He’s looking jacked

As an Arsenal fan, I’m not overly fussed about Bruno. He’s a good player and would be a useful option, but there are plenty of those around. Having to deal with Kia (again) is a pain for all involved, as usual. I thought we were finally done with him after all the Edu/Willian nonsense.

For all of his understanding of the clubs history, his journalism and nuanced takes - Tim is still a poster at heart

Seems like lots of briefing & counter-briefing as everyone protects their negotiating & PR position Seems to me that: Vini & Real arent close on deal yet Real projecting theyre happy to keep him to avoid weakening negotiating position with buyers Real laying groundwork to blame exit on Vini

Just talking at school drop off and discovered one of the other parents in my kid’s class use to work for Arsenal under Darren Burgess. Not something I was expecting on a Wednesday morning in Adelaide

Maybe I’m a bit too romantic about football but since he seems to have gotten himself fit again. I’d be bringing Tomiyasu back to Arsenal on a free.

Let’s go

The Arsenal Bruno rumour has been swirling for weeks. What’s new that’s happened in the last 24hrs?

I hope this the last ad break I ever see in football

I get the feeling Bellingham would love joining the boys at Arsenal… alas…

Happy hols boys. See you whenever…

Straight to the beach for these lads

🚨 Arsenal reach agreement with Club Brugge to sign Christos Tzolis. Deal for 24yo left winger done at €40m asking price set by #ClubBrugge. Move in process of being finalised; Greece international wanted/prioritised #AFC switch throughout 🚨 @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/735...

I’m sure they will, but I can’t really see how FIFA can turn a blind eye to that banner given the rules around this stuff.

Atletico 🤑🤑🤑🤑

Sending someone off for a dive in the middle of the pitch in a World Cup quarterfinal is wild. Even if technically correct, the punishment vastly outweighs the “crime” (aka something we see every other game).

It was in the interest of football that Belgium cauterised the wound in that fashion. Now Infantino has to go too. Absolutely sucks for American fans and the players, but the sport can’t abide the BS trump and Infantino cooked up

It sucks for the Yanks to go out under these circumstances. Every football fan loves an underdog - a less talented home side on a heroic run. But that was overshadowed by the noise around them. From the arrogance of their pundits to the corruption, any chance of a romantic underdog story was ruined

The talent gap between the middle tier teams and the top tier teams is so great. Hard to compete when you don’t have a single player that gets in the opposition team. Hard work and team spirit can only get teams so far.

THREE extremely unethical situations at the World Cup require more football stakeholders to challenge wrongs. 1. Banishment of the Somali referee 2. Balogun red card political interference 3. Treatment of Iran team Players/managers/officials/administrators. Pressure on FIFA should be unrelenting.

I really feel for Balogun. FIFA have made his name synonymous with their corruption.

Assumably Quansah will have his suspension suspended if England make it to the next round

The Poms need half time to come sooner

Bugger! I hate seeing an 18yo put in that position. Congratulations to Egypt It was great to see Mabil get out there and bury his penalty. He was such an important player for Adelaide before going to Europe Itlll be interesting to see how the Socceroos develop next. Hopefully beyond Popa’s caution

Double checking my calendar to makes sure it’s not the start of April

Here’s how I know Arsenal Bluesky hasn’t quite reached old Arsenal Twitter levels yet. My wife told me about this one Old Arsenal Twitter would have had drone footage by now

Rewatching Batman Begins, Christian Bale is battling his lisp so hard it makes his mouth move in this really distinctive way. Kind of insane that Rachel wouldn’t have clocked Bruce Wayne under the Batman mask about 10 seconds into their first conversation the moment he lands his first “s”.

Had a go at the @arsenalvpodcast.bsky.social Arsenal Director of Football game In my hypothetical, City get relegated, Haaland heads to Real Madrid (pushing Mbappé to the left), Barça respond with Álvarez, and Atlético get Gyökeres My preference was Kroupi over Rashford but the market opportunity🤷🏼‍♂️

Did DoD just admit in a court filing that it used xAI's Grok Gov Model to hit the girls' school on the first day of the Iran war? Based on some passages flagged by @rgoodlaw.bsky.social in DoD's recent filing in NAACP's case against X, it looks like it did 1/

🎶He’s one of your own… He’s one of your own… Jeffrey Epstein… He’s one of your own🎶 🤣🤣🤣 That’s going to take some topping this #worldcup

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a ref get cramp before. What a joke

“Allegations in that case revealed the casino had customers with links to organised crime, loan sharking, human trafficking and sex slavery” They were just called “regulars” when I worked there. Having young casual hospo workers be the vanguard against gangsters & crims goes as well as you’d expect

I’m in SA where the “ban” originated. It’s less a ban & more an attempt to hold tech giants to the same standards as other media, rather than them getting the usual pass cause they’re “on the computer” 🙄 Elon wants Twitter to be X-rated & YouTube have a kid-friendly version. They’re treated like it

It’s so weird that the job of at least one sports cameramen seems to be just scanning the crowd looking for the most over-the-top fans and random pretty women.

SBS usually do such a good job of correctly pronouncing players names have just had a host refer to Olivier Giroud as Gee-road. 😐

That’s one

Now I need ex Adelaide United forwards Nestory Irakunda and Mo Toure to bag for the Socceroos

Loving watching ex Adelaide 36er Rick Brunson’s MVP son Jalen win it for New York

What a Sunday of sport here. 10:30am for Game 5 then the Socceroos at 1:30pm