Kevin Hatchard 🎙⚽️
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I talk & sometimes shout while people play football. Commentator @Bundesliga_EN , radio @UEFAcom @talkSPORT , writer/presenter @betfairexchange , TV @skysportsnews
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Yet another example tonight of why the whole premise of a closed Super League is bullshit. Villarreal are from a tiny town, and have beaten Manchester United, Juventus and Bayern in the last 12 months. Why would you willingly lose stories like that?
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This is why I’m always saying state ownership should’ve been banned from the outset. How are football authorities supposed to clamp down on clubs if they are owned by nations? There’s always going to be a blurring of the disciplinary process if governments are involved.
The UK government has admitted that its embassy in Abu Dhabi & the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office have discussed the charges levelled at Man City by the PL, but are refusing to disclose because it could risk UK's relationship with UAE.
[New York Times]
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Just occurred to me that football’s so good for teaching kids stuff. Helps with geography, pronunciations in other languages, history (talked to the kids about the old Yugoslavia team the other day) and a whole host of other things. Half my general knowledge comes from football.
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Liverpool played every game there was to play in every competition last season. They have played high-intensity football year after year, game after game. They were so close to a quadruple. Why can people not understand that a hangover was inevitable? No panic required.
#lfc
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I know that six million people have already said this, but Andros Townsend is an excellent pundit. Clear, well-researched, engaging. Lovely stuff.
#Euro2024
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Goretzka regularly raises money for charity and speaks about social issues that need to be addressed. His actions should be seen as a badge of honour, not used as a stick to beat him with.
Leon Goretzka, along with his PR management, was the main driving force behind the protest gesture of the national team at the World Cup. As a result, he had critics within the circle of the national team as well as within Bayern teammates [
@kicker
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This would be awesome for
#lfc
. Proper warrior and leader. Love him.
EXCLUSIVE: Liverpool submit formal bid to sign Japanese midfielder Wataru Endō on permanent deal 🚨🔴🇯🇵
#LFC
Negotiations ongoing with Stuttgard — player wants the move as it’s biggest opportunity of his career.
Surprisining move by Liverpool director Schmadtke.
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The idea of a Saudi team or indeed any non-European team gaining access to the
#UEFAChampionsLeague
should be resisted with the same fervour as the opposition to the Super League. I’d rather see more places given to Norway or Hungary or Belgium.
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This is a classic Tory tactic. Turn ordinary working people against other ordinary working people by using lies and propaganda. “Don’t focus on the billions we gave to our mates, look at those greedy teachers and nurses instead.”
#ToriesOut
The Prime Minister is shamelessly sending out members of his Government to tell the public union demands for a proper pay rise for public sector workers will cost every household an extra 1,000 a year in tax
It’s economically illiterate, completely untrue & absolute boll****
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A bit more on Endo for
#lfc
fans (I have no inside track on whether he’s coming)
He was a massive part of keeping a poor Stuttgart team in the
#Bundesliga
in the last 2 seasons
He tackles until he drops, he’s disciplined, and he’s got great energy. You could get 2/3 good years.
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Said when he signed that Endo would be a warrior for
#lfc
, and that fans would love him. I think he proved both points today. Superb performance.
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This should be hailed as a brilliant
#VAR
intervention. If we highlight and debate all the mistakes, we need to laud the officials when they get things right, and this was a great spot.
Rennes thought they had scored to secure a place in the
#UEL
last 16, deep into added time, but VAR had other ideas 😳
Can anyone work out why this goal was disallowed? 🤯
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On
#VAR
, if a speed camera clocks you doing 36mph in a 30mph zone, what are you blaming: the camera, the law or yourself? It seems a lot of people in football want to blame the camera.
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I know we have to have a measure of restraint with these things, but this kid is one the most exciting young centre-forwards I’ve seen in a long time.
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There's no doubt that
#mcfc
's legal action is outrageous and worthy of contempt, but the Premier League need to accept that they brought this on themselves. Allowing ADUG and the Saudi PIF to pretend they didn't represent state ownership was ridiculous, and now here we are.
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If you have a women’s team, that funding should be ring-fenced. You shouldn’t start a women’s team and then just ditch it at the first sign of financial trouble. It’s not a luxury or a piece of PR - it should be a long-term commitment. Every club should understand this.
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“Bayern didn’t win the Champions League with Lewandowski.”
Do you want to tell him or shall I?
🗣 "If Bayern Munich came calling, you'd have to be the ultimate Spurs man not to be tempted"
"What would you go there for? Tell me what would you go there for?..." 👀
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Christopher Vivell very much a medium to long-term thinker, so his appointment further underlines change of emphasis at
#cfc
. He’s keen to see young players get minutes to develop them as quickly as possible. Not only will players have to adjust to new thinking, fans will too.
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This is painful. Terminology and language changes and evolves in loads of different spheres, and I don’t see why football should be any different. No-one’s claiming pressing is new, no-one’s claiming tactics are a modern invention, and this is straw-man nonsense at its worst.
⚽️ “The game is exactly the same back in the day, the terminology is nonsense.”
🥱 “All this rubbish about pressing from the front, half spaces, low blocks…”
🧬 “You’re getting baffled by science!”
Tim Sherwood rants about the terminology from ‘modern managers’ 👀
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It’s been an absolute joy to commentate on games involving
@Sanchooo10
in the
#Bundesliga
. When you cut through all of the tactics and the high-stakes nature of it all, football is meant to be entertainment, and he’s the kind of player who elicits gasps.
#bvb
have lost a good one
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If you want an idea of how little interest my wife has in football, until recently she genuinely thought
#bvb
had an Irish guy up front called Mark O’Royce, having heard me shouting his name in commentary for years.
#Bundesliga
✨
@Woodyinho
is a legend of
#DerKlassiker
for
@BlackYellow
. 🖤💛
Will he provide the essentials for this GIANT of a
#Bundesliga
matchup? 🤩
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And here's the problem with state ownership, and why it shouldn't be allowed. How can the football authorities be legitimately expected to pursue charges against an actual country? Johnson's government was involved in pushing through takeover of Newcastle, this is the same issue.
Excl: The UK government has admitted its embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Foreign Office in London have discussed the charges levelled at Manchester City by the Premier League, but are refusing to disclose the correspondence.
Full story:
@TheAthleticFC
:
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To be fair, whatever you think about the merits of an All-Star game, I’d rather have an owner of one of the most powerful clubs in England talk about giving money to the football pyramid than talking about the Super League or Project Big Picture.
#cfc
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The naïveté on show from Jordan Henderson in that Athletic interview is really quite breathtaking. The thing that caught my eye was the suggestion that treatment of workers in Qatar had been somehow blown out of proportion. The most basic research would’ve told you otherwise.
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Gentle reminder that
#mufc
spending big in the market is not the Glazers being benevolent. It’s them using money the club generates already, despite debt they’ve loaded it with. They also hope to get Champions League revenue down the track. Supporters’ concerns still legitimate.
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Sad to lose Calhanoglu from the
#Bundesliga
. Been lucky enough to commentate on some amazing goals of his. Milan getting a good one.
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I’ve worked as a commentator for over 23 years, so I’d like to think I know a thing or two about judging co-comms. Emma Hayes is hands down one of the best I’ve ever heard, and Julia Simic is one of the best I work with. Gavin’s statement is IMO demonstrably incorrect.
As a pundit or co commentator you are giving expert analysis, insight & opinion.
This is different to presenting, commentating or reporting.
The pundit/co commentator should've played the game at that level, speed, power & aggression.
It's about authenticity & believability.
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For all the criticism Bayern get for their domination of the
#Bundesliga
, the links with Qatar and all of the flak that comes with being a successful club, the Gerd Müller story shows that they look after their own. The Bayern “family” might sound like a cliche, but it does exist
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If you genuinely think Conor Gallagher deliberately ignored a mascot, you are a moron. It is absurd that this fake row caused
#cfc
to have to release a statement and for their manager to launch an impassioned defence of his player. Sometimes this website is a den of total idiocy.
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I was really excited about Edwards coming back to
#lfc
until I read this. Multi-club ownership should be resisted at all opportunities, and as a fan I really don’t want Liverpool involved in it.
Michael Edwards: “One of the biggest factors in my decision is the commitment to acquire and oversee an additional club. I believe that to remain competitive, investment and expansion of the current football portfolio is necessary."
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Joelinton charged with drink driving, and while we have to wait to see if the case is proven, I can never understand why a millionaire footballer wouldn’t just order a bloody cab. It’s never made any sense to me.
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Seeing a lot of this stuff at the moment. Seems to be some kind of PL-based idea that because there are only two English teams left, the competition has somehow declined or isn’t as interesting. I think tonight’s ties are tremendous - best night of the last 16 so far.
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Premier League ✅
Champions League ✅
FA Cup ✅
League Cup ✅
Club World Cup ✅
Not owned by a state looking to sportswash ✅
FSG aren't perfect by any stretch, but there are far worse owners out there
#lfc
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The last time Robert Lewandowski played in a competitive game for Bayern and didn't score was February 11, when they won the Club World Club against Tigres. Utterly remarkable - he's scored in 18 games in a row for Bayern in all competitions.
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When we think of the best coaches in the world, we might mention Guardiola or Ancelotti, but the job Urs Fischer has done at Union Berlin has to be right up there. A club that hadn’t been in the
#Bundesliga
until 2019 just knocked Ajax out of Europe and is joint-top of the league
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The whole concept of
#PSR
needs to be rethought. Should be a generous spending cap across the board, with a salary cap to stop stockpiling. If you field academy products, you get extra cap room, which makes it worth developing and keeping your own players.
🔺 NEW: The Premier League is monitoring player transfers that could be used to exploit a loophole in its spending rules to ensure they do not breach regulations about clubs acting in good faith.
Read more ⬇️
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Interesting point that I hadn't considered until now: Hoffenheim boss Alfred Schreuder has worked with his players on developing signals to change tactics in-game, because in a largely empty stadium, all instructions will be heard loud and clear by the opposition.
#Bundesliga
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@SonOfChelsea
I thought the opposite. Nice spread of teams, and although City favourites, a few teams that can really test them. Also, from a pan-European point of view, tremendous to only see two PL teams in there.
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I paused for a moment in commentary here, because I was so impressed and amazed by what Bellingham had just done.
He is 18, folks.
#bcfc
made a good one, and
#bvb
are helping him to shine. England captain in the making. If you’ve even seen him once, you’ll know what I mean.
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The
#lfc
interest in Szoboszlai is so intriguing. Excellent attacking player, loves a shot from range, and is used to pressing high at Leipzig. Hasn’t exactly distanced himself from a summer exit, but he certainly won’t come cheap.
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This is the worst
#bvb
performance I've seen since...oh, the one 11 days ago against Bayer Leverkusen.
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Gentle reminder that Bayern were in three competitions when they sacked Julian Nagelsmann, and they might end up with nothing. A disaster.
#Bundesliga
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Considering the miles he covers on international duty with South Korea, Son Heung-Min's reliability for
#thfc
is astounding. 30+ PL appearances in each of the last eight seasons, and 10+ league goals in each of those campaigns too.
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I’m a fan of Southgate, but comments about easing Jadon Sancho into a tournament aren’t rooted in reality. In the DFB Cup final (below) he wiped the floor with a quality Leipzig side. He’s scored a stunner at Barca in the UCL. He can deal with
#EURO2020
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I can see
#whufc
fans absolutely loving Mavropanos. A bit of a monster - super-aggressive, loves a tackle, will sometimes just charge forward from the back line and have a shot from range. There’s a delightful madness about him. Makes mistakes now and again, but a decent player.
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I would suggest that the league with the most money and the biggest concentration of talent not having a team in the semi-finals of the
#UCL
is a positive thing for European football. English dominance isn’t a good thing, just as it wouldn’t be if it was Germany, Spain or Italy.
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He’s right. It’s absurd to incentivise clubs to sell academy products, when it should be the other way around. There should be extra allowances and bonuses for clubs that field academy products.
"It's not a Chelsea problem, it's all the Premier League clubs' problem" 💰
Enzo Maresca criticises PSR 😮
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You know what you can do with that Super League, Florentino. This is what football’s all about. Uncertainty, passion, local pride. 😍
#UELfinal
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Loving the praise that
@JamesHorncastle
is getting today after his work on the Atalanta win at
#lfc
. Knows Italian football inside-out (as well as a lot of football in other countries), and is an excellent writer and analyst. Nice to see the respect for that level of knowledge.
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If you’re tutting about self-employed people who have companies as if they’re some sort of tax-dodgers, you need to get in the sea. We pay our share, don’t get sick pay or holiday pay, and we were encouraged to set up companies. We’ve had our incomes collapse like everyone else.
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This is why the morons who use terms like “farmers’ league” and think there’s nothing outside the Premier League don’t really understand football. THIS is what the sport’s really about.
#bscwob
#bundesliga
Some of the approx 20,000 SV Werder Bremen supporters away at Hertha BSC this afternoon. Some reports suggesting even more.
🎥 via
@fussballmafiade
#bundesliga
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Considering Michael Owen torched his
#lfc
legacy by joining United, I’m not sure Harry Kane should be taking his advice on where to move.
I know
@FCBayern
are a massive club and I have huge respect for them but if I were
@HKane
I’d stay put. There’s no great achievement in winning a trophy with them.
@realmadrid
I would understand. Or one or two top
@premierleague
clubs for that matter. Becoming the all time
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If
#cpfc
do hire Oliver Glasner, it’s a really interesting appointment. Led Wolfsburg to Champions League qualification against the odds, and then won the Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt and also led them to the German Cup final. 🧵
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I don’t understand why everyone in European football isn’t raving about Christopher Nkunku. The guy’s a phenomenon. Scores goals, produced an outrageous assist tonight. He’s been knocking it outside of the park for well over a year for RB Leipzig.
#DFBPokal
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People acting as if this was some kind of incredible feat of skill. Look at the state of the wall!!!
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2019 Klopp 🇩🇪
2020 Flick 🇩🇪
2021 Tuchel 🇩🇪
@Bundesliga_EN
is a league that develops quality coaches.
#ChampionsLeague
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Slightly obsessed with Szoboszlai’s delivery for his second goal. What an extraordinary ball in. Like a slow-moving yet unstoppable arrow.
🎥 Dominik Szoboszlai hit a sublime double and
@AndreVSilva19
got off the mark as
@RBLeipzig_EN
triumphed 4-0 in
#RBLVfB
for their first
#Bundesliga
win of the season! 🙌
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50 unbeaten for Bayer Leverkusen in all competitions. Three games left. One
#Bundesliga
game to become the first ever BuLi team to be invincible throughout a campaign, and two cup finals. This is one of the most special teams German football has ever seen.
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If a footballer is on bail or under investigation for an alleged crime, there’s a reason why their identity can’t be revealed by journalists. If you want the best chance of justice either way, you can’t just go around naming people on here. Amazing how many people don’t get that.
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Hoffenheim coach Nagelsmann on prospect of finishing 7th and playing extra games in the
#UEL
qualifiers: "If that happens, the video analyst might have to split up with his girlfriend, sell his apartment and live at the training centre."
#Bundesliga
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For a start, maybe learn to pronounce his name before you start minimising his achievements?
"Is it because he's 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻? 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴? 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱?" 🛹
@richardajkeys
cannot understand why Chelsea are looking at Julian Nagelsmann over club legend Frank Lampard.
#beINPL
#CFC
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Amazing how football can turn out.
#UEL
-winning coach Oliver Glasner had to stop playing after a brain haemorrhage, and was going to work for Salzburg’s management department before Ralf Rangnick helped him to go into coaching. He’s done excellent work with Wolfsburg & Frankfurt.
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As excited as I am by what’s to come from
@TifoFootball_
, I’ll really miss this show. It’s hard to get that balance right between being fun and being informative, and they judged it perfectly. Most of all, they seemed to really enjoy it, and that always came through.
As announced in today’s
@TifoFootball_
podcast, the current format of the show will change at the end of the season.
We’ve been off-the-weekend for 5 years, and now we’re ready to try something else.
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People who compare women’s football to men’s & sneer are missing a trick. Why wouldn’t you just enjoy it as football? No-one’s trying to cancel the Premier League, so what’s the problem? I defy anyone to see that winning Dutch goal and not feel a spark of excitement.
#WEURO2022
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There comes a point where Vinicius Junior’s team-mates need to say “we’ve had enough” and walk off the pitch. If
#RealMadrid
don’t have the power to do that in Spain, no-one does. Make the authorities do something, refuse to play. Anything.
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I’m very curious to see what the actual criteria are for calling off Premier League games. Bayern had to give a debut to a 16-year-old last Friday (he was very good, as it turned out), but they got the game played. PL clubs have academy squads etc, so why are games off so often?
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The whole England v Germany rivalry is a bit like Tottenham v West Ham. One has a real problem with the other and is absolutely desperate to beat them, but the other team has rivalries it feels more strongly, and is a bit bemused by the intensity of the whole thing.
#EURO2020
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Sven Mislintat has had his contract extended at Stuttgart. Has overseen the construction of an excellent young squad, a team that just thrashed Dortmund 5-1 on their own patch. Remind me, how did
#afc
get on after they ditched him for an agent-led approach?
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19 years ago today. She’s still putting up with me, and I might even record France v Tunisia so we can go out. Yes folks, they are the lengths I’ll go to in order to maintain this marriage. (She’s out of my league, but no-one has gotten around to telling her)
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Six years ago, Eintracht Frankfurt were fighting a relegation battle, and needed a playoff against Nürnberg to stay up. This one’s for Niko Kovac and Fredi Bobic, who transformed the club, Adi Hütter, who kept the level high, and the current set of players, who’ve been superb.
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Landed in Germany, and realise my choice of T-shirt may trigger unhappy memories for some.
#lionesses
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Seen some great videos from fellow commentators
@talkdants
and
@adamsummerton
this week about how they prep for a game, so thought I’d give people an insight into how I prepare for
#Bundesliga
matches.
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It will never cease to amaze me how people will read/hear the testimony of exhausted doctors who are telling them how dangerous the volume of
#COVID19
cases is, and will then discard that testimony after reading propaganda in a newspaper column or hearing nonsense on the radio.
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It’ll be a shame if the inevitable expansion of the World Cup means that we lose nights like this, where there is genuine tension, drama and consequence. I like the fact that it’s bloody hard to make sure you qualify for the World Cup from Europe.
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Rangnick is a coaching genius, and
#mufc
will benefit from his vast experience. However, there will be some battles to win - how do you accommodate Ronaldo in a style that’s all about speed and intensity with and without the ball? If they’re smart, they’ll install RR as DoF.
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I know broadcasters aren’t supposed throw shade at other broadcasters (we all make mistakes), but there is so much wrong with that opening question. Disrespectful, and putting the interviewer at the heart of the story, which is the total opposite of what you are supposed to do.
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“I’m sorry, Sir, but your bandwagon ticket request has been denied. It does quite clearly state on the conditions of carriage that xenophobic peddlers of hate and division are not allowed to travel.”
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Said on the
@talksport
Premier League All Access podcast that Darwin Nuñez is a brilliant player, and I stand by that. Yes, he misses big chances, but he’s creative, unpredictable, strong and he never ever hides. He is mesmerising to watch, a true force of nature.
#lfc
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21 years ago today I somehow persuaded this legend to go out with me, and here we are. Miracles do happen, folks. This picture isn’t from 21 years ago, although in her case it might as well be, as she looks the same. I, on the other hand, have become weathered and grey.
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It's truly remarkable how good the broadcasters in cricket are. Obviously guys like Atherton and Hussain have been on the mic for ages, but it's amazing how many cricketers walk into the comm box and sound like they've been doing it forever. They make it seem easy (it isn't).
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I’d keep Southgate if he wants to stay. Has removed the fear of playing for England, and has led with dignity and a light touch, creating an environment within which players can perform to a high standard. Who is out there that would do a more effective job?
#ENGFRA
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Not convinced by the “what more could Frank Lampard have done?” argument at all. Yes,
#efc
are a mess, but there are enough good players there to compete. They were caught out in transition so often, and that’s at least partially down to coaching.
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#nffc
would be getting a cracking player if they sign Moussa Niakhaté. Strong leader, decent on the ball, and is consistent. Doesn’t make many mistakes.
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I’m all for this being a red card. Zero attempt to play the ball, obvious lunge to bring down the player, and potentially dangerous. This “taking one for the team” idea is something we should be moving away from as a sport.
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Current demonising of asylum seekers in UK got me thinking about incredible story of Alphonso Davies. Parents fled war in Liberia, and Davies born in tough conditions in Ghanaian refugee camp. Family were given chance to move to Canada when Davies was five, and look at him now.
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Pointed out to my 7-yr-old son, who’s a little sensitive about his height, that Insigne’s one of the best players on the pitch. When he bent that very Insigne shot beyond Courtois, I’ve never seen Rishi move so fast. Raced around in celebration. One for the short guys!
#euro2020
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If I was in charge of PSG, I’d look to develop the best young talent in France, bring back guys like Nkunku/Diaby, and try to get fans much more involved on some level. There’s such a massive opportunity there that’s being missed. Maybe I’m being naive, but there’s a better way.
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