Yep....As much as we'd love to think differently the winners of this " Great Game" will be those balancing transition tech with abundant supply of fossil fuels — keeping costs low, industries competitive, and geopolitics in check..... Restricting domestic production while this global demand...

That's a great deep dive into your tactical history, but I think calling it pure "nihilism" might be a touch hard.... While the final was a painful watch and Spain thoroughly deserved their victory, you're a fan viewing this through the immediate grief of a devastating loss? Let's not forget...

RIP KK 😭😭😭

I'm over international football now for a while... Roll on the Australia Cup this week and the "Winter Festival of Footbal" thing that takes plac starting next weekend....⚽️

With Didier Deschamps' era as France's manager now over, on Le Foot this week we look beyond the medals and results and tell the story of the man who quietly became the face of modern French football. https://footballuslife.blogspot.com/2026/07/au-revoir-dede.html?m=1

With Didier Deschamps' era as France's manager now over, on Le Foot this week we look beyond the medals and results and tell the story of the man who quietly became the face of modern French football. https://footballuslife.blogspot.com/2026/07/au-revoir-dede.html?m=1

It reminds me of the Ali G sketch....with a little improvisation! Ali G:"Respect to da environment, yeah? Me is here wiv Professor Proper Brainbox from da Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Safe, professor! So, tell me... dis global warming ting.... Is it true dat by 2030, England...

Yep....I think that initially it fits his broader agenda of tackling the cost-of-living crisis, delivering "tangible change" quickly, rebalancing power away from Westminster, and rebuilding northern/industrial economies. Things which are kind of grounded in the British working class pysche...

Paramount (via Network 10) has a direct equity stake in the A-League. This gives them a dual role.... Broadcaster + part-owner, which creates a clear financial incentive to support and promote the competition. Whereas Nine Entertainment owns major mastheads like The Sydney Morning Herald, The...

Middlesbrough's new homw kit by Castore..... Worn for the first time in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Celtic

English poltical party the " Liberal Democrats" urge the English FA and UEFA to quit FIFA.... https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7454082/2026/07/18/ed-davey-liberal-democrats-fifa-uefa-fa-infantino/ lol....Good luck with that!! The article....

Yep....This is classic broadcaster feed management. They often switch between world feeds, local commentary, and player interviews. Mbappe frequently speaks French in mixed zones/post-match (he's done several this tournament) which I've seen on L'Équipe TV.... The commentator referencing "Saka...

Could never understand why Manchester United sold him....

Hahaha... It is a melancholy object to any thoughtful traveller who hath occasion to sail those southern seas, to see the Falkland Islands (called by some the Malvinas) lying there like two forgotten pebbles in a vast ocean, inhabited by scarce three thousand souls, a multitude of sheep, and a...

Yep....I think that Portugal’s ability to compete at such an elite level is a testament to the structure of their domestic academies and their deeply ingrained footballing culture. Successful production of players which is generally attributed to its own highly effective, long-standing academy...

We shouldn't be talking about AFL but unfortunately it's the "elephant in the room" for the A-League..... Far more than the two rugby codes. The A-League's struggle for visibility in an Australian media landscape is fundamentally built around the AFL’s dominance, which is not just a reflection...

All this media criticism I've been reading about Thomas Tuchal and from a French perspective Didier Deschamps over the last 2 or 3 days has got me thinking about a very famous political speech by Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 called "Man in the Arena"...

Of course policies should be the main event – housing, devolution, cost of living, reindustrialisation, "No 10 North," etc. No argument there. And most normal people outside the Westminster/media churn will judge Burnham on delivery, not his cagoule or trainers.... But let's not pretend...

On the subject of UK politics... I wonder what the hipsterati in the London Labour Left will think when Andy ' Oasis Dad' Burnham turns up at the House of Commons in his very northern get up of Adidas cagoule and Gazelle trainers? Certainly not the middle class "Hackney Market look" of...

Yep..... Newsflash from the Sun-Herald The opening game of the 2156/57 English AFL season between Wandsworth Demons and Birmingham Buzzcocks was played at fprmer test cricket ground Kennington Oval in London in front of 63, 000 spectators.... And because the English soccer team still haven't...