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How long is the stench of the “sham” going to corrode the meaning, worth, and very essence of the Premier League?
Listening to commentary about Manchester City’s players matching the defiance of their ownership and triumphing in adversity.
Listening to fans chorusing the names of the men running the club, wearing masks or displaying banners of their faces and jibing: “We’re Man City, we’ll cheat when we want.”
Victory being framed as “a lovely moment,” a show of togetherness as though some grave injustice has been imposed on City, rather than their hierarchy being found by an independent commission to have orchestrated financial doping on an industrial scale.
Their opponents and the rest of us wondering if any of this actually matters now and how much of it ever did?
There can be no business as usual pretence. We need a full stop to the absurdity.
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Spare a thought for Thom Yorke, who in 1997 was forced to perform the album he’d just recorded
.@thomyorke tells @Harry_Styles that he was sick of ‘OK Computer’ by the time it came out.
“When we finished that record, we'd been already playing those songs too much. And like, then when the manager said to us, 'Now you're going to go on tour for 2 years,' I'm like, I literally begged them, 'I can't, I can't do it.'”
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Digger is dialectical cinema. It laughs at the audience for laughing at it. It laughs at those who criticise movies by pointing out contradictions in them. Digger embraces the contradiction and digs its way out to something new entirely.
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Ah yes, the number of times I’ve been moved almost to tears by the Hatful of Hollow version of Still Ill while thinking “fuck…if only I was listening to Little By Little or The Hindu Times”
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1 season apart. Same ref, same fixture, both in 1st half. Webb justification for no Kovacic red "ref didn't want to spoil the game" it was an uneventful 0-0 to that point. The next season Oliver had no problem spoiling a game that was 2-1 to Arsenal and shaping up to be a classic
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actually the emotional climax of the show happened at the end of this episode
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One of the worst videos ever. It’s like getting caught cheating by your wife but instead of taking accountability you start telling her how back in the day in school you never used to get any girls, so you’re just happy you’re in a position now to be desired by multiple women
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Arteta at the court hearing as a ‘special witness’
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/7049721…
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Chutes Too Narrow, now there's an album that never burned, never dated itself, was never overhyped or underrated, it's just always been appropriately recognized as the perfect thing it is for 20+ years
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“How’s this, then? Ed Sheeran, beloved by all, left without an opening band at present. Enter you two.”
“What if we want a free Palestine, Murray?”
“I reckon you’ll get lots of things for free when you’re proper rockstars. This might be your ticket.”
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BREAKING: Apple rolls out Songs? Uhh, Hiya!, a new safety feature that automatically notifies an emergency contact if you listen to Jason Molina’s seminal 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘰. record more than twice in a week
(via @WIRED)
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9 PSG players (10 including the keeper nominees), just 3 for Arsenal (4 including keeper). Noting, Arsenal were the only unbeaten team in open play last year. Just a shootout separated Arsenal and Paris.
PSG spend exorbitant sums, rest players in an underpowered league to be fresh for one tournament (UCL), and are feted at these awards shows as if they'd hold a candle to Premier League teams if they had to play the same minutes at the same intensity.
Premier League tax is so unfair, it's pure snobbery... but a small price to pay for the most-watched league in the world (by magnitudes).
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Arsenal need to continue to bully and oppress everyone in the league cos when this stuff and the broken legs to our players were happening all we were told was that we were too soft and weak
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'Manchester City's relentless spending stands in stark contrast to the situation at Newcastle, where star players Bruno Guimarães, Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon have all had to leave to comply with Premier League regulations.'
Eight eclipses and three Prime Ministers have come and gone since the Premier League hit Man City with 115 charges over alleged financial breaches, @oliverbrown_tel says the wait is scandalous ⤵️
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