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Ref is being conned a bit by these. He's letting them get away with all sorts of genuinely quite dirty shit and then buying it every time one of them goes down. Dyche will be ecstatic. That was the perfect half of football from one of his dogshit teams.

Schar hasn't been concussed for a few weeks so this has been coming.

Joelinton going wolverine on Tarka.

Dyche would 100% be sidling up to people on a garage forecourt if he wasn't doing this.

Ritchie warming up in case Bruno's fucked. Like for like.

Whey nerrrrr. Just playing against a side that actually grafts is all. Still think our quality will tell.

Miggy snatching at it before it drifted on to his right foot.

Pickford won't have slept all week since the cup draw.

Time for Jordy short arms to shine here.

Livramento just ghosts past people.

If Joey Barton's reading this, I'm only joking.

This woman on co comms is good. She actually knows what she's talking about, has talked about specifics that tell you she's watched us and done her homework. Not like the usual ex players who turn up and just repeat clichés.

This lot are like Mean Girls.

If the dirty prick tries owt on Miley, I hope Joelinton snaps him in half.

Get in Gabby. Shearer staring at the side of his bald head thinking "say one fucking thing about my club, yer cunt!" Couldn't resist reiterating that they were shit against us.

Actually, Pope's not playing obvs.

Same team again. Same bench too, I think.

Robinson studs up on Braverman. Worth listening to the end.

Mate I'm the same. In there all the time. I don't think I've seen my in-laws outside of Dobbie's cafe this year. I text my lass this Howe story and she says he's her dream man.

I don't mind Edwards. He's not my cup of tea cos he fancies himself a bit of a cheeky cockney chappie, but I think he's alright.

The latest TF episode is a local journos live panel (Hope, Edwards, Downie, Douglas). Anyway, Edwards is talking about Howe and they're talking about how modest he is and how he would hate listening to all the praise he's getting from them for the way he's handled the season and the injury situation etc. Then as an aside Edwards recounts a story one of the coaching staff told him. Apparently Howe's wife has been complaining that they never do anything together in Newcastle. So Eddie takes her to a garden centre. For lunch. He's some boy.

Start every news programme like this imo.

The Sun, unfriendly question. Oh dear.

"I've got a plan. The question is for everyone else, and crucially the Labour Party. Are they gonna vote for this legislation? What's their plan?" Not even friendly questions from the Mail. He's getting rinsed.

Rigby's question. She delivers it like a friendly grim reaper.. "Prime Minister, do you see the reality of what is happening here? You've lost control of your party, and this has become a confidence issue, not in parliament, but in you. Do you accept that, and will you call an election if you lose these votes?" Then he just answers like an annoyed head boy. Why does he put himself in this situation? He knows the press are gonna see through what he's doing, and they're going to make everyone else see through what he's doing. He's pleading with his own party here, that's all this is.