Great, Raphinha is going to win the Ballon d'Or, that's great, just great
The only good things I can say about his debut for Barcelona last night are that, well, at least Raphinha is happy, and at least he embarrassed a Neville.
The only good things I can say about his debut for Barcelona last night are that, well, at least Raphinha is happy, and at least he embarrassed a Neville.
This was something else Bates hadn't counted on. Neil Kilkenny often got mixed reviews from Leeds supporters, but a bond had grown between the fans and the players who rescued the club from League One.
Somewhere in this uncanny hinterland between kickabout and full league match, someone risks getting hurt, especially a schoolboy trying to work out how things work, where a bitter clogger thinks he can teach him.
Yes there's a reason I'm just telling you the squad numbers now instead of talking about the football.
Raphinha's spinning nutmeg through the embers of Gary Cahill's career did not depend on the game situation or seasonal targets: it was just pure delight, a thing to admire in its own moment.
The best part of these two goals was Richard Keogh rolling his eyeballs and shouting at all his teammates. He's trying to play like Franz Beckenbauer these days, but, like, like Franz Beckenbauer these days, if you see what I mean.
Sam Greenwood will be like, 'Woah, he's so cool!' and Joffy Gelhardt will be like, 'And I really like his jacket', then next thing you know they're all behind the green travel scheme bike sheds at Thorp Arch and Tyler is teaching them how to smoke.
The old feelings don't have to go — that's why we keep boxes of mixtapes or curate Spotify playlists, so we can press play to reawaken our happiest moments.
Driving out to the former nursing college to be poked, prodded, scanned and measured has something of the school trip about it for the players, because it's not a holiday, but it's not like going to work either, and most of all because they get to wear their own clothes.
Manchester City definitely have more than £42m in money, so it should be a simple matter to tell them to pay more of it to our club.