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I'm aware of the connotations and we've had this discussion before, in which I 100% agree with you. When technically gifted black athletes are lauded for their atleticism rather than their guile. There almost certainly is an unconscious reason that I've used these words, but honestly the two...

Eder scored the winning goal of Euro 2016, it's not really a great metric to determine player quality. It's in much the same vein as Djimi Troare having a Champions League winners medal. I think people forget that Portugal were shite for the majority of that tournament, finishing third in their...

He's a beast, a real workhorse. For the record old Bilo old pal, I use the word animal to describe players that have great speed and strength in FIFA. Milinkovic Savic for instance is an animal. I am also an animal in 5 a side.

I'd temper expectations on Moutinho and Patricio, one is joining on the wind down of his career and the other isn't all that, but Zinchenko is a signing that could become a mainstay for years to come. More excited for him, Traore and keeping Neves/Jota than the big names.

Footballers these days my god. Getting paid to roll around and go on holiday. I tell you what in my day they wouldn't have got away with this, they would have been giving a good lashing by the coach, £50 a week, one weekend away in Dover a season and they'd have been thankful to have it...

Every club has good periods and bad periods, Newcastle have fluctuated from the top of the tree to near the bottom of the old second division. I'm just pointing out that Newcastle's average is the 9th best club in England and every club ahead of them in the all-time table is performing up to...

I should be fine any evening after the 28th man, only conflict I can envisage is drafting in my friends' league. Ta.

I can't do that weekend Craig, I'm away in Edinburgh. Any chance you could push it closer to the start of the season?

He's an animal on FIFA. I think I've cracked Wolves' transfer policy.

Since WW2 ended Newcastle have spent the 9th most time in the top division of English football and have the 9th best league record among all English league clubs. Upper mid-table top division was their level before Ashley and given the success they had in the 90s/early 00s and their support...

No offence taken, I just follow the game of football these days, I care far less about Manchester United and the Premier League than I used to. I'm not blinded to the reality of most Football League clubs, I am aware many would kill to be in Newcastle's position, but most of those clubs do not...

So he's turned Newcastle from a stable (and reasonably successful) Premier League club yet volatile business into a stagnant business that hops in and out of the Championship. The sort of owner all Newcastle fans should love, considering the potential they have as the 7th largest fan base in the...

Newcastle haven't broken their transfer record since Michael Owen signed for £16 million in 2005, which is pretty remarkable considering the size of the club and the drastic inflation in transfer fees since then. This summer they sold a striker surplus to requirements for £20 million and Ashley...

1) City 2) Liverpool 3) Spurs 4) United 5) Arsenal 6) Chelsea 7) Everton ----------------- 8-17) Insert teams in purgatory. ----------------- 18) Huddersfield 19) Brighton 20) Cardiff Seeing a lot of people with Spurs outside of the top 4, I expect them to maintain their consistency under...

Yeah, pretty disappointed about DJ, it was super close but it feels a bit hollow for a historic streak to end on a split decision. Cejudo did nothing with his takedowns and neither fighter absorbed too much significant damage, I think they have to run it back. If DJ doesn't get a rematch after...

Apart from match ups in the lightweight division, there is no fight I want to see more than Dillashaw vs Mighty Mouse. I'm hoping that both have clinical wins tonight and this incentivises the UFC to pay Johnson the requisite amount to make that fight. Sadly, I don't think he'll ever be enough...

It's pre-season, what do you expect?

I feel like a foster kid who was taken away from his abusive biological family (TFF).

The Premier League is one giant corporate entity, as are the vast majority of the clubs that compete in it. If you think otherwise you're completely delusional. Yes, Manchester United as the biggest of these corporations is the most blatant example, but there is no romance at any of the top...

Conte, Nagelsmann, other candidates that prove themselves in the next 12 months. If Mourinho ends up leaving, it'll likely be in the middle of the season if he stays true to form. If you're referring to Woodward, whatever faceless corporate executive will do.