![]() ![]() Is it yours? Let me know and I’ll pop it in the post” – Mike Wilner. It’s sort of dark blue with a floppy tassel. In that same spirit, I found a woollen hat at a Leyton Orient match last December. How marvellous that a Sheffield Wednesday fan recovered a player’s lost mask after a match (yesterday’s News, Bits and Bobs, full email edition). Those retirement-age strikers could certainly use his indefatigable ability to get stuck into the good cause. But then again, should he achieve his own personal Brexit, he’s probably more likely to apply for citizenship in the land of champagne. Firstly, let’s hope no one hands him a Scottish flag, or a Union Jack on the French side, given his previous in Istanbul. ![]() ![]() Two thoughts occurred on reading that Graeme Souness is going to swim from Dover to Calais ( yesterday’s Quote of the Day). Illustration: David Squires/The Guardian FOOTBALL DAILY LETTERS RECOMMENDED LOOKINGĭavid Squires looks at Manchester City’s title win and an imposing presence in their engine room. It is embarrassing that people think that is acceptable” – Scottish FA chief suit Ian Maxwell offers an insight into the state of things and what some senior referees are having to put up with. “I asked how bad it had been and he said: ‘I got chased through Primark by somebody who wanted to batter me because I had made a decision.’ Also, somebody had defecated on his doorstep after a game. Between Dyche, Allardyce and Smith, Doom Sunday can only feature some next-level sh!thousery to disgust and entertain an eagerly rubbernecking public. ![]() “I make no apologies for the way we played,” under-apologised Deano. Leeds’ prospects thus became the most bleak, even if Tottenham are currently playing with the collective team spirit of the cast of a cancelled panto, give or take Harry Kane’s continued brilliance in the wake of rank incompetence around him. Bad habits: will Leeds fans break out the fancy dress against Spurs? Photograph: Dalton Bowden/Shutterstockĭeano’s zero-sum strategy on Tyneside appeared aimed at knocking down Leeds’ chances, a cynical calculation of which Sam Allardyce himself would have been proud. Football Daily’s advice: it’s probably simpler to check the league table to work this out. If Everton, kicking off two points above Smith’s mob but with an inferior goal difference, slip up, then they – or Leicester – may end up relying on Spurs (yes, Spurs) to save them by stopping Leeds in their tracks. The Foxes must also hope Everton fail to beat Bournemouth, for whom Gary O’Neil will be grimly determined –even if his team are entitled to have been hitting the East Beach Harry Ramsden’s lunchtime special (with bucket of Bud) hard. To stay up, Leicester must beat West Ham, the Hammers with Tin Pot final and the Alkmaar heroism of Knollsy distracting them. Before that, Deano “Dean” Smith had dropped James Maddison and Harvey Barnes from his starting lineup, rendering the midfield as clogged as Wout Faes’s plughole. Still, they might have stolen it had Timothy Castagne been able to hook the ball beyond the reach of Nick Pope in added time. Leicester gave themselves a chance of escaping those EFL badlands by drawing 0-0 at Newcastle on Monday, dragging out the nerves for Big Cup-bound Toon fans by employing a policy that was less “get it launched” and more “get it launched into Row Z”. ![]()
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