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What I will say despite the above is that swimming is quickly becoming my second favourite sport after football (though still a very distant second). Something about it is so entertaining, even if it is relatively niche. I also like that there are so many medals up for grabs. I missed Phelps's...

Yeah I rate Grealish but he wasn't as amazing as claimed circa 2021, and he isn't as bad as some people think now. He's pretty good, not amazing, but he has his uses. People point to his stats but his playmaking from wide is generally good for City. Though he does play too safe a lot as...

True, it didn't compare to Benzema but was definitely much better than Haaland's. I'd rate it as a 7.5-8/10 all-round game if Benzema was a 9.5. Haaland's is awful. Probably being harsh on Lewa. He was a good passer and excellent hold-up play.

Yeah I overlooked the Chinese lad, world record too. Well done to the lad. Great for Marchand and Ledecky too. Though as I say it's hard to watch this with the suspicion that plenty of these athletes may be doping. ledecky and Marchand in particular look superhuman. Marchand is destroying...

More good swimming on tonight, including Leon Marchand going for two gold medals and Kyle Chalmers vs David Popovici in the 100 m freestyle.

I dunno you know. I think you're overrating the players. They're not a 'ferrari' at all, that's flattering them - most of them get overrated beyond their abilities. Even if Pep was manager and Southgate wasn't, the English players could never play pass and move the way Spain do. You can tell by...

He was just an example - I didn't actually know he was scoring that little. Tbh I really meant even at his best cos even at his best when he scored a lot he had nowhere near Benzema's all-round game. I just didn't wanna look like I was running prime Lewa down too much.

I said it before, but he's more talented than Foden imo (and Saka for that matter). In fact he's probably the most naturally gifted player England have right now. HIs intelligence, close control, touch and affinity with the ball are top notch.

It's that age-old question isn't it. Is it better to have a guy who will guarantee goals but whose all-round game isn't as good (Haaland, current Lewa), or can you qualitatively be a better team, create more chances, and spread goals around with a more rounded player like Benzema or even...

I'd say the reason he's so ineffective in big games is because his physical advantages and movement - which is what his game revolves around, let's be honest, he's poor technically and in playmaking - are negated against the elite intelligent, physical defenders. Therefore he can't bully guys...

Haaland does miss a lot of chances to be fair. Like I say he gets loads cos of his pace, power and movement, but he doesn't have the greatest shot conversion rate, last season at least. That's not to say that Alvarez is a Romario level finisher, because he is inconsistent with it, but Haaland...

Some excellent and entertaining swimming again tonight. Irish guy with gold in the 800 m freestyle men, and Great Britain with gold in the 4 x 200m free relay.

Yeah I don't wanna look like I like Haaland or anything. I despise him as a player and find him an awful footballer who simply is an insane goalscorer. He misses an awful lot of chances too though. He's just a goalscoring cheat code, though to be fair he disappears in a lot of big games...

The thing about him is he's the anti-Haaland - he offers much more in general play and makes other players look better, while only getting decent/average stats himself. This can be overblown about him too though as he does have poor spells of form where he doesn't enable others either. He's...

It's kind of inadvertently taunting you further with the announcement that it's the 'heats' stage of the competition (on your TV ). Lol.

Since Loki brought up doping, I am finally gonna watch 'Icarus' soon, which has been on my list for several years. I didn't realise it is on Netflix. I find doping and PEDs fascinating. Most top level sportsmen and women are probably doing it to be honest, as bad as that is to consider.

Did you guys hear about the British commentator who was fired/cancelled for making a harmless joke about the Australian female relay team the other night, saying women stand around doing their makeup? I know there's not many British posters here so you might not have heard. I know I lean left...

Let's hope they're not snakes.

I had something that felt like that in summer 2022, though it seemed to go away so not sure if it really was it. But a doctor 'diagnosed' me over the phone. Before that I was wearing a special insole in my trainer that helped. But it all came about when I was playing football and couldn't put...

Got semi-finals in four swimming events tonight, as well as men's 800m freestyle final and 200 m freestyle relay final. And women's 100 m backstroke final. The 800 m and 1500 m events are hard to focus on throughout because of the long distance, like long distance running or open water swim events.