I watched the F1 film with Brad Pitt the other day, and there’s a moment where his character asks to add something to the car that isn’t really in the rules. The FIA punishes it, but the team can still race with the earlier car. It made me think. In F1, the best teams live at the edge of the regulations. Sometimes the FIA allows what they’ve found, and sometimes it says that goes too far. Occasionally the rules are rewritten afterwards. Now, City. I’m not defending them. A commission found they entered into sham agreements and broke the spending limits. A sham is an arrangement that isn’t what it claims to be, so that’s a different thing from using a gap nobody had spotted. City deny it and will appeal. But I find it useful to ask/reflect on how people inside the club see it. From their point of view, PERHAPS they believe they were doing what elite competitors do: looking at the rules, finding the limits, challenging interpretations and moving faster than the regulatory system. From the outside, you might look at that and say, “That’s cheating.” From inside the organisation, they might say, “We found something nobody had thought of.” If you believe you’ve found a way to bring money in, more or less within the rules (and the commission said it was not in the rules and it was cheating), you might tell yourself you’re just being a sharp competitor. We are all asking “did City cheat?”. But I find this question interesting too: “how did City come to believe they weren’t?” And understanding a mindset, or trying to, isn’t excusing it.

PL without City would be like the bundesliga without Bayern, or La Liga without Madrid

"Before playing Marvel's Wolverine, I was afraid I would miss so much from Insomniac's previous Spider-Man games..... Going hands-on with the game completely erased those fears."

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Let me be the first to say: Football is fun to watch every four years

Id love if Liverpool had our own Merino. 30 million for him was a very good deal. He is the perfect squad player always makes an impact when he comes on.

Worst World Cup in history. Why am I waking up and having to wait until 8pm on a Saturday to watch Switzerland v Qatar and Brazil v Morocco is on at 11pm

I’m concerned the anticipation and overhype of Insomniacs Wolverine is goin to lead to disappointment. Wolverine is my favorite X-Men, this game looks awfully linear. I’m expecting a 8-9 hour game. Will be playing either way, quality looks 10/10.

When you take everything into consideration, I'd say Slot has done a very good job this season. Worked miracles to get us in the CL spots

Mad how some ‘Liverpool’ fans can’t comprehend how one of our best ever footballers who was handsomely rewarded (rightfully so) for winning us the title shouldn’t speak out against the club in his last week with us. It’s not what you should do, no matter who you are. As much as he’s right in what he says, a bit of self awareness in how much his own on-pitch level has dropped this season would’ve given his statement some balance at least. Apparently you hate Salah if you think this. I think this AND still love Salah for what he’s done for the club. Isn’t that mind bending? I repeat, no one is bigger than the club. It’s more easy than ever to see who supports LFC and who supports Salah FC. Hope he gets the best send off possible on Sunday. After that we can all prepare for life post Mo.

"Salah has been at the club for nine years and knows what it takes to be champions. What Arne Slot’s side have produced this season hasn’t been close to that, and he’s right to call out the direction the club is going in" Tony Cascarino ✍️ thetimes.com/sport/football/…

"He's pulled the pin out of a grenade and thrown it in the middle of the room" "If it was a Man Utd player, I would be fuming" Gary Neville discusses Mohamed Salah's "telling" comments that he made last night 😳