<shrug> We live in a world of constant, vacuous hyperbole, in which everything is so exaggerated it becomes meaningless. You can't simply be pleased or happy about something, you must now be "beyond delighted". Every single match on Sky must be marketed as the most exciting match up since ...

Doyle was in the top 25 League One goalscorers last season, and hit double figures, so he’s definitely an attacking threat.

I have assumed after last season they’re being careful with Elliott, trying to bring him up to speed carefully rather than throw him in too soon and risk another long lay-off.

But also eight seasons in the Championship or League One, promoted from League One twice, once as champions. Not a bad pedigree.

And if MLS is League One standard, how would League One defences have looked against the other teams in the CWC?

Thanks. If I've read your summary correctly, Tim Dellor's explanation for the dearth of local football journalism is: "it’s tragic we don’t have that sort of thing any more but that’s the way digital media has gone." .... That was referring to the kind of coverage we used to have in local...

What surprises me the most about Earnshaw is that he is apparently a dedicated correspondent for the Reading area. I thought that Newsquest were like Reach, employing people based in regional offices to write clickbait articles that get pushed across their whole range of titles.

Would Canada being part of the commonwealth be as good as a British passport anyway? That's not the experience I recall from watching ice hockey over here - the Canadians were usually dual-UK/EU (pre-Brexit) nationals. I presume it's not a British passport/citizenship that matters here. Residency f...

Cheltenham away would suit me.

If T Mac is holding it, presumably the paddle snapped in his hands.

Sutekh

Royals and Racers Dench stays

Glad to hear it, it wouldn't look good to force a 90 year old Dame out of her home.

Shows the standard the ladies' team have had to fall to, though.

Maybe my age but I really couldn't give a flying fig about the Balloon Door. Just seems to me to be a tufty badge handed out to anyone with a connection to Barcelona or Real Madrid. Failing that anyone who is spanish or french! Even though the very first winner was an Englishman who played for Blac...

I assumed that this is mainly about begging at the ground?

Whatever you think of the match commentary, the half-time analysis is rubbish.

I can probably get used to the main commentator, but swapping journalists/experienced pros for a podcaster seems a bit too 21st-century for me. Are they going to pick the commentary team according to how many followers they have on TikTok from now on?

Anyone else got this on RoyalsTV and not getting Beeb Berks? Or is RoyalsTV commentary no longer going to be on Beeb Berks? Sadly Tim isn’t on RoyalTV, presume it’s the new club web team. I know many of you will be upset by this news :D Who are these muppets? The co-commentator has just said he onl...

PieEater I'm not sure if we can be bothered to see the Imp in the cathedral or the Magna Carta in the castle prematch.

Skip the match? The cathedral is amazing, and I’ve only seen it from the outside.

Pepe the Horseman If only there was a middle ground. You can't tell fans it's going to be a spectacular transfer window then blame them for having unrealistic expectations.

I think you can blame people for not just rolling their eyes and ignoring obvious American hyperbolic bullshit.

What a superb gesture. Port Vale's a bit of an underrated away day. Nice ground and the Bulls Head is a cracking Titanic pub. It was great in there last year. I'm not sure Port Vale have got this right, we contributed to their statue as the match was abandoned and their fans made the expensive trip...

It’s you, isn’t it Scutz?

To state the bleeding obvious, to do well we just need to score one goal more than our opponents in most games. There’s lots of ways we could do that, no need to get hung up on a big goal-scorer. We could have a couple of top strikers, or we could have a bang average front line with the best defence...