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The Spectator front covers from June 2016 to September 2023 pretty much sums it up.

This is new to me like. I still don't get the India reference. Leroy? Reminds me of once when I was driving through Liverpool as a passenger with a mate in his shitty cortina and we took a wrong turn into Grafton street in Toxteth. This was early 90s when the place was well dodgy. Sure enough, a bunch of black kids blocked the car and it looked pretty certain we'd be jacked and mugged. "Where you going la" said the biggest one. "Errr, to see our friend" was the first thing my mate thought of. "Oos ee then la?" The next bit my mate just went into automode, the fucking spanner. "Leroy" "Oh ay la. Leroy yer cunt? Leroy who?" "Erm, Leroy Johnson". Put his foot to the metal, tires burning, black lad knocked over the bonnet, like that scene front Pulp Fiction. Alright, not that bad, but still. Thankfully got to Upper Parliament Street and away without being murdered.

Fish is married. I think he mentioned it once.

Freddie Boswell and Lilo Lil both died in 2020. Three blissful years of uninterrupted heavenly humping is about to come to an end.

By offering a generous pay package with corresponding incentives

I'm guessing Opta have factored in the enormous volume of sausage memes associated with the "Newcastle United"google search into their prediction. Group of death group winners confirmed.

Apparently since he left Leeds Kalvin Phillips has started as many games for England as he has for Man City . Fucking staggering he keeps making squads, along with Harry fucking Maguire

So you're saying it's fish's fault if we don't win the group, right?

Aye. We are their bitch now. Top job, right-wing cunts, top job.

He needs a move. He gets over analysed at Man Utd and his club boss has stripped him of captaincy. He is probably about fifth choice (shaw was preferred to him at CB last season) West Ham would have been perfect as they sit deep. I guess his wages broke the deal.

Everyone seems to be labouring under the strange assumption that the next English manager should be English. Also, Steve Cooper would make a good international manager IMO. He’s switched on and has done it before, albeit with the youth teams

Oh well, they must all be shit then.

Howe isn't taking the England job if offered.

Successful at qualifying and not being knocked out by Iceland Southgate will walk away and the next coach will be someone who’s been sacked by Chelsea ie Potter or Lampard and nothing will change. The English club academy system is producing brilliant players but it’s not producing coaches of the same standard.

The whole argument of 'Oh they've never let England down' thing can get to fuck. Maguire when he was reliable for England was at least a starter week in week out for Man United. He's not even starting for them so shouldbn't be near the pitch for England. If Southgate wants him in the squad for some of the younger lads, fair enough. Pickford too. 'Oh yeh, but he's great for England and his distribution is superb. L:ook at the saves he makes for Everton' I can't deny his distribution. But I would say Ramsdale is on par with him. Yeh he has pulled some decent saves off at Everton, but law of averages say when he's getting battered every week he will pull off the odd decent save. But what about the fuck up's he makes because of his T-Rex arms? As for Philips. Fuck me. I watched his documentary on Prime. The bloke looked and sounded depressed. Come on Eddie, bring him to SJP. He needs some mag love. I think with Southgate, he's scared of being beat. That's why he wont play Foden at 10. Would rather have a defence minded midfield. pass to the side and pass back. Pass to the side and pass back. We have a great bunch of exciting players, yet when they're on England duty they turn Biege. I've just been speaking to a colleague and he said Southgate has been the most successful manager for years. Successful at what? He's got a bunch of great players and he's won what? Here's a question. Would Liverpool, Man Utd, City, Arsenal, Newcastle, Brighton, Spurs fans want him as their manager if their manager fucked off to be England manager? Nah, didn't think so.

Nah but it does mean we'll have to age-gate the site

Well that's turned straight off so I don't have to listen to Jill Scott, Joe Cole and Souness. It says everything about the former two when out of the three I'd rather listen to Souness, mind.

It's amazing what a difference a substitution can make, Scotland back in it. Fair play to Clarke for his Maguire substitution.

Anyone citing Southgate’s England record as evidence he’s a decent manager is a fucking idiot btw

Sunlin! FTM

Trouble is,

Eh?

It took us 90 minutes longer to get back to Newcastle than it did for us to run the bloody thing! Hugely humbling and emotional experience for me personally. Raised almost £1000 for Blood Cancer UK which is a charity so close to my heart. I appreciate some of you will be saying it's only a half marathon but I'd genuinely never ran more than 5 miles before in my life until the start of last month. Finished it in 2h 44m. Happy with that.

Please listen. The original ad is even better than than I remember.

No idea what you mean.

That's doubly concerning. Used as a sedative AND demoted?!

Jean Bought It more like etc etc....

Jean Boht. Brown Bread.

I'd give it to Carsley and just hope he's a bit more adventurous in his selections. Top coaches are wasted on international jobs (you don't have the time to work with the players), and Southgate has proven that you don't need to be one to get to the latter stages of tournaments. It's mostly about the squad, the spirit, and knowing how to manage your way through the format of international tournaments. Carsley has done that. Give it to him.

I dunno, there are some very good English coaches out there. But they're all either in good jobs already, or they know that the International job is a poisoned chalice.

Southgate gives his critics plenty of ammunition with his selection choices and his somewhat cautious tactics but it's difficult to argue with his results. His record at major tournaments is SF, Final and QF. Who was the last England manager to achieve that? In international football you only have the opportunity to win two tournaments in four years, not doing so isn't in itself a failure. The more pertinent question to ask is who would replace him? Potter is the only stand out candidate and he hasn't won anything in his career. International management isn't something that attracts top managers any more which is why it's a place for mid-level coaches and those in semi-retirement. Southgate isn't a great manager but who is any better that England could attract?

Maguire needs taken out of the firing line now, like. You could actually almost rely on him being solid for England no matter what but that’s finished, he’s a total liability and it’s actually spreading to the rest of whatever defence he plays in. Southgate can’t even argue that he has no other options because Guehi, Dunk and Collwill are all there now. The likes of Eze and Gibbs-White need to be getting more minutes ahead of the summer than Henderson as well. Also, why won’t he pick any other left back than Chilwell or Shaw? Rico Henry has been quietly good for a few seasons now. And you’d think some of the U21s, that went and won an actual tournament without conversing a goal may have got a look in. You can understand it being difficult for Gordon to get in with the attacking talent we have but it’s a very different story in midfield and defence. But no, Gallagher must get picked over players like Ramsey or Gibbs-White because he once played for Palace. Johnstone in nets ahead of Pope for the same reason, I can only assume.

Quick! Get Henderson on while the iron's hot!

Harry Maguire Just fucking retire.

Aye, but what about the two women?

That'll be him Saw him casually walking down the sliproad from Grandstand Road about 10 mins before we started, the mad bastard

The other lasses must be managing their own branches of Maccy Ds by now? The lad had a documentary made about him, The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off.

From wiki After meeting them in New York, Courtney Love said: They're a big bunch of sex, that band Kenickie. They're a big, raw-boned bunch of fucking sex — all three of them and the boy. I hope they get good. I hope we're a good example to them, I hope this record's huge and then the big labels will start sniffing around and then those big fucking raw-boned sexy Newcastle (sic) girls will be huge and have Number Ones and there will be an Amazon planet the way I want it. Fewmin marra. FTM

Vorderman was quite the looker back when she was the food critic for Razzle.

No10 wasn’t able to comment because all staff and suitcases were out buying beverages…

Even by Express standards, this is quite something. I doubt Viz could do better. The picture shows some OFF DUTY french police officers having a drink.

Listening to anything that gets your blood pressure up.

Back in the day? Fussy.

They forgot to mention they “ were a moderator for an online football message board”, didn’t you @The Fish?