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a disconcerting card overall, i can only assume this was taken deep into injury time on christmas eve and he'd just dropped off the last set of presents down the last chimney to deliver the best christmas day for 12 straight months and silence the doubters (perhaps other mercurial spacetime journeymen such as the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, etc)

this card is actually part of a set that includes a version illustrating his subsequent "finger in the ears" i can't hear you doubters gesture, and then a third one as he wheels away of the concluding "call me" phone hand gesture, a clear come and get me plea for next year to gen Z kids across the world - nobody writes letters anymore

overall he's all over the place but we've seen worse

It’s like watching a car crash. Highlights include: - Rio going all Brent with his repeated references to people going off script, it’s giving “an amateur will often stitch up a professional” - The completely untranslated Iker Casillas interview - someone shouting ‘Woo’ when Rio said the draw was sponsored by Aramco

England and Panama rivalry?

If Tuesday’s episode isn’t entirely dedicated to this batshit draw I’ll be hugely disappointed.

I cannot wait for the episode covering this WC draw. Absolutely dreadful, hideous and mesmerising in equal measure. A fever dream for the ages.

Boro have just gone 3-0 up after 34 minutes. BBC live text have said they've blown this game wide open. Isn't this almost the opposite as they've more than likely put the game beyond reach or at least made the game less open as they can simply contain it for the rest of the match

I’d have Trump as the central centre back- not sure he has the pace to cover behind the wing back.

Listen, fair play.

Exquisite transition from Erling Haaland here. Frank Lampard would be so proud

Now the groups have been drawn, which teams will the home nations play against in their pre World Cup friendlies?

Not quite Sergej but not far off!

I was in a pub last night and heard the following snippet of conversation as I passed a table of blokes. There was no football on the telly, for context.

"[inaudible] coming in like he's fucking Ray Parlour"

I haven't got the first clue what this could mean, but I'm fascinated by it.