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The story behind every song on Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 7d

This is a very good Arsenal
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Ødegaard and Gyökeres on centre stage as Arteta’s Arsenal plan takes shape | Barney Ronay

With an enticing run of fixtures coming up and the captain back to his best, an enjoyable autumn seems on the cards

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 7d

This is a very good Arsenal
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Ødegaard and Gyökeres on centre stage as Arteta’s Arsenal plan takes shape | Barney Ronay

With an enticing run of fixtures coming up and the captain back to his best, an enjoyable autumn seems on the cards

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 8d

Jose and the way we were
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Faux-humble José Mourinho plays his part on oddly tender Chelsea return | Barney Ronay

This was not a hangover from another world. It was bang up to date, a piece of pure theatre, entertainment product

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 8d

Jose and the way we were
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Faux-humble José Mourinho plays his part on oddly tender Chelsea return | Barney Ronay

This was not a hangover from another world. It was bang up to date, a piece of pure theatre, entertainment product

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 11d

Smash the system
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At any normal club Ruben Amorim would lose his job – but not Manchester United | Barney Ronay

Obdurate manager’s Ruben-ball could arguably take the blame for Fernandes’s penalty fluff in another utterly bloodless performance

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 11d

Smash the system
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At any normal club Ruben Amorim would lose his job – but not Manchester United | Barney Ronay

Obdurate manager’s Ruben-ball could arguably take the blame for Fernandes’s penalty fluff in another utterly bloodless performance

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 11d

Shit gets real
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Gianni Infantino’s Faustian pacts face biggest test as prospect of Israel ban moves closer

Sport should not be used to normalise abnormal conduct and it’s no longer possible to dispute the idea that Israel shouldn’t currently be participating

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 11d

Shit gets real
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Gianni Infantino’s Faustian pacts face biggest test as prospect of Israel ban moves closer

Sport should not be used to normalise abnormal conduct and it’s no longer possible to dispute the idea that Israel shouldn’t currently be participating

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 15d

Whatever the Yamal industrial complex says, this was the correct bullshit story from a bullshit event
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Ousmane Dembélé’s Ballon d’Or is a human victory amid the toxic theatre of football | Barney Ronay

The ceremony in Paris was reliably nauseating but the PSG star’s award was born out of hard work and tactical intelligence

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 16d

You could say slot plays Isak from the start and goes 2-0 up, arteta plays Eze when he’s 1-0 down. but even this doesn’t work. Isak doesn’t change the shape of the team. It is also a long season

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 17d

It’s all counter factual history. If you ran a version where Arsenal had Eze at No10 from the start are they not conceding that very good early goal? Maybe they needed the stodgy midfield to protect themselves after that moment. Who knows, they could have been 3-1 down by HT (answer: nobody knows)

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 17d

I think it’s pretty simplistic and outcome-based to say arteta FAILED by not winning every minute of this game, just the ones where he changed it up. On the other hand… football is outcome based
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Mikel Arteta is allowed to learn, but time won’t wait for him | Barney Ronay

Not until the second half with his side a goal down did the manager fully commit to attacking Manchester City

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 18d

Win or lose, Manchester City have already won
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A year on, Manchester City’s legal experts have the Premier League in a corner | Barney Ronay

The charges tribunal is still to report on rule breaches, but does the league really want to discredit its eight-time champions anyway?

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 21d

Diego Simeone, even his shoes are weirdly frightening
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Alexander Isak’s Liverpool debut provides box-office glamour despite the rust | Barney Ronay

As non-goalscoring club debuts go, Isak’s 57 minutes at Anfield made for a fascinating spectacle

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 21d

Diego Simeone, even his shoes are weirdly frightening
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Alexander Isak’s Liverpool debut provides box-office glamour despite the rust | Barney Ronay

As non-goalscoring club debuts go, Isak’s 57 minutes at Anfield made for a fascinating spectacle

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 24d

When I looked this up the internet said the thing he was accused of was a federal crime. But if you’re a us law expert and this is the case it’s the case

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 25d

I reckon some teams have scored 4 goals

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