It's a great piece.

Indeed!

"How did they do this? “Players feel trusted, empowered and unburdened by fear of failure.” Yes this sounds funny now, having collapsed like an overdunked biscuit at first contact in Australia."

*, but

It's taken 8 years (RIP Jess) ,but I'm feeling relatively festive this year.

I think we all learned that Brexit was in Putin's interest and that they knew what they were doing.

Astounded. Who would've considered them to be Putin's assets?*

*Us. It was us.

That old saying "It's the hope that kills you." but there's been none of that tbqhwy.

*mooted <sigh>

The amount of male managers fucking their female players is *wild* but you won't read about any of that.

You will, however, read a lot about Sutton United's women's team because there is a trans woman in charge and that's apparently a danger to women.