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As ever, it's an entertaining piece from MH who brings her customary wit and cutting observation. She's always worth a read. But the part I would question would be at the end: "It’s the sad men and their dwindling audiences..." Joey Barton currently has 2.7m followers on X. That audience...

I find it hard to believe that others haven't discovered the simple yet engrossing joys of extrapolating meaning from raw data. :) And yet the evidence remains that demands a verdict. The jury cannot stay out indefinitely.

Some wide ranging opinions on here about last night's SPOTY and surrounding matters. With that in mind, I thought that I'd do a little amateur analysis on the popularity of the Earps win from BBC Sport's live text feed last night. The posts are from 21.03 onwards on...

"The BBC has moved the Sports Personality of the Year awards show from its traditional Sunday night slot in order to make it easier for stars to attend. The show was moved to midweek last year because of the men's football World Cup in Qatar but what was seen as a one-off switch now appears to...

As in #33, Mary Earps was fully deserving of her inclusion in the final 6. And she's clearly popular with the public as the vote showed. Even with 2 major tournaments to generate interest, a second successive winner coming from women's football is telling. With Raducanu's win in 2021, it's 3...

Yes, the pretendances were faintly ridiculous IMHO. They weren't likely to result in anything other than fan eye rolling disbelief. That said, at least the official numbers were announced on the same day rather than trying to conceal the inconvenient ones! :)

It's an interesting debate and one in which I don't think is quite as open and shut as some might either think or wish. The support for the Lionesses at the last 2 major tournaments has certainly increased considerably and Earps certainly played a major role in helping England reach the Final...