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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I’ve always had huge respect for the RNLI, especially since living in a town with a lifeboat crewed by many of my neighbours. It makes me so angry to see the fascist scum on the south coast giving RNLI volunteers shit. Supports the heroes. Fuck the fascists. Donate: shop.rnli.org/products/don...

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Donation to RNLI

It costs us around £483,000 a day to run our lifesaving service. Your kind donation will help deliver our lifesaving work.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 04/09/2026

The Farage sting is not on the front pages of: The Times Belfast Telegraph Daily Express Daily Mail Mirror Star Metro Morning Star Telegraph Guardian Herald i Independent The Journal The National The Scotsman

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Harvey has the skills, but I don’t think he is fast enough, strong enough, or - damingly - fit enough for the role of the PL. Italy is probably the ideal league for him: technical, slower, less intense physically

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

100%. He’s technically and intellectually good enough, but he is slow and physically small/weak. Never going to make it in England, much less at an Iraola side.

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Same, but Bajectic just needs regular games to rebuild himself. Celta is his home club; great move for him. He was never going to get up to speed enough at LFC to feature. Apparently we have a buy-back so - like Quansah - maybe it will happen some day. I worry he has missed the boat through injury

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

PSG is state funded: they have effectively unlimited money (like City) so use money as a weapon to damage rivals. They bankrupt Barcelona by inflating the market absurdly; FCB fell into their trap of trying to compete financially. PSG cares what this cost Liverpool, but not what they make on it.

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

He’s not athletic enough: doesn’t have the pace or physicality required, at least for an Iraola team (or the PL in general). Spain might work for him, but a Italy probably better suited (slower)

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This is the crux of it for me: FSG have lost interest. Gordon has not wanted to run the club for several years, effectively re-hired Edwards as his replacement (with multi-club as a key part of the new plan). Once they opted against MCO, Edwards also lost interest. Hughes seems out of his depth

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Agree. Frimpong was great at Alonso’s Leverkusen because he was RWB in a “back” 5. Not good enough defensively for a back 4 - and probably not good enough offensively to play wing. We’ll sell him next summer. The clubs has had 18 months to replace TAA and simply has not done it

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We should try to get him back on loan. Would give Bradley time to get fitter/stronger,

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Breaking: nothing to see here. Expected, finalising, soon, etc. Tl;dr - no news

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Carragher has become a tabloid paradox of himself, unfortunately. I don’t see the club being quick to grant him access in the future given his hyperbolic nonsense

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

They generally don’t though - unless it is Real Madrid that comes knocking, and requires it of the player

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Hollywood Steve Huey @hollywoodsteve.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton decided to cover "Stairway to Heaven" as a gospel song, and asked Robert Plant for permission to write a new verse for it, and Robert Plant basically said "of course you can, you're Dolly Parton" youtu.be/YhTvxVxXJLQ

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Dolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven (Audio)

YouTube video by Dolly Parton

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

the only legit answer to ANY request she had

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It would be so typical of recent Liverpool if someone else swooped in at the last minute and got the deal done fro an extra £5m

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“Pleasure” is a relative concept of course, but perhaps Huxley’s notion of pleasure might more accurately be transposed to the modern world as “destracted & entertained”

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Yeah, Wirtz remains a problem in defence & is not yet enough of a threat in attack to outweigh those downsides. Little option but to persist with him for now, I think. Having an actual defensive midfielder would really help! Nico Gonzalez available from City for £45m apparently. I’d take him

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I’d say the in-house option is the most likely though: Julian Ward. They gave it to him when Edwards left last time, and then he left within a year - for presumably the same Jurgen-shaped reasons. The fact that FSG rehired him says a lot

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I don’t know enough about the individuals tbh, can only judge on their transfer dealings - which is of course a) not all they do b) an incomplete picture c) context dependent. Taking someone from a well run smaller club seems the model: Leipzig, Brighton, etc. not sure it worked with Hughes though

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Agree. Outside of England, prices are way lower.

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Decent shout; strong contender. Who are the other options? Maybe Sebastian Schuppan at RB Leipzig. Only been there 1 year but is highly rated www.transfermarkt.co.uk/sebastian-sc...

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Sebastian Schuppan - Manager profile

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Next summer we also probably need to replace both Ali and Virgil. Even with the crop of excellent young CBs, I could still see a Bastoni coming in to be the senior figure. Don’t think Mamardashvili is going to cut it.

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Reminds me of Danny Wilson years ago: promising Rangers centre back that stalled his career by joining us.

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The "water flower" effect: when physics turns drops into petals

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I often complained about how pro sports ownership was defined by the drama of random families turned royalty because grandpa bought a team 50 years ago, but I will miss it when every team is owned by one of the world's 250 wealthiest people for the sole purpose of selling it to one of the other 249

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Huh, it’s almost as if Hispanic men have decided that being hunted by fascist govt agents is in fact not a lot of fun

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Isn’t that starting to get close to AI costing more than the developers it has replaced? Especially outside of SV

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It genuinely is a fascinating social experiment watching the Telegraph trying to change gear like this. Today we have Jake Wallis Simons on why the great replacement theory is dangerous bollocks and Tim Stanley on the right being as bad as Corbyn. So far the commenters aren't buying it...

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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026

EXCLUSIVE: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I definitely agree that the future CB options look better than ever. We”ll still need one more “senior” centre back next summer, I reckon, if Virgil leaves (as will Joe). Eg Bastoni would be 28, with a year left on his contract. Konsa will be 29, same situation.

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Follow your own thread: “fuck them” → “no new money” → “not my vision” → “never going to work anyway.” You’ve argued yourself into admitting there was no realistic alternative to billionaire assholes. Which was my whole point. At least it’s not sports washing for gross human rights abuses

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Muñoz was the fastest player at Real Madrid 2 seasons ago, and was one of the fastest in La Liga last year. He’ll he in the mix for fastest in the Prem

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Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️ @graceonfootball.com · 16/08/2026

Annual reminder that the Community Shield used to be called the Charity Shield, but so little money actually went to charity that the government told them to either start making serious contributions or change the name. So they changed the name.

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I hate the hyper-commercialisation of football but the time when there was a real chance to do anything about it has long passed. Did you put money into Share Liverpool FC in 2008? That was probably the last chance we had. Many fans complain about rich owners but never did anything to prevent it

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The same lads were good enough to win the title 2 seasons ago. How much of last season was on the players vs the coaches and tactics? We’ll find out soon!!!

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

We have no idea what the structure of the deal is but it is fair to assume that some cash will go into the club (see linked podcast) Which owners would you like? Boehly/Clearlake @ Chelsea ? Glazers?? Saudi or Qatari state? None are in it for the football podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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What would the Bezos deal mean for Liverpool? | The Football Boardroom

Podcast Episode · The Football Boardroom · 13 August · 52min

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Who is providing “blood money” here? Bezos? severin? bhatia? FSG?

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Why? Whose money would you rather take to fund transfers and wages for Barcola etc? Saudi? Qatar? Abramovich?

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Brian Corcoran @briancorcoran.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

In the complete absence of suitable regulation, English football clubs are effectively just private businesses to be traded. Successful ones will attract successful, wealthy buyers. We can pretend otherwise, but football chose unregulated capitalism a long time ago. Far too late for any 50%+1 etc

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

From @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into understanding neofascism that you should read. This list of key narratives is very useful for parsing our current moment. You'll recognize it in every one of these: www.liberalcurrents.com/fascists-rea...

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Olly Headey @olly.world · 13/08/2026

Re: Claude watermarking. If I get Claude to sketch out a very rough product announcement blog post, then butcher it to death so it's actually something I wrote in my voice (a process I have been known to use) then is this blog post somehow watermarked? Confusing. randsinrepose.com/archives/rip...

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RIP Claude

I've used Claude quite a bit for both the upcoming new book and the next edition of Managing Humans. I wrote the entire book, but, as I've done for years, I've

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Julián Macías @julianmacias.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Brutal esto del skater Danny León patinando durante el #eclipse total en España.

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