iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is why he's divisive I guess. If he's in the side you HAVE to build around him. Some will argue he's worth it, some will say you have no choice because he won't adapt to any other system other than one for him.

000

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

*Main goalscorer*. Not their most important player.

100

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Have a shark cordless stick thing. Way cheaper than Dyson and works really well. Would definitely buy again.

010

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm sure a sizeable fine to be shared around could soften the blow given they have defrauded the the league, and by extension, other clubs out of past revenues

010

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Is there clarity on the timeline? Be very surprising if City didn't appeal which pushes out the point of the sanctions kicking in. There could be substantially less than the current 30 games to forfeit that could make the damage a bit more palatable to share around.

100

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Be interesting to know... Of course a lot of businesses have done their restructuring now- moved EU branches into overseas subsidiaries etc- so have eaten the cost and would be unlikely to unwind.

010

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hilarious when the first letter in the abbreviation isn't the one anyone should object to

000

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I had always expected that they were getting above market sponsorship income from friendly companies. I am quite surprised that they had to cheat it to the extent they did.

001

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The premier league isn't a public body. It's a private company so so I don't see how government ministers are going to do anything. The shareholders are the 20 clubs. Even if they lean on the board to do something, they can't act against the interests of 19 of the 20 shareholders in favour of the 1.

010

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yeah, but under what mechanism? And why would the government do it?

110

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

How or why would the government intervene? The PL is a limited company whose shareholders are the 20 clubs.

110

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Similar story for immediate parent (also overdue)

010

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Their most recently filed accounts do not make for encouraging reading.

110

Reposted by Euan

Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This thread is my Odyssey

1113422

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The semantics around how americans may or may not use the word outside of its legal sense is beside the point. The orginal point being made is the rest of the world doesn't see this as a Trump issue. It's a US issue. The US elected him. Twice. It's a US problem and other countries are pivtoting away

000

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yeah, but if you win the electoral college you have legal authority to form the executive?

100

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yeah, and law exists. And US law says someone has a mandate to govern if they win the electoral college vote.

100

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In any other context, you'd use the word in the way I'm describing though, right? The manager at work's mandate for taking action comes from a board resolution etc? Near analogous to authority.

100

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

That's just not what the word means though. Hence everyone else's confusion. It's the authority to carry out your agenda. Which comes from campaigning on it and winning the contest.

300

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Those bullet points are subjective assessments though. It's not hard to imagine cases where two people could view the same incident and legitimately come to different conclusions.

000

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

But they require subjectivity.

110

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Fernandez didn't touch the ball though, did he? Genuine Q. I didn't watch the game.

100

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

True, but at the end of the day it's still subjective so there isn't a 'right' answer. All VAR is really doing is taking more time to arrive at a contested result.

100

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It wouldn't really.... The issue is trying to put some illusion of science around something that's completely subjective. We have had TV replays forever and still pundits and ex-refs couldn't agree on the correct decisions even with time to consider. What hope is there of doing that during a match?

100

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

.....and these are legal over there?

120

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I thought this when Merino came in. Sort of player we badly needed in some of the barren years. We had plenty of super talented players, and quite a lot of experience just not enough proper grown ups.

040

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Saka could get a ton of goals like that this season, following in at the back post for Califiori cut backs

000

Reposted by Euan

Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Absolutely fascinating stuff. I had no idea. Really looking forward to the book.

0226

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Hello from Scotland. You can drink during any sport 👍

010

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Many people could misinterpret that question... It could be read like you flip a coin and then move on to a 50/50 chance of 1m if you win the toss

000

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Yeah, when talking about the Spanish team, we'd say 'Spain are...' but Americans would use 'Spain is...'. When talking about Spain the country, we'd say 'Spain is doing X.....'

110

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Same country just different borders and different population? (Yes, I know you are right)

100

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Oh no... This is going to go all Rangers/Sevco/Rangers.... Tbh, I think you are right, even leaving aside the football bodies, the East was essentially subsumed into the West, I think.

000

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

British people would use 'is' when talking about a company.

011

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

It's just a difference between American English and English. It's common to refer to the collective as singular in American but not in English. Not sure of the history/linguistics of the divergence.

110

Reposted by Euan

Trevor is ainm dom @trevorlfc01.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Saved this one for such an occasion

A blue and white striped flag with a crying face emoji

9725163

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A pedant would argue that Germany also only has one. Not me, however 😐

250

Reposted by Euan

Tim Stillman ⭐️⭐️ @tim-stillman.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Infantino a total disgrace and a stain on the sport from beginning to end. Soured this whole tournament

1863957

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Yeah, but there was 3 mins of ad break in the second half and they only played 4 despite all the subs.

000

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

It's been 50% longer....

010

Reposted by Euan

Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

And here she is, adding a few $$$$$ to her account (and Ed Sheeran's). All pre-recorded of course.

26418

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Why is Tom Cruise on the pitch? Does anyone even like that guy?

000

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

*an accounting profit in the year of the sale

010

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Yeah, but they can still make an accounting profit on a sale even if they sell for less than they paid if the player's value in their books was lower than the fee received.

110

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Triggering art. 50 immediately was surely a pretty big strategic mistake in negotiations. It was the only card we had to play and she threw it on the table immediately.

110

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

This should have been a drop ball.

000

Reposted by Euan

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Norway's goal kick hit the spider cam wire which knocked it down and led to England's goal

671325407

Euan @euant.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

What's 'his city'? He was born in Leeds so if he's taken a piece of Norwegian history to Yorkshire, that could be seen as problematic....

110