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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Yes, we helped ourselves to a few of them in desperation. Consistency of jam. Left a terrible aftertaste.

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I think my first would have been a Long Life, similarly purloined off my old fella

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Works wonders, works wonders, works wonders

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We used to buy bottles of Skol Special from The Templar to swig on the bus back from Leeds. It wasn't bad. Skol itself was pish. Have seen both Double Diamond and Hofmeister revivals on tap this year.

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

These three players from the Ivory Coast's World Cup team walked off the airplane looking like this. I'd say that's grossly unfair to the rest of humanity. (Ivorian designer Ibrahim Fernandez).

Three *extremely* well-dressed futbol players from Ivory Coast.

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

There's a great bit in Johnny Giles' last book from playing Chelsea at Elland Road in 1972 and with the ball running out for a goalkick he chops through Eddie McCreadie's ankles. 'What was that for?' he says. 'For when you did my knee.' He looks at him as if he were mad. 'But that was in 1964'

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/01/2026

ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives. We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

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Finbarr O'Reilly @finoreilly.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

From 'Burnham would' to dunce inane

A headline from the Faily Mailograph, that reads:”‘I was going to vote for Burnham. Now I’ll back Reform’
The Telegraph asks Gorton and Denton constituents who they want as their next MP. It’s not good news for Starmer"

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Just the 11 footballs in the canal this morning, caught before the weir. Mostly Mitres. I wonder if kids go in after Adidas and Nike ones

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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

this whole thing is just a late-era WCW plotline, the face champ turns heel and vacates the belt to the bigger heel

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Death, taxes and Harvey fucking Barnes

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

We need players who are going to make us better and particularly in midfield and up front. I think Hackney makes us better in midfield. Not saying a Championship striker would

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Agreed. There tends to be a premium and you have to judge whether it’s worth paying.

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Absolutely - Konsa, Bowen, Watkins, Alex Scott, too. There are four or five Championship players who could step up straightaway and others who would soon improve.

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Yes - Palace bought Eze and Wharton out of the Championship. Both were good enough

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Not yet, JG. Looking forward to it, though

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Yes. It’s a big test of their focus and credibility.

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Spot on. It’s about timing. Look what Chelsea did to Bayern over Jackson. On Friday it’s an expensive loan with an option, by Monday they’re obliged to take him for £70m (spread over a year). Buonanotte was supposed to be the final signing and they were left scrambling and at someone else’s mercy

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Try getting answers from an American investment fund, though. They may occasionally speak on their terms but don’t do conventional accountability (as Leeds fans know only too well)

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

'Brendan... Brendan O'Connell'

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Because they wouldn’t want it out there before promotion

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Why would he push the button without a clear steer? It would not be in his interest to ruin a long-term relationship with a man who will call the shots at Leeds and Rangers for one vital story. Journalism/contacts at that level is a dance not a punch-up

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Yeah - and there are ways of doing ‘no comment’ - “we’re not going to dignify this crap…” that would give the local pack a firm steer but they’ve done nothing as far as I can see. They have to do something before tomorrow’s press conference you’d think?

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Exactly - they’ve let it run for 18 hours without shutting it down. They could have been straight on to Graham Smyth, Joe Donnohue, Adam Pope, Beren Cross (none of whom have yet shot it down). It’s this selective silence of the board that makes me seethe

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

He's raging against the dying of the light in increasingly weird ways. He'll be chinning refs by this time next season. But agree about timing of substitutions

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Don't know Mike but why would he ruin his excellent relationship with the club's owners for that end? It'd be mad to. I can assure you it's very difficult as a journalist to get anything out of Leeds. He's got the golden goose, there. Why kill it?

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Yes, think the second part's right. First could be but they should be bigger than that.

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Worrying thing is the method they're using to float it before, as the article says, they've decided definitively. If they want to do it, do it. They don't need to prepare the ground. Smacks of the last days of Bielsa when he was being briefed against. And if they decide not to, damage is still done

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Exactly. We know he's the closest journalist to the ownership. Marathe speaks to him more than any other. Why would he jeopardise that by making something up just as we return to the Premier League? He'd be shooting himself in the foot.

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

It is. He must have had a steer, even if, as you say, it's a kite-flying exercise by his source. It will not be unfounded.

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Agree. Illogical really given the statistics but it’s felt like a grind with the handbrake on at times. Not today!

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Thank you. It’s peaked perfectly but wasn’t always much fun

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Aye. Ultimately there’s nowhere to hide

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Accept it but also resolve not to go. I’ve been to them all and I think I’ll stay in the pub this time. Missing it if we finally won at Wembley won’t be as bad as sitting through another defeat. I say that now …

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Saturday is 15 years to the day since they went to Yeovil having lost four on the spin and the captain Richard Naylor stood up and scored twice. Something similar would be a huge relief

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Can see it in his eyes that he’s got a driving ban…

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Adonis Storr @adonisstorr.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Hi I’m looking to interview a carer, parent or disabled person for a story on proposed PIP payments. Please get in touch and help share this post!

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Great to hear, Paul. Rare are the people these days that always raise your brow.

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Rob Bagchi @unforgivenrb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

He's a tonic in human form, Paul. Oddly the way he prowls made me think of a young Clive Lloyd patrolling the covers

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