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Rory Smith

@RorySmith

Football Correspondent, The Observer. Also: @meninblazers @podcast_libero @bbc5live’s Monday Night Club. Author of Mister and Expected Goals.

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  1. Rory Smith@RorySmith
    I’ve been wanting to interview Dominic Calvert-Lewin for seven years. He was very much worth the wait.
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    RT @RorySmith: I’ve been wanting to interview Dominic Calvert-Lewin for seven years. He was very much worth the wait.
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    Sometimes you answer your own question
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    MOTD is for people who do not have Sky/TNT, or do not have time to watch Sky/TNT (or unofficial equivalent). It is for people who have other stuff to do on a Saturday. It is for people who might watch their team live but just need the highlights of everything else.
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    And as the figures show: that's a LOT of people. 5.4 million people for the actual show every week is an absolutely astonishing number. and that's before i start on the sunday repeat, which is for kids, and the moral health of watching more than just your team.
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    RT @podcast_libero: This is pretty cool... Libero has been shortlisted for podcast of the year at the @WeAreTheFSA Awards! To whoever nominated us, thank you. Voting is now open for the winner and we'd be very grateful if you'd do us a solid:
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    Leeds, my beloved hometown: in honour of your status as the capital of the north, we are bringing the delights of a LIVE Libero show to you. Still a few tickets remaining. Come and see us!
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    RT @podcast_libero: Libero is going live again! Come join us in Leeds (18th November) or in London (20th November). Tickets on sale now! 🎟️ Leeds ticket link: 🎟️ London ticket link:
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    RT @podcast_libero: Libero is going live again! This time we're doing two of the most important of the least important live shows, Leeds (18th November) and London (20th November). Tickets are on sale now! Leeds ticket link: London ticket link:
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    RT @GeorgeRSimms: The man behind the Ange mask Spent a couple of hours with mid-imperial phase Jason Cundy, on everything from ADHD, anxiety and his father's death to the generational run, O'Hara and the perfect TalkSport caller @ObserverUK
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    If anyone's having a conversation about how to end the red cartel without a financial free-for-all, unlikely hero @IanDoyleSport is right: you erase economic advantage with sporting restrictions. Homegrown players, under-21s, squad limits, fewer subs: they all solve it.
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    @RorySmith @Alex_Berwick @SeanAxion I've told you about this many times Rory. Limit clubs to three senior players on bench and whole thing changes. Becomes lot more competitive. Because clubs over time won't be able to stockpile players who simply will hardly ever play. They go elsewhere or stay at original club
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    @RorySmith @Alex_Berwick @SeanAxion I've told you about this many times Rory. Limit clubs to three senior players on bench and whole thing changes. Becomes lot more competitive. Because clubs over time won't be able to stockpile players who simply will hardly ever play. They go elsewhere or stay at original club
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    The logic that the Premier League should let the market rip -- owners spending what they want! no cost controls! get rid of red tape! -- is disingenuous in lots of ways. But it also forgets that the hated red cartel have advantages they don't use, too.
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    That's the inherent danger with City: the PL is basically a collective endeavour. It relies to some extent on people acting in the general interest, rather than according to their own specific priorities. It's why they vote on rules. It's why it's a tyranny of the majority.
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    *A lot of people assume everything I think is because of the team I support, which is why journalists for a long time didn't publicise things like that. But my real bias is that I think the PL's strength is very obviously bad for European football as a whole, and needs curbing.
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