The Mailbox features a Manchester City fan who longs for something simpler than state-backed domination. Also: Mo Salah won’t leave; and lots of love for our Johnny…
Reality is messy, with too much detail, nuance and complexity. England needed the robot Ronaldo.
Fair Game is being launched this week and Johnny is more than happy to show his support…
We need profound change and we need it as soon as it can happen. The European Super League could be that.
Ah, the transfer window. Who wins? Who loses? Who cares? Well, we do because we have to. But Johnny doesn’t.
Signing Ronaldo is surely more about social media traction than actual football. Is that okay?
In a sport dominated by paranoia and conspiracy theories those suspicious of the vaccine were always going to spread.
The offside lines are thicker. The lines between what was a foul and what is now are blurred. VAR is creeping away.
Ravel Morrison has had a second, third, fourth and fifth chance. The chaos at Derby might actually suit him.
Who holds football clubs to account when they control their own media? John Nicholson is angry.
Romelu Lukaku is back in the Premier League for people to focus on his physicality and use him as a target man.
Football clubs are paying millions to players they don’t want or need. It really has gone very wrong.
The break seems shorter each time but football is back to give us structure, hope and constant content nourishment.
Johnny Nic wonders whether Jack Grealish will fit in at City. He only worries because he is in love.
Free transfers, loans and a wage cap is how it should be across the board in Europe. Johnny is adamant.
Patrick Vieira had got the Crystal Palace job because of his playing career. It’s a curious thing.
Hibs and Celtic are already knee-deep in football v teams from Andorra and elsewhere. This is great.
Johnny Nic despaired at first. But on reflection he thinks the majority of England fans can hold their heads high.
We can talk economics and gender politics but maybe tw*ts are just always going to be tw*ts.
From the fans, from the players, from Gareth Southgate; what have we learned from Euro 2020?
Some players seem born to it but Harry Kane has achieved brilliance through pure hard work and dedication.
There is no obvious candidate to replace Gareth Southgate so get used to his liberal stylings.
History will judge Gareth Southgate as an important man; he is exactly what England needed.
Johnny Nic casts his wandering eye towards Turin and ponders: What’s so great about Giorgio Chiellini?
England cynicism is the default position of many but why not just enjoy this?
Some of us don’t indulge in the oh-no-it’s-the-Germans nonsense; this England side should rise above.
Football might not be the sport for you if you expect England to thrill you for 90 minutes.
Forget Gareth Southgate, these England players are simply not as good as foreigners made them look.
Cristiano Ronaldo says water beats Coke, even if George Costanza knows that no way does wine beat Pepsi.
England played more like Germany than John Nicholson can ever remember as they controlled v Croatia.