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Is that not due to the injuries?

David Baddiel also said he had "four number ones" when he was on Taskmaster but he was clearly joking.

From what I recall, they overcomplicated it. Loads of pre-recorded segments/interviews and not enough performances. I suppose back-to-back performances is basically TOTP anyway, and that brand was still going at that point (only as Xmas/New Year specials), so they had to differentiate it.

Downloads basically turned the singles chart into a songs chart - which I don't think is a bad thing. It was the natural evolution of CD singles. Streaming isn't so much an evolution as something almost completely different as you're not paying for a record. The ill-fated Sounds Like Friday Night tells us how well a new music show post-TOTP would do, but I'm sure many could argue that one was badly handled.

Parasocial fans. What else is new. We don't really know the ins and outs, but given he's more vocal about his personal life on podcasts and things, I'm not surprised they're tearing into him over it. It wouldn't be the first time; he got dragged for something he shared about their sex lives on a podcast 5 years ago that even Jade was fine with him sharing.

Jordan still follows Jade on Instagram, so maybe it was amicable. The Sun are sadly not often wrong when it comes to bits of gossip like this.

The problem is chat shows are particularly hard now and if you're going to have a swing at a new one, you've got to do something that podcasts aren't doing. I can see why they had a go with Claudia but it did feel like what could end up being a final swing at the genre.

Far more interesting than this game had any right to be.

I'm gonna be amazed if France don't equalise.

Nah. I think England fans right now are pleased but are ultimately just shrugging their shoulders a bit.

I can't tell if this is because England have been playing well or France can't be arsed.

Christ.

This is a confusing game.

You can tell by the muted celebrations that they'd still rather not be there.

A team with less pressure on them, for one. I mean, if they win this one it'll be the first time they've finished 3rd in a World Cup I guess. The whole idea of this game feels a bit rubbing salt in the wound though. The semifinals are the worst time to go out.

Yeah, third place play-offs are basically friendlies but tougher to stomach after you've been knocked out. I don't see what incentive there really is to play well.

I don't get the sense that anyone wants that. I feel like I've heard for years that basically copying the other parties is the only way Labour can get traction (supposedly).

I doubt we're gonna end up with a more left wing party. It's going to be Tory lite much like Starmer's reign.

To be honest we could have won and people would still be picking holes in their performance.

It's over.

Argentina adding some pressure but England are still defending well.

Also given how chaotic that first half was, how was it only 3 minutes of added time?

19 fouls. Jesus. You can tell they don't like each other. 😄

Very messy game so far. Better than England sitting back and doing nothing I guess.

He's no different to Trump, really.