Archive August 4, 2025

David Moyes admits that Snoop Dogg’s music may not appeal to him immediately.

However, a phrase from one of the most popular and well-known rap artists probably sums up Moyes’ current mood.

Snoop declares, “I can’t fake it,” halfway through Drop It Like It’s Hot.

Snoop performed at the Super Bowl on another recent trip to Atlanta in 2019. The Scot claimed that the game was memorable because the New England Patriots defeated Snoop’s team, the Los Angeles Rams, 13-3.

A 2-2 draw with Manchester United on Sunday at the magnificent Mercedes-Benz Stadium was preferable in terms of Moyes’ Everton side.

They came in at the bottom of the Premier League Summer Series table with just one point. The results are starting to be concerning because Moyes can’t fake it after losing their previous three pre-season games.

As they prepare for their eagerly awaited final test against Roma in their new home on Saturday, it is undoubtedly not what most Evertonians anticipated the situation would be.

This was intended to be the start of a new era, with a new stadium, ambitious new owners, and a knowledgeable manager.

Yet a well-known theme persisted throughout Moyes’ final press conference during the Premier League Summer Series.

He predicted that deals would come out the following week. We’re getting much closer, I believe. But that was also what I felt four or five weeks ago.

Throughout the 12-day trip, Moyes’ media engagement with the media has been a constant theme.

From claiming that he needed up to nine new players (he only has three, so there are currently six) to worrying that when they do eventually arrive, it will be too late for proper integration before the Premier League opener at Leeds on August 18, he went on to say that he needed six.

There has been a change. Adam Aznou, 19, completed his transfer from Bayern Munich for about £8 million last week, while Tyrone Barry signed for a $ 27 million deal from Villarreal.

Both players are brand-new to the Premier League, though. According to Moyes, it is demanding a lot from either to have a significant impact.

One of those Moyes anticipates Everton signing this week is Southampton’s exciting talent Tyler Dibling. Although he is already a Premier League player, he is also one for the future, at age 19, and he is certainly one for the future.

At Soldier Field in Chicago last Wednesday, Moyes and Tomas Soucek had an unheard-of animated conversation, and he knew exactly what he needed: solid, knowledgeable, and dependable.

Center-half James Tarkowski covered a dangerous attack and hurriedly cleared Jarrod Bowen of the ball in order to win possession for his team when he was first introduced after recovering from injury in the second half of the West Ham game.

Even though the actual contact was minimal, Tarkowski is another player Moyes can count on to have faith in, despite the fact that he slammed his arm into Manchester United’s Amad Diallo in the final game of the US trip.

After missing the US trip with a minor niggle, Moyes thinks Jarrad Branthwaite, who may be fit enough to join the main group for training this week.

Everton will become more effective with the addition of Tarkowski and Branthwaite in the defense. Moyes is aware that it won’t be enough, so it’s premature to speculate about Jack Grealish joining the club.

Grealish would undoubtedly be a promising addition, but his form has some significant limitations, including that he hasn’t been the same player since Manchester City’s 2023 Treble season and that Moyes isn’t one to dismiss Pep Guardiola’s assessment of the 29-year-old and the cost, even on a loan.

However, it will come much later in the window if it does. Just now, Everton needs to address far more fundamental issues.

This wasn’t what it was supposed to be.

Many supporters saw the ideal opportunity to remove Farhad Moshiri, who had ideas for new investments to coincide with the eagerly awaited move to the magnificent Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Moyes wonders, however, whether the vision has obstructed the reality.

He claimed that there might be teething issues in the beginning. whether it’s the new owners, the stadium, or various other factors are influencing the situation.

“Everyone in Everton is anticipating the future,” said the mayor. They are opposed to reinterpreting the past. We want to believe that we have a better chance.

As Ireland’s preparations for the start of the Rugby World Cup come to an end, Ireland’s Neve Jones says there is “no ceiling” for her team.

In Pool C of the tournament in England, Scott Bemand’s team will face Japan, Spain, and New Zealand.

Jones, who was a member of the Irish side that lost to the Irish in the final World Cup in 2021, has urged her team to appear on the big stage as they attempt to escape the group stage.

“The coaching staff and players we’ve all bought into everything,” she told BBC Sport, “but we’ve been on an incredible journey, from coming last in the Six Nations two years ago to the World Cup.”

“We want to strive for excellence because we are all on the same page.” No ceiling is set for our performance, so it’s about coming in and giving it a try.

Since moving from Malone in 2022, Jones, who featured in Saturday’s 27-21 victory over Scotland, has won three medals at Gloucester-Hartpury.

After some difficult years playing for her country and seeing sustained success at club level, she is pleased that she has been able to enjoy a return to results with Ireland.

“I would have really good seasons at Gloucester, and then I’d come here and pull on the green jersey is something you’re proud to do,” she continued.

Fantasy football also debuts on Friday, August 15th, while the Premier League does.

The official Fantasy Premier League game features the BBC Sport League, but you can also sign up via this link by entering the code bbcfpl.

Can you beat BBC experts Alistair Bruce-Ball, Statman Dave, and Chris Sutton from BBC Sport’s FPL Podcast?

In the second week of January, he placed first in the world, finished 22 weeks in the top 15, 18 weeks in the top 10, and three times in the top three.

“I was anticipating it would be a special season, but I was waiting for it to all come to a crashing a bit,” says Max.

I took a two-week vacation in Japan with 3 a.m. deadlines, and I realized that my run would end there.

“But I ended up watching Footy on the plane!” At the end of the season, I had to delete X from my phone because it was so nerve-wracking.

Max avoided a lot of FPL content and concentrated on “making my own choices,” unlike many FPL managers.

He continues, “Everything I did last season was purely gut instinct.” I avoided YouTube and wasn’t on X for the majority of the season, trying to be conscious of doing my own thing and not being influenced by various sources.

You can get bogged down in statistics and overanalyse, according to a maths teacher who avoided statistics.

In the biggest US Athletics Championships upset, Sarah Calvert defeated Olympic silver medalist Laura Muir to claim the 1500-meter title.

The 24-year-old Livingston AC runner’s personal best is 15 seconds worse than her fellow Scot, who is also a Scot.

However, Calvert fought back from the outside to win the biggest race of her career just as Revee Walcott-Nolan and Erin Wallace appeared to be bursting through on the inside of the final straight.

She won in Birmingham a week after taking silver at the German Summer World University Games.

She told Scottish Athletics, “I thought the world juniors championship last weekend was a big breakthrough, but this is crazy.”

“It’s crazy. Never mind this year, I didn’t anticipate that to occur.

It turned into a slow, tactical race as the UK Championships doubled as the British trials for the World Championships in Tokyo next month.

With England’s Walcott-Nolan finishing third and Giffnock’s Wallace tying for fourth, Calvert’s winning time of 4:16.27 was eight seconds slower than her own personal best.

A quick, tactical race definitely plays into my hands, she continued.

After revealing his departure from Tottenham over the weekend, Son Heung-min is expected to join Los Angeles FC for around £20 million.

After ten years at Tottenham, the forward announced in a press conference on Saturday that he would leave this summer.

And the 33-year-old appears to be on the verge of signing for Major League Soccer (MLS), which could even be a record-breaking fee, possibly more than Atlanta United’s $22.5 million acquisition of Middlesbrough for Emmanuel Latte Lath in February.

Although the transfer’s final details are still being discussed, his move to LAFC is now regarded as contingent on the completion of all paperwork and a medical.

Son, who is contracted with Spurs until 2026, made his anticipated final appearance on Sunday in a 1-1 pre-season friendly against Newcastle in Seoul.

When he was substituted in the 65th minute, his Spurs team-mates and the opposing Newcastle players performed a guard of honor. Tottenham will now travel to Germany on Thursday for a pre-season match, where they will face Bayern Munich, and Harry Kane will have a chance to spend some time in his home country, South Korea.

Son made 454 appearances for Tottenham since joining from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015, scoring 173 goals.