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On Tuesday, I wrote about how obsessed I've become with The Traitors. The latest twists have not changed that. As ever, when something gets popular, people try and pick holes in it. That's happening with the show, as some try and point out format flaws. This includes pushing the idea how the early episodes don't matter as the Traitors can be replaced and how it's the most likely murder victims who appear at breakfast last. Maybe, but that does seem to be rather picky as it doesn't take away from how fun the show is to watch. Quite simply, good TV is good TV.

FA Cup Missed Streaming Opportunity

This weekend is FA Cup third round weekend in England. It is a favourite amongst fans here as it is when the big boys from the Premier League and Championship join the oldest cup competition in the world. They can, and do, face sides from many tiers down the football pyramid.

Except it doesn’t start this weekend. It starts tonight, with Sheffield United vs Cardiff. There are two other games as well - Everton vs Peterborough and Fulham vs Watford. I confess I only realised this when the news of Sean Dyche’s sacking by Everton broke.

This is clearly all about TV, and having the ability to broadcast as many games as possible. I spend more time than most watching football on TV, but even I think we could have a couple of football-free nights once in a while.

Plenty of changes have been made to the FA Cup, not least the scrapping of replays, but it would be nice to maintain some of “the magic of the Cup” i.e. have one Saturday on which the ties from these key round take place. Streaming makes this more, not less, feasible.

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