Premiership and Afrika – Togetherness Saturday

There being no NFL whatsoever, a man is grateful for a full EPL slate, along with the conclusion of the Afrikan Euros’ Flacco Eight.  Details?  Here are a sparse few.

Everton is your wake and bake, home to Spurs (7:30, USA).  Richarlison returns to Goodison again, he will get a nice bit of applause from the emotionally exhausted home support.  Not even certain I will set the alarm for this, 2023-24 is merely to be endured (from a Toffee standpoint).  17th or bust, lads.

Trashbirds (fresh off a midweek thrashing) host Palace in the televised 10:00 match (USA), but one can also stream the White Power Derby (White Lives Matter against Mighty Whitey) or Geordie Arabia snuff filming Martin Prince’s Lutes.  YMMV.  I might just nod off for a bit.

Spotlight Dance is rather putrid, but Afrika will fill the gap (PHRASING) nicely.  It’s Villa away to Team Knifey, just in case (12:30, Peacock).  The visitors are struggling to maintain their early form, while Knifey are in that improved-but-still-not-sufficient mode.  I doubt they have another gear to enable them to survive.

MOAR follows on Sunday, but I will skip it due to all the Klopp ball-washing.

From the Dark Continent, Nigeria and Run DRC are already through to Wednesday’s raging semis.  Who shall join?

Mali and the home Cote d’Ivoire are the first Flacco battle (12:00, BeIn), and it should be tasty.  Mali have never trailed in the tournament, as one of many surprise packages.  The Elephants were left for dead, having sacked their manager after the group stage.  But…they’ve clung on like the most wipe-resistant of dingleberries.  You’ll start to get “Team of Destiny” vibes if they win this one.

Next, we get the perhaps-most-surprising-package Lesser Springboks, taking on the punching way-above-their-weight Cape Verde (3:00, BeIn).  Their entire nation (a chain of volcanic islands) has less people than Hippo’s home COUNTY.  Yet they are playing expressive, attacking, top-class footy.  I hate cheering against the ‘Boks, but needs must.  Perhaps we can at least get a sexual conquest story from R-T-D??