Normally this is where I come up with some kind of clever way of introducing this piece, or at least try to. I don’t have that today. Just a note that I think I never want to hear a whistle ever again and those officials from last night should be in prison. That’s a reasonable and measured take, right?
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1. The Couturier line does the thing
We’re going to talk a bit more about this in a second, but last night’s wasn’t a terribly high-event start to the game.