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Yorkshires are lush and go well with any roast, why do people create these rules to actively make their lives worse?

Yeah the ballots are a joke this year. Think I won about 40% last year, this year I've applied for all but Liverpool and only won Wimbledon. General sale is generally doable but I'm not always free at the time it's on. Resale has been weird - some weeks easy but some weeks rock hard. Convinced they turned the bot control off for Arsenal. Only got one at 11pm the evening before when 3 popped up at once. Overall I've been managing to get tickets when I want them but it has probably been even more hassle for me personally than it was last year.

Think they need to get an independent panel to determine whether Klopp is a cunt before disciplining the ref. If they say he is a cunt then loads of leniency. If they say he's not a cunt then there's our proof the whole thing is bent.

There's something badly wrong with a system that allows officials to be consistently abused by club staff, those club staff knowing that they'll get more decisions from human beings who don't enjoy being consistently abused. That's what should be being looked at, not some ref calling Klopp a cunt, which he is.

Not being pedantic here @Yorkie, you've prompted me to make an assessment of them both in my head this morning Howe's a bit ahead of Robson atm in my mind, if you take into account that: - Steadying the ship first season was an easier task for Robson who came in earlier and probably had a better squad - Robson's next season was basically us treading water, with new signings not working out and us finishing 11th as we had the previous season (versus Howe getting us 4th) - Re the above point it's probably fairer to judge Robson after Bellamy and Robert came in tbf, since they gave us the pace, energy and quality that we really needed - Both managers got us 4th in their first 2 full seasons but Howe did it quicker - Robson never had to deal with an injury crisis of last season's scale but I'd say Howe getting 7th in the face of that was good going - Howe's cup record is probably better, although Robson did better in the CL - Howe's doing it in a more competitive league than it was back then Robson obviously got us 3rd while playing in the CL in 02/03 and I doubt Howe will match that this season even without Europe to contend with. But like I say it's a more competitive league these days so it's difficult to compare. All of the above is about finishes etc, style-wise I'd say they both created pretty much equally exciting teams. Overall it's pretty close between them atm imo

Hesitant to risk the wrath of Rod but it was reported for several transfer windows in a row that Given was pleading with the club to show some ambition in their transfer dealings to persuade him to stay. Given also said more recently that they were fucking him around on the new contract (offered him less money iirc, or similar). He gave everything for us and eventually he'd had enough. Don't blame him whatsoever, it was an absolute clown show by that point.

Lav Brexit, lav Top Gear, lav the special one cos 'e tells it like it is - simple as.

it was really good. Best this season, easily. Helps having a bit of needle with the opposition.

It's definitely been invaded by bots the last couple of days, and the website bot control has been switched off or isn't working. Since the beginning of last season I've always got a ticket when I wanted one, whether by ballot or resale. But they're disappearing so quickly here, the day before the match. No chance am I being beaten to these by humans

The fuck they done to the resale?! Fuck all joy this week, barely any tickets popping up and when they do they're disappearing so quickly. Haven't been mistaken for a bot yet either which makes me think their bot software might be disabled.

Thought he looked excellent at his defensive duties at CB tonight. Which is weird given the amount of sad knackers on here wanting to write him off after 2 months of his NUFC career.

You've been saying a combination of and for a few years, as far as I can see. Turned a couple of weeks ago and now it's all negative

Haven't seen many queuing up to apologise to Nuno after he was written off as a shite manager following about 12 games at Spurs.

You're talking to a guy who refused to acknowledge the existence of fatigue as a concept last season.

Anyone saying we struggled while Miley featured last season is neglecting to mention that was when we were playing the same 11 every 3 days, whether that's selective memory or not I dunno.

If UEFA's intention was to demonstrate how shit a European Super League would be then it's clever But it does seem a much worse format, a neutral wants to see teams competing against each other directly instead of whatever this is. Saying that I wouldn't have minded seeing Newcastle in it as it's more games, against more varied opposition, with a better chance of qualifying for the knockouts.

genuinely no idea what this is in reference to.

Wayyy funnier game than expected

Restarting phone then downloading on mobile network worked, cheers all.

Anyone had any issues with downloading the Wimbledon ticket to a Google Wallet? Getting an error screen. First time I've had such an issue, wondering if cos game hastily arranged.

Yeah I got a ticket as well, 1/5 in ballots.

Cheers mate, I did try once with no joy but will give it a go again next week

quickfingers junior (me) is also 0/4. Pretty annoying tbh - I can still usually manage in the resale but a) it's tedious AF, b) I'm generally limited to singles, c) the more convoluted system this year appears to have made resale harder Was easier to deal with last season when I was getting a few in ballot and could pick up others in resale but this is definitely harder work than it was.

he seems to think it's his job to tell us after every missed chance what the player should have done, when a) the player in question is invariably much better than he was, b) the incident has usually happened at very high speed, and c) the player has often done about as well as he can with it. I don't think I've ever heard him say someone was unlucky, there is always something wrong that only he can explain to everyone. The difference between pundits like him and McCoist is that Hinchcliffe is fucking miserable about the game whereas McCoist talks about the game with joy and enthusiasm. And unfortunately McCoist is a rare breed.