Kid Icarus

12 minutes ago, Vedder said:

My first away game, I was also 11 years old. Vivid memories of loads of Blackburn fans being dicks after the game which confused me as I thought everyone hated Man Utd!

It's no good having PTSD at 11 over football like.  My mind refuses to fully remember how convinced I was that we'd win when Batty scored.I know that it's protecting me from a level of pain it knows I can't stand. 

2 minutes ago, Pilko said:

 

And not a very good book, either. Certainly not Bravo Two Zero by Andy McNab, which actually improves with every read.

You might not believe me, but I deleted that from my post.

2 minutes ago, Mike said:

Properly fucked my mood, that.

 

@Kid Icarus tell me about the 12 point lead, you motherfucker.

I was 11 years old, but I've still not experienced anything worse than Batty (76), Fenton (86), Fenton (89)

Like having someone pour boiling water onto your brain. 

Just now, Mattoon said:

 

They'll always be remembered for Jordan, but that team had Rodman, pippen, Kerr, Kukoč, they were just stacked across the court.

Definitely, the talent is undeniable, I just didn't know whether (like Real Madrid) their talent dragged them to wins, or they were just always incredible. 

The Last Dance is possibly my favourite documentary of all time and I'm not even into basketball 

4 minutes ago, Mike said:

 

The best way to describe the Bulls of that era is to steal a bit from Marvel. They were beyond good. They were inevitable. You never ever felt like you had the best of them. Being ahead in a game felt like keeping their seat warm and being ahead in a series didn't feel like having an advantage. it felt like being on the precipice of history. They were undeniable. They had answers for every question and contingencies for anything anyone could throw at them. They could beat anyone, anywhere. Home and Away meant nothing.

At the center of it all was him. I will never as long as I live see an athlete as undeniable as him. Supporting a team he devoured was like being psychotic. It broke you every year.

 

When my dad was a young man, he used to be wild and out of control. Fighting, drinking, fucking, all of that. We used to ask him why he was like that, and his answer was simple. "It didn't matter, I was going to die in Vietnam". Supporting an NBA team in the mid 90's was the same way, superficially. Had a good season? You're going to lose to Chicago. Best team you've ever seen in your shirt? You're going to lose to Chicago. In October, you knew what was going to happen in June. It would have been freeing, if it wasn't so god damn inevitable. All roads led to the meat grinder.

 

It can never be overstated how horrific they were.

Dying at that

Sounds absolutely awful, but presumably they were deserved winners? That's the thing with this Real Madrid side, it's been years and years that they've won like this, without them deserving it, without them giving a shit. 

When they won in 2017 it was on the big screen at a festival I was at in Barcelona and it genuinely ruined the mood

Carvahal having 5 CLs is the perfect example of honours and stats not being everything 

Just now, Mike said:

 

Do you really want an answer?

Yes  I don't know anything beyond watching The Last Dance 5 times.

Is this what the Chicago Bulls were like, or were they actually good as well?

Just now, joeyt said:

 

Leicester winning the Prem?

Leicester didn't resort to that until the end of the season. And they were Leicester

Maybe I should revise it to "...(with that amount of talent)..."

I will never ever have any respect for teams (that aren't Newcastle) who win without dominating matches.

1 minute ago, Mike said:

Where's the dortmund that beat the dogshit out of us.

Tbf Dortmund were Real Madrid in the matches against us, especially at home. Gordon hit the bar from 16cm out. 

Joselu looked like a scolded puppy when he was stepping up for that pen against Burnley.

Cut to him chasing down Hummels like it's nowt in the Champions League final a few years later.

Just now, Mike said:

Pretty sure these same eyeballs have seen Joselu miss an open net, and now theyre gonna see him bite a CL winners medal.

I never doubted him for a second 

Just now, Sima said:

Nah, that’s deliberate to get the spin on the ball.

Aye it's the Ozil finish innit 

I just hate them so so much. Everyone who rates them is a pure cunt.

Football's dead 

1 minute ago, CPL said:

Man United 

As much as I despise them, no, Real Madrid are on another planet when it comes to spawniness.

This is the football equivalent of when Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens died. No, I won't explain why.

Who could have foreseen this

Like you wouldn't be slagging him off if everyone was saying fair enough.  I can read you like a book.

1 minute ago, Stifler said:

We could, and possibly should legit be playing in this final.

How many drinks have you had?

Rio reminds me of being embarrassed of my dad when I was a teenager, but he's only 5 years older than me.

Bellingham has been absolutely shite, so in true Real Madrid tradition I'm expecting him to score the winner 

Dortmund are reminding me of us. This feels like what we'd be like, playing well, missing chances, eventually losing.

Gotta protect that brand