Kid Icarus

Weird because I distinctly remember being told in year 5 reception in the morning that he'd been sold and me and my mate putting all of our energy into not crying.

Pre-red card David Ginola vs Royal Antwerp Rob Lee

Under the Cosh reminds me of being on my lunch break at Northern Rock. Surrounded by lads all trying to out-bloke each other in the room of a company that's clearly in the middle of winding down. Saying that I enjoyed the Bez and Howey episodes. The funny thing about those two though is the more you hear from them, the more their anecdotes change. I must have heard half a dozen different variations on the Tino playing porn on team bus story and each variation of it came from them.

I honestly thought from listening to him that Waugh was Caulkin's early 20s apprentice

The manager who got England to a World Cup semi and Euro final is unqualified at the level he got them to a World Cup semi final and a Euro final at... I think the folk who don't rate him are all emboldening each other to push it further and further and as a result rational thought went out the window a while back tbh. I don't even like how England play, it's just gotten really daft now. I've seen and heard some crazy opinions in my time, but that one about these England players apparently being the best in our lifetimes as a stick to beat Southgate with is going to stick with me for a long time like.

And he's right tbh. Wanting a certain line up with 'the best' players is often infantile FIFA thinking that most people grow out of in their 20s.

What they'll probably never be able to appreciate until it happens is that any notion of consistently trying to improve, of the idea of competition itself is gone. In the short-term, fine, but know now that any long-term dreams of any success beyond existing in the Premier League are over, without question. If he gets them to the Premier League I'm sure they'll be delighted, but as soon as they start thinking 'right, now let's push on' the penny will drop not long after. For him it'll be mission accomplished and (if they're lucky) they'll be stuck in a hellish purgatory of doing the absolute bare minimum that he and his media mates will insist is heavenly.

They would absolutely be better off letting the club restart like. 14 years in and I would have taken it in a heartbeat even with us as a Premier League club.

It does. He had persistent hamstring pulls until he got his wisdom teeth out

Not defending Glenndinning because it doesn't apply to him and he's a cunt, but when I've thought about the whole hypocrisy thing, for me it comes down to two different things. whether people are in unavoidable or institutionalised situations (driving cars, using Amazon, eating meat, using technology etc) or 2. active participants who excuse themselves of not making the sacrifices they think others should be making. I've said it before but our society has been created using a system where it's impossible to anyone to not be some form of hypocrite. Pointing out that things can be and should be better isn't wrong in those circumstances.

Think Moyes, Conte, and Frank should be slightly higher and Hassenhutl should be lower, but it's fair enough overall I think.

I see the transfer window is having an impact on people's mental health after... * checks watch * oh, 1 day before the start of the 3 month transfer window.

Vaux outrage

I'd love that if I was still svelte as fuck. It'll look funny on the average person

The best left back I have ever seen. 7/10.

Defensively he's been an 8 or 9 most weeks, except when Sterling had his life.

I only want Morata if it's as part of a money laundering scheme

I wonder how many times he's been described as a guaranteed 7 out of 10.

There's being vague and then there's "our next signing will have a head" cold reading type stuff. Even then, Botman and the 'big surprise' on the last day were wrong. Probably is ITK like, but there's never anything to get your teeth into.

Link?

Just been on Villa talk and it's mad how similar football forums are. Go in our Hayden thread and you'll find an almost sentiment to their Targett thread.

Top 6 isn't CL places though, Spurs have dropped out of top 6 once in the time it's been referred to as that, Arsenal have twice. Get what you're saying though. Either way it's a stupid arbitrary line that's only there to protect those 6 teams regardless of where they finish.

Arsenal surely? With their two 8th place finishes.