The Kraken

A grilling? He shouldn’t be even considering an official meeting with a fringe group of lunatics. 1922 don’t represent Tory policy, they represent backbenchers.

I don’t know what this is, but it’s not rocket science.

Decent game I thought. Noticeably lower quality than the other three QFs but still thoroughly enjoyable.

Absolute waste of time of a game, that. Just a reserves jog about.

Most of the time I think Gramps is just on the wum. Whatever, his responses do make me laugh at their sheer absurdity.

Well yes it’s of course possible, but using a bigoted racist twat in an argument against marches to protest about an absolute carpet bombing of innocents perhaps isn’t the best counter point.

Of course they are 🤣

What’s wrong with a pro Palestine march? Palestine and Hamas aren’t the same thing.

Yes David. That was indeed my point. Fuck me.

That bloody Paul Wilcox has got a lot to answer for

Hopefully gets the green light, have to say the renderings look somewhat unique and 1000% better than the old Kassam mess.

Just out of interest, what is the actual level of entitlement that is about right from the fans for the game today?

This was the thing I noticed the most. On the rare occasions Rotherham had possession and lost it, from us there was no intention to break quickly or play at pace. Just safety first, pass backwards, let them get back, and repeat the whole snorefest. A complete and utter lack of bravery, despite which Rusty tells us we are actually great at. Rubbish.

Yep. I watched the rugger today with my old man after saints finished, and we both commented how much better and clearer the video system in that game is. I genuinely think that English video refs are just arrogant dimwits compared to their peers across Europe in football and certainly across other sports, just not up to the job.

When do we get to see the trick?

I watched him a lot second half and I noticed so many times where in defensive positions he wanted to have a touch for the sake of it. Comparing him with Lavia last year is obviously completely unfair in terms of ability; but when getting the ball from the defence, Lavia was so often looking to play on the turn and make things happen. Smallbone (and others tbf) just seem to want to get the ball from the defenders and play it straight back to them on the first touch. It’s not “brave” as we’re told, it’s just non committal, and just pegs us into having possession while the other team gently gets all their players back into position. It’s ponderous and predictable.

You can say that again. He will consistently be not shit enough to get rid of and nowhere near good enough to be confident in.

🤣 I know you’re angry fella but fuck me, that response 🤣

Awful awful result. Pathetic really, yet just predictable.

But yeah, stats mean nothing at all etc etc etc. Gonna be a common theme this.

So typical from our lot of tippy tippy merchants.

Yeah I think I’d be looking to get the fuck out if there tbf.

Is it? Birmingham mayor (a Tory), Manchester mayor (labour) and various other northern leaders were all massively in favour of it and many of them have been vocally critical of the decision to scrap the northern parts of the scheme. It was always about much more than saving 20 minutes on the journey time from Birmingham to London.