Alex

Well it’s a bit more nuanced than that for the reasons given by Fist. But what I would say is that he almost always plays the same formation, even if that means square pegs in round holes due to injuries. And he rarely changes the formation even when he does make changes by bringing on subs. Given the amount of analysis teams do that makes us predictable opponents. That said, we aren’t blessed with a huge squad, which isn’t on Howe at all. So maybe he thinks there’s only one effective way of playing with players at his disposal

Think he meant he did a one day bus tour of the Amalfi Coast when he was staying in Sorrento.

Council will collect it for a small charge. Scrap men probably won’t take it

I’ll be honest and say I haven’t given it a great deal of thought

Yep. That’s the other thing. Sone people are naturally better than others but a lot of it can be learnt too. Hoying people in at the deep end is mental really. When you think about the impact on staff productivity (good and bad) that a manager can have.

Used to call a mate I played 5-a-side with ‘Del Biero’

Problem is that in almost everywhere I’ve worked people move up the ladder and usually manage people as a result. But seemingly irrespective of whether they’re good at managing people.

The latter is just speculation at this stage

Think so. Well spotted

The same with most of them though. Pick and choose which bits of the bible justify their bigotry etc whilst completely ignoring most of the supposed teachings of Jesus

Bit harsh. On the Taliban.

He definitely definitely was NOT the inspiration for Jeff Wode

It’s fear in part. Like you wouldn’t want to cross that crazy cunt anyway. But if he wins….

I’ve seen him in Instagram or something. He doesn’t take himself too seriously. However, there’s a world of difference between knowing how to use a knife and fork and so on and the strict etiquette rules he’s seemingly made a career out of demonstrating. The latter is just about making people feel inferior/superior based purely on class, which school you went to, etc.

Fantastic news, mate. It must be a huge relief

He’s going to win again, isn’t he?

The intimate knowledge of local sheep is the only thing that rings true

The first, elaborate story is made up. But the other two stories with next to no details are true. Honest

You’re the Mark Spitz to Wiki’s Michael Phelps

I’m not sure what’s more mental. Their submitting that copy or their editor going “Aye, nice work, let’s put that in the paper” also, the line: …a highly experienced dabbler…. sounds like me trying to convince myself I didn’t have a problem in the 90s

It’s hilarious how she’s that big a cunt that even this incarnation of the Tory party hates her.

On the coach transfer to the airport coming home we were sat at the front. I felt like I would have only been half surprised if Toad and Yoshi had gone past on go karts closely followed by Donkey Kong hoying bananas at them

I suppose it’s a bit hit and miss depending on how good the guide is etc. Ours was two hours supposedly but lasted a bit longer. Personally I thought the local guide was excellent and you really would have needed to do loads of research or at least have a bought an audio guide to get anything like the insight we got from him and knowing where to go / what you were looking at. We did specifically pick a one that was a small group though (15 people max). You saw some massive groups which I think would be a bit naff as obviously some of the bits are inside / into small areas with limited space. I quite agree that you could have spent a much larger amount of time on a tour / there yourself, as it’s huge. Although we weren’t picked up at our hotel. Ours was one where we met our guide at the train station at Pompeii. Which meant we could look round the site at our leisure after our tour finished, so we had a stroll to the amphitheatre too.