The Fish

If we were picking a team based on vibes, I'd have them and Asprilla up front, Albert and Schar at the back, Ritchie and Dyer at fullback, maybe Shelvey and Cabaye in the middle.

Waugh would crumble under cross examination. I'm fine

Keegan's teams from the 90s and Howes 2022 squad. And Robson's teams and Howe's 2022 Who makes your combined elevens and who manages the teams?

Jesus, that's really true isn't it?

Where we are, there's loads of farmland and moorland nearby. We go off to all the National Trust places that are on our doorstep with their deer and rabbits and all that. I've seen Mars with the naked eye quite a lot lately, prompted me to use one of those AR night sky apps to spend a little time peering up into the abyss. Replaced watching waves as my little slice of zen.

This was left out for Santa on Christmas Eve. It's taken great restraint to not finish it off in the last few days...

"FOR", "ME".

Um, actually, Lightning striking twice is fairly commonplace.

Good. For me, saying we're in a title race seems like setting us up for a fall.

But we're not in touching distance now. If we were 3rd by only 3 or 4pts, then sure, dream away. But we've got players performing at their peak or a little above it and we're still 10pts off the top spot. The juggernaut is coming, but let's not rush it. Let's enjoy this part of the journey because, honestly, it might be the most fun.

Joking aside I think entertaining the idea of us being a title race when we're 10pts off the the leaders would only lead to disappointment when we only finish in European competition. Much better to enjoy the fact that we're favourites to be playing abroad next season, and hoping for the trips to Milan rather than Midtjylland.

Experience, objective reasoning, common sense, sexiness.

Would have used a Gantt chart if I got remotely involved in cooking the dinner. My job was entertaining the little'un. So I basically played with Hot Wheels, pretended to be a dragon, and read books, while Mrs Fish cooked everything. Pretty standard Sunday to be fair.

Aye, that's where I'm at. Yes we're 2nd now, but I don't think we're really going to challenge for the title itself.

They must all be MLFs. Moderate Lads' Fans.

12pts ahead of Chelsea, 8 ahead of Liverpool. Already taken points from MCI, MNU, CHE, TOT. Should have had a point at Anfield too. Don't think we'll still be in the title conversation in the run-in, but top 4 is certainly doable now.

He's been amazing for us. So many games where he barely has a save to make and yet when he's called upon, his concentration levels don't appear to have dropped at all. He definitely could have played for a top club earlier.

Weddings should be a child-free zone. That's not an opinion, it's an edict from on high.

This is why I'm annoyed. Work Dos are generally awful. Only good ones I've ever been to were the ones at the Wine and Spirit research company I worked at in London. That's because a) I was younger, b) a lot of the staff were fit international women and c) as you'd expect the drinks were on point. The thought of going to a large conference hall, with a make shift bar set up on a table, small talk with the same people you barely put up with during the day, all while some sad sack DJ plays Wham and Mariah , too loudly all night... it leaves me cold.

Or course, Stalky Joe knows his real name, because of course he does.

On their super hidden, locked down, VIP only, NUFC thread, I saw a post by Ark, who bemoaned the refereeing in our Carabao Cup game against Bournemouth. That'll be the game that wasn't televised in the UK, in a competition they're no longer in. but we're obsessed.

You've gone down in my estimation.

I thought the J in J69 was short for "Jesus he goes on about pinball machines a lot for a grown man...69"

Nah, he's too old to be a Jordan. I thought Keith, or Barry, but probably too young?

Merry Christmas Grant* * I don't know your real name, but you seem like a Grant, or maybe a Karl