The Fish

Saw a journalist tweet in the immediate aftermath of Lascelles own goal that the crowd's reaction was one of defiance, rather than resignation. It was like the crowd wasn't going to let something as silly as going behind ruin their evening. It was class to hear St James' rocking again. How long has it been since we played that well as a collective? The players, the crowd, United.

By jove, I think he's got it,

Some thoughts, in no particular order. Winning against Everton could be pivotal for us, not just because of the other results but huge for soft victories like momentum, positivity, confidence etc. especially as we came from behind to win comfortably. The other teams failing to win is massive. It not only gets us out of bottom 3, but reminds the players that the other teams around us are poor. Norwich dropping 2pts rather than snatching 1 is demoralising. I was going to say that Everton are definitely in the mix and Brentford should be ok, but I didn’t realise most of the teams below have 2+ games on the Bees. That 6pt cushion isn’t so fluffy. I'd go so far as to say Leeds are safer than Brentford too. Hodgson is good at drilling a team and would surely improve a squad over time, but a) Watford are a mercenary squad-not really the grind it out kind of squad and b) it may be too little too late regardless. As with Norwich, Villa crumbling like that will be demoralising. It’s a shame Targett won’t be available against his parent club tl;dr

same here

The introduction of armed forces famously deescalates tensions.

Oh, Fist... I'm so disappointed in you.

Nobody has made a 'smashing that pussy' joke. I think we can all be very proud.

Orrrrr

I could clear it up in a jiffy.

I think that speaks to the core of stand up; the unexpected. Few stand ups can still get the unexpected laugh, decades into their careers.

Not really. I think he's fully aware of how awful the joke is, but I'm saying I believe he expected the crowd to be shocked, rather than encouraged. He tells jokes about rape, misogyny, murder, 'If only Africa had more mosquito nets then every year we could save millions of mosquitoes from dying needlessly of aids'. The laughter is supposed to come from people being appalled at the words and by extension the comedian, not agreeing with him. As was the case with the Gypsy joke. Just so we're clear, the above is only my opinion. I still think it's a racist joke, and he's got it wrong.

I don't think they'll go down, but the more teams in the mix, the better, if you ask me. Which you didn't but I'm telling you anyway. Reported. I feel seen. I think any squad moving from 7 days off from 11, to a pressing game was always going to take time to adjust. Remember him blaming the Sports Scientists for all the cheat days? But you only have to look at the uptick in our pressing game and how we don't look paggered by 90s minutes to see that days off doesn't get you fitter. I think Chris Wood wasn't bought for this side, I think he was bought because he was immediately available, for a palatable price. Couple of people on Twitter were saying we should have gone for Weghorst, but I honestly think if we'd try to sign him, we'd have had to have paid twice the price to get him, and he's more of a gamble than Wood is. Bruno is plenty capable of longer passes, but I think him + Willock and Joelinton in the centre (and the two fullbacks) will mean we don't need to rely on that longer passing game. It's a real shame that Targett will miss the next game, because he looked so assured at left back and that gave ASM a much better platform to start from.

It's the motion of the ball when it hits an apex, and the weight of the boulder when it tumbles down the hole. Something just looks off.

Don't you get foxes round your way? I had one chilling by the garden furniture last September

I've not had it. Or if I have, I've handled it like a champ.

Am I being whooshed? That's CG, right?

It's an Americanised version of Murder in Successville. But the UK version had reality tv celebri-whos and was all the funnier for it.

I think you have crossed me for the last time!

Re: Jimmy Carr's joke. I honestly think he underestimated the casual racism towards gypsies. I think he was expecting the same kind of "I can't believe he's said that" reaction that he gets from many of his other jokes. Instead he got a glimpse into the bigotry that Al Murray gets when he tours his Pub Landlord stuff. The Pub Landlord is supposed to be the butt of the joke, and in this case I personally believe Jimmy Carr thought he'd be the butt of the joke too. Doesn't make the joke funny, inoffensive, or anything else, just my take. I'm just asking questions guys.

Where's the fucking Arcade?

Why? He doesn't have a history of scoring or providing assists.

Don't rush him in, give some minutes for sure, but don't start him if he's not ready. That's very Pardew.

... The plane is a full suite man. Honestly, it's like you've never been on a private plane before.

Is a private jet not first class?