The Fish

Some might, but what's the point in playing for Arsenal in the Greed League? An extra few bob in their accounts, but no domestic medals, no international medals. Messi and Ronaldo aren't judged purely on the number of goals they've scored against elite clubs, but by the Copa del Rey trophies, the Champions League medals, the league titles, the World Cups, the Euros. Play for Spurs and get humped by Real Madrid and Man City every other week, win nowt and play in front of tourists, or play for West Ham in the Champions League, in front of a vociferous crowd, win FA cups, help Italy win the Euro and World cups and still have a big payday at the end of it. The truly great players want more than just money, they want renown. That won't come from this new league.

The way they've apparently distributed the cash isn't even equal within the breakaway league. So, Barcelona get a larger share of the initial pot e.g. Afterwards, if a new club joined, they'd have no say vote in the running of the league, smaller share funds for participating and if they were to win the thing, they'd get less than the original clubs do, simply for playing in the group stage. There's no sporting point in the thing, it's entirely down to the big boys not liking competition. So they're not bothered about 'legacy fans' and are chasing future fans instead. Those future fans that'll soon get bored of watching their chosen team get pumped every week. Which means those fans who've not got any real ties to the club will simply change allegiance to whoever's winning all the time. Arsenal and Spurs playing pointless games for 90% of the season, in front of smaller tourist crowds. Can the football associations ban players from being traded to or from those clubs for money? Can the players refuse to take part in it? PL players contracts are with the FA, aren't they?

Holla! All these side effect ridden normies are embarrassing.

Fuck me! Where do you send them? El Dorado?

I'm hoping society keeps going the way it is and by the time he's old enough to be wanting anything we'll be too busy foraging for squirrels before the roving bands of cannibals find us. Honestly, he's already in swimming classes, I'm probably signing him up to football classes in the next 6 months. Then there'll be rugby and tennis if Mrs Fish has owt to do with it (she's from posh Yorkshire). Obviously he'll need a tutor, maybe English (Honestly kid, it's pronounced 'pengwin', not 'pippip'), probably music. Which is fine and everything, but I'm not buying him fucking yeezys, or a minecraft gaming chair.

Aye, we've got our little lad in 4 days a week and it's about £800. Genuinely can't wait for him to be at school, so I can spend the rest on grown up stuff like beer and comics.

Your pizza opinion suggests otherwise.

Love a Walter. Used to work with Stan whose totally ordinary, run of the mill, fishing vest wasn't bought it was issued. Whose peripheral vision wasn't like normal people and extended basically behind his ears. He could speak seven languages fluently (despite barely making sense in English). He also invented ANPR and used to be a sniper. He wasn't just a fat welsh mess, oh no sirry bob, he was some kind of ultra-cool Bond type. Must have been deep, deep cover when he was working the same job as the rest of us and drinking pints of bovril out of a Sports Direct mug.

If the prices come down, definitely. There've been adverts on Preloved (I didn't name the site before you lot fucking start) for cockapoos and cavapoos for c£1.5k, so it makes financial sense to hold fire to see if that trend continues. They are totes gorge sweetiepies though.

Lockdown stopped you meeting mates, not having mates.

Loads of people with dogs round our way. Seems a 50/50 split between horrible yappy little froofroo dogs and normal ones. Bugger all staffies, alsatians, rottweilers etc. Just labs, spaniels, and the occasional Dalmation or Bernese, and then furious little balls of teeth and fur. did see a pair of Great Danes and the temptation to get one, stick a saddle on the back and let the lad go riding off across the fields is looming large.

I had the Astrazeneca one and didn't feel any side effects. Sounds like your mates/colleagues are all using 'side effects' as an excuse not to see you. Probably all out having pizzas.

They're a fair representation of where we're at now, but things like players returning from injury, or a team going on an unlikely run of good form can skew the numbers a lot. Still, I'd say that given all the factors, the bottom 3 are likely to remain the bottom 3 at the end of the season. So my willy stays waving.

Once the piracy issue is put to bed, surely the PL would see the KSA $$$ and reckon on the other clubs just moaning for a bit then, getting over it? Wonder if Spurs had as big an issue with any of the other recent takeovers?

The only issue is the piracy. If the Saudis weren't twocing the broadcast, this takeover would have sailed through.

Look at you trying to wind him up, you Masters Baiter.

My only worry is that, if Ashley is still in charge Bruce will keep his job. Even if he is fired, it'll be a quick spin of the rolodex to find another useless gomer from the pile of British shite we've endured before.

Retail reopens, Ashley immediately bins off a store. I am shocked.

Aye, I can't see anything but a comfortable win for them. They're in good form, Lingard won't have to break sweat to avoid Shelvey, him and Bowen will have a field day against us.

6 from Sheffield and Fulham, 2 from WHam, Arsenal, or Leicester. Especially if their positions are all but confirmed by the time we meet the latter two. Going to be interesting to see if there's a big performance drop off for teams with nowt to play for, in front of empty stadiums.

No! You need to get some more shower gel by the way.

538 has us with a 14% chance of relegation, Fulham 82%, WBA 97% and sheffield >99%. Mind, they have Brighton at 1% and Burnley at 5%, I think that's a little generous. Brighton have Chelsea, Sheffield, Leeds, Wolves, West Ham, Man City and Arsenal. I'd say it's only 3-5pts from those. Burnley have Man Utd, Wolves, West Ham, Fulham, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield. 6-8pts? We have West Ham, Liverpool, Arsenal, Leicester, Man City, Sheffield, Fulham. 4-8pts?

Looks pretty estatey. But yes, that is very weird.

Flags at half mast around your estate in recognition of the death of comedy.

Yeah, it's probably that. Not that UM is a prick, it'll be the Labour club thing.