The Fish

Did the install really take an hour per fuel?

What's Mike Williamson up to?

For what it's worth I also predict that Maresca will be the first manager to leave his post. I don't think it'll be his fault, necessarily, just the task he's got is impossible. 40+ in the first team squad, plenty on big wages with the big egos that come with them. 1 win in 6, during pre-season. He's inexperienced, with only 67 games under his belt. Certainly inexperienced in the top flight, at a big club, with chaos around him and a demanding fanbase. The only one that pushes him close is Nuno Espirito Santo, partly because he's not great and Forest are in danger of unravelling, but chiefly because Marinakis is a lunatic.

It seems like people still think teams can buy and sell as they did pre-PSR. Also, they haven't remembered we've a stack of new (actually professional) people running the show. We're not going to spend willy nilly, we're not going to spunk a ton of money on a risky player purchase. The business done in this window thus far is measured and deliberate. Some of it I can't claim to understand, but I've confidence that it's not some kind of scattergun approach. Like, Ruddy, I'm sure he's unlikely to ever start in a competitive game, but he'll have been brought in on modest wages to provide an experience voice in the dressing room for the first and youth teams. I'd expect him to be moving into some kind of coaching role. Kelly is a top-half-of-the-PL standard utility defender, that we've signed for no fee. Pivas is a young lad with potential, probably on for the U21s, but it's in a position where we haven't much depth. Osula is a young lad with potential, who'll happily play second fiddle to Isak and probably Wilson. Again in a position where we haven't much depth to call on, even from the youth teams. Vlachodimos is an odd one. It's a lot of money for a 2nd choice 'keeper (at best). One who hasn't played a lot for his old club. It could be some kind of PSR fiddle. It could be some kind of thank you for signing Wood and Shelvey off us? I dunno. We've tried to sign some good centrebacks (Adarabioyo choosing to ply his trade in Chelsea's car park, and Guehi). I don't think we're done for the window in that position either. I also think we'll be trying to address the right hand side. Almiron is a decent squad player, but because of PSR we can't afford to buy an upgrade without getting shot of some of the Ashley era players. If early in the window we could have got some money for Fraser, Hayden, Almiron etc. I'm sure we'd have had a new RW already.

First time in a long while we've been able to say that.

Or he's been sufficiently well trained in the media machine to know that if he says something fairly bland and generic it'll piss off the smallest amount of people possible. The only ones upset will be the permanently pissy pants people.

Fake Water Taxi

Should move near me mate*. The school terms are one week off so you can get reasonably priced holidays. * not too close though.

Or, of course, the genocide

I was thinking our advert was missing a very old man babbling nonsense.

Used to go on my own when I worked shifts. 8.7/10 would recommend.

Maybe so, but bringing in a replacement alongside an established player is one thing, replacing both starting centrebacks is a whole other problem, right? You might be right any way, though.

I wonder if Fulham's approach for Anderson is having an impact on these negotiations? If Palace were to lose Anderson and Guehi in one window, they'll need to spend a lot to replace them effectively. Also, if Guehi is the higher valued player, Palace must at least appear to play hardball for him, so that Fulham don't see them as a soft touch? I dunno, I'm just asking questions.. Get off my fucking back, you cunts.

He said no Marvel.

Ewerk finished first. As always.

Bear in mind he signed a 7yr deal and, as I understand it, the amortisation goes across 5yrs. So his £42.5m fee is spread across those 5yrs, not 7, and certainly not these extra 2 years. The fee was £42.5m (£8.5m p.a.), less the year he's served there leaves £34m, so the yearly commitment drops to £6.8m.

not one of those is Matty Longstaff man.

Depends if he saw his daughter beforehand or not.

We've covered this.

Depends what you're after I guess. I thought Oppenheimer was great cinema. I enjoyed Barbie too. Also, CGI is a stick used to beat modern movies, but to be honest bad CGI is usually because the studios don't give the CGI artists enough time or money to get the job done right. Good CGI isn't praised because often you don't notice it. I don't blame the tool, or even the craftsmen, I blame the studios. Just curious, what was the last film you actually enjoyed?

I haven't even pressed play, but I guarantee Renton hates it because "there's been no decent music since" the 50s or whenever he was a kid.

Aye, I've got zero interest in watching an origin story for Furiosa. She wasn't mysterious enough a character for me to give a shit. First film she was in told me everything I needed to know about the character. Buuuuuut Fury Road was an absolute blast.

So, give me 10 films that you've rated from 1-10

We watched it at an IMAX with the whole wobbly seats and all that. It was an amazing piece of cinema in that environment, don't think it'd be anywhere near as good at home.