The Fish

Maybe I'd post here more if there was as much chatter about Newcastle on here as there is there...

Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub

There's a balance to be struck in local rivalry like. No issue with enjoying their troubles and mocking their faults, but spending too much time focussing on what's wrong with them rather than what's good about us is odd. It's the difference between a normal Newcastle fan who hates them on the occasions they appear on the RADAR and essembee who's obsessed with them 52 weeks a year.

Wouldn't come, don't think he's the right fit anyway.

I tend to hold back on proper discussion about the undercurrents in Comic Books and their movie versions for fear of drowning under a sea of rolling eyes and exasperated sighs. I've briefly touched on the obvious stuff (Spider Man = puberty, X-Men = bigotry, Iron Man's original conceit = Capitalism v Communism, etc.), but there's deeper themes (conservatism chief amongst them).

Everywhere and all time, except for the Fast and Furious stable, the overwhelming majority of comicbook movies that dominate the box office, the Bourne and Bond franchises, the new Universal Monster movies, etc. Is a cinema your safe space?

Mitro Shelvey Neymar

Not following the pivot to conspiracy theories be honest You're suggesting this girl's parents were coerced into naming her thus, so that when she became an actress it could further a satanic agenda? It seems more likely you're uncomfortable with blockbuster movies drifting away from man saving the day? Either way I don't really care about the gender of the hero that drives the macguffin into the heart of the beast to save the day, as long as it's well written (at the very least).

I've been trying to tell people just how extraordinarily modest I am.

Good. I'd be more worried if they thought this squad was good enough for the top flight and felt assured of their places.

I definitely think there's a shift away from women being useless squealers/arm candy/evil manipulators towards women who actually contribute to the plot, be they the protagonist or not. But that's a good thing, surely? The slew of "young adult" fiction that became movies didn't get it right, but I've no big issue with them getting it wrong as they try to divine the right path. I mean we've "enjoyed" the blockbusters where ubermensch save the day pretty much since the dawn of cinema, right? So surely we can enjoy a modern version of the standard tropes we enjoy from the perspective of a woman? Can't the heroic journey be trodden by a woman?

like Terminator 2?

He's a poacher and for a team creating loads of chances he can be prolific, but I'm not convinced he can do it for a team where we won't be in control of games as much.

Still hungover from the Sunday to be honest

An LM reference old bean, don't you worry your pretty little head about it.

Kill themselves loads though, so...

Of course there is the very likely possibility that I've input one of your predictions incorrectly. Dunno if there's a better way to record the votes and retrieve that data? Rather than eyeballing 60 odd predictions when hungover and tired?

Is it still cheaper to do that?

Depends what is counted as generated; player sales, prize money, sponsorship deals, tv money?

There's a couple of voided results this season, perhaps we have different ways of recording that? I gave nobody any points for those games.

AC looks far, far better than Prometheus in the trailers, but then Man of Steel looked brilliant and was a let-down.

Such an exciting time, Benitez committing his future, Ashley committing his support. I almost want the 17/18 season out the way so we can see where we are aiming for after a season of what will likely be fairly boring consolidation.

I'd take Atsu on loan with a view to buy. Worst thing about these ridiculous rumours is that in a few weeks time, the pundits and rent-a-quotes will be deriding deluded Newcastle fans for thinking they're going to sign Benzema, Fabregas, Toure, etc.