The Fish

I can understand not wanting to spend £22m on Tom Cairney, and perhaps the Townsend deal wasn't as close as we were lead to believe? I think Benitez will be backed in the window. Mostly because Ashley seems perfectly happy to spend in the summer window. My biggest concern is Benitez identifying a need to spend in January and not being allowed to.

Oh it's fine normally, but I'm still in debt. Especially as it wasn't a good 3hrs, it was on a sofa in a room without blackout curtains or owt. After a lot of drinking and a particularly unhealthy diet. I just need to get back in the black. Missed a load of football over the weekend, even the Chelsea/Spurs game that I was watching in the pub. Still trying to wrap my head round the various permutations across the leagues. When will Sunderland (and Middlesbrough's) relegation be confirmed?

I had about 3 on Friday, 4 and a bit on Saturday, 8 last night. Will get about 7 tonight. I'll need a full night before the weekend I think.

Been watching Big Little Lies. If nothing else the soundtrack is top notch.

They said the same about Hitler. Spear tackle him and save the world, today.

You're not wrong. I genuinely considered calling in sick today. I think next time I'll try to make sure more of the day is taken up with eating and less with drinking. Oh and getting a good nights sleep might help too.

Why don't you say something? "There's a queue mate." should suffice. Embarrass him enough to obey the same rules as the rest of the office? Unless he's a boss, in which case just spear tackle him in the photocopying room, then take 100 copies of his face smooshed into the glass. That way your colleagues will know you're proactive, comfortable pushing back against authority, physically intimidating and decisive.

Not to get all racialist, but every china town is fucking terrible for that.

I've stopped biting my tongue, offering a hearty "You're welcome!" as they pass.

The hope is that this part of the structure will see us signing more players for positions that are weak, instead of another player for an already strong* position. He clearly identified fullback and centre back as areas of concern that he wanted addressed in the summer, that's why we signed 3 fullbacks and 2 centre halves. Paying for older players, for English players, which is not something we've been keen to do under Ashley. *comparatively

Related to that, anyone who stops at the bottom/top of an escalator. People who hold the door open for you when you're just a little bit too far away. Means you've either got to do that shitty half-run/jog, or they've got to wait longer than they probably wanted. People who put their trolley across the aisle in a supermarket, then give you the stink eye when you move it out the way.

Parky hacked your account?

I'm anticipating HMHM to have a great deal of fun at my expense. I'm hoping against all hope that someone says something ridiculous to distract attention from this all.

I think we've all been there, so we can all be a little sympathetic.

Oh I dunno, commuters can be cunts anywhere. I've had to shoulder past inconsiderate arseholes on the Metro.

People who stand at the doors for the tube/train but don't step aside for you to get off. They just stand there in your way, as if you can become non corporeal at will and drift through them. People who wave money to get the attention of bar staff. People who don't understand putting headphones in your ears as the universal "don't talk to me" symbol.

Fuck knows how I'm going to get through the day. I've had no sleep, nothing with any nutritional value and have poisoned my body a lot this weekend. I just want my bed and an apple.

I'm still battered.

Dunno.

We've scored 8 against Preston this season, and Mitrovic has 50% of them.

Aye get plenty of stuff delivered to work and if people had the sense to join you in modern life, they'd do it too.

Fucking Old Spice, my Mam's friend "Aunty Ann" got me some of that for Christmas just gone. Christ it's got a kick doesn't it, plus I immediately started distrusting foreigners, slapping girls on their arses and feeling the urge to share a bowl of molten cheese.

No worries. Which games are you going to be playing, just out of interest. I mean 24hrs of Mario Kart or Call of Duty is one thing, but Civ 5 or Football Manager is another

He looks at the future through the prism of an entitled, spoiled idiot. He probably thinks he'll get out early for good behaviour (regardless of his behaviour), that he'll be attracting bids when he does get out and they'll be as generous as the contracts he was last on. The man's a moron and a sexual deviant, hope he fucking rots to be honest.