The Fish

God that's bleak.

All kicking off in Florida again; http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article83320742.html

It'd be funny if it wasn't so worrying that soon we'll have two Nuclear powers facing off with this crowd on one side and Trump on the other.

Yeah, but I don't think the Walkers will; reach the Wall, breach the Wall, get South to Winterfell, by next episode. Certainly not without the episode spending a decent amount of time showing them do it and the trailer suggests it;ll be mostly the battle at Winterfell.

Really? Can't see it, they'd have had to get past The Wall which is apparently all kinds of magic-deabolted and magic-triple locked and magically-on the chain and all that.

Is he? Christ, that makes his stance even more ridiculous.

I know Cersei burns the Tower of the Hand in the books, but I don't remember her doing that in the show. It'd be Cersei's MO to destroy the Sept or wherever to "win", forgetting that it'll cause more problems later on. Agree with DK about the Jamie plot, I much prefer the book's take, but perhaps they're trying to reestablish their connection before her actions break it forever?

What's that then? As soon as I saw her going down the steps it was obvious she was luring the Waif to her death. Not bothered about them not showing the actual death though, we've seen Arya and the Waif scrapping loads, so I didn't miss it. Killing the candle was a nice beat though. Hoping that she's headed straight for Winterfell, it'd be a lovely moment if she's the one that drives Needle through Ramsay. I like that it's not cut and dry with most of the characters, Jaime seems to be struggling against the demons and now and again he looks like someone who's just realised he's acting dishonourably and takes steps to fix that. Dragontits is the same; she wants to be the caricature of a Queen that she has in her mind but sometimes she's just your typical young lass with Dragons. The deal they struck with Tyrion was ok, but they've the more powerful army, they would have been confident that they could take the city whenever they fancied, so why not lull Tyrion into a false sense of security. What do you reckon the rumour is, where do you think Varys is going and next episode looks like it'll be the Battle of the Bastards, will Littlefinger turn up in time?

http://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/hatred-for-the-english.1240479/page-2#post-23138999

It's what he would have wanted.

Where's our American chum who's in favour of the proliferation of firearms?

He's not picked it up yet.

Happy Birthday And this is 5yrs out of date, so you're even older...

Shit mate, that's awful.

STTDs!

My lass recently bought one and fucking loves it. She's complained about it stalling, but honestly I think that's her not being very good at judging the bite.

Enjoyed both the Night Manager and Peaky Blinders. I bloody love the BBC.

and a 12 page thread on RTG

Never doubt the Fish.

They've already spoiled the fact that Arya's not going to die yet; She'll recover somehow (maybe a little self-surgery?), maybe meet up with that acting troupe who'll help her get back to Westeros?

Got bored; Aston Villa – New financial backers could change the game, but their squad is in more disarray than ours but Di Matteo is a decent manager. Biggest threat to us I think, but aside from a drastic change I still think we should take at least 3pts from them. Barnsley – Newly promoted from League 1 after getting by Millwall. Ok-ish attack, rubbish defence. My favourite to finish bottom. Aim will surely be to survive. 6pt. Birmingham City – Decent manager in Gary Rowett but finished midtable and don’t have a great deal of money at all. Pretty poor at home. 4pts. Blackburn Rovers – Finished 15th, owned by mentals who’ve just appointed Owen Coyle (remember him?), decent defence. 4pts Brentford – Finished 9th! Who knew? Good attacking midfield, but poor defensively. Decent on the road. Might be tricky. 4pts Brighton & Hove Albion – Lovely Lovey Chris Hughton. Really strong team, well drilled, solid defensively conceding less than a goal a game (Lg average is 1.21pG). 2pts Bristol City – Play an expansive game, but leave themselves open. Good striker in Kodjia (19 goals) but not much quality aside from him and may be in big trouble if/when he leaves. 6pts Burton Albion – Another newly promoted side. All about the hard work and defensive cohesion. No money to strengthen at all. 6pts Cardiff City – Close to promotion 15/16. Always combative, always difficult to beat, like the counter attack but don’t travel well. 3pts Derby County – Another team that came close to promotion. A very solid Championship outfit. Keep the ball well and play some good stuff. 2pts Fulham – If this were any other club I’d say 6pts. They’re awful up front without McCormack (he scored 21 of their 66), and he’s likely to leave in the summer. They’re terrible at the back too (79 GA) “Fulham conceded at least one goal in 87% of their home games. Fulham conceded at least one goal in 96% of their away games. Fulham conceded at least one goal in each of their last 17 away games.”. But it’s Fulham and we always mess up at the Cottage 3pts Huddersfield Town – Had a much worse 15/16 than I thought, finishing 19th. Scored a few, but conceded loads (70GA). Decent Striker in Nakhi Wells, but like McCormack of Fulham, he might be off in the summer too. 4pts Ipswich Town – the quintessential Championship club. Always threatening to get promoted but never following through on that threat. Give the ball up a lot, Benitez’s Newcastle unlikely to give it back. 4pts Leeds United – Finished midtable but only kept a Clean Sheet in 17% of their games, only Fulham have a worse record in that regard. Oh and here’s a shock, Whoscored.com says they’re aggressive. 94 (Ninety Four!) yellow cards, 3 straight reds. Out delicate flowers might come a cropper in t’Yorkshuh. 3pts Newcastle United – Cham-pee-oh-nays Norwich City – Neal staying is good, but they could well lose Redmond, Brady etc. they’ve got to be good bets for the Play Offs at least. 2pts Nottingham Forest – As ill-tempered as Leeds it seems. 84 yellows, 2 second yellows, 4 reds! Dorty Midlands bastards. Another Counter Attack side that doesn’t travel well. 3pts Preston North End – Boring. Scored 45, conceded 45, finished 11th, spread the goals around, Long balls. BORING. 4pts Queens Park Rangers – A better shade of beige than Preston, but still dull as fuck. 54 scored, 54 conceded, finished 12th. Got some decent individuals, but still not a team. 4pts. Reading – A streaky side. Twice went on a 4 game losing streak and once a 4 game winning streak. 62% of the goals they concede come in the 2nd half, seem to concede just after half time (15/59 goals conceded in 46-60 min). 4pts Rotherham United – Warnock pulled off one of the greatest turn-arounds I’ve ever seen. Took over from Redfearn (21G W5 D2 L14) and rescued them from relegation, moving from six points adrift in the relegation places to nine points clear with five games to go (16G W6 D6 L4 ). He didn’t take a contract extension and they appointed Alan Stubbs. They're Doomed 6pts. Sheffield Wednesday – Glad they didn’t get promoted because Hull are the better side. Defence is prone to silly mistakes. Owner isn’t shy of spending, but I think last season was their best chance of promotion. 2pts Wigan Athletic – There aren't enough swear words. 6pts. Wolverhampton Wanderers – Kenny Jackett is a decent manager and I think they’ll do better this year than last. That said they draw a lot of games; 30.4% of their home games ended 0-0. Lost their talismanic striker to Bournemouth, Be interesting to see the replacement. 3pts. Looks too cocky, right? Well that would return us a Total of 92pts, in 09/10 we were promoted with 102pts tl;dr - WAH GONNA WIN THA LEEG

Won't blame anybody for leaving, but I certainly would prefer him to stay. Sissoko can do one though.

Absolutely £10m is too much for McCormack, and I don't think it's reasonable for BAmford either. However, if there's a striker out there we can sign for £10m who'll not only score goals in the Championship, but continue in the Premier League, we shouldn't be afraid to spend that kind of money. Don't think anyone has a problem with signing experienced pros, but not for £10m and certainly not when that player's never performed in the top flight. How much could we sell a 31yr old Ross McCormack?

Sky shows them, but I'm sure there'll be a Kodi feed that will do the job.