The Fish

Way I see it Force Awakens has used to get old and new audiences back into the swing of the originals' reality. Gone are the huge CGI set pieces (pod race/Gungan v droid army/etc.) back come real effects, gone are the trade disputes and geo-politics, back comes the easy dialogue and wit of the originals, gone is the shiny and new, back comes the knackered and battered. I'd hope that Episode VIII will take the storylines on a bit, now that it doesn't need to reestablish the reality in which Star Wars exists.

Seriously

Minor?

Still showing mate.

If he were involved in conversations it would make more sense, but he's essentially screaming into the void. Haven't the Mods said he can come back as long as he behaves?

Woke up to this treat this morning.

From Luke Edwards in the Telegraph Curtains for Charnley?

He loaned money to NUFC, NUFC owe Mike Ashley money. Ashley isn't NUFC.

Think a lot of that is because they knew their limitations. Still don't think they've got the flesh right, even in the later movies. Would have thought they'd just use crocodile flesh as a start point?

Not Mbabu or Sterry? Dummett & Haidara likely to be our options at LB, surely.

As has been mentioned elsewhere it's nice that we're starting to get filmmakers who're sick of greenscreen and returning to a more physical effects based film.

Wonder what it must be like to be a fan of a club whose rivals traditionally finish higher in the league/do better in the cups. In my life Newcastle have played in the the predominantly in the top flight, they've occasionally got into Champions League, UEFA Cup, cough\Intertoto/cough, got to a couple FA cup finals, even challenged for the title itself. We've had 1 relegation (two now) and some real mediocre seasons, but that's really as bad as it's got. We've also seen some top class players (some admittedly past their prime), broken world record fees, and had two outstanding managers. 22 seasons amongst the top 15 clubs in the country (7 in the top 5) sunderland have had a couple of cup finals, a couple of 7th placed finishes, 6 relegations, 26/34 seasons in the bottom five (or lower), their best player was Kevin Phillips. Is this why they use us as a barometer for their success/failure? Wonder if the lurking mackems will bite or not...

Can't see that, their fans will keep going in sufficient numbers, there's a few youngish players on their books and not too many "I WANNA PLAY FOR ARSENAL" cunts either.

That would be the lowest points total needed for survival since 14/15. If we were to be relegated in a season that only needed 34pts, we're a disgrace.

Obviously I don't want them to stay up and us get relegated, but would you be that bothered if sunderland were the team winning promotion from the Championship, passing us on their way up?

Looking forward to CT making excuses for all the Tories who've been named as using this loophole.

I didn't read #35 properly and got that embarrassingly wrong

re 10 Cloverfield Lane,

54 but a decent number of those were guesses.

What if we sell the likes of Sissoko, Wijnaldum for decent sums? Gotta be c£30m in players we can/may offload?

They're top rate and to be honest, the Wylam brewery have more hits than misses imo. There's some duffers but there's some really nice pints as well. Most pubs will let you try before you buy as long as it's not busy. Not any more boss. I mean there's still some rougher parts, but it's gentrified like a mother fucker. There's a beer shop by mine that do tasting nights on the same evening the wine shops are doing theirs. That's a fucking sight mind, beardy blokes looking oh so serious while sipping a pint called Bloody 'Ell and talking about the hoppy notes while ten yards down the street the Tatler crowd are looking oh so serious while discussing the legs on a Chilean Shiraz.

Used to work in a pub in the Sluice where an old bloke would come in and order a "Pntaml". Asked him a few times to repeat it it, but it took one of regulars to explain that the bloke was after a pint of mild. He was from Ashington like.

What about? Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Just worried you'll have a coronary next season if there are too many 9s or 10s...