The Fish

Hall isn't just a left back, he can play centrally and further forward. Hall and Livramento haven't been bought for the here and now, but are being gently introduced into the side. They're both young and very highly rated, so I'd expect them to get more and more game time as their contracts progress.

I honestly think it was an effort to recreate the threat we had on the right through Almiron, Trippier and Bruno, but on the left. By that I mean Bruno would post up just outside the left corner of the box and play interlinking passes with Gordon and Burn/Hall, while Tonali develops that understanding on the right. I think we haven't done that because we've not had a settled run of games with Tonali, Bruno and Joelinton all fit. Joelinton being required to do the physical legwork while Bruno and Tonali are freed up to do more attacking work.

My Mrs is from Yorkshire and has that Yorkshirey adoration for the place. I mean, I get it, she grew up in a nice part of Yorkshire, and there are some beautiful parts of the county. But it's not that it's nice, it's that it's nicer than everywhere else. Which I don't get. The pressure to move to Yorkshire is very real. I found that Mancs will be proud of where they're from, despite it's admittedly shit bits. Same with Geordies. But Scousers and Yorkshiremen think their place is flawlessly amazing and everywhere else is shit. One of my wife's school friends went travelling across Australia and on his return earnestly complained that he missed the dry stone walls.

Could only get my flu and COVID boosters at the same time. Nurse was too much of a COWARD to give me anything else.

Yeah, my phone does that too. "Updated your cars location", then if I've gone off for a wander round a new place I open Google Maps, click on the little bubble that is my car's location and it shows me a walking route straight to it. Don't pay Audi £40 a year for the privilege. It doesn't tell me remotely how much fuel I've used because the second I step out of the car, I don't care. The second my car starts, there's this fantastic display that tells me and also suggests roughly how far I can drive before I'm running on empty.

You don't know why Leeds hate Manchester?

I don't need protection. You're all just pixels on a screen now. Haven't even seen Martin for ages.

I dunno, I think Phillips' biggest problem has been lack of game time.

That explains a lot.

Holy Fuck, this is a mess. Sort your shit out Wolfgang. This is borderline unreadable.

What are you driving?

Wirelessly? Just plug it in man. It's not going to let Agent Smith loose in the Matrix or owt. Honestly, you're as bad as my Dad, and he's 75!

Eh? Mate, you plug your cable into the USB port and the Audi OS will identify the phone and display Air or Android play. This isn't like haXX0ring your phone/car, it's a feature.

Yeah we've got a Kia and a VW and we can use either Apple or Android apps in both cars. Going half and half screen so you can have the map up at the same time as Spotify or whatever is handy. Don't have wireless is either car, but my Kia is coming to the end of PCP, so I might see what I can get.

Was it your kid that flicked your ear on the Metro?

Definitely want the more social games. Like Mario Kart, or whatever. Don't really feel an urge to play Call of Duty online etc. Don't much fancy getting repeatedly murdered by some Mumbai teenager with a potty mouth.

Yep, sure, yes, Ok, I hear what you're saying, but what if this was a fool proof plan to allow me to buy myself a Switch, pass it off as generosity towards my child and likely get the wife to chip in?

How old was yours before they got their first console? I'm tempted to get him a Switch for Christmas, Mrs Fish it's too early.

I like when peoples try to gift Trump some kind of Galaxy Brain intellect. The bloke is a fucking chancer and a grifter. Thick as fuck and a failed businessman.

This feels awfully close to suggesting both sides are as bad as eachother. Why would right wing Americans go nuts? I thought they were all in favour of free speech? Unless of course nuts is their default position and they just need to be triggered

We were worried about our little'un starting school. He can be shy at times. The concern was that the school has a nursery attached that he didn't go to, so half the kids in his class would already know each other and he'd know no one. It soon sorted itself out.