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I hope that when you put the bins out this week you get bin juice on your slippers.

Since you quoted me, I don't see I was name calling or using ad hominem arguments. Unless calling a man a man is name calling. As I understand it, Thomas was born a biological male and competed with men, at one point of his life he realized he feels more a woman then a man (or realized now is the time to reveal it to others) , changed the name and a pronoun and began transitioning towards the preferred sex or gender. She still has "his" body, as we can clearly see from the pictures and videos. How she feels in that male body, that is private. Pretending that black is white and white is black to accommodate ideological constructs, I don't see the point personally. If you are heterosexual, you would not be sexually attracted by Lia Thomas because Lia Thomas does not look like a woman. And that is not a construct, that is biology. Why do people insist on pretending that is not so is pretty bizarre to me, five or ten years ago that would hardly be a controversial view. I am pretty certain none of the heterosexuals would sleep with that bearded NY politician in a dress, take her female penis up the ass and pretend to have a heterosexual intercourse. Or maybe they now would, I don't know any more. It is all getting weirder and weirder each year.

You know what I used to want then to do well, be in contention for trophies, win some and be a good team and club as having two good teams would be good for the city, however they've turned into such snide, horrible, bitter, manc shagging twats that i want them to go down and go bust. Nothing would make me more happy to see them disappear out of existence.

That’s most Sundays to be fair

On Friday spent 20 mins sat on a bench facing out over Hoylake beach. Nice and sunny. Slight breeze. Barely any foot traffic. Just able to clear my mind and let my gaze wander over to the wind farms.

Funny how people like Red Phoenix blather on about Biden because he has the occasional infarct, yet had no problem with Trump talking about injecting bleach to kill a virus, or indeed Vladimir Putin doing three hour monologues about how the Isle of Man used to be part of Moscow before it got given away by Sir Peter Ustinov. There's two people in that trio who are insane, crass and a danger to western civilization, and Biden isn't one of them.

I hope Virgil sees this thread and half tuts at your post before regaining his cool and getting on with the business of winning the fucking lot.

Just need to take a couple more.

There is a big piece on them in The Athletic today. On the surface it all sounds splendid (transfers, sponsors, winning etc) but the reality apparently quite different. Basically, they've restructured all their debt into a longer loan at lower interest rates. The are planning to re-develop the Nou Camp in the next 5 years and borrowed on the basis that future earnings will be higher. They have saved a massive amount in Messi, Greizmann and Coutinho leaving. The players they signed in January have all signed low wage deals on the promise they'll be rewarded when it comes to extending their contracts. Even this Spotify deal isn't great for them. Beko & Rakuten combined pay more than Spotify will do. And Spotify get to sponsor the ground ("The Sportify Camp Nou"). In reality, Barca only agreed that deal because Spotify have paid already paid a significant instalment up front. They seem to have already signed Kessie, Christensen & Azpiliceuta, all on free transfers. As ever, they have some talented youngsters (Gavi, Pedi, Fati etc) but they want to show everybody Barca is back by signing Mbappe or Haaland. Apparently Xavi has had extensive meetings with Haaland's representatives and the ball is in their court. Rumours are if they can't get either of them two, Salah is next on the wanted list. Who knows how it will all pan out but I don't think it's all rosey for them yet. They still seem skint, just they've restructured it.

@Tony Moanero's favourite player.

Just watched Aretha’s Amazing Grace again and it blows me away how powerful it still is, despite multiple viewings. Even as an atheist, I find it incredibly moving throughout as Aretha herself, Rev James Cleveland, the choir and congregation are all overwhelmed by “the spirit”. The highlight is her incredible rendition of Never Grow Old on the second night in front of her father, Rev. CL Franklin, who speaks about his daughter’s gift; her idol, the gospel singer Clara Ward; and various others who found their way in after night one, such as Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts. It has to be the most lost in music I have ever seen anyone be. She is just gone. Her dad gets up to mop her brow as she pours with sweat, Ward is in tears at the power of the performance and Ward’s mother has to be restrained as she tries to get to Aretha, so overwhelmed is she - all while audience members dance in the aisles and the choir becomes almost as lost as Aretha herself. It’s on iPlayer and, needless to say, is highly recommended. Don’t worry if you’re not a fan of gospel music (neither am I); this film about much more than that. 10/10.

Further evidence, not that any were needed, that you are history's greatest monster.

Spring mornings. Looking out on the garden, the sun's out, birds are chirping, buds on the trees. That change of season from Winter to Spring always feels like a renewal, like maybe it'll all turn out OK.

Without the limitless funds they wouldn't have so stacked a academy

I'm staying in bed.

Fuck’s sake. I hope there are no custard creams in your next Family Circle biscuit selection.

Ooh you swine. I wish forevermore when you open a pack of tablets you always get this end.

May all your smarties be the brown ones.

The D-Ream has turned to a nightmare

I was on a Greyhound bus 28 years ago, travelling through the San Fernando Valley shortly after the sun had risen, and there were hundreds of them. It was a wonderful sight, again, one I felt strangely privileged to experience in that moment. A bucket list memory for sure.

Always felt a serene beauty to wind turbines. Fuck knows why people think they are a blight on the landscape.

Not sure if thats sarcasm but the fact you can see McGuire at the side like some grinning idiot and then the ball just bounces off him not knowing what to do sums him up. Stupid is, stupid does. Edit - It’s reminded me of this… ”Fetch boy, fetch….”

Got back to it after reverting to my default of lazy fat bastard. Much harder with 7kg extra. Still, ran a 10k 2 weeks ago in 1:04, and on this morning in 56 mins. Aiming to shift 12kg total and get my 10k sub 45 mins by September. Achieving the first will make the latter a breeze, if I can do it.

It’s funny because you were crying you weren’t allowed to live your ‘life’ a couple of weeks ago. Kirk St Moritz for the older viewers amongst us.

They are happy to cash in on these NFTs and other cryptos to fleece their fans to swell the club's coffers.

https://twitter.com/watch_lfc/status/1507819501248778247?s=21&t=KXrYeF9GylGnFcj3PH9yvA Fucking McGuire here is hilarious. What a dope. The disdain in Hendo’s voice is good as well.

Or waking up with a hangover, your Mrs who turned 60 yesterday is cooking breakfast and you're still 58. Life's good.

This time, it's an edge of your seat read for anybody following the war. Great work from Tom.

@Elite & @skend04 - cheers. I think I've achieved more this morning playing for an hour than I have the previous week. I've got that Maiden lass, but I skipped what she was saying so will have to Google it. Made my way east to Waypoint Ruins and Forlorn Hound Evergaol. Annoyingly I couldn't find a Grace and have died way, way east from Limegrave. I'll check out a few more of the dungeons. I've found some goblin thing with corridors of fire and one with loads of Wolves. I'll go back and try to complete them more thoroughly before venturing out again.

The 'data' is times. Nobody said Thomas was a good swimmer, quite the opposite. The argument that there's no advantage because they didn't swim much faster is ridiculous. The break down of logic in that article is actually pretty impressive. The 'data' actually suggests that a person born with a male body can go from 400th in the world to 1st by swimming against those born with a female body. If the take away is 'the data suggests they don't have an advantage' then it's ignorance and politics.

I hope your next shit's a cactus.

I hope you’re hungover and suffering. You amble down to the kitchen to make a cup of tea, you’re excited. You are fighting against yourself at every moment knowing that the brew will be the thing that fixes you. You put the water in, stir, mix in a touch of sugar, looking good. You go to the fridge to get the milk and you suddenly remember that you finished it the day previous and were too lazy to get some more. Thats how I want you to feel for at least two/three hours, crushed.

Haha, it's fuckin' awful i know and he deservedly earns his place in the punchable faces department, apologies for any stress i might of caused for bringing it to anyones thoughts.

There’s every chance that this hateful club will come out of this crisis virtually unscathed. Possibly even better off, with the promise of a new stadium, which was unlikely had Abramovic not been given the bum’s rush. That will be a totally undeserving outcome for a club that has had two decades of continuous success off the back of a massive theft from the Russian people.

Their dodgy practices in recruiting for that same academy resulted in a FIFA transfer ban, a fact that our media seem completely blind to.

AoT and Red Shift about to find out they are half-brothers…

He gets a free pass ahead of Stewart fucking Downing, the Kop shushing waste of skin, any day of the week.

He will be busy rocking in his mothers chair on Mothers Day.

I hope the next pair of shoes you buy have the laces that always open after an hour. You deserve real evil in your life.

Watching Netherlands v Denmark or is it Holland. Well, it was always Holland, then a few years ago it was "no,call us the Netherlands" but the crowd are singing "Holland, Holland" in the stadium! And virgil says Holland all the time. And they're also the Dutch! How many fucking names do they want. Great game besides that rantish digression

It’s also fucking nonsense.

Ha fucking fair play to the lad. It's fucking strange when there's a huge gulf in a couple's looks. I went on a date once with a bird who looked like a model, and I do mean a model. She was about 6'1. Every time we went in a bar literally everybody would stop and look, men, women, children, bar staff, dogs and cats. You end up feeling like the rose bearers from Coming to America.

Root wants to carry on, yeah and I want boing Jennifer Lawrence. My wish should be more likely.

Chelsea will host all of the shortlisted bidders to buy the club before a deadline for improved offers which has been set on or around April 11. Telegraph Sport can reveal the next phase of the sale process, sent to the shortlisted bidders by New York merchant bank Raine over the weekend, which includes: An April 11 deadline for second bids. The chance to meet Chelsea department heads. A tour of the club’s facilities. The aim of closing a sale by the end of April. Once the final offers have been collected, a preferred buyer will be selected for Government approval with the intention of a deal being completed by the end of April. That gives Joshua Harris and David Blitzer, who are behind Sir Martin Broughton’s offer, and Stephen Pagliuca, whose bid was shortlisted, just a month to divest or dilute their shares in Crystal Palace and Atalanta or face elimination. Harris and Blitzer currently own stakes in Palace, despite funding the bid fronted by Broughton, while Pagliuca’s 55 per cent stake in Atalanta presents a problem because of the potential for both Chelsea and the Italian team to play in the Champions League. With Raine confirming to shortlisted bidders that they will take improved offers, it is anticipated Chelsea’s final sale price will push above £2.5billion. Those offers must be submitted on or around Monday, April 11, which gives bidders two weeks to quiz club officials such as chairman Bruce Buck, directors Eugene Tenenbaum and Marina Granovskaia, chief executive Guy Lawrence and head coach Thomas Tuchel, and get a behind-the-scenes look at Chelsea’s facilities. It means Americans Todd Boehly, Pete Ricketts, Harris and Pagliuca are likely to fly to London to hold personal meetings and see the club with their own eyes, although none of the groups confirmed this to Telegraph Sport. The shortlisted bidders have been given the green light to set up those meetings and tours, which could start as early as this week. Having only so far seen last year’s accounts, groups are also likely to be given a more up-to-date and in-depth look into the club’s finances although Chelsea are believed to reserve the right to refuse to answer questions. Chelsea have three games between now and April 11, against Brentford in the Premier League, Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge in the Champions League and away at Southampton. There appears to be some flexibility in the deadline, with bidders told to have their offers submitted on or around that date, which falls the day before Chelsea’s Champions League quarter-final second-leg trip to Madrid. A preferred buyer may well have been chosen by the time Chelsea face Palace in the semi-finals of the FA Cup on April 17, with confusion currently surrounding who Harris and Blitzer will be backing at that point. It is over a week since Broughton insisted the identities of his investors from “all around the world” would be made transparent and yet, even with his bid now shortlisted, they are still to be confirmed. Having become a surprise addition to the shortlist, Pagliuca is yet to confirm whether or not he is working with a consortium of investors or provide clarity over his plans for Atalanta now he has made a bid for Chelsea. Sources close to the co-owner of the Boston Celtics claim he is prevented from making public the details of his bid by non-disclosure agreements. Even though Raine and Chelsea have been given the details of the Harris and Pagliuca offers, the mystery and uncertainty surrounding their current ability to complete a deal leaves Boehly as the frontrunner of the shortlisted bidders. The Ricketts family have made it clear that they can afford the extra £1bn commitment to invest in the stadium and squad that Chelsea are demanding, but the group remain targets of a #notoRicketts campaign from fans on social media. That leaves the Ricketts in a race against time to somehow turn around public perception with Raine confirming to Telegraph Sport over the weekend that the views of Chelsea’s supporters will be considered during the final process. Chelsea fans were outraged that the Ricketts were advanced to the shortlist, despite the emergence of racist emails sent by the father of the family Joe and comments from other members of the family. A spokesperson for the Raine Group told Telegraph Sport: “Our commission is tied to both proceeds and the capital contributed to build and run the club for its future success. The process is moving along as we anticipated and will accelerate from here, with robust bidding as we seek an optimal outcome for the club and the fans.” Raine have refused to confirm whether or not any of their fee, which is set to run into the tens of millions, will be donated to charity with all the proceeds of Chelsea’s sale going to good causes because of the sanctions placed on Roman Abramovich. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/03/27/revealed-chelsea-bidders-given-final-deadline-complete-takeover/

As soon as you're born, they make you feel small...

Someone get him some ice cream so he shuts the fuck up.

Band t-shirts are boss.