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Hoddy

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  1. I'm now halfway through series 2, and what an astonishing drama it is. I'm still a huge Sopranos fan, but I think the Wire easily eclipses it in terms of drama, story development and dialogue. Only watching one episode at a time, because I don't want it to end.

     

    How do I go about getting series 3? There's no official release yet and I'm mentally inferior when it comes to downloading and the like (although I am good at counting my fingers).

     

    DVD release is sometime in September.

     

    It's like being in prison waiting for it to come out. My bedroom is covered in little tally marks. Pisses my girlfriend right off.

  2. I watched the first episode the other night. Strong cast Horrocks, Spall, Broadbent etc. I thought it would be Shameless meets Life is Sweet, but it wasn't. I thought it was shite. The characters had no warmth. Not one of them. I didn't even finish watching it.

     

    Anyone else seen it? Have I been to hasty?

     

    It's ok. I've watched the first three, and all have been fair to middling really. They're watchable, without being anywhere near gripping. The next one you're due to watch (about Broadbent's character) is worth watching for the Man Utd monologue alone.

  3. No nomination for Carra...

     

    Gerrard

    Cole

    Terry

    Lampard

    Rooney

    Henry

     

    Is this not the same list every year? Keep it and save it for next year's nominations.

     

    Name's more imporant than performances it would seem. It's bollocks.

  4. 'Walk the Line'.

     

    I spend my days subbing TV pages, and anything with the words 'the line' in them (and there's a lot) just sets me off. And it's got worse in recent weeks, cos his film's all over the pages - in premieres, prog detail, etc. I don't give a shit, cos it fucking rules, but my colleagues are kinda bored. Between that and my sudden eruption into der-der-der-der-der-der-der-deeeeeer… everytime I see the word 'fire', they pretty much want me dead.

  5. I can never get this Paco/Pako thing sorted, but seeing that Paco is Herrera, I'm just happy it's not Pako who's on his way out. I have a feeling he's the best around.

     

    I hope Herrera stays though.

     

    Class moment the other week against Man United when Pako (I think that's the right one) came charging onto the pitch to have a go at the ref with his clipboard in hand. I had visions of him slamming it across the ref's back, wrestling-style.

  6. I don't know what this means, but I think I like it (I'm assuming it's not actually as a aggressive as it first appears).

     

    'Carwash cunt' is an insult laid down right at the end of the third series. Excellent episode, and easily the best of that particular run.

  7. Call over and get your copy of the mag if you get the chance mate. I'll be stood on the road opposite where I normally am.

     

    I'm pretty sure we've met before, and I'll know your face but I'm shit at putting names to faces, so you may have to introduce yourself again if you come over.

     

    Will do mate, definitely. Providing I'm not writhing around on the floor on the other side of the road preparing my litigation case against Rick Parry.

  8. Thats why competition for places is so important but the real problem is he dosent have any real competition at present as the other strikers bar Robbie have also been very poor

     

    Very true. I've been one of his biggest fans from day one, but can still see that his recent performances have been nowhere near as good as they were in his first few months. And it's not cos he's shit, cos he's shown how good he can be. It shows how important he is in our current set-up that his loss of form seems to have gone hand in hand with the team's.

  9. At least I think it was. You've got me thinking I may have missed something now. Were you talking about the false ending?

     

    Yeah, with a huge ***spoiler alert for 'The Descent***

     

     

     

    I think it was an illusion that she escaped – apparently it's a common factor in those conditions. A character had made reference to that fact sometime earlier in the film.

  10. It's a sending off.

     

    Robben's a diving twat but it's still a sending off.

     

    I was reading an article which a referee had actually written, saying that raising a hand isn't actually an automatic red these days. It's more a case of what the ref deems violent conduct. I don't know if anyone else has seen that, but under those rules, surely Reina shouldn't have been sent off. His action was hardly violent was it?

  11. I don't think there are any English players in the premiership who would imrove our team TBH, accept for fat frank (on the bench) Terry, the wee man, and Jug Head Jed...

     

    It's not just about improving the team though, it's about getting a wealth of players who can step in when needed. And right-wing is an area in which we're quite sparse at the minute.

     

    And Defoe/Owen for Cissé would improve the team.

  12. I think he'd be a decent shout. I'm sure the fact he's English would mean his asking price would be silly shit, but from what I've seen of him it seems there's a lot there with which Benitez could work. From all accounts he gave Gallas a decent game the other day, which is no mean feat.

     

    I read a broadsheet piece on him the other week an all, and he comes across as being very dedicated to the profession and a lad with both feet firmly grounded - which would give him the 'attitude' edge over Pennant.

  13. They are a bunch of buffoons. They come to Anfield with their fat bellies and no shirts and trot out the same old tired songs like "Sign On" and have the cheek to sing "In Your Liverpool Slums" even though their city is a shithole. They are clueless about other teams. Gobshites of the highest order.

     

    Their city isn't a shithole. There's pockets which are, but then which city in England hasn't areas like that?

     

    The buffoons comment is spot on though - they were genuinely befuddled when Liverpool won the City of Culture thing, and it typifies the small-minded attitude you get from 'the city that loves its football'. I'm sick of hearing how much they love their football, and how they never stop talking about it up there. That may be so - the problem is however, that most of what they talk is complete shite; they haven't the first clue what the fuck they're on about. You get one or two fans who can see past the bullshit and the fact their chairman is one of the most despicable (looking and acting) people involved in the game right now, but the majority just get swept up in delusion.

     

    There's a difference between caring about your football and having unbridled passion without actually knowing fuck all of what you speak. I remember a bus banner that went by when I was up there. It read 'In Black and White, everyone is a hero.' Apart from being the most tanked-up heap of shite I'd ever read, the banner included a few pictures of players behind the writing. Two out of the three were Craig Bellamy and Kieron Dyer, and some other big-name 'legend' who'll no doubt be loathed up there a few years from now. I'd say it was Titus Bramble, except I remember that the bus was actually mobile at the time.

     

    I said a few years ago they will be the next Leeds, and nothing I've seen recently has done anything to change my mind on that.

  14. So what do you think about the start to the new seies, Hoddy? I'm loving the political machinations with Burrell getting manipulated all over the place and Rawls as the new (and very unpopular) Deputy Opps. It feels like another slow-burning classic with Cheese gaining a bigger role, Avon on his way out of slam, Omar great as ever and Greggs turning into a female McNulty by the second. Gotta love the "Put kids off violence by autopsy" route to keeping the streets clean, too. I've seen the first two episodes and it already feels even better than Season Two.

     

    Oh, by the way - did you see The West Wing has been canned? Season 7 is the last one. Also, did you know that Sorkin left because of a crack habit? It's in today's Guardian.

     

    Hey Paul, am typing this while trying not to read what you wrote; I'm a DVD guy, I haven't got Sky and so have to wait until Season 3 is released in the shops. Don't think I'll be waiting long though as they were ultra-quick with Season 2. Am particularly looking forward to this one as, although I enjoyed the insight into the white man's travails in this whole war and the piercing social commentary on a dying trade at the docks, I was itching for more Barksdale storylines as there's so many more places they can take it.

     

    I realise that the show is not as reliant on plot twists to shock people with, but I'd still rather not know anything about Season 3 either way. I still remember, for instance, how shocking De Angelo's death was. Compare this with anything that happens in '24' and 'Lost' and it's truly a case of less is more.

     

    On The West Wing - sad but I'm quite glad. It was Sorkin's baby and without Martin Sheen (I'm no Season Five, Six, Seven expert but surely they couldn't realistically write him back in), and of course without John Spencer, I fail to how it could continue.

     

    Sorkin's addiction problem has been fairly well-documented over the years, but I wasn't aware that was the reason he left – thanks for that. I remember talking about him to my dad, asking the question whether true genius (as I believe in this arena Aaron Sorkin has) can be attained without the aid of certain mind-enhancers. What do you reckon? Adds an extra poignancy when you bear in mind how many screen minutes were dedicated to a war on drugs.

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    But the two best goal getters of the past decade Shearer and Nistellroy cost BIG MONEY - and guaranteed goals by the bucket load.

     

    So did Michael Owen. Then he goes gets a bad injury and suddenly £17mil is looking like a very poorly played gamble. Sometimes you don't always get what you pay for.

  16. I watched the lot and you were right to fuck it off - I just couldn't keep suspending my disbelief. It doesn't go anywhere plot-wise, until the very last one when it simply opens up a brand new can of worms to draw you into the second series. Irritating TV.

     

    Happily, however, its complete antithesis is merely days away: season 3 of The Wire begins on Tuesday at 9 bells on FX. Woo-hoo.

     

    Sorry to keep agreeing with you Paul, but you're right. Lost sucks balls. Fucking big massive cock and balls. I watched the first couple of episodes and then the last - usually, if I'd have done that I'd have been asking a shitload of questions about characters and plot, but it seemed that absolutely nothing had happpened here from episode 2-23. And, after watching that pitiful excuse for a final episode, if I'd have stayed with the show and watched it for 20-odd weeks and they'd have thrown that sack of shit at me, I'd have thrown my TV through the fucking window. It's complete and utter shite - hype TV is Lost.

  17. The worst chant at a football ground is "who ya are" by a country mile.

     

    Sorry, but I disagree. The worst chant would be a racist one, and not far behind that (and not dissimilar to) is the one where 'supporters' continually chant 'Freeeeeaaaaak' everytime a certain player sets foot near the ball. What would would the uproar be if it was 'Blaaaaaaaaaack' everytime Momo got possession.

  18. Was outside the box and imho the Luton player dived once he'd trod on Carson's foot. To be fair to the ref it looked a lot worse in real time.

     

    That's correct. Can't blame the ref for that one, as I thought it was a stonewall penalty on first viewing.

     

    Stu's right though (and Rafa was wrong at the time), the defender who pushed Gerrard shouldn't have gone. If Gerrard had have kept the ball in, he'd have had to turn, and by that time there'd have been a few defenders back. It's just a shame that the commentary team couldn't distinguish between the two (need for a penalty and need for a red card). As the ball wasn't going anywhere near goal, they just assumed it wasn't a penalty. Like a lot of things those dickheads said and did on Saturday night, they were wrong.

  19. Totally and utterly hypocritical and pathetic

     

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,281-1972516,00.html

     

    Can we take him to book over his comments about Stevie G?

     

    God forbid reporters actually have an opinion on the game.

     

    Fucking unbelievable, pathetic prick. Why, rather than acting like a six-year-old (my apologies to six-year-olds) doesn't he try and prove Alan Green wrong by having his team play some decent football? Cos he knows he can't.

  20. Instinctively ran half the length of the pitch, past Weir then stroked it into the corner. That's some impressive instincts!

     

    The finish itself was instinctive. It's not like he was running towards Martyn from the half-way line with only the keeper to beat. His immediate thoughts were to beat Weir… which he did, albeit somewhat fortunately. Once he'd done that he immediately (without thinking) curled the quality finish past Martyn. That was instinctive, simple as.

  21. Yep, I agree. I suppose it's because there was one slightly contrived aspect of the plot in that they had to bring the squad back together again. That distracted ever so slightly from the naturalistic style of the thing; I couldn't quite suspend my disbelief. I also wanted a bit more focus on the Barksdale crew. However, I get the feeling that they'll be coming back strong in Season 3 where the squad will already be in place and so they can just get straight into the mayhem.

     

    The two characters I want to see more of in 3 are Bubbles (for obvious reasons) and Cheese - because Method Man is so iconic and I want to see much more of him.

     

    Oh, and on The West Wing - you really are missing out on unbelievably well written and compelling drama if you dip out before 6.

     

    I believe you about The West Wing - just one of those things I'll have to live with.

     

    Yes, I can see how the reformation of Daniels' team was contrived, but one of the things I liked about this second series was the fact that there weren't story arcs for every single successful character from the first. And while that did mean that classic characters, such as Bubbles, were marginalised, it did add to the naturalistic feel of the show.

     

    Best scenes of the whole series both came in the pre-credits I thought. Firstly, the Johnny Cash 'Walk the Line' opening, where Prez was piecing together the whole messy case, and secondly, the crossword scene, with Omar telling that police the myths answer, followed by his donning the tie over his baseball garb. Best silent joke I've seen for ages.

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