Jose Jones

Absolutely boss in the 1990 World Cup wasn’t he Matthaus? But extremely big head for his body.

I don’t think Alonso will go to Bayern - no real challenge if he wins the league with Leverkusen. So he will either stay at Leverkusen for another season and then go to Real Madrid, or come to us. Will maybe depend if Real give him a concrete offer, and maybe what happens with other clubs taking Leverkusen’s best players. Combined with how much he’d like to come here of course.

Mate, they are footballers. Generally not smart. Even if Robbo has always seemed like a good sort.

You are.

I’ve got a couple of friends who work in healthcare and while they have to work weekends and holidays and be on call (no drinking) the benefits they get to make up for it are amazing. I’m surprised there are any staff actually at hospitals. They get an extra day off if they are called in when on call - even if they get called back 10 minutes later to say they aren’t actually needed. If they stay in for over 4 hours they get 2 days off.

Presumably as your department is seven days a week you will have to sometimes work weekends as well as other public holidays? Therefore I would assume that your pay and conditions already incorporates all that? Or maybe where you work is just Shit Co Ltd and you should get out of there.

Ouch.

That home kit is absolutely abysmal. Looks like a 90s Swindon Town kit or something. I expect away shirts to be shit, so no surprise there.

I’m pretty sure Vampire Empire by Big Thief is inspired by Empire of the Vampire the book by Jay Kristoff. Pretty good song, pretty good book.

Rush was all lined up to go to Rangers wasn’t he? Pretty sure Souness was certain he had him before we nipped back in. Rushie actually scored loads of goals in his first couple of seasons back I reckon, but yep it wasn’t as smooth a fit as with Aldo.

Yeah it’s totally Usmanov funding 777, which is why Mosh has apparently turned down another, supposedly better, bid. The whole play is wait until Trump gets back in and he’ll immediately remove all sanctions against Putin and his pals.

I think season 2 was a bit worse, from memory. I have watched the first few from season 3 and they are great fun.

I’ve still got a full head of hair, but as the classic quote goes, “first they came for the baldies, but I did nothing as I had lots of hair, then they came for the gays but I did nothing as I wasn’t gay, next they came for middle aged blokes who can’t hold their beer any more - Oi God! Where’s the fucking bears?!”

Struggling to see what’s wrong with option 2.

I would have thought you knew this by now Paulie, being an experienced ladies man. Women often when they talk to you do not want their problems solving or logical answers to questions. What they want is to work through their thoughts out loud to someone who will just make encouraging remarks. If you do try to solve the issue they get annoyed, because what they really want is to talk for a bit.

I totally agree with you. But, last 10 home games the aggregate score is 36-2. We have been dicking them silly for a while. Obviously not so much at their place bar that 5-0. And the 4-1 under Rafa. And the 3-0 with Rodgers where we pissed all over them.

Houllier taking Hamann off!

Haha, also on telly over New Year “Speke’s Strongest Man”.

I like him. He’s like a young Harvey Elliott.

The Caucasus, Europe’s dangly bits.

Pretty mad that Aldo went from being top scorer in one of the best forward lines in the history of football, then two seasons of scoring 1 in 2 in La Liga to signing for Tranmere in the second division. We should get whoever Tranmere’s director of football was.

There was definitely some “things” going on, I read an interview with Ian Graham where he said it was his dream job but turned into a nightmare. Could just be one of those things where people who work together get a bit fed up of each other after a long time.

Yeah you are right he does clatter people.

Nah, his objective was to welly the ball, Nunez just got there before him.

They changed the rule a couple of years ago as penalty and a red card was deemed too much punishment.