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They'll start buying both.

3-2 down and Pocchetino puts on Trevor Chalobah.

Can't think of any circumstance under which I'd put Trevor Chalobah on the pitch, but it appears to have worked.

So hats off to the chubby hamster for a brilliant substitution.

At this point, play him wherever you have to play him and he'll do the job.

A rock.

Useless fucking count.

He's a decent shot-stopper, but his positioning is usually poor, and he can't distribute the ball to save his life.

1 minute ago, Dapower said:

Im not getting giddy yet 

Who's getting giddy?

I just want Guardiola to have to play both Haaland and De Bruyne so they suffer a little more wear and tear going into the end of the season.

City's back four do look there for the taking.

1-1.

Guardiola may have to get the troll out from under the bridge for this one after all.

Is Martinez injured, or has the Count decided to rest his first-string keeper just to even things up a little?

Working as planned as City take the lead on ten minutes.

Well, that one's over.

Watch a little Brighton/Brentford before watching however long it takes City to take a two-goal lead vs Villa. I'm saying 15 minutes.

That's Lara, Eric's wife.

She's also a recording artist.

Right down to the part in her hair.

Spooky.

Actually, hockey is quite similar to the unmentionable.

Goalies, offside, a net, defenders, attackers, passing, shooting, scoring, goals, assists, referees and linespeople, etc etc etc.

The game is also played in the same manner, with teams going from offence to defense using the same players, without stoppages in play, and possession of the puck/ball changing hands freely between both opposition teams and players.

Great substitution Eddie.

Breaker Morant

Another from 1980, and another great film.

Three Australian(ish) soldiers face a British kangaroo court during the Boer War.

I remember it as being quite slanted, but it actually does an excellent job of showing the moral ambiguity of both sides of the trial, and the war at large.

On 03/03/2024 at 11:55, TheHowieLama said:

You can't close the pubic triangle.

Strongest shape in nature, so they say.

The Long Riders

A retelling of the Jesse James story famous mostly for having four sets of brothers in the starring roles.

But it's actually a very good movie, IMO.

Simple and straight-forward, with a couple of Peckinpah-inspired shoout-outs, well-shot and acted.

It holds up, 45 years later.

Arteta did the same thing against Porto away.

Which I definitely thought was pathetic.

Interested to see how he approaches Bayern. First leg at home, so presumably he'll be a little more agressive.

Great match, they're both going for it, at top speed and with quality.

Captivating History of Scandinavia

A series of audiobooks covering the (mainly political) history of the Scandinavian countries plus Iceland and Finland.

Basic, but informative.

Got me wanting to read more about Queen Margaret I of Denmark (a woman well ahead of her time) and Denmark's role in WWII (and a fellow named Duckwitz).

And the last step needed to close that circle?

Send your homeless now-criminals to Australia Rwanda.

Don't know if I'd characterize Erdogan as "far right", but he's certainly moved Turkey toward the undemocratic, repressive, non-secular end of the scale.

Took a kicking in local elections, including Istanbul and Ankara.

Hopefully a sign of a move back towards the democractic centre.

Gabriel then told Haaland to "stop diving" and a few other choice words.

I think that's what the kerfuffle after the final whistle was about.