JoshVilla

I'm enjoying it, but I do understand (and share) some of the frustrations. BotW was breathtaking, and had that "wow" factor with it being completely new in terms of what a Zelda game was. The open world was huge, and gave us a level of freedom that we hadn't yet seen in the previous titles. The problem with TotK is that it's basically the same game, but just with some new mechanics, set in the same world that's been altered a bit (similar to GoW: Ragnarok). It's kind of relying on you loving the previous game enough that you just want more of the same but with some subtle changes. Because of that, it doesn't really have that "oh my gosh" moment that BotW had when you first step out of the cave and see the world. It's still a very good game, but I feel like I have to be in the mood for it. When I am, I really enjoy it and spend most of the time doing everything but the main quest. Other times, I just can't be arsed because the new mechanics, while fun at first, can be a bit of a chore when you're not really in the mood. I would love a more "traditional" Zelda game with a slightly smaller open world but with proper dungeons, but I think that ship might have sailed.

**** Man City. Every trophy they win should come with a huge banner along the bottom of the screen detailing the 115 financial doping charges currently pending against them. I don't even know how pundits can talk about their achievements with a straight face. They're cheats. Plain and simple.

Lucas Digne for taking £100m a week in wages from our great club. Bastard.

Why is Robbie Savage having such an uncontrollable orgasm? Is he okay?

"and please Emery in the process"

Financial doping pays off.

I feel absolutely filthy for saying this, but I'd much rather United win this. **** City. **** Pep. **** their treble.

It's a game of football for **** sake. Yes, it's gutting to lose a cup final, especially if you feel that it's been overly influenced by certain refereeing decisions, but it's only football. Life goes on. Much more important things going on in the world. The standard of refereeing, especially in the Premier League, has been pretty poor, but the level of abuse that the officials receive week in, week out, is an utter disgrace.

We're getting battered by that no 20.

Might open up a can of worms here. I dont get why tea doesn't taste as good when I drink it outside. Does the sun make the milk curdle or something?

Not sure if it's been posted here already, but I often wonder what would have happened if we hadn't lost Grealish to injury for nearly a third of the 20/21 season (if I remember correctly, he missed about 12 games?). We finished 11th, but only 7 points off a place in the Europa Conference League (and 10 points off the Europa League). Could we have maybe picked up another 3 or 4 wins if we'd have had Grealish fit all season? Off the back of that, would he have stayed longer, as we'd have qualified for a European competition? Would that have allowed us to attract even more quality players to complement him and make a push at the top 4? Would Smith still have been manager (and would he have been good enough to manage a push at the CL spots?)? Ultimately, everything has worked out very well. Smith struggling, and then Gerrard utterly failing has led to us getting a manager of genuine quality, but it's an interesting "what if".

It makes me laugh how many articles the BBC have posted about City since they won the title. Trying to make us care when in reality nobody gives a shit. They suck all of the enjoyment out of football. I used to love watching Haaland when he played for Dortmund. As soon as he went to City......meh. I think that, if Grealish had have gone abroad, he'd have left on much better terms. I think the fact that he went to a scumbag club like City was what made it so much worse. They're an absolute stain on football.

I really do wish we'd stop giving them the ball straight back though....

Tonev atomic strike to settle it.

Liverpool look a bit rattled.

God damn this is good. Put my first couple of hours into it last night and I can't wait to get back into it later. I will say one thing, you can really tell how much it's pushing the Switch to it's absolute limit. Does anyone else get pretty frequent frame rate drops/texture pops? Thankfully it's not really detracting from how amazing the game is.

If we do sneak into the Conference League, it'll be interesting to see how Emery treats it. I've no doubt that he'll want to win it. The fact that we haven't won a trophy in far too long, coupled with his know-how in European competitions suggests that he'd have his eyes on bringing it home, but I'm sure he wouldn't want to jeopardise what could be a good assault on the top 6 next season. The good thing is that it's pretty obvious that NSWE are willing to spend some big money this summer, so I think we'll be in a much better position squad-wise (barring a ridiculous injury crisis). Though, I'd imagine that we'd be looking at quality over quantity. That's the difference at this end of the table.

We'll have a couple of extra days rest (which hasn't really meant anything recently, but still...). Plop's defence is shaky, which seems to have been the case for years and years, so we definitely have the tools to hurt them. Issue is that they're quick up front so they'll get the better of our high line all afternoon. I'd almost be tempted to play both Kamara and Donk just to try and slow their midfield down a bit. Getting anything from this game would be a huge bonus.

Been a while. Absolute classic.

Over the past few months, I'd decided to start learning Japanese. As expected, it's bloody difficult (or, should I say, とてもむずかしい!), but I feel like I've been making some really big steps with it lately. It's an amazing feeling when things start to suddenly click (you can apply that to any hobby).

So **** frustrating. The impact is has on the European chase isn't really bothering me too much, as it was always going to be a long shot. It's more the fact that Wolves are **** shit and yet we still struggle.

We're the better side by far, but that doesn't really mean much in a derby. I always feel like Wolves are a bit of a bogey team and they're going to want to put their recent hammering from Brighton far behind them. Hopefully we can freshen things up a little bit and get Kamara & Cash out there. We desperately need a bit of rotation.

Been playing Like a Dragon: Ishin on and off since its release (as much as having a very energetic 18 month old daughter will allow!). Definitely recommended for any fans of the Yakuza series. It's a cool departure from the usual setting, and being able to swing a katana about as Kiryu-but-not-actually-Kiryu is very satisfying.

Very odd comments from Ferdinand towards the Don.

Surely today's result doesn't change anything? From most of the predictions that were posted for our remaining fixtures (many of which had us finishing 6th or 7th), the ManUre game was chalked down as a probable loss. The Wolves game is a big one, as is Spurs & Brighton.