regular_john

9 hours ago, Withnail said:

One question with the moon theory is why fake it. What purpose does faking the moon landing serve?

The common belief/conspiracy is that, in the context of the cold war, winning the space race against Russia was vital for national morale, therefore it was better to fake the win rather than legitimately lose

21 hours ago, Wainy316 said:

I worry more that he'll leave us of his own accord.  He left behind Villarreal, a club where he was loved and he he had a deep affinity himself and where he'd built something.

I just hope that when/if the time comes, he leaves us with some silverware.

If he does well with us, he'll probably be off to a 'big club' . Realistically, he's unlikely to be here for the long term so we should just enjoy him while we can.

8 minutes ago, CVByrne said:

2.09 to 0.7xG isn't bad away to Liverpool. 

Really not a fan of xG. Feels completely meaningless as a stat.

Also, Liverpool's was only 2? They could have scored 6!

Being fair to Liverpool, they were excellent from the first whistle and could easily have had 5+. It's hard to take but we were just beaten by a much better team today. Apart from a handful of errors, I don't think we were necessarily bad, just that Liverpool were very good.

Having said that, Torres had a bit of a mare.

We'll just have to make up for it when we face them at VP.

Worst bit of the game was listening to the Scouser on Optus (McManaman?) wank himself into a coma for 90 minutes. Really embarrassing for an apparently neutral broadcaster to have such biased commentary. It was like listening to Liverpool TV!

On 19/08/2023 at 21:40, Genie said:

It’s their fault I have to work 6 more years and can’t retire at 60. People like that make me so mad, wanting equal opportunities. If it wasn’t for people like that I’d have retired. I’d have my pension and I wouldn’t have to kill myself at work (she is lunchtime supervisor at a nursery school, 4 days a week for about 16 hours).

Absolute moment. So much with that to unpack. I could see my wife and her sister were fuming at such a stupid comment.

This may be because I've just woken up but I really can't see the link between women's football and her having to work for longer.

What is her logic?

14 hours ago, Mandy Lifeboats said:

Personally,  I think its time for NATO to escalate the conflict.  

Russia likes wars of attrition.  They have a huge amount of land that is out of the range of Ukraine.  They will eventually grind Ukraine down.  

 

Given Russia's ties to China, Iran etc. an open escalation by NATO will almost certainly trigger a major war that, for all intents and purposes, would be WW3. We'd be looking at millions and millions dead.

In my opinion, NATO are playing this perfectly. As things stand, Russia are burning through resources at lightning speed all for the sake of marginal gains in a country that, in the long term, they cannot hope to occupy.

If things continue as is, Russia will have degraded it's military capacity to the point of collapse and all without the war moving beyond a relatively small section of Ukraine.

Score?

Solid ITK source. Some guy on the beach just told me we're getting Manny Lanzini from West Ham on a free transfer.

No chance of a positive outcome now, sadly. They haven't even found the thing let alone worked out how to get to it, resurface it etc.

This became a mission to recover the bodies some time ago

With the additional fixtures from a (hopefully) long run in Europe, we'll do well to manage 6-8th

Got a point from a game in which we deserved nothing. Can't grumble too loudly. A bit more composure towards the end and we could have nicked it

1 minute ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Co-commentator ? Who was that? He was terrible.

Yup. Miserable as sin. Unbearable to listen to 

This is the opposite of the Newcastle performance. Absolutely shocking so far.

8 hours ago, AJ said:

One thing is a bit concerning.

Nine episodes in total, they are up to episode four, yet they have hardly left the state.

There is just so much more of the story to go, and so much to explore.

If they are going to conclude on the ending of the first game, I hope the rest of the story isn't rushed through.

I recall reading that the first game would be spread across the first two seasons so I suspect this season will finish at around the halfway point of the first game

8 hours ago, AJ said:

One thing is a bit concerning.

Nine episodes in total, they are up to episode four, yet they have hardly left the state.

There is just so much more of the story to go, and so much to explore.

If they are going to conclude on the ending of the first game, I hope the rest of the story isn't rushed through.

I recall reading that the first game would be spread across the first two seasons so I suspect this season will finish at around the halfway point of the first game

Nirvana - either Reading gig

Greatest attacking player?

Messi. By a distance. He's one of the best goalscorers we've ever seen, probably the best dribbler we've ever seen, and has one of the best ranges of passing we've ever seen. He is absolutely streets ahead of everyone else.

Not sure he'd be much good in goal though!

1 minute ago, tonyh29 said:

I think Love could have just divorced him tbh don’t think she needed to blow his head off after having forced him to write a suicide note 

Cobain was a tortured soul , he’s was sadly always going to die young and at his own hand … I don’t know if he could have been saved with therapy and the right people around him …   

 

And herein lies the rub - they had signed a prenup. In the event of divorce, he gets what is his ($millions) and she gets what is hers (naff all). If he dies, she gets it all.

Guess what they were in the process of when he died? Divorce

He had already had her removed from his will but died before he could sign the amended version.

I've known trout that have smelled less fishy

31 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said:

1.  49.9% of any population has below average intelligence.  Where are we drawing the line?   

2.  Prison is for people who are a danger to society.  Does a 99 year old gangster really pose a threat in most cases?  What about 98?  97?  Where are we drawing the line?

3.  Where are we drawing the line?   I’m just popping to Tesco to pick up a 6 pack of Heroin and Vodka Cocktails garnished with a rock of crack cocaine. 

4.  It is being intentionally destroyed.  That’s not failure.

5.  Religion is humanity’s worst idea. 

6.  Nope.  Renault 5 in beige with a velour interior. 

7.  Totally true. 

8.  Both are enjoyable. Neither is a classic. 

9.   No.  A talented man with severe mental illness who was self medicating unfortunately killed himself.  

10.  What’s this “Brexit” you speak of?  Never heard of it.  
 

 

1. I fear you have failed to understand standard deviation from the mean. Does that make you part of the 49.9%?

2. An old rotter is still a rotter. Prison. Or death. Or cake. Cake or death. Or prison.

3. Good question. No easy answers. Maybe take an almost 'drug clinic' approach. What is clear is that the current approach of keeping them illegal and waging a 'war on drugs' has failed and shows no sign of succeeding. Currently, the profits from drugs go exclusively to criminals. Drug users are also at risk from catastrophic health consequences from unknown and unregulated adulterants. Both problems go away with legalisation.

4. Yes and no. It has been managed atrociously at government level. Unfortunately, however, we have an increasingly unhealthy population with problems that are incredibly expensive to fix. The NHS was not designed to manage an obese, diabetic, alcoholic, hypertensive, cigarette smoking population. It is simply not possible to fund a service to fix these problems without raising taxes to a level that the population would find unacceptable.

5. Agreed

6. Fair point. Allow me to revise my statement. MOST of the best looking and coolest cars were US made pre 1970

8. Disagree. Both are classic. The Terminator is one of the all time great horror movies. T2 is one of the all time great action movies.

9. I disagree. He had enough heroin on board to slay a donkey and would have been unconscious when the trigger was pulled. There have been no recorded cases anywhere ever of an equal or even near equal heroin level that did not result in immediate incapacitation (needle still in arm). No chance he took that much heroin and remained conscious long enough to pick up a shotgun and use his feet to pull the trigger

10. I heard it's something the immigrants done

10 minutes ago, tomav84 said:

on this, i would favour a questionnaire based voting system.you go into the ballot box and are asked a series of questions on immigration, tax etc etc and based on your answers your vote is registered against the party that most aligns to your values. sort of like those "who should i vote for?" websites

Great idea!

1. Not everyone should be able to vote 

2. Career criminals who have shown no ability or desire to contribute positively to society should receive life sentences 

3. Drugs should be legalized 

4. Despite the heroic efforts of the brilliant staff, who I can't fault and don't blame, the NHS will inevitably fail. We need to accept this fact and begin the process of moving towards a European style system. 

5. Monotheistic religion represents amongst the worst series of ideas the human species has ever had 

6. All of the best looking and coolest cars were American and made pre 1970

7. The world would be a significantly better place if women occupied the majority of global leadership positions

8. 'The Terminator' is better than 'Terminator 2' (which is also properly excellent)

9. Kurt Cobain was murdered

10. Anyone who voted in favour of Brexit should have to pay lifelong tax for their incredible stupidity 

18 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said:

Am I right in that you can buy guns in Walmarts?  

It's America. You can buy guns at McDonald's there.

Shocking tonight. EMERY OUT!

Messi. No question.

He is one of, if not THE, greatest goalscorers we've ever seen. He has one of the best ranges of passing we've ever seen. He is one of, if not THE, greatest dribblers we've ever seen.

In fact, had he never scored a single goal, he'd still be in the GOAT conversation for his passing and dribbling.

Simply incredible. Nobody comes close.

He's on his way from Villareal to the real Villa! Welcome, Unai!

If it comes off, he'll be the most successful manager Villa have had in my lifetime (35)