Davkaus

I was taking the piss out of a discussion in the match thread but it may have been a bit too subtle.

A very nervous win, against the worst side in the league, thanks to a dodgy penalty. This is the opposite of progress. That was a generally poor display which became considerably worse in the last 20-25 minutes thanks to nobody's favourite dutchman. A special **** you very much to El Mohamady. I'd rather wear a condom made from stinging nettles than watch him jog around the pitch again, attempting to set up the opposition .

Who gives a damn about Leeds? We have no business even considering being that high in the table.

I don't care if he came on ten minutes ago, I'd sub the useless prick off. Piss off Elmo and don't come back.

Only saw the goal from one angle, should he have done better though? He must have been 25-30 yards out?

This is an absolute shambles since we made that 'defensive' sub.

Wtf is El Ghazi doing shooting from there? What a prick.

Yup, they've won 2 games since the start of October, and those were Wigan (remember that other shit team we couldn't beat?) and Rotherham. This ought to be a much more comfortable game than it is.

That'll do.

That'll **** show 'em, won't it? We can reuse their offices for some proud, British organisations. Like...Spoons?

I hate pretty much all pundits, tbh. Most of them are morons who have got a cushy job with their mates 'cause they used to play. How a complete imbecile like Paul Merson can be employed to give his thoughts and observations about anything is beyond me. I just go and do something else at half time if I'm watching a game on TV. Ideally it'd be possible to mute the commentary but still listen to the crowd. I've got a lot more respect for commentators and journalists who've earned the right to be on the show for being good at that task, rather than for being good at the sport, though, regardless of their gender. I'd much rather listen to those people than an idiot that used to have a decent right foot.

Wow. How will you send your faxes now?

Nobody in the last few posts. Sure. I quite often see people posting about how they're too smart for advertising to work and how it's stupid though. People tend to be poor at realising how easily they and others can be manipulated. I don't think it's as simple as "read a paper, and you immediately buy in to their editorial stance", nor has anyone suggested that. The echo chamber effect is very real, though. People read papers that broadly align with their views. That's why they buy that paper; people typically don't like to be challenged, but instead like to be told that they're right. And when you read the same kind of material day in, day out for years on end, you begin to lose sight of the other side. the more you're exposed to similar views, the less you question them. I might start reading the Guardian believing 7 out of every 10 article I read, but I started with that one because it's the one I most identify with. but I read it all of the time, and gradually I start to question that 3/10 less and less. It's along similar lines to "repeat a lie often enough, and it becomes the truth". I don't think it's a coincidence that as social media has become more prevalent and people can choose to deny being exposed to views they disagree with, politics has become increasingly extremist.

It's amazing how many people think it doesn't work. It's like people who think advertising is a waste of time and doesn't work. Guess all of those multi-billion pound companies are spending a fortune on it for a laugh.

Westwood's still playing regular PL football. Benteke's career has gone to shit since, but he undoubtedly went on to better things when he went to Liverpool. Luna starred in a sex tape, arguably preferable to getting **** with us every week. Sanchez went to Fiorentina, Espanyol and West Ham, but his career has been wrecked by injuries. Richardson stank the plae out at Cardiff for a few months and effectively involuntarily retired Vlaar played regularly for AZ doing well in Eredivisie and playing in the Europa league Joe Cole went on to play 80 games for the Tampa Bay "Rowdies" and is retired. Bowery found his level as a 1 in 4 striker in League 2 Senderos was a squad player for Grasshoppers/Rangers, then went to play in Houston of all places. He got 4 goals in 8 appearances last season. Helenius occasionally scores for a midtable Danish side. Joe Bennett is somehow playing PL football again at Cardiff. **** me sideways. Tonev has a brief but racist spell at Celtic and now hardly plays in Serie B. Bacuna was mistranslated about "Champions League" ambitions and has gone on to play regularly in the "Championship" ever since. Cissohko has played for a few Turkish clubs nobody has ever heard of. Kozak is still shite in Serie B. He's stored 2 goals since he left us. That injury ruined him.

Probably not exactly what @bickster had in mind, but I saw him on drums a few years ago for Tenacious D and damn he's good.

Wolves fans don't seem to rate him either, but he's playing regularly in the PL while Alan Hutton is still shite in the Championship, so maybe one game isn't an effective barometer.

Some bloody amateur has ruined your sandwich if the tomatoes make your bread soggy. Lettuce is up there with the most disappointing veg. It's not horrible, it just has no flavour. What it is good at, though, is being a barrier to protect your bread from other sandwich fillings. Bread - tomato - lettuce: crap soggy sandwich Bread - lettuce - tomato: victory.

I don't think anyone is surprised by this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_comedy

To be fair, they've both got 'a' and 'n' in them, that's pretty close.

It was a really, really odd way to end it. Brave choice, I guess, but I just thought it was dull, and incredibly cheesy. As soon as I saw the teary-eyed audience I said "ffs, they're all going to stand up and clap, aren't they?". Ultimately though, it was a very long scene to end a sitcom series, without a single laugh. It's definitely one I'll skip when rewatching episodes.

He's 29 in a couple of months.

If we could sub him on and off for set pieces he'd be an asset, but he's a wimp. He belongs nowhere near the middle of the pitch. Bottles challenges and headers, and frequently looks like he's marking their players while we're on the ball, so he has an excuse not to receive a pass.

About 90 seconds before the first goal, a cross was put in about 12 yards out, and we got lucky with this clown coming out, missing the ball and ending up in no man's land. As for the goal, I don't know what to say.