Mark Albrighton

Funnily enough, my main reference point to the brits now is an ill fated thread on here (before my time but have looked through it).

Genuinely had no idea that the brits were on. I never watch them, but usually I’m at least aware that they’re on. Not seen any marketing whatsoever. I guess it’s once again an itv thing and I can’t think of anything they show I might consider watching. That’s been the case for years, but maybe it’s even more so now.

Blimey. sha lose Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke, Millwall, QPR all win. Huddersfield stop Leeds’ winning run. I’m going to try this again. Wish that Emma Watson would pop round next weekend, asking if I’m available to go out for a drink with her. And now I play the waiting game.

Yeah but it’s natural to take more glee in an opposition fanbase’s incorrect predictions of your team’s downfall than reflect on your own equally incorrect prediction.

I didn’t partake, so I’m in no position to critique those who submitted their predictions now. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if any Wolves supporters reading this thread would do so while having a quiet smile on their face. For the sake of transparency, they are doing better than I thought they would.

Funnily enough just seen this on the subject of belief and the universe. Puts forward a strong case.

I don’t particularly care if someone believes in a god or an afterlife. If they find solace in it, who am I to judge. I dislike religion more. I think some people who talk about believing in god or some sort of higher power but don’t follow any doctrine, sometimes I think they may as well be saying they love Mother Nature or some similar cosmic energy. They believe they are part of “something bigger than themselves”…well, yes I agree with that, the universe for a kick off. I’d like to believe in karma. And look, I ain’t researched it. Because obviously I haven’t. I’m talking My Name is Earl level entry karma. It sounds like a nice idea. I don’t think it bears out…but I appreciate the sentiment. Basically if someone believes in god, fine. But if someone whom you know doesn’t believe in a deity and has a child dying from cancer, please try and refrain from talking about “god’s plan” or similar.

I was there for Benteke v QPR. Frustrating but entertaining game. For some reason Collymore v Stromgodset always comes to my mind. Maybe it was another instance of “Ah, now it’s clicked, it will definitely work out from here on…” Dublin v Southampton. Could this run last? No. No it couldn’t. Tommy Johnson v Wimbledon (and Deano’s nearly hat trick in the same game…he scored an absolute screamer that day).

I believe I’ve said before that between 2005-2007 I was pretty confident that they would either be an utterly huge, world conquering band or that they’d be a sort of Jesus & Mary Chain kinda band…they’ve go on to have a retro cool quality about them (insert whatever band you think I mean…that sort of band). Of course, neither of these eventualities happened. Anyway, this belief I had was in part down to these early b sides. I was amazed at the time, just thinking “They’ve ****ing chucked this one away as a b side. AND this one, AND that one too. Christ, they must have loads of great stuff up their sleeves…”. They of course weren’t the first to be so flippant. But it really didn’t matter, at the time I really was enthused about it all.

Editors have some cracking b sides from the singles off their first album. Let Your Good Heart Lead You Home, Colours, Release. Some really good ones. Open Up, which was a b side off a single from their second album is lovely too and should have been on the album. I think I’ll listen to them now while The Fly is on (1958 version with Vincent Price).

Yeah I know, I referenced the pressing error - I still find that crazy, their first number one and it’s kinda down to a **** up. I wonder whether stations would have gone ahead and played Going Underground instead. Not to get all Oasis-y about the subject of b sides and them taking precedence over A sides, but I read years after the fact that stations would play the poppier b side “Stay Young” instead of the longer, weirder A side. I don’t know if that actually is true, but I’ve read it in an interview with the middle Gallagher brother who suggested that was indeed the case.

If it’s a double A side, do people count the lesser well known song as the b side? So with The Jam, Going Underground is the main A side and “Dreams of Children” is the b side. I am making the assumption that there wasn’t an actual b side in that instance. Or that DOC really was the b side but they decided to market it as a double A (I know about the pressing mix up).

I don’t, unfortunately. Hopefully it’s just a little break away from looking at his phone/computer screen.

Frasier: Us? We haven't done anything. Niles: Exactly. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Frasier: Edmund Burke. Niles: I have that quotation in a frame. I keep meaning to put it up in my office but I never seem to get around to it

Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow.

I would imagine a local record shop would take the CDs (assuming you’re not bothered about receiving any cash). There’s always CeX, I think as long as the DVDs have their cases, I believe they will take them. A local library might want either the CDs/DVDs. Don’t know about the rest of the items.

But, it’s going to be deliberately crooked now, I assume?

Somewhat off topic, but without the subsequent context of the rest of the lyrics, I feel the opening verse of the 1964 UK number one song “Little Children” does not read very well… Little children, you better not tell on me I'm tellin' you, little children, you better not tell what you see And if you're good, I'll give you candy and a quarter If you're quiet, like you oughta be and keep a secret with me (For those who don’t know, it transpires the song’s protagonist is dating the kid’s sister - whom I assume is of consenting age - trying to keep the children from telling their parents) I just don’t think anyone hoping for a successful song would kick it off with a verse like that anymore

Even putting aside my bias due to it being used in the opening of “…morning glory”, I think “Hello, hello, I’m back again” has storming chorus. Just sung by sick piece of shit.

I don’t much care for boxing, but I quite like boxing films (well, I like them disproportionately more than I do the sport). It probably lends itself to a narrative better than other sports, it’s focused on an individual rather than diffused across a team, typically the character is from a more dramatic (gritty) background with various obstacles to overcome, and the story is going to end with a fight where there’s a clear winner and loser. That Mitchell & Webb sketch on trying to make a film about cricket showcases why certain sports aren’t as transferable to the big screen.

To my mind, this would make Burnley the biggest flatterers to deceive, of promoted clubs, rather than the worst promoted club. The emperor’s new clothes of promoted clubs. The worst promoted champions, perhaps (I haven’t checked). I hate to be all obvious and predictable, but the season before they totalled their infamous 11 points, Derby were promoted through the play offs. Statistically they have to be the worst promoted club, of recent times, anyway. By all means, Burnley can be among the worst of the promoted clubs. They can be in the conversation. I just don’t think they’re “easily the worst promoted team ever”.

Working on the idea that 70 points is required for a champions league finish. Probably not exactly 70, but it’s a reasonable working estimate. They’re on 44 points, so 26 required from 12 games. These 12 include games against the top three (much like we have). I don’t anticipate them getting a great deal from those. Let’s say they manage a draw from those, so 25 points required from 9 games. That’s 8 wins and a draw from - Everton (h), Sheff Utd (h), Brentford (a), Chelsea (a), Bournemouth (a), Saudis (h), Burnley (h), Palace (a), Brighton (a) There are a lot of wins there. But I don’t think they will win enough to reach 70. I think Brentford, Chelsea, Brighton will be difficult games for them.