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Lots of rumours, some dirt sheets "confirming", that CM Punk tore his triceps at the Rumble. If it's true, then his return didn't last too long. Changes things for mania, lots of people thought that he was set to face Seth.

1. Was sitting next to Lee Hendrie and his family in McDonalds Solihull and my son, who was a toddler at the time, was sick right next to them. Went absolutely everywhere. 2. The best Villa atmosphere I've ever been part of was the 93-94 semi final against Tranmere. Went with my Dad and his mates, I was 12. I'm not old enough to have gone to the early 80's games when we were the muts nuts, but I've never been to a game since and the atmosphere was better.

Is this one of those links where the media just want to disrupt us and sell our better players to help their "sky 7" bread and butter? If JJ wasn't and hadn't been getting 1st team football, there may be something in it. But we've seen that Unai believes in him, plays him, and usually gets a performance out of him. I'm calling BS on this. He's a young English player with bags of potential, already at a good level, that is looked enviously by many clubs. Even if we sold him for £50m, and the freedom in FFP it'd give us, who are we going to get that is as young and talented, willing to work hard for Unai, and has the benefit of being homegrown?

There were no notable surprises, but Bron looked like a future star, as did Tiffany Stratton and Jade Cargill. Think the people who may come back for a one off are getting too old for it now. In a way, whilst it's disappointing not to get that pop of a returning legend, it's good that some of the mid carders are getting a spot. I thought the women's was a much better match than the men's too. Their roster is really good, with some top prospects coming through. It was all very predictable though, but this is the problem when the writers don't bother with 95% of the roster.

I listened to that, I was really disappointed in Jim when he made comments on the accuser. Sounded a bit too close to victim shaming for me. I love him usually, I'm a paid up member of the cult of cornette. I thought it was interesting though that he said Vince was like this when he was in creative with him, and that he must have gotten worse as he got older.

I've lived in Tamworth nearly all my life, and this potato man is the closest thing to a celeb the town has ever produced. I'm really pleased for 'spud man' that he's doing so well. But for the life of me I don't know why you'd queue more than a few minutes for a spud. And what really annoys me is that over a million people subscribe to his channel. On making spuds. In Tamworth. Wouldn't be surprised if a few of them are up for next year's Darwin awards.

I think the allegations are going to stick this time. Sponsors walked away in light of the allegations, and whilst Vinny issued a very quick rebuttal, he also stood down as a director of TKO and WWE. It's also known that the former UFC champion cited in the allegations will no longer be at the Rumble tonight. His spot has gone to someone from NXT. Personally, I think the timing of Steph leaving in 2022 when this first came out, returning when he left, then quitting again when he forced his way back in show she's either supporting her mum or disassociating from the genetic jackhammer. Maybe both. If any of this is true I hope he goes to prison if it becomes a criminal complaint. I expect a few more of these to come out in the next few months too, he's alleged to have paid $20mil in hush money for NDA's.

I believe that absolute equality starts with everyone having the same opportunities (which we definitely don't have), which pushes me towards the left, but I also believe it's a person's responsibility to make the best of the opportunity. Which pushes me to the right. I'm so confused, so I played safe and said centre.

The media jizzfest over this club is going to be even more unbearable until he's gone. Guess I'll be avoiding Sky until the summer. "Klopp's Liverpool can win the league", "Klopp's the only manager to challenge Pep" "Klopp was made for Liverpool", "How will Liverpool cope without him?"... It's football. It'll go on without him and, believe it or not, football was popular before him. It's going to be sickening.

It's not just £1m, there'll be a sell on fee at least, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were other fees for for appearances, goals, achievements etc. Nearly every deal done comes with these add-ons and also payments in installments.

Bit of misleading headline that electricians are walking out of site, but really all they're saying is that they're not doing overtime and clocking off after doing 8 hours work. https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2024-01-25/electricians-working-on-new-everton-stadium-walk-out-over-pay Still, with the financial woes at the club, and the cost of the new ground, relegation for Everton this season or next would be ruinous. Pay disputes with the people building their new stadium will not be helping. The results of the appeal for the first points deduction, and the results of the second charge are going to be crucial for them.

They're "proper" not "proppa". Wrong sort. Only eat them in the shires, mate. You've got nothing to worry about.

Really interesting video from Tifo. Now the tax break is over, it'll be interesting to see how that affects the Italian clubs in Europe over the next few seasons. Not a fan of the traditional big clubs, but seeing Atalanta and Napoli come to the fore over recent years has been refreshing. I hope that we don't see things default back to the Milan clubs and Juve.

I think Kay Burley was rightly defending the BBC. The government minister had clearly come on unprepared with no evidence to support the claims the report makes that there is an issue with impartiality at the BBC, looking to confirm a narrative, and simply fell to pieces under when scrutinized. It's a great interview, as it should undermine any report into BBC impartiality that follows.

Could really go in the Tory thread. Culture secretary on sky news this morning, making a case the BBC is biased against them. When asked where's the evidence, the response was that they're perceived to be biased, that the report they're making doesn't contain any single incident. Please don't let the Tories kill the BBC.

Does anybody find incoming transfer bids random? Into my 4th season, and every year I'll get loads of offers for one player that is well below market value. This season it's Kamara. His value is around £80-90mil, but Real Madrid and Liverpool keep making offers of £38 mil. Happened the season before with Dougie too. I've checked the transfer status page and the value is not specified, like most players. 4 years on his contract too. However most players that are first team I'll sell for more than they're worth. Arsenal took McGinn for £64 mil, and I signed Tierney in the 2nd season, end of the season Al-Hilal took him for £90mil. Just seems too random.

The mood and location were very good. The start of the 3 months of darkness is very much a metaphor for what the case will undoubtedly bring. It's interesting that we've very different opinions of the leads, and I see where you're coming from. With the character similarities though I do think it's set up on purpose for the younger lead to eventually take over from the older. I really don't agree on the music though. Billie Eilish theme? No thanks. The background music is just a little too much, too "jumpy", for my liking. Just my opinion though. I will watch the next few episodes though, as I so much want to like this.

Had to go for 12 Jimmy Rimmer, Nigel Spink, Ken McNaught, Allan Evans, Gary Williams, Kenny Swain, Denis Mortimer, Sid, Des Bremner, Gary Shaw, Tony Morley, and Peter Withe. Simple enough reason. I do think a lot of that squad are massively underappreciated and do not have the renown they should outside of Villa simply because they were unfairly excluded from the national team because they weren't mates with the right people. Especially Mortimer, Cowans, Swain, Shaw, and Morley. Edit. I personally love Jimmy Rimmer. The first dog my Dad got after I was born was called Jimmy because of him.

For those that are more politically savvy than I, and most who post here are, if the government lose the vote on Rwanda tomorrow would that be the end of Sunak? With all the Tory (extreme) right wing in favour of more Draconian amendments, and the resignations today, is this something that really could happen? I read in the guardian that it's a possibility, but I think that's more in hope than actuality.

Really, really, really disappointed by the first episode of true detective season 4. The dialogue is hammy and spoon feeds the audience like you would an infant, a dancing ghost gets you further into the story, and the music is awful. I really hope it improves. The only good thing is Jodie Foster, but some of her exposition is awful. I'm not going to labour a point as I don't want to spoil anything. All I'll say is that it's not quite as bad as season 2, but that's not a high bar. Also a bit disappointed that the two leads are essentially the same character, just different ages. Both strong, clever, capable, and dour characters. No Marty and Rust combination

There's no chance the FA would move from Southgate the yes man to Mourinho. Only last summer he was chasing the ref through the car park after the Europa final. It'd be brilliant if they did though.

I don't disagree that they'd have a good chance of staying up, but that's only because the other 3 teams down there with them are so poor. In previous years when the gap in quality hasn't been so huge a 20 point deduction would guarantee relegation for anyone in the bottom half of the table.

You sound really low, have you told someone who's close to you how you feel? If you can't speak to them look for the number of the local crisis team, they'll listen. I've struggled with my mental state for years, and I found that speaking to a professional helped in the long run. I sincerely hope you get through this.

Not what I said. I credited De Bruyne with being a great player. Never mentioned Pep. Please read the post more thoroughly.

As much as Man City are breaking football, KDB is some player. How he's never been in consideration for a Ballon D'Or is beyond me, I don't think there's been a better midfielder in this country since Bobby Charlton hung up his boots. Incredible, and has been for years.