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1 minute ago, bickster said:

There is no single Scottish accent, just like England there are lots. The difference between the accents of Glasgow and Edinburgh is massive for example and they are only 40 miles apart

Now Glaswegian is as impenetrably harsh as Geordie but the Edinburgh accent is soft and easy to understand

No, for sure, but there are lots of similarities between them. Similar to the way there's a different accent basically by each town in Ireland, never mind major region

4 minutes ago, AntrimBlack said:

Sell Archer? Don't even think of doing that, Gerrard, or you lose my support.

Throwaway comment, peopole reading too much into it

2 minutes ago, bobzy said:

We’re actually getting pulled into a relegation battle

3rd last won't get 36 points. The table might end up looking terrible for us, but we're safe now

Arsenal 0-1 Brighton

Just now, Davkaus said:

Another 8-0 on the cards for Southampton? They do love collapsing like a particularly fragile house of cards

oh, is it 8-0 they lose by every year? I thought it was 9

Chelsea taking their recent run of poor form out on Southampton - 3-0 up after 22 mins. Annual 9-0 Southampton defeat on the way?

Leeds 1 up against Watford

Just now, useless said:

 

Oh that is tragic defending and goalkeeping. How the hell do you let someone score from there

Just now, villa4europe said:

Now look at player turnover... That could be crazy, if you take out the youth players that big clubs take chances on flipping there won't be many that have had a higher turnover of players than us

Other than genoa of course 

Oh absolutely, we've basically had 4-5 new squads in that 10 year window

3 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

Perspective though, when we get to a billion the likes of utd, City etc will be pushing a couple of billion 

And still have a wage bill more than double ours 

In terms of transfer spend, I genuinely reckon we'll bypass United at some point in the next decade

The best numbers I can find right now for the last 10 years in europe have united top of spending in europe with 1.075bn, and we're 9th with 424m. Of those 10 years, we spent 3 in the Championship, and 5 1/2 as relegation battlers. Our spending has actually been crazy (more than Chelsea, Inter, Bayern, Liverpool, and Spurs)

6 hours ago, Robtaylor200 said:

I can see a big Villa win here, people fighting for a position in the team next year

It's the type of game we might actually end up winning comfortably, before absolutely thrashed by Burnley twice

4 minutes ago, Davkaus said:

we've not spent close to a billion pounds on transfers in the last decade

Scarily, I'm not sure how long more we'll be able to say that

4 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

I used to work with a woman who couldn't distinguish or identify accents at all. She claimed to be able to tell apart only three: Yorkshire, not-Yorkshire English, and 'foreign'. Couldn't tell French from Spanish, scouse from cockney, etc.

My mother can't tell the difference between English and Australian accents, but could pick a Canadian accent out of a hundred North Americans. She's not Canadian, and has been here twice in her life, but she somehow picks up on an accent that is almost identical to what most non-North Americans would class as a generic North American accent. It's actually insane. She'll randomly be talking to someone in Ireland and roll out "so what part of Canada are you from" and they just look absolutely blown away. It's actually very impressive given that, to my knowledge, she'd met one Canadian in her life prior to me moving over here.

*EDIT*

And for sheer randomness, my Canadian wife can't tell the difference between Geordie and Scottish. She swears they're identical.

I really hope we don't start Nakamba tbh. He's been out for a long, long time and has 60-odd minutes in the tank for the U-23s. That's no preparation for a PL game against a decent side. Chambers there with Marv on around 70 mins would probably be the best approach

Just now, Davkaus said:

There's a good 4 or 5 players in that man united team that shouldn't get into our first 11. What a glorious waste of money and potential.

And yet they're still pushing the CL spots. I'm not sure if it's a damning indictment of how bad the teams below them are, or that they're just the luckiest team in the world.

5 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

Newfie definitely sounds like Irish to me. 

Yeah it's basically 3 words Canadian, 3 words Irish, and it makes absolute mush of my brain when I hear it - it's like I'm trying to calibrate what the accent is, but it keeps flipping and eventually my brain just gives up

Ironically, after being in Canada for the best part of 15 years I have now lost the ability to tell the difference between a Canadian accent and and Irish accent if I hear it in the street. My wife usually has to point out someone is Irish, because they sound the same in isolation. It's only with a newfie accent where I can spot the immediate difference

Goal for Everton. I reckon if they lose this one from being ahead again that’s totally it for them in terms of confidence

30 minutes ago, Kuwabatake Sanjuro said:

Probably the strongest drivers grid in F1's history though, Stroll despite being the son of a billionaire is a very good driver who excelled as a junior and has matched a series of strong teammates.

Latifi and Zhou are probably the slowest on the grid but neither are awful either, Mazepin was the only who really wasn't fit to be a F1 driver but wasn't slow either, just dangerous.

Back in the 80s and 90s pay drivers were awful in comparison.

We’ve had a lot of really strong young driver come through in the last 5 years or so too IMO

Definitely a stronger second tier of drivers than I can ever remember 

Im very concerned that I’ve picked up a bit of a  Canadian twang since I moved over here. I frequently find myself either dropping t’s (torono instead of toronto) or turning them into d’s (oddawa instead of Ottawa)

The full on brogue comes back after I’ve been on the phone home, but I fear that, day to day, I’ve adopted a horrific hybrid, such is the frequency that natives ask if I’m a Newfie

and speaking of newfie, if you haven’t heard that abomination, prepare your ears and souls for a true horror:

1 hour ago, bannedfromHandV said:

Early 2000’s, discovered clubbing and subsequently drugs. Had no major issue in pulling decent looking women. Had loads of friends, then left home went to uni and had a three year party (reflected in my grading), making a ton of new friends. Drank too much, smoked too much, partied and slept, for about 6-7 years.

All been downhill since, now I’m fat, bald and I have more contact with virtual acquaintances than I do real people/friends.

Shoot me now.

Hahaha you are living my life

48 minutes ago, Straggler said:

 

 

 

Such an unlikeable chap. I've never met a single person who actually seems to like him, or has any semblance of wanting to see him do well

1 minute ago, hippo said:

Further evidence is those clubs reported to be eyeing up some of players.  Not good enough for Aston Villa - but good enough for Arsenal / Man U.

“Reported” is evidence of absolutely nothing though

1 hour ago, hogso said:

The original model did, released 2012, with the following version, being non-OLED, following a couple of years after. Good bit of kit. 

Still got an original launch Vita knocking about. Keep meaning to mod it for old roms

55 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Im the opposite, when i played the lite i thought it was more like a toy.

I thought that's how it'd feel for me, because I have ginormous inhuman shovel hands, but I tried the wife's when she got it and found it a pleasant fit. For $140 with a case it was definitely worth it (they retail for $260+tax here). I can see how you might not like it though

Literally just grabbed a switch lite off facebook marketplace due to a crazy low price. Already have the regular switch, but never found it comfortable to play as a handheld, so it's perma-docked. The lite is a lot more comfortable (just had a quick Mario Kart blast to "test it" while I should really be working)