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Superb from Bacuna. 

I didn't see the game so I was confused as hell for a while there. You know you're out of touch with pop culture when you scroll through 3 pages of this thread wondering why Ricky Tomlinson has a fanatical following of 13 year old schoolgirls.

SHIIIIIT, the one time you think he'll bury it...!

Bacuna's been better since the break, certainly no shitter than Westwood or Weimann.

bacuna will go RB.

Better showing than the first half at least. Really hoping we don't leave ourselves exposed because I'll never stop worrying about our defence.

Well done big Brad, clatter that ****.

Going in only 0-1 after that shocking 40 minutes feels like a minor victory, although truth be told with a tiny bit more luck we'd be even right now, what with the chances in the last 5 minutes.

Bacuna looks out of his depth but everyone's been shocking. The entire defence looks uncertain, Westwood and Delph have been sloppy, Weimann's a complete passenger. Must do better next half, because this is yet another one of those shaky as **** Liverplop teams that don't deserve to be doing this well against us.

Bacuna's far from the only one making shocking mistakes.

As far as actual creative play goes, this is dogshit. We're so delighted to have the ball when we get it that we play everything in front of them. Completely toothless. Gabby looks to be the only one who might make something happen.

Our passing when we have the ball is atrocious. Even Luna's booking came from trying to get control of a stupid sloppy pass under no pressure.

First time I've ever picked Delph MOTM. Gutsy defeat, **** by a ref. Hard to feel too bad about the performance, considering, although I'm feeling a bit disappointed in Weimann's showing over these first two games.

 

 

orrible

 

Hope he's ok -looks terrible - but was that what Benteke got booked for ?

 

No, he got booked for clipping a guy when he didn't have much chance of winning the ball. Bit of a silly challenge tbh.

GET THE **** IN!!!!

Very dirty play there by Delph, brutally striking Jenkinson's flying elbow with his face. Good call ref.

This ref is hilarious. At least he's now evened up and been utterly shocking for both sides.

GET IN

Justice is done! We should be playing 10 men anyhow. Well done Gabbs.

Our final ball is consistently shocking. We just poke it towards their defenders time and time again.

Luna's diabolical so far.

If he gives the foul he has to give the red. I swear the refereeing gets worse every year, which is impressive since it was already totally **** shit.

But how about that Gabby run...

I've been stopping by SaltyBets for the past few days, since Jeff Gerstmann tweeted about it. It's crazy how something so stupid can be so fascinating and chew up so much time. As someone too gutless, poor, overly cautious and easily addicted to ever bother with real online gambling, a fake money betting website based on stupid absurd robots fighting eachother is perfect for me.

When you sign up you get 400 'Salty Bucks'. I did quite well with a bunch of stupid random bets and got to about $1500. At that stage I went all in on a huge guy called 'The Blob' who lost 3 rounds straight, in 1 hit each time. Getting back out of the mines is tough, I only just broke triple digits again.

I still can't believe that THQ went out of business and these **** clowns get to run a cash grab on THQ's old games.

That felt a bit dodgy to me too. I purchased but gave 100% of the money to the Red Cross.

I'm switching between a bunch of stuff, including Batman: Arkham City on NewGame+ and Pinball FX2.

I'm also back to playing Drox Operative, which is a great little indie game that doesn't look like it will ever make it off Steam Greenlight. I posted here about it in January, calling it repetitive and mouse-mashy, but although it is those things I can't deny I've got a ton of enjoyment and value out of it. The maker continues to patch and update it for free, now 6 months after release. Maybe the best gaming money I've spent this year.

Even as someone who is not the greatest fan of Giant Bomb, this causes deep shock and upset to me. When I read the news yesterday, it seemed like I'd been watching him or hearing him in a Quick Look or podcast mere moments prior, so constant and stabilising was his presence across so much of their content. A funny guy with a great breadth of knowledge and an interesting take on games, regardless of whether or not it matched my own. Terrible to die so young, barely a week after getting wed.

Earlier I had a fruitless hunt for the video where Ryan was testing the Famicom he'd shelled out for at considerable expense. It was quite a boring live stream, but for some reason Ryan's stern, unenthusiastic face as he tried out one piece of shit game after another was hilarious to me. 

*deletes negative post in the making* **** YES!!!! Gabby you wonder!

3-2 Wigan...