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Thanks both, greatly appreciated and some new names added to the shortlist

I'd be grateful for any recommendations you (or anyone else) might have - not terribly well-read and trying to remedy that

The Remains of the Day, great stuff

Basically anyone could have told you not only that it would go wrong but that it would go wrong in this exact way. Happily you don't even need to watch the games, you can just look at the stats and they confirm every preconception you might have about him and his football. Needs ten games though obviously because you never know, the guy whose name is a byword for intransigence might suddenly change the philosophy he happily admits he won't change.

Another point on the board for Positive Signs FC

New Getdown Services album is class, was sure I first heard of them from a post in here but can't find it. Been through the back catalogue over the weekend and they are great.

Guess they managed to clear things up down at the Foreign Office after all

Been using my work breaks and time before bed to get back into the habit recently - read and enjoyed Call for the Dead by John le Carré, Stasiland by Anna Funder and How to Win the Premier League by Ian Graham.

Not great but also not sure it told us much we didn't already know - youngsters on the whole looked quite good, same old wasters looked quite shit, playing out of defence with the Stolarczyk/Okoli/Souttar/Skipp diamond of doom is probably not a good idea, really need a striker.

Enjoyed Spider-Man. Bit long maybe but plenty of heart and some great performances, particularly Zendaya who I thought was excellent.

What a strange game of football

The Odyssey is great. Won't forget those pigs in a hurry.

That would be a more convincing scout report had the AI not got all the numbers wrong

Never any danger at all of us actually controlling the game from a winning position and strangling it - believing that we deserve to be in the position we're in, are capable of more. So insecure and self-defeating, again. A sorry outcome made all the more so by its utter obviousness and predictability.

Their midfield is lovely to watch - Rodri and Fabian Ruiz were exceptional. Must be so demoralising to play against.