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Like Andy King if you took away the goals and then made him worse at everything else as well. Warra player

Loving new Gorillaz. I thought the singles set a high bar but most of the rest of it is right up there and Delirium is an absolute banger

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Because he wasn't (and still isn't, really) very good, probably. There are a lot of decisions we've made over the last few years on transfers and other things that you can look back on and say "what the **** were we thinking?" but the sale of George Hirst really isn't one of them I don't think.

Warmed my heart to see Mukasa and Winks losing it with him when he dwelled on the ball for about five minutes with his head down before shooting straight at the keeper yet again. Awful.

Ayew needs turning into compost

Trying to comfort myself with the thought that at least in a fully fit squad he'd probably only be fourth or fifth choice but it's not working. He's so shit.

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I think they probably should have just edited that bit of the broadcast and I don't really see what the benefits are of it not having been cut. Must have been a pretty awful experience for all three of Jordan, Lindo and Davidson.

That is the only sensible way to interpret it, really. Promising though they may be, I doubt anyone seriously thinks that someone like Page for example is going to be among the very best players in the world.

All the bits of Taylor Sheridan's shows I've seen have been like this. Sicario is one of my favourite films and I enjoyed Wind River and Hell or High Water as well but his TV stuff is really not for me.

Got it on in the background and both times I've properly looked up to see what's going on, he's been beaten by a low shot essentially going through his arm. Don't know if he's injured or just completely finished, or both. Now sounds like he's getting booed by the Celtic fans which is not ideal

For certain, probably not unless my dreams of a Pearson memoir come true. There are still a number of reports from the time (and from some reputable journalists, not just gossip merchants) that Vichai made/was about to make the call and was dissuaded by Top, and none that I have ever been able to find claim that the opposite happened - nonetheless, whenever the subject comes up you will still get people who very confidently make exactly that claim. I get why because it fits a lot more naturally with the romantic ideas we now have about Vichai being (comparatively) sensible and competent, and the less romantic ones we have about Top being a clueless dildo who regularly makes bad calls.

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Seems likely that a) they were really hoping King would be able to tide us over until the end of the season, b) have spent the last few weeks getting knocked back by people higher up the shortlist, or c) both

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One that comes up very often on here is people being convinced that in 14/15 it was Top who sacked Pearson and then the subsequent reversal of that call was down to Vichai, rather than the opposite which is what actually (allegedly) happened

Or King's fifth match in charge

Best of luck to him. Hopefully he's perceptive and brave enough to quickly identify the players who can't be relied upon and push them to one side because if there's one thing that I think will almost certainly prove fatal, it's another round of entirely undeserved clean slates being handed out.

Some of this is pretty remarkable. We're all very familiar with "it's not the owner's fault, it's the people that the owner employs and has unwavering faith in" and of course the platitudes about backing the lads, but "WE STAND WITH THE FAMILY" is genuine cult stuff isn't it? Ignore the massive, growing pile of evidence in front of you and trust the family because the family knows what's good for you - we are nothing without the family. ****ing weirdos.

Agreed but it's getting harder with every game they leave King in charge - not even really a criticism of him, he's just visibly not equipped for it. I think the job is currently as appealing as it's going to get and while it's entirely possible the board have been busy trying to make an appointment but there's genuinely nobody interested, I've no sympathy for them if so because it's their incompetence and inattention up to this point that have turned what would previously have been an attractive job into a poisoned chalice.

Wishful thinking probably but who knows, dropping into the bottom three might be the thing that compels them to actually do something. Like 22/23 when everyone could see what was happening under Rodgers but it took us falling back into the relegation zone for them to realise and bin him. That's how glaring and unavoidable the warning signs need to be for them to act.

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I would ask instead what's bad about it? It seems like there are two possibilities: you don't want to receive Mother's Day marketing stuff for whatever reason (e.g. your mum's just passed away and you're not really in the mood for emails telling you what to buy her), in which case it's helpful, or you do want to/don't care whether you receive it, in which case you can look at that email for maybe half a second then forget about it and it's had no impact on you whatsoever.

Pleased to see a Kena sequel, surprised by how much I enjoyed the first one. The one with the megachicken aside, none of the other new reveals did much for me but looking forward to Saros, Marathon and Bond, as well as Death Stranding 2 on PC depending on specs. Underwhelmed by what we saw of Control Resonant.