RoboFox

I think you're giving the game too much credit here, Finners. I play it all the time and yep, sometimes these things happen because of the stats, of course. But mostly these things happen because the match engine is a minger and players spanner out all the time.

Robofox's thought for the day: Had Wolverine been born into a Jewish family, the paediatrician would've had a shock when his foreskin instantly grew back in front of their eyes.

Alex Horne devised it for Edinburgh Fringe and it was commissioned by UKTV for Dave in 2015. I think they put out a couple of series' a year... It's a pretty easy show to make production-wise and does well for Dave in terms of viewers. Shows the power of word of mouth I suppose, as it's become incredibly successful over the last couple of series with not much marketing behind it.

Bill Bailey - The "Older comedian," creative, super intelligent and slightly unhinged. Sean Lock - The sardonic curmudgeon with biting wit. Would purposefully f**k up all the tasks and bounce off Greg Davies brilliantly. Russell Howard - Energetic, enthusiastic, surprisingly astute. Isy Suttie - Slight oddball, funny, would be perfect. Reginald D. Hunter - Hilarious, provocative. Gets British idiosyncrasies, while remaining bemusedly detached.

Was hoping for a local curry recommendation.

I say "largely" as in he regularly had something wrong with him, but never spent considerable time out until he knackered himself for the last time. #PrayForGiuseppe

Fourth season in, a few quality signings has led to a massive upturn in form and currently sitting fourth in the Serie A with Parma. One of my squad strikers, 32 year old Giuseppe Rossi had been largely injury free for about 18 months, and was making pretty regular first team appearances from the bench, replacing either Alberto Paloschi or Fabio Ceravolo up front. However, last night he did his ACL in again, for the 3rd(?) time in his career, and ten days later announced his immediate retirement due to the injury, and I got a pretty tidy insurance payout as a result. I've never had anything like that happen to me in previous games, thought it was pretty realistic.

No matter what happens to you at work today. No matter how bad it gets and what mistakes you make... Rest easy in the knowledge that you're not the guy who pressed the "wrong button" and created an international incident by sending an inbound missile alert false alarm in Hawaii. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/01/14/hawaii-missile-alert-how-one-employee-pushed-the-wrong-button-and-caused-a-wave-of-panic/?utm_term=.7d49f3255639

Good point. Deserved more. Feel slightly disappointed overall, but not sure whether that was due to the match or because I just caught a glimpse of Richard Keys’ bloated, toad-like face.

The guy's a born winner. Literally. And what's more, if you say it out loud, it sounds like Count Dracula saying "w*nker" GERRIMIN.

Thought for a second that someone had got the wrong idea from the "How can we contact Puel" thread.

Fruit and fibre. Can't get enough of that shit. Literally.

I was on the protein shakes for quite a long time, they were great for recovery and building, but had to give them up when the lady threatened to throw me out of the house, such was the extent of the smells emanating from my arse. No idea what they put in them, but it really didn't agree with me.

As Facecloth suggests, I've found the best results come from wholesale lifestyle changes. Around five years ago I adopted a 3-5 day a week gym routine (usually cardio-based classes... You look like a tit, but get great fitness results), along with being more mindful about what I eat, and how much. It's really that simple. I lost 2 stone and have kept it off ever since. (I'm 6ft 4in and weigh 13 stone). With fad diets you might lose some weight, but will almost certainly put it all back on again once your normal habits resume. I usually stick to a 5-2 regime consisting of the following: - Portion control and healthy eating (low carbs), cooked from scratch Mon-Fri. - Regular high-intensity cardio, 30-45 mins a day, 3-5 days Mon-Fri. - Eat and drink what the f**k I like at the weekend, whilst sitting on my arse.

There's certainly a bit of a Diabate going on about what the hell the OP is on about.

Puel’s huge hanging bogey is the most impressive thing I’ve seen all afternoon.

Win or not, serious questions need to be asked about some of the performances of these so-called “professionals.” This is dogshit of the highest order.

Sorry, but on today’s evidence, Barnes is far from ready for the first team.

Nah, tuna.

Skyrim, 'nuff said.

Also, I've posted this elsewhere before but I was at Vardy's old house for work at the end of November 2016, just before he moved out. Stood with Vards in the very kitchen those iconic celebrations happened in, in the very spot on which they lost their sh*t and our captain was dragged around on his arse. It quite the surreal experience. He took me into his lad pad next door, with pool table, games consoles etc. Every inch of the walls and ceiling was covered in framed match-worn shirts from all over the place, including some of his own from England etc. On the far wall wall were large, illuminated letters spelling out "VARDY," and opposite was a huge shelving unit; every inch littered with City memorabilia and pictures as well as his PL and Championship winners medals. He clearly holds his time with us in very high regard. Him and his wife were polite, humble, welcoming and conversational; and even made us tea whilst we trampled equipment through their house. We had a kick about in the garden for a few minutes (seriously) and when I joked about smashing the greenhouse he told me he didn't care and to go ahead because he was "moving out." I can say I've passed the ball to Jamie Vardy. He even signed my programme from the PL trophy presentation Everton match before I left. People say "never meet your heroes." Well, I say that's bollocks.

Before Christmas I opened the door for Serge and Tom from Kasabian one morning on their way into the office reception, Tom gave me a nice, loud "CHEERS MATEH." I'd just been to the gym and my bag contained my green and yellow 83-85 away kit. I thought about getting it out and bonding with them over a shared love for the club, perhaps getting them to sign it, then I figured they wouldn't fancy handling a sweat-sodden, stinking shirt and besides, bothering the 'talent' is somewhat frowned upon. Later that day I popped down to have a look at them rehearsing, I was one in a crowd of about 10. It was nice.

I have to say, because I'm struggling at times this year, it's actually giving any one save a bit more longevity. Usually I'd just boss it with 2nd or 3rd division team over a few seasons and it would get boring. In FM18, I struggle to get results with my Parma team after being finally promoted - they just don't have the finances - so narrowly avoiding relegation from the Serie A I'm finding surprisingly enjoyable. It's pretty cathartic to scrape a couple of 1-0 wins at the end of a season to halt a run of 5 or 6 games being hammered and thus avoid the drop.

My mate bought an XBox One X, so I bought his old one for £50. After playing games my entire life bar the last few years, I've finally gone next-gen. My other half usually beats me if I turn on a game whilst she's in the room, so currently trying to find a few hours to immerse myself. Got Dishonoured 2 as I don't tend to play multiplayer and as I was a huge fan of the old Thief games and it's seemingly a spiritual successor. Also bought Fallout 4 as Fallout 3 was brilliant. Between them, at the rate I'll be able to play them, they should occupy me for the next 3-4 years.

You could try starting as a lower division "sugar daddy" club like Leiria in the Portugese Championship? Means you can do pretty much whatever you want (i.e. invest in loads of scouts, youth network etc.) and not have to worry about finances as the board will just pump more cash in... It can be fun for a while. http://www.footballmanagerblog.org/2017/11/football-manager-2018-sugar-daddy-clubs.html