Stoopid

Thought I heard Pep say 'stop pansying about with it and just hoof the bloody thing!' Might be wrong though...

Liked his 'that was Micah Richards-esque' comment on that piece of outrageous skill by West Brom's Pereira on MOTD. Actually made me laugh out loud (that much-discussed, rarely-achieved state of being).

Don't think the reaction by Man City fans is particularly outrageous or surprising. They've got their share of idiots. Let's face it, so has any team (except us, obviously). But compared to United fans - and I speak as an ex-resident of Manchester - they are the very soul of reason and fairness... The ones I've spoken to were extremely complimentary about us.

Hopefully not too bad. BR seemed fairly relaxed about Evans, and Vardy's basically made from Sheffield steel. Dennis Praet might be more serious though I got the sense it wasn't maybe as bad as first thought.

Obviously there are thousands of regional differences or refinements in languages, but if you trace them back far enough there are surprisingly few root tongues that they developed from. Same with writing really. The idea of an alphabet came from the middle-east (as an alternative to hieroglyphics or pictures representing sounds) and most in use now - even Arabic and Cyrillic - have that common root. It was an incredible thought-experiment - one that made the world we live in now feasible - possibly the greatest ever human achievement. Speech is one thing, writing quite another.

Remember, you're on oath...

65 minutes

Basically I agree with you. Not so much about the Burnley match (I still feel we're vulnerable defensively), but in general it's been a great start. Actually I wasn't pessimistic before the season started, and in fact came on here to point out reasons for optimism. It's just after many decades as a City fan, I probably expect us to shoot ourselves in the foot... That said, I think this team has the potential to do great things. I think we can break the top 4 even, which seems to put me in the minority on this forum. We need another defender, though.

It's great having fullbacks who attack so effectively, but we looked vulnerable at the back. Defence should be their main priority. As it was when we had Simpson and Fuchs in those roles. From memory we did pretty well with those two...

Slightly flattering scoreline I felt - if Chris Wood had put that one in instead of hitting the post (nice one, Woody!) It could have got messy. Didn't feel confident personally till Dennis smacked in that screamer. Ashley Barnes was a big miss for them.

Don't get the negativity around the League Cup. It's a competition with resonance for our club and we should respect that. OK, it's likely to be a busy season, but we've finally got a decent squad and it's not that much of an extra workload to potentially win something significant. Success breeds success and gives players not automatically in the first X1 a good chance to show their quality.

All roads lead to the King Power.

Great news for umlaut fans (and yes I'm one). 25% increase in our ummy count in one loan signing!

Let's hope Gengiz khan open up a few defences!

Ok - thanks for sharing that, Sean...

Similar thing happened to me. During the 80s my best mate was my girlfriend's brother. Unfortunately, we split up (after 7 years) and me and Dave understandably lost touch to some degree (though we'd occasionally meet up for a drink though his sister didn't like it, and he was living up in Bradford). When after a couple of years she told me he'd killed himself I was devastated. Absolutely didn't see it coming but as you imply that doesn't stop you going over it again and again - and wondering if you could have done anything to help. .I'm sure if I'd paid less attention to my girlfriend's wishes and done more to stay in touch...don't know if it would have made much difference, but at least he'd have had someone to talk to. Still miss him.

Remember being taken to a zoo as a kid and not liking it. It struck me as a prison for animals. Being too young to adequately express this view though meant my mam just thought I was being mardy. Despite all the justifications for these places I still feel the same about them. Never got their attraction for people.

Lineker at least says some things that are thought-provoking and interesting. Whether you agree with them or not. Don't think I've ever heard Zoe Ball say anything that wasn't orthodox opinion, received wisdom, platitude, cliché or jargon. Kind of fits the times we live in I suppose.

Yeah; he was there all right - same time as I was. Early 70s. Didn't hear him on H & J talking about his depression. Will say though, he used to depress the feck out of me...

Maybe. Judging from the people I know who went there - and my own experience - it didn't do us too many favours. I found it pretty restrictive and hidebound. Ok if you were a middle-class kid into the sciences set for a life in the bourgeoisie, not much use for any one else. I depised the bloody place.

Same school as me too - City Boys'. Though I was older than him and don't remember him there. Carl Jayes was a near contemporary though. Remember that Orient cup game when I'd been telling all and sundry I was at school with him until he let in a doozy...then it was Carl who? Alastair Campbell was there too. Well-known Labour spin-doctor and Burnley fan. And a bit of a div, even (especially) then. Emile Heskey went there too, though well after my time. Speaking personally, I disliked the place and couldn't wait to get out of there.

The mindless optimism that I was slightly ridiculed for before the game seems to have worked out well. Weird thing is, it always does. Whatever the result. Give it a go - it makes life more fun...

Come on. It's-a-not so bad.

What Samatta? (Sorry)

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