The Bear

Oscar is gonna win any way. Mediums have held out.

30 laps left when they changed tyres. Lando came out around 5s behind Oscar. They had no idea basically. Limited Friday running in warm dry weather, compared to a much colder track temperature due to a wet race, meaning the tyre warm-up could be a real struggle. The hard could easily have been nowhere and he dropped back into Leclerc's clutches. They didn't want to just sit on 2nd place with no chance for the win. It was a risky strategy.

They always say nothing is stored until their data is breached and they have to fess up. Same as with VPNs a few years ago who logged everything you did via their servers. Forcing some of them to offer customers a no logging policy for any data due to the backlash.

Because Friday running showed that the Hards were much slower than the medium. That's why every other team went onto mediums as well. They essentially gambled with Lando, as there was no point sitting behind Oscar doing the exact same thing.

She's Southgate without a Y chromosome basically.

They were trying to make up for what Lando lost waiting an extra lap to pit for dry tyres. It was his side of the garage that decided that, not the team.

The fact they all moved on to dry tyres with 30 laps to go is the main reason it's now boring. They're all trying to stretch their tyres out to the end so massive tyre management going on. Tyre management is always what kills any racing. I blame Pirelli and the FIA. Force them to make hard compounds that go 30 laps maximum and are a second a lap slower than mediums. Mediums that go 20 laps max and a second slower than soft. And softs that only go 10 laps at full pace but can last 15 with management. You'd see more pit stops and cars pushing more often.

Agreed. The fact that both players had the double for the 9 darter is what made it more entertaining. Can't argue that last night's was a leg of 15 perfect darts though.

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August was the date last I heard for the Man City stuff to happen.

They also had that ex Man City bloke (Nedem Onouah?) in the studio last week too.

Just finished this. It was excellent cheers. Just as good as The Martian. Have now ordered Artemis.

What has happened to the "Books" thread? I can't find it.

I watched every single game he played for Wolves in those seasons, and I think I'll trust my eyes rather than a bunch of statistics thanks. He was an excellent player for us, albeit played in a very specific system with two really good defenders either side of him that mitigated his deficiencies. You signed him seemingly without a clue how to use him. You watched him play in two different roles for Wolves then Everton, and chose the one he played shite at for Everton. It's all on your recruitment and managers really. They thought they were getting a solid defender and a captain material. They ignored the fact he isn't good enough to play in a back four. Which is probably why those managers barely ever played him after seeing him in training. And even when they did eventually try him in a back three he had two of the worst PL defenders I've ever seen either side of him.

He didn't play in a position where he had to win aerial duels. His job was to see the play ahead of him, anticipate and and mop up whatever got past Boly and Saiss. He started out his career as a DM. His strengths are reading the game, interceptions and passing. Everything he did really well at the heart of a back three. It's like me saying Vardy was a shit striker because he didn't dribble past many players.

I know he polarises opinion but Bryson going from +7 after day one to finishing on - 9 is some going.

Just relentless scoring.

Well done ref. Stop them celebrating for 10 seconds for nothing.

Why does the German keeper keep going the same way to her left? Missed every one.

Hmmm. Is it the guy on the right?

She's absolutely awful. Wouldn't touch her with a barge pole.

Constant memes about that fvcking Coldplay couple. Who the fvck cares, get in the bin