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[Broder Salsa]

The Sun today on Mourinho's signings:

"Kurt Zouma and Marco van Ginkel have hardly played"

Never mind ones been injured all year and one isn't even at the fucking club :lol

and Matic has been poor apparently.

 

[Clegg]

The Sun today on Mourinho's signings:

"Kurt Zouma and Marco van Ginkel have hardly played"

Never mind ones been injured all year and one isn't even at the fucking club :lol

Well..

They're not wrong.

That's about all you can say about it though.

 

[brokenbeans]

He's no Mangala, tho

That's the guy I want next to Phil Jones.

Also, Butner is GOAT no need for Shaw.

Ed- I also purchased purple cushions for the sofa HELL YES!

 

[Zabojnik]

There's really nothing like that anymore, although a few shows are in development. What about older series like Farscape?

Seen 'em all. Which shows are in development? I vaguely remember reading an article about it. There were like one or two that were potentially interesting.

zabo pls.

just watch 'Preamar' already

Oh, don't worry. I will.

 

[Wilbur]

The fuck

Hannover 96 officials found a dead sheep hanging from a fence around their training pitch as the team prepared for the Lower Saxony derby against Eintracht Braunschweig on Sunday.

The dead sheep, painted in the green of Hannover's club colours, was tied to the fence with a sign next to it reading: "On Sunday your time is up, you filthy animals."

 

[Dutch Gronk]

and Matic has been poor apparently.

:jnc

Also, Eto'o has be far and away the best striker we've had since Drogba, unfortunately. I hope Mou keeps Lukaku and gives him a shot next season, but he'll probably go with Diego Cunsta, ship off Lukaku and he'll develop into the next Sturridge.

Also, the PL is broken : http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=796418

 

[Meier]

Dodgers play Giants pretty early today. Hopefully Ryu continues his ace form.

It's going to be interesting to see what happens when Bills and Beckett are healthy again. If they're healthy again. Ryu is probably a #1 at half the teams in the league.. crazy he's our #3! I'm ready for Kemp to get back (think he is supposed to play today).. hopefully he can put all these stupid injuries behind him.

 

[Sviatoslav]

Ever since Spartak proclaimed themselves title favourites they have picked 2 points out of 5 games, been knocked out of the cup by a third division side, fired their coach, will have dropped outside of the top 5 by the end of the weekend.

New stadium but no European football next season. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

 

[Salazar]

Wonder if the Villa fan forum, like Redcafe, has a thread that reads

"Benteke's Achilles Explosion: A Blessing in Disguise ?"

 

[Elchele]

The fuck

Brawnie fans have been doing crazy stuff the whole season

 

[Salvadora]

Wonder if the Villa fan forum, like Redcafe, has a thread that reads

"Benteke's Achilles Explosion: A Blessing in Disguise ?"

Admittedly, it doesn't give me as much of a laugh as: "Fellani: Does he need to be Moyes's sacrificial lamb (or Poodle)?"

 

[confuziz]

and Matic has been poor apparently.

V. Ginkel has hardly played loooooooooooooooooooooooooool

dead

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

I was watching Juve on ITV I believe yesterday and one of the commentators kept referring to Conte as Alberto. What was up with that.

 

[Salvadora]

I was watching Juve on ITV I believe yesterday and one of the commentators kept referring to Conte as Alberto. What was up with that.

British humour.

 

[L1NETT]

Saw Noah

What on earth was that.

Hammy performances (Crowe especially), bizarre....stuff really (don't wanna spoil anything too badly), too long, over the top bombastic insanity.

Enjoyable score though.

5/10.

 

[Dutch Gronk]

V. Ginkel has hardly played loooooooooooooooooooooooooool

dead

Van Ginkel can still take Strootman his place at the World Cup.

#BELIEVE

 

[Salvadora]

Saw Noah

What on earth was that.

Hammy performances (Crowe especially), bizarre....stuff really (don't wanna spoil anything too badly), too long, over the top bombastic insanity.

Enjoyable score though.

5/10.

Aye, better not spoiling the flood.

 

[Perfect Blue]

and Matic has been poor apparently.

LOL that is amazing

 

[The_Hitcher89]

LOL that is amazing

He was invisible against PSG tbf

 

[Wilbur]

Saw Noah

What on earth was that.

Hammy performances (Crowe especially), bizarre....stuff really (don't wanna spoil anything too badly), too long, over the top bombastic insanity.

Enjoyable score though.

5/10.

Yeah I think I'd give it about the same. 6/10 maybe, it looked good and was interesting enough to warrant being made. Some of the themes were brave, second half was a good concept, and the big set piece was nice. Thought that the "in the beginning" sequence where it showed

Spoiler

the evolution

was wonderful.

Terrible overwrought dialogue, some odd performances (Ray Winstone just plays Ray Winstone nowadays, and Crowe is nowhere near as interesting when he's all internal brooding as opposed how good he was being explosive in LA Confidential), and all just a bit weird.

 

[Dutch Gronk]

He was invisible against PSG tbf

He was also terrible against Crystal Palace.

But overall I liked him, the first game against City was amazing.

 

[arkon]

Any recent-ish recommendations? My backlog is pretty big already, but what the hell. You're a man of fine taste, arkon.

I haven't read loads of them myself as I'm more into fantasy but I can give you some authors to get you started.

Alistair Reynolds - I've read House of Suns which I liked lots. Standalone, hard sci-fi with a sense of wonder to it. Lots of other stuff to check out both standalone (Pushing Ice, Terminal World) and series works (Revelation Space series, Poseidon's Children trilogy).

Iain M Banks - His Culture series is highly regarded. Start with Consider Phlebas or the Player of Games.

Peter F Hamilton - Has these huge space opera books that I've been too intimidated to try out. Will take a crack later this year. Seems closest to what I'm looking for, may not be to your liking. Have heard some rather uncomplimentary things about certain aspects of his writing.

Greg Egan - hard sci-fi in every sense. Lots of stuff to try out but his new series (the Orthogonal trilogy) is probably the best place. http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/ORTHOGONAL/00/PM.html gives you an idea of what you're dealing with in that series. Crazy stuff.

A bit more recent would be things like The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (which is followed by The Fractal Prince and The Causal Angel) and Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie.

There's also some longer series out there like the Vorkosigan books by Bujold, but the style and genre can vary from book to book. Wouldn't necessarily say they're hard sci-fi either.

I'll be looking to try out some stuff from authors like Gary Gibson soon-ish. I've been reading too much fantasy recently and need a change.

Hope that helps

 

[The_Hitcher89]

I haven't read loads of them myself as I'm more into fantasy but I can give you some authors to get you started.

Alistair Reynolds - I've read House of Suns which I liked lots. Standalone, hard sci-fi with a sense of wonder to it. Lots of other stuff to check out both standalone (Pushing Ice, Terminal World) and series works (Revelation Space series, Poseidon's Children trilogy).

Iain M Banks - His Culture series is highly regarded. Start with Consider Phlebas or the Player of Games.

Peter F Hamilton - Has these huge space opera books that I've been too intimidated to try out. Will take a crack later this year. Seems closest to what I'm looking for, may not be to your liking. Have heard some rather uncomplimentary things about certain aspects of his writing.

Greg Egan - hard sci-fi in every sense. Lots of stuff to try out but his new series (the Orthogonal trilogy) is probably the best place. http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/ORTHOGONAL/00/PM.html gives you an idea of what you're dealing with in that series. Crazy stuff.

A bit more recent would be things like The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (which is followed by The Fractal Prince and The Causal Angel) and Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie.

There's also some longer series out there like the Vorkosigan books by Bujold, but the style and genre can vary from book to book. Wouldn't necessarily say they're hard sci-fi either.

I'll be looking to try out some stuff from authors like Gary Gibson soon-ish. I've been reading too much fantasy recently and need a change.

Hope that helps

I've had The Reality Dysfunction sitting on my bookshelf for about 3 years now. It looks terrifying, especially when you open it and see how small the font is

 

[Blablurn]

did anyone see the notebook? that nicholas sparks movie. how is it?

 

[Wilbur]

did anyone see the notebook? that nicholas sparks movie. how is it?

Fucking crap.

 

[Ushojax]

Sherwood's being a twat now, his tone has changed completely since he took over in December. On us not beating the top teams this season:

‘Tottenham don’t beat the top teams, this is not a new thing’.

Last season we beat United, Arsenal, Liverpool and City in the league, so Tim please shut the fuck up. You're not getting the job.

 

[arkon]

I've had The Reality Dysfunction sitting on my bookshelf for about 3 years now. It looks terrifying, especially when you open it and see how small the font is

Yeah. That whole trilogy has a word count of 1 million +.

 

[brokenbeans]

He was invisible against PSG tbf

Apparently he wants to leave!

 

[Sviatoslav]

Sherwood's being a twat now, his tone has changed completely since he took over in December. On us not beating the top teams this season:



Last season we beat United, Arsenal, Liverpool and City in the league, so Tim please shut the fuck up. You're not getting the job.

dat AVB.

 

[Salvadora]

Crazy that Ferguson is taking a long-term teaching position at Harvard.

Would love to be a fly on the wall at his lectures.

 

[Salazar]

Crazy that Ferguson is taking a long-term teaching position at Harvard.

Yeah. His university "teaching" responsibilities are gonna be pretty relaxing.

 

[Bumhead]

Keep forgetting we are on telly tonight.

Pretty much going to be a Leicester promotion party and we will lose by 3 or 4 in full on holiday mode.

 

[Salvadora]

Yeah. His university "teaching" responsibilities are gonna be pretty relaxing.

Well of course, he's 72 and retired, but it's still very interesting.

 

[ATF487]

Crazy that Ferguson is taking a long-term teaching position at Harvard.

Would love to be a fly on the wall at his lectures.

I know, I live near the school and want to crash these, but it's for senior execs, could never pull it off

 

[Salazar]

Well of course, he's 72 and retired, but it's still very interesting.

Be lovely if he threw it out for open questions every so often.

Troll him about Moyes.

 

[Scum]

Sherwood's being a twat now, his tone has changed completely since he took over in December. On us not beating the top teams this season:



Last season we beat United, Arsenal, Liverpool and City in the league, so Tim please shut the fuck up. You're not getting the job.

Oh. He's gone cray cray. Just relegate him back to coaching the kids again, Ush.

 

[Blablurn]

The fuck

Can somebody pleas tell Hannover and Braunschweig that they have no relevancy. fucking unimportant clubs.

 

[Zabojnik]

The fuck

G...german humour?

I haven't read loads of them myself as I'm more into fantasy but I can give you some authors to get you started. [...]

Thanks arkon. <3 Much appreciated. I'm actually familiar and / or have read quite a few of these writers/works and some of them are on my list already. Hannu Rajaniemi comes highly recommended from a buddy of mine, so I might bite into that next. House of Suns sounds intriguing as well. Culture, check. Hamilton, check.

I've had The Reality Dysfunction sitting on my bookshelf for about 3 years now. It looks terrifying, especially when you open it and see how small the font is

Yeah. That whole trilogy has a word count of 1 million +.

The Reality Dysfunction is great. Go for it, Hitcher. The first two books more so than the last one, which was kinda a bit 'out there' with the whole SPOILER

Spoiler

Al Capone

thing. Still, love me some Hamilton. The Void series is worth reading as well, though I didn't find it as engrossing overall. Some of his ideas and views on humanity's evolution are just amazing.

 

[Ushojax]

dat AVB.

dat Bale actually

he scored in all those games

 

[Sviatoslav]

Can somebody pleas tell Hannover and Braunschweig that they have no relevancy. fucking unimportant clubs.

Next time you could just replace "unimportant" with Bundesliga.

 

[Broder Salsa]

Got Aljazeera/Bein sport working again. Ooooh yeah

This is what Serie B does to people

 

[Blablurn]

Next time you could just replace "unimportant" with Bundesliga.

hahahahahahahahahaha


YOU SO FUNNY ^^

Bundesliga is sooooooooo shit. OMG O MA GOSH ITS SO SHIT RIGHT

I mean, seriously....

ITS SOOO SHIT IT MAKES EVERYTHING LOOOOK SOO MUCH BETTER..


EVEN THE RUSSIAN league ^^ hahahaha


ahahaha svat, u r a funny guy ^^ hahahahahaha

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Are there any films similar to Prisoners on UK Netflix?

 

[Yurt]

hahahahahahahahahaha


YOU SO FUNNY ^^

Bundesliga is sooooooooo shit. OMG O MA GOSH ITS SO SHIT RIGHT

I mean, seriously....

ITS SOOO SHIT IT MAKES EVERYTHING LOOOOK SOO MUCH BETTER..


EVEN THE RUSSIAN league ^^ hahahaha


ahahaha svat, u r a funny guy ^^ hahahahahaha

Looooooooòooooooooooooooooooooooo...*deadddd*

 

[Yen]

Are there any films similar to Prisoners on UK Netflix?

Chronicle

 

[faridmon]

Are there any films similar to Prisoners on UK Netflix?

I wonder if Infernal Affairs and I saw the Devil are on Netflix since they are on Amazon Instant streaming. If yes, then those two, especially I saw the Devil.

 

[Sviatoslav]

Please, they have a higher average attendance than Zenit. For the record, several 2nd Bundesliga clubs have a higher one as well. As long as a club has fans it's not unimportant.

This criticism would work if you attacked actual Russian teams that have no fans like CSKA but it doesn't work for Zenit. Zenit has a small stadium. That's always sold out.

Maybe in two years when our 70k stadium is open then you could try again.

 

[Blablurn]

I read that in Tommy Wiseau's voice.

no idea who that was, checked google, ended up watching a youtube compulation of him :lol oh my. whats going on with him?

 

[Yurt]

Are there any films similar to Prisoners on UK Netflix?

Did you watch Zodiac?

 

[KidA Seven]

Got Aljazeera/Bein sport working again. Ooooh yeah

This is what Serie B does to people

:lol

hahahahahahahahahaha


YOU SO FUNNY ^^

Bundesliga is sooooooooo shit. OMG O MA GOSH ITS SO SHIT RIGHT

I mean, seriously....

ITS SOOO SHIT IT MAKES EVERYTHING LOOOOK SOO MUCH BETTER..


EVEN THE RUSSIAN league ^^ hahahaha


ahahaha svat, u r a funny guy ^^ hahahahahaha

It's ok Bla, I still love you.