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HOW DARE YOU CRITICISE MY AMAZING SONG! Only joking, cheers for taking a listen and writing back. It's a pro-scepticism, anti-dogma song so I feel "Question Everything" is justified. But I would say that. Either way, I'll go away and have a think about those comments. One of the things that inspired the song was something I remember from a few years ago, when someone started a thread on a messageboard about an argument they were having on another messageboard. They'd run out of arguments on the first messageboard so were asking for people on the second board to spoon feed them arguments so they could "win" the argument. I suggested to them that at the point at which you run out of arguments then you should maybe consider (just consider) the fact you might be wrong. Well anyway, now I've told that story no one wanted to hear I'm off to enjoy the rest of the day.

I called my wife the "bag for life" in our group chat this morning after reading this and now I'm getting a divorce, thanks Richard.

Bale cast as Bateman was perfect. The film is annoying - and I'm very glad I read the book before watching the film because I may have avoided the book after seeing the film. I see the book as quite funny, satire on a specific generation of NYC yuppies. The film is just about an American dude who is a psycho. My call on the ending is number 1 above, which is also a little annoying but the best fit for me/my interpretation of the book. I'm no expert on literature, but I think it's all the layering and the fact it IS open to interpretation on various levels of the layers that makes it so good to read/accessible despite the horrific actual words.

Eidur Gudjohnsen has been picked in the Iceland Euro 2016 squad.

The state of this fucking chode

It's still not the end of the season, but I have reached some of my own conclusions. I'll stick with English football just now, as that seems to be the discussion point. This will probably bore you. I've really enjoyed the season so far, but let's face it, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal were all fucking awful. All the hype laden on Marcus Rashford bothered me—particularly discussion about him making the England squad for the Euros...I mean, what the actual fuck? So the guy has some pace and managed to out-manoeuvre a couple of demonstrably immobile backlines once or twice. An international footballer, that does not make. United have become a passive possession-based team, and even as a fan of clean sheets and organised defences, I found them difficult to watch and get excited about this year. There are so many weaknesses and flaws littered around their team, it's difficult to know where to start in terms of strengthening. A club sorely lacking in vision and identity right now, which is not helped by the narcissistic obstinacy of their manager. I have loved watching Bournemouth and West Ham—two well-managed clubs who are arguably over-achieving; it will be interesting to see how they strengthen during the summer. Same with Leicester—I don't see any of these clubs recruiting what we would deem 'big names', but all three have shown that doesn't really matter if the basic playing ideology and framework is there, combined with genuine team spirit. Tottenham are in a great position to continue their evolution, and they have some players that I really admire. They are a strong unit, with lots of pace and power. The players lacking destructive pace seem to have the technique and smarts to tessellate themselves into the team. I'm not quite sure they'll be champions next season, though. I'm assuming, like many, that Manchester City and Chelsea will both be strong. Arsenal are Arsenal, and always will be. I think we all know what is meant by that. They are a club really not worth getting excited by any more. Cover your eyes, Murr and Gypsum, but I really hope Newcastle are relegated again. They need to pay the price for gross mismanagement and pitiful decision-making. I recall McClaren saying after the first seven or eight games that the only way Newcastle will get out of a relegation scrap is with huge financial investment. Bullshit. Do your job as a coach and football manager, and maximise the substantial human resources available to you, first. Sure, it's always going to be tough with a bumbling oaf like Fabricio Coloccini as your captain, but then handing it to a petulant, slack-jawed, and under-motivated Jonjo Shelvey was laughable. He is not captain material—he always appears to play for himself before the team. That said, I think Newcastle will stay up, as Rafa is a master at organising a rough-around-the-edges back four—even with midfielders playing at full-back, it seems. I don't feel any sympathy for Aston Villa or their fans. If there ever was an English club with an over-inflated sense of entitlement, it's Aston Villa. And finally, if I didn't already hate myself enough, it's been exacerbated by the fact I have started to root for Liverpool. It's difficult not to like Jurgen Klopp and his approach to football. I am well and truly on the bandwagon. My football principles are out the fucking door. That is a crushing personal conclusion to reach; which is why it was the last I addressed. Now if you don't mind, I'm off to order a Liverpool strip and become a full-kit wanker.

On Sunday we hosted the Newcastle Vikings for our first home game of the year and beat them 36-12, taking us to 2-0 (already the most successful season in the teams 3-year history!). We are only 8 points off our total from last year and 16 points off our total from 2014, so it looks like a year where we will set a lot of team records! We now have an EIGHT week layoff, where the main focus is keeping the guys engaged, interested and developing and then we have 4 games in five weeks to finish the regular season and try to secure our first ever post-season spot.