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If I don’t have an AGFW does that mean I am the AGFW? ...i think I need a minute to reevaluate my life

Any kind of boaby-related injury freaks me the fuck out. It's a wonder there aren't more severed boab incidents in general. A flappy bit of skin and vein just hanging down waiting to be snagged.

Sacred Games on Netflix - it's ace. Totally not what you'd expect from an Indian TV show. Succession - Brain Cox is so good in this as an utter bastard you almost can't watch it coz you want to punch him in the mouth. Good Aaron Sorkin meets Wolf of Wall St type show. It seems like it'll have some legs too - in that there's no storyline that can't be easily taken up in the second season and expanded.

dunno... probably one of these

That leg picture is mingin... ouch! I've broken a few bones - my ankle 3 times playing football, cracked my knee once and broke my wrist a couple of times snowboarding - whilst the pain is intense it's never been what i'd call excruciating except for maybe one of the times i broke my ankle and I couldn't sleep without Percocet. The times that spring to mind for me are the more innocuous seeming accidents that fucking sting. I once jumped down a flight of stairs with my teeth inexplicably in the overbite position so when I landed the jolt made one of my teeth go straight through the skin between my lip and my chin. It felt like eating my own face. I'm wincing just thinking about it. Another time I was playing football in my lobby at home. A little France 98 ball, using two doorways as goals. Game was going well until I went to absolutely leather the ball and kicked the radiator instead. Not talking face-on either. I'm talking side on... a thin metal radiator between the big and second piggies. Gashed my 'toe webbing' a good inch or so.

One of the guys in one of the weekly podcasts (I forget who and which) used to go on about Alisson at length just about every episode - How he’s a keeper with an attacking threat. Pretty much unheard of. He rarely ‘clears’ the ball, rather looks to play in someone. Not talking about hoofs into space either but smart angled balls, dinks into midfield, etc. He’s maybe the main reason Kolarov got so many assists last season. likes a lolipop too - if that’s not price tag justification I don’t know what is.

Poor in front of goal, but that aside I thought he played the Swedish back line pretty flawlessly. Kept them stretched an on their toes which is more than any other player has done in the tournament.

So does it all boil down to the biased coverage? If Scottish TV had Dougie Donnely and Hazel Irving covering every game instead of taking a feed from London would Scottish folk stop going on about how they're gonna buy a Sweden shirt like it's a totally normal, and not in the least bit pitifully lame thing to do? I suppose it just winds me up because I've ALWAYS supported England in tournaments but i've always felt i've had to do it quietly - and I really don't see why that's the case. It's like you're seen as less patriotic or something if you want England to do well. I grew up on English and Scottish football pretty much equally, it just seems natural to support players that you have a connection with.

Four more days of Scottish people yacking on about how much they hate the English media. no offense to you personally at all of course. I just find the Scottish ‘anyone but england’ and ‘they always have to mention 66’ stuff sooooo boring. Even my mum was giving it the ‘we’ll never hear the end of it if they win’ schtick yesterday. She doesn’t even watch TV or follow sport in any way yet because she’s Scottish there’s a weird obligation to go through the same ritual every tournament. Who are you encountering that won’t let you hear the end of it? Is the English punditry really all that bad?

Did Torry ever pan out as the creative hub of the north east?

Cloudy Lemonade are both dicks for wrecking a golf course.

I dunno how many UTD games I watched last season but it was approx ‘hunners’ and quite honestly I rarely saw anything from Lingard that suggested Mourinho wouldn’t think twice about replacing him in an instant were the transfer market to allow. Comparable players for other World Cup teams still in it... it’s not even a debate, he’s not in the same league as an Isco or a Mertens or an Mbappe I totally get that he has valuable qualities but imo he’s bound for no more greatness as an England player than say a Nick Barmby or a Darren Anderton. No doubt he’ll bang in the winner in the final now of course

See what I mean?... Lingard totally anonymous against Belgium!

He's hit his ceiling. Good for him and i'm happy he's thriving in the team at the moment but I would disagree he's better than Sterling in any facet other than finishing from distance. I would have him in over Dele at the moment by a mile but only on current form. Sterling has under-performed and Messi Lingaldo has over-performed. Not sure what games you've watched that would give you any idea his close control is any better than most other attacking players in the squad to be honest. He works hard and put away his only real chance and I hope for England's sake that continues but i'm just not convinced he's anything other than a decent player. If it came down to a death squad line up and I had to save only the players I think give England the best chance of winning the World Cup: Hendo and Dier would get bullets right away. Walker, Kane, Sterling, Trippier, Stones, Vardy, Ali would be safe and I'd have a long think about Rashford, Young and Lingard. If the fella running this diabolical exercise pushed me to pick one from that lot in the interests of time, i'd take Rashford's hood off and shake his hand before executing Jlingz and Ashley with a tear in my eye.

Quite honestly no, I still don’t rate him. That’s not to say I don’t ‘get’ why he’s in the team and he’s able to do a job. You look at the class oozing out of RLC when he cushions a fizzing pass and accelerates past a man, or the dogged determination and speed of Sterling going at a defender, or the assuredness with which Hazza Kane strikes the ball... you got no tangible quality with Lingard. But, he gets in the right space, knows when to drop, when to run as a decoy etc. He’s doing a solid job in a team of much better individual players. I suppose that’s a superficial way of looking at it - if he’s playing well surely he must be good. He just isn’t though. He simply comes with less risk than a Rashford or a Vardy.

Just add ‘right’ before ‘fine’. Should clear things up. Top tip

Unrelated to time of evening, here’s one I bet most north east folk don’t notice: when you say ‘go and pass us the [insert thing here] please’ or ‘go and change the channel please’ people not from the north east sometimes think it’s really rude. Even if your manners are spot on the ‘go and’ part is very abrasive to most people.

It depends on whether your temporal logic is based on a relationist or an absolutist position. If you are to accept the notion that 'time does not exist without change' - as Aristotle argued - then 'evening' may be observed as starting only in relation to the end of 'afternoon'. In other words, one could not impose a pre-determined start time for 'evening' , instead only describe it as occurring when 'afternoon' has elapsed. On the other hand, a Newtonian analysis would dictate that time exists independently of the objects or actors within. That is to say '5 for 5:30'

I always thought it was 'back of 5'

i ‘made it’ too - I’ve got two lovely dogs and a wonderful wife.

True, it's been on the go steadily since Blair Witch but there seems to be a mini renaissance at the moment in particular. Most likely due to the True Crime trend in podcasting/Netflix just now you're seeing them pop up a lot more - not so much at the cinema but perhaps more the good stuff from the past few years bubbling to the surface on streaming services. Maybe it's Netflix and co buying them up and promoting them because they see an opportunity.

Aye, it's pretty good. The guy was a total workhorse/ You should see if you can get a hold of this one about Rick Flair. Whilst i'm here... I've seen some really good horror recently. The Ritual is a fun, fairly scary homage to just about every type of british horror movie ever made. Goes off in a million different directions but remains enjoyable. Eden Lake : Young couple camp on a beach, get menaced by group of youths, mayhem ensues. Well paced with some really tense scenes. Some satisfying comeuppance scenes too. Hell House LLC: apparently 'found footage' is a horror genre that is going mental at the moment.This was one of the scariest films i've ever seen. Thought it was fantastic. The Collection: Guy breaks into a house, realizes there's a crazy murderer already in there with the family as hostages, can't escape coz the house is booby trapped. Like a really grim Home Alone. A bit senseless at times but gory as fuck in a good way.

I dip in and out but have the knights in my work bracket. I was the big I am when everyone’s bracket bust as the predators got dumped out but now I’m probably going out with a whimper. Will be nice to see Ovechkin lift the cup at least. Went to an Edmonton @ Islanders game this season. That McDavid fella is special. Like seeing Messi or something.

Out of interest, aside from Teabagsy music what other niche scenes are there in Aberdeen nowadays? @Dan G that travelling sounds fucking brutal. No wonder most Aberdeen bands don’t last.

To turn this thread away from making me want to top myself, what would be some realistic and worthwhile changes that could be made to (re)establish a better music scene in Aberdeen?