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The judge went to visit there house and there were 20 balls in their bushes. Chuck them back, you pair of pricks. You're millionaires, build a big net fence to stop them coming over.

Cunts.

Comparison is the thief of joy… Keep your chin up, most people never earn that kind of salary anyway & it’s an absolutely brutal jobs market at the moment. Last year my place had a lady in who had a PHD in quantum physics interviewing for an admin role. She didn’t get it. Have you any Skills that you can teach? That’s always an option.

Thanks for your thoughts lads. My experience with recruiters has generally been fairly challenging but maybe I need to look outside my field more. I used to be pretty confident on my CV but it's clearly not working for me these days. It's been about a year since I started looking around, 6 months since it became a high priority. I'll see what I can do with it anyway, redo it once more. Yeah maybe I'm too down on myself now to get the jobs I should be going for - problem is the longer it goes on the less competent I feel either way. I'm just tired of having to fight so hard, something that actually spans beyond this past year and into even the 'good' times. All that stress and anxiety making it all work, for nothing really. Just to address the 'worry' side of it that Gemmill mentioned - I don't think I'm in any danger of anything but it can sometimes be hard to tell. I have moments where ending everything looks like the only safe way of escaping a lot of it, but it never feels like it's anything other than a fleeting thought, just something to reassure myself with as perverse as that might sound (no one relies or depends on me for anything so I don't have the usual burdens of consequence that others might have - I live alone, fairly isolated at times, so these thoughts can come). In my heart of hearts, I genuinely believe I have failed at life - what remains ahead of me is really just to see if I can redeem any of it. I haven't given up yet though, I'll be ok. I just need something to go my way.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/19/couple-successfully-sue-council-over-schools-footballs-landing-in-garden-of-2m-home These cunts. One every other day ffs. If the kid next door to me is playing football, I might get the ball coming over 5 times in an afternoon. You just chuck it back when you see it. But not if you're a rich cunt. Then you have to try and actually stop kids from being able to play football so that it doesn't stop you swimming in your pool or having your annual summer party. Fuck these people. Fair play to the judge. Here's a grand and a comment that will upset you a lot more.

if that was at the other end city would have been down to 10 men. 100% convinced of that.

I'm hoping things can turn around or something turns up for you as they invariably do even though it seems like it's never going to happen at the time, we've all had our moments of venting or feeling sorry for ourselves on here when we're down and I'm no different so make that at least one worry to chuck in the bin.

nah he cushions it past the keeper with the outside of his foot. as soon as henderson slapped it away haaland curves his run to chase it. if henderson isn't there haaland gets a shot on goal. which is an obvious goal scoring opportunity. i'm obviously biased and not over it. i'll try not to reply when you restate your point as discussing it just winds me up more and i need to calm down. it's done.

That Rashford one was mental. He practically stepped over the ball iirc and clearly impacted the defender's decision making.

If that’s any other game than a cup final they are giving the red. As absurd as that may sound…

Aye, Craig thought that red card was justified too. At least he's consistent in his wrongness.

Burn and Havertz have history…

And the VAR assistant was Darren Cann even though back in 2017..... Assistant referee Darren Cann has been axed from Crystal Palace's FA Cup clash with Manchester City after it was revealed he once played for the Eagles. Cann played for Palace in the late 1980s, before ending his playing career and moving into officiating in 1991. guess they forgot again. no wonder city fans think "they're out to get us however they cann"

Not for me, Clive. If you look at Haaland’s foot just before the keeper touches it and the angle of his run then he’s clearly going to take the ball wide rather than through on goal. Plus there were two Palace defenders covering had done that.

tried to snap longstaff in half during the game that made legohead cry too. the rat faced cunt.

Not much to add, but self-doubt and being your own harshest critic is the curse that comes with being highly intelligent and empathetic, which you plainly are. Ignorance is bliss sadly Stick with it and don't be too hard on yourself

I'll say this for sure, if that was against us I'd be screaming for a red card. I agree with LondonBlue on this - it was going away from goal because Henderson pushed it that way. How VAR came to the decision that it wasn't a goalscoring opportunity is for them to explain.

Nothing awarded. The moving away from goal bit is a red herring based on Henderson slapping the ball away from goal. Otherwise Haaland gets his foot to it and is past Henderson with his momentum. absolute stone wall.

Atwell also gave the goal in the Manchester derby. Rashford was flagged offside, moved towards the ball dragging players, but Atwell over ruled it. With an offside rule explanation never heard before or since.

it was only going away from goal after the Palace keeper slapped it away. if not for the handball it would have been under Haalands control, his foot was right there looking to take the ball under control as it was slapped away. the former referee analysts all say it was a mistake and should have been red. but of course your entitled to your view. especially on your own forum. they definitely don't give a fuck as i wouldn't if it was the other way around. quite rightly so btw.

Firstly, you've got absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. Most people couldn't survive financially for a year without work so you clearly had built a nice little nest egg for yourself so that in itself is an achievement. Part of the problem may have been that you were applying for jobs below your level? Perhaps people looking at your CV saw the freelance background and assumed you were only applying for the role to stay there for a short period of time? I'm sure it's something you've already looked at but is your CV well enough presented, hitting the right notes? I think Gemmill may actually be right here for once. Although recruitment consultants are generally the scum of the earth, they may actually be of use to you here. They'll be able to connect you to jobs and will push for you to be hired as obviously they'll benefit from someone hiring you. You're clearly a very bright lad and I doubt there's much unemployable about you so if you can let someone else get your foot in the door then by all means allow them to.

Going freelance takes guts. I've got huge admiration for anyone that does it, so you should be proud of making a decent living out of it for six years. As with all freelance work, there are going to be good times and bad. I'm nowhere near brave enough to try it myself so respect due. We are all our own biggest critics. I've had similar moments to those you have described. I've had a reasonably successful career but I never made it into a senior management position and have seen other, more ambitious friends' careers take off in a way mine hasn't. It's easy to compare yourself to your peers and waste a lot of hours soul searching about what you might have done differently. I can't offer any suggestions about your career as it's not a business I really know or understand but a friend once gave me some good advice that stuck with me: don't get too high when things are going well and don't get too low when things aren't. Life is just a ride, like the great Bill Hicks once said. There will be ups and downs - professionally and personally. And there is a danger that we take it all too seriously. I'll close by saying I have huge admiration for your contribution to this board. We have had a few ding dongs in the political thread over the years but you're clearly an informed, interesting and thoughtful bloke and I always enjoy reading your posts. I'm sure that you're a very impressive person in real life and I'm convinced that this bad moment will pass and good things are coming for you in the future.

I think you're being really hard on yourself here. You took a brave decision to go into consultancy - I say brave cos I would never have the balls for it - and at the minute it doesn't appear to be working out. But that doesn't mean you're bad at life. That section of what you wrote really worried me, cos it sounded like you might be on the verge of doing something daft, and I really hope that I'm just misreading it. What you might not be cut out for is the uncertainty that comes with the potential irregularity of consultancy work. And that's completely normal, the vast majority of people couldn't handle that, and I think you've spoken about having some level of anxiety in general anyway. It's hard to have anything like advice for how to get out of your current situation, but I assume you're currently looking for permanent roles rather than more fixed term stuff? Are there any recruitment consultants you could talk to? A lot of these people are just sales people and are hopeless but the decent ones can genuinely match skills with roles and you might find something that way. One job that seems massively prevalent these days is project management and business analyst type stuff. Most big firms have big change departments with huge teams of these people. Is that something that would appeal? Part of the reason I ask is cos there's a lot of contract work in that area, which I would assume would mean they wouldn't baulk at someone with a freelance background. I might be completely barking up the wrong tree though. Anyway the main thing I wanted to say is please don't feel too despondent, you're not failing at anything, you're just in a rough spot at the minute and it's shite.. And definitely keep talking about it on here and don't write things and delete them.

That sort of activity is demonstrable as to why PSR is a flawed concept. You've got hooky business deals going on all over the place just to satisfy some bullshit framework. The whole Anderson / Vlachodimos thing last summer reeked and then you've got Chelsea signing players on 8 year contracts / selling their women's team / etc. There's always been questionable transfers in the past mind you - Clive Allen / Kenny Sansom at Palace / Arsenal and even Mick Harford coming to us early 80s were all a bit odd.