Renton

I mean I will stop where it's reasonable but does this apply to trunk roads? Also I'm happy to let someone cross before I get onto a roundabout but I don't want to stop on the roundabout when I'm coming off it, cos I'll likely get rear ended.

More Brexit bonuses. Not only will Brexit fuck your holiday, now you won't be able to claim compensation for it. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/19/britons-delayed-at-dover-to-miss-out-on-compensation-if-eu-law-scrapped

Well I'm a luvvie at heart and love the teatre and the Panto. Thinking about joining Dame training school actually. But I missed PMQ today. Was Starmer poor? Reading the Guardian he came up with: I think this is spot on, it resonates, and is the simple line he needs to take over the coming year. Economists also say people will feel at their most squeezed over the next 12 months. I think also with the collapse of the SNP Labpour will win a landslide. My criticism of Starmer is not using this opportunty to effect real change. Instead he's let his party go as low as the scum they're opposing (okay, maybe not that low), a race to the bottom.

100% can sympathise here. Everything has turned to shit since the pandemic. I don't know if it's just people "staycationing" more or what, but the congestion around mine with cars parked everyfuckingwhere drives me nuts. Cut backs to the plod probably don't help. We also get boyracers up the coast. A few years ago a lad from my kid's schools was ran over by one of them and killed on a zebra crossing. They still do it, although its not as bad as it was. I can't tell you how much I hate these cunts. Edit: just checked and he was actually run over on the pavement. Just turned 18 years old, life gone. The drivers involved got 11 years. Hates probably the wrong emotion, just sad that it was allowed to happen and could happen again.

All the other teams above them bar Millwall have a game in hand, with Blackburn having two. Plus three teams just below them who can overtake them if they win their game in hand. Its already over imo. Boo hoo how sad.

Tory cunts being tory cunts. Labour can't be trusted on the economy.

Back on topic, It's a typical ITV drama production. Relatively low budget, mediocre acting, average script, mixture of library footage and filmed scenes which to me are incongruous. A lot of it was filmed in Bradford apparently as the good people of Birtley didn't support it. In a word, no, not really.

They're canny like. Now everything is a stained glass window,

As chance would have it, I've just had a glazer round to give me an estimate on......... a stained glass window.

Yeah, we've all mellowed but he's straight on here douibling down on it tbh. It's topical because if you watch the drama in question a lot of it is how Moat was glorified on social media, and this place was no exception then unfortunately. For the record, I can't be arsed with antagonism any more. SInce this that thread I've moved job twice, moved house 3 times, had 2 kids, and lost many loved ones. I think this place is much better not having the radges now tbh, I come on here for a laugh, not an argument.

You fucking didn't like. And yeah, I left a link to the thread for anyone who wants to check for themselves. A few days after the lass is shot and wounded, her partner murdered in cold blood, you write this "His lass is a horrible slag from Scotswood.... and the only evil he ever did to her came from her hideous makes me ashamed to be geordie ugly cunt who magma wouldn't even shag of a sister". Victim blaming at its finest you misogynystic bellend. You even defended him over child abuse you absolute whopper.

On a more depressing note, but also related to the TV program which highlights the social media problem at the time, later in that thread you have Stevie expressing sympathy for Moat and calling his gf "an ugly slag" and Parky actually supporting his behaviour, his shooting and maiming woman, who "deserved it", seriously. Oh, as well as him physically abusing his 9 year old daughter. I'm glad this place filtered out people like that, absolutely sickening comments.

So one of the things I find utterly fascinating about this board is how perpetual it is and it's all kept for posterity. So watching this Raoul Moat drama now on telly I'm reminded we had a dedicated thread on him. Feels strange to read older versions of current posters, ex posters (such as Manc mag, aka the grey man, aka manc fop-lite), ex versions of Alex, and most of all yourself from more than a decade ago. First page I found this, and a toontastic meme was born. Fop was a prolific poster and was never heard from again after this timeline. Makes you think.

Aye, it's pretty much win win for us. I'm happy for them to miss the play offs. I'm happy for them to get to the play offs and miss the final. I'm happy for them to lose the final. I'm happy for them to win the play off final and get humped for 38 consecutive matches. My absolute favourite scenario would be for them to lose to Boro on penalties at Wembley. For the obvious hilarity and I would actually like to see another NE team in the Premiership, plus always quite liked smoggies. Be nice to have a sort of derby again without the edge tbh.

I think we'll (fans) be well up for it and it'll be very loud. I don't know why, but I always associate Spurs as a "day time" game for us.

Aye, it's the psychology of it. Like if Arsenal had come back from 2 goals down yesterday it might have felt like a positive, but throwing away a 2 goal lead is a psycological blow. I would have bitten your hands off for these points tbh. But, is there a nagging doubt after Brentford first half and Villa that sides have discovered a way of beating us, by playing us at our own game? I think maybe, but not sure many sides could pull it off. Looking forward to fuckling smashing spurs, ripping their head off with their spinal cord still dangling, and tossing them into oblivion. I think only Liverpool have beaten us at home since 2021, is that right? They will be shitting it and never have we got a better chance to get back on the horse.

Fuck knows. On a very basic level, we're apparently boring and turgid to watch, and we've averaged 1.60 goals per game in the league. Compared with their 1.43. Obviously we've a much better goals conceded ratio which frankly I can't be arsed to calculate, but keeping clean sheets must be boring? To be fair though, their league is a much higher standard. Wibble.

Bollocks. SOrry, I was wrong, they'll be straight into the Europe places apparently.

Aye. I do wonder if it's even that simple though. I think to make that work, you'd just have to give up on Premiership survival before you've even kicked off. Which would be pretty demoralising. And not guaranteed, look at Norwich struglling this year in the CL. To have a chance of survival, you have to invest, Sunderland would have to pay over the odds, and then if you're relegated, which you probably will be, you're up shit creek again. This would be the current Notts Forest model in action. I kind of have some sympathy for them tbh because the pyramid is pretty broken. But then again, there are plenty of clubs I would regard as at least as "big" as Sunderland also competing down there.

The Loch Ness Drogba (from Irvine) would batter us marra.

Watching a drama about fop, on ITV this week. Canny enough.

Were we shit or did they make us look shit? Lost count of how many times I've heard mackems say how lucky we are because our opposition have been shit. This is no different to me. We had an awful game but it was Villa's approach to the game that fucked us up. For me they were much better than Arsenal were at the Emirates, then again, our approach to that game was entirely different. Emery is a top class manager. Since he joined Villa he' gained 38 points with a GD of 13. During the same period Howe has achieved 32 points with a GD of 10. Yes, tgere may be an element of new manager bounce but that is pretty impressive considering the team he inherited. Villa's revival and even the way they play is Howesque imo. His limitation at Villa will be funding I suspect. I'm more than happy with Howe though and think he will be a much better fit for our club and ambitions going forward. I don't think Villa are a long term threat because of this.

Fuck me. Wrong again Gemmill. You're just getting wrong and wrongerer. Please.say Spurs will turn us over.

Still got us and Man City away. They're fucked.