Craig

Sadly you're absolutely right. It's a corrupt shit-show from top to bottom.

I'm sure The Fish is already spinning up a new spreadsheet to give you a detailed overview.

In all honesty did you expect the sitting Prime Minister to do anything but agree with a supreme court ruling - irrespective of what he might have said 3 years ago? We need to be careful not to understate the magnitude of this ruling on both sides - undoubtedly one of the most divisive legal calls in our lifetime.

Wasn't there a report released when Dowden was Secretary of State for DMCS that an independent regulatory was necessary? IIRC that was around the time our takeover was initially rejected (summer of 2020?). So why 5 years later are we still having to live with a self-regulating Premier League who've already been shown up in the interim by Man City over the APT rules. This fucking reeks!

Difference is Forest actually got done for PSR. I don't know what the finer details of the regulations state but I'd be surprised if the award of a points deduction didn't result in their slate being wiped clean. Same with Everton. Villa - still unsure what's going on there but let's not avoid the elephant in the room ... Chelsea. Surely their financial existence is dependent on them qualifying for the CL this season and that they cannot feasibly go another season without that income. If so, I'm rooting for Forest, Man City and Villa to ensure between them they get 2 of the CL places and we get the other. Chelsea's wealth was founded on corrupt Russian oligarch and have revenue streams that exist as a result of 18 years of that shitshow going on unchallenged. They should have fallen from grace in freefall just as Leeds did back in the early 2000s. Fucking disgrace that they're still able to conduct business deals like they are. It's all bullshit.

I was just thinking today that it's gone eerily quiet on that. Ridiculous! It's in the best interests of all parties to get this one resolved ASAP but as you say they're happy to just kick it down the road. Falling into the opening a can of worms territory?

As much as it pains me to say it, Villa are a decent outfit. Appointing Emery was a shrewd move, they've made some sensible purchases in recent seasons and they've got a reasonable academy producing good talent. I did harbour hopes the Gerrard 'experiment' might derail them significantly and it looked for a time that might be the case when he started signing his mates. The ownership of Villa were clearly smart enough to see through it though.

They need knocking down a peg or two. Some of the shit I've seen online in the wake of their win is off the fucking scale. Their problem is they've been on too long a streak - all teams are due a rough patch. Their's is overdue.

Anything but a Villa win for me. I suspect Man City might get 3rd anyway so I think it best Villa are pushed out of it. Current top 5 probabilities: Liverpool - 100% Arsenal - 100% Man City - 84.7% Forest - 79.2% Newcastle - 75.3% Villa - 31.3% Chelsea - 29.3% Bouremouth - 0.1% As much as I'd love us to finish 3rd, the goal has to be top 5 and anything beyond that is a bonus - best way to achieve it is increase the gap between us and 6th.

We used to ban people for that shit back in the day.

Racial stereotyping? Fuck me is calling out 'latin temperament' considered offensive these days?

Arguably the Conference League with Betis, Fiorentina & Chelsea is a better represented competition.

I've seen a lot of people suggesting we need to steer clear of him due to his radgie nature. Let's face it, that's Latin temperament which Bruno & Joelinton also have in their locker. Needs properly managing which I don't think he's anywhere near getting at Wolves. Huge talent.

Oklahoma City Bombing was another good, albeit tough watch.

Yeah I watched that the other day. I'd seen a different take on it some years ago when they revealed they'd switched the diamonds for fakes, but it wasn't from the angle of the bloke involved. Fairly decent watch.

Took me a while to properly get into it, but it's brilliant. Gary Oldman is hilarious

Waitrose car park now has a space specifically designed for charging your cat.

Let's hope Bilbao put a stop to that freak show.

I see Man United are after Cunha. Can understand why in their position but I'm not sure Amorin is the coach that bloke will need to tame him.

and the same goes for Manchester United for that matter. For the Europa League to retain credibility, it doesn't need a final between teams currently occupying 14th & 16th in the English league.

@Gemmill - if you're an Apple TV subscriber, have you tried Slow Horses?

If they win the Europa League and qualify for the CL, I will laugh my tits off. They're not prepped for the Premier League, let alone the Champions League.

Speaking of cats, the missus's one regularly tiptopes along the back of the sofa from one side to the other. She's getting on a bit and yesterday she slipped and clawed whatever she could to hang on for dear life. That 'whatever' ended up being the back of my neck!

You need to stop feeding her with crack.

Binge watched Black Doves over the Easter weekend. Worth a watch