The Fish

Uni mate of mine's dad inherited half of the family business but had no interest/acumen for it so sold his half to his brother for millions. Since then he bought a couple of restaurants and employed people to run them, to keep some kind of reliable income. He's worked in their kitchen, he's worked as a taxi-driver, a baggage handler in the Isle of Mann airport and now is self employed as a driving instructor. He just likes to keep busy and enjoys putting in a days graft. I wouldn't fancy that, but I'd definitely have a business to keep me busy.

See, Global Warming is a myth!

Come on HF, play fair.

Haven't seen that, awesomesauce. HWANEETOH Seems to be a backlash against Mitrovic on twitter which, for me, is a bit harsh for a young lad who scored last season, who's scored on his few opportunities this season and who clearly tries hard whenever he's in the shirt. Gayle deserves to start because he's banging them in, and he suits Rafa's current setup well. To write off a young lad is a bit fucking silly iyam. Looks like we've been linked with a loan deal for Ruben Loftus-Cheek http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/the-next-michael-ballack-story-12351647

Juanito, an U18s Spanish striker.

Robert Snodgrass has turned down a contract with Hull. Worth a bid in January? Fits the bill for Rafa's Newcastle in terms of endeavour and ability, too good for the Championship, probably good enough for the Premier League, addresses the weaknesses in the wide position and can play through the centre too.

You get that from intercepted communications from the bases on Mars' moons?

That 50yr old crowing about being in the top flight for 10yrs in a row. Completely ignoring that, in only 5 of their 15 seasons in the Premier League have they managed more than 40pts. Over the last 9 full seasons they've accrued 365pts from a possible 1026. Average of 40.5 a season. That's fucking terrible. We've only managed less than 40pts in 3 seasons out of our 22. Over the last 9 full seasons we've accrued 397 from 1026. Average of 44 per season.

Aye, my Dad certainly didn't have that, he's probably busier now. He should have just taken up golf, to be honest.

It would be typically Sunderland to have some kind of disastrous off-field clusterfuck happen just in time to give them the siege mentality needed to claw their way to 17th (and safety) on 28pts.

You're not far off

On a similar vein

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So we're just going to let this slide? Whoopsies? Of the few people I know who are likely going to be in a position to retire early, they're all the kind of people who would go fucking mental if one day they just stopped. My Dad's one of them, the first year or so of his retirement was awful for him. So he ended up filling his life with stuff like the charity, occasionally doing some consultancy, driving my mam around the country so they can sit doing nothing somewhere other than home. A mate of mine could be in a position to retire by 40, but honestly, he'd lose his mind if his days weren't 7 o'clock starts packed through the day and he didn't "just need to answer this email" at 10:30 at night.

It's a similar siege mentality, one that Mourinho has failed to really perfect again.

That implies they're there by design, which they're definitely not. What it says to me, is that their squad is more often than not made up of hard working but limited players who, when the chips are down, pull together and get themselves into a position that might be enough to survive. Look at the years that they finished around 17th, compare their points tally to those of the relegated sides, sunderland are rarely comfortably clear, there's usually only a couple of points in it, which is as much about the failure of the other teams to perform when it comes to the crunch. Which literally just made me wonder if Leicester's remarkable title win was helped by having limited players pulling together in a fashion not too dissimilar from how they did when they dragged themselves to safety the year before?

I know there'll be a desire to try and be positive, but didn't Reid & Bruce both have them in a much better state?

Was another thing being a fat, opinionated mess?

Throw some leftovers in a tupperware box the night before, reheat it at work; Robert's your mother's brother.

I don't, but I do remember Gimme 5

Haven't suffered this yet but I suppose I'm only in 2019.

Most of my lunches are just leftovers from some evening meal, or, if I'm feeling decadent, a cheese & pickle sandwich.

Mate of mine is an Arsenal fan from Southport (familial ties) and he hates the majority of his own fanbase. Far too many ArsenalFan TV types for his liking. There's plenty of bellends in amongst the Newcastle fans, but I'd say the overwhelming majority were good lads, can't imagine holding the majority in contempt as he does.

Haven't been, but will probably do it soon. Putting a 2-1 prediction for every match is no hassle really.

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