The Fish

My lass recently bought one and fucking loves it. She's complained about it stalling, but honestly I think that's her not being very good at judging the bite.

Enjoyed both the Night Manager and Peaky Blinders. I bloody love the BBC.

and a 12 page thread on RTG

Never doubt the Fish.

They've already spoiled the fact that Arya's not going to die yet; She'll recover somehow (maybe a little self-surgery?), maybe meet up with that acting troupe who'll help her get back to Westeros?

Got bored; Aston Villa – New financial backers could change the game, but their squad is in more disarray than ours but Di Matteo is a decent manager. Biggest threat to us I think, but aside from a drastic change I still think we should take at least 3pts from them. Barnsley – Newly promoted from League 1 after getting by Millwall. Ok-ish attack, rubbish defence. My favourite to finish bottom. Aim will surely be to survive. 6pt. Birmingham City – Decent manager in Gary Rowett but finished midtable and don’t have a great deal of money at all. Pretty poor at home. 4pts. Blackburn Rovers – Finished 15th, owned by mentals who’ve just appointed Owen Coyle (remember him?), decent defence. 4pts Brentford – Finished 9th! Who knew? Good attacking midfield, but poor defensively. Decent on the road. Might be tricky. 4pts Brighton & Hove Albion – Lovely Lovey Chris Hughton. Really strong team, well drilled, solid defensively conceding less than a goal a game (Lg average is 1.21pG). 2pts Bristol City – Play an expansive game, but leave themselves open. Good striker in Kodjia (19 goals) but not much quality aside from him and may be in big trouble if/when he leaves. 6pts Burton Albion – Another newly promoted side. All about the hard work and defensive cohesion. No money to strengthen at all. 6pts Cardiff City – Close to promotion 15/16. Always combative, always difficult to beat, like the counter attack but don’t travel well. 3pts Derby County – Another team that came close to promotion. A very solid Championship outfit. Keep the ball well and play some good stuff. 2pts Fulham – If this were any other club I’d say 6pts. They’re awful up front without McCormack (he scored 21 of their 66), and he’s likely to leave in the summer. They’re terrible at the back too (79 GA) “Fulham conceded at least one goal in 87% of their home games. Fulham conceded at least one goal in 96% of their away games. Fulham conceded at least one goal in each of their last 17 away games.”. But it’s Fulham and we always mess up at the Cottage 3pts Huddersfield Town – Had a much worse 15/16 than I thought, finishing 19th. Scored a few, but conceded loads (70GA). Decent Striker in Nakhi Wells, but like McCormack of Fulham, he might be off in the summer too. 4pts Ipswich Town – the quintessential Championship club. Always threatening to get promoted but never following through on that threat. Give the ball up a lot, Benitez’s Newcastle unlikely to give it back. 4pts Leeds United – Finished midtable but only kept a Clean Sheet in 17% of their games, only Fulham have a worse record in that regard. Oh and here’s a shock, Whoscored.com says they’re aggressive. 94 (Ninety Four!) yellow cards, 3 straight reds. Out delicate flowers might come a cropper in t’Yorkshuh. 3pts Newcastle United – Cham-pee-oh-nays Norwich City – Neal staying is good, but they could well lose Redmond, Brady etc. they’ve got to be good bets for the Play Offs at least. 2pts Nottingham Forest – As ill-tempered as Leeds it seems. 84 yellows, 2 second yellows, 4 reds! Dorty Midlands bastards. Another Counter Attack side that doesn’t travel well. 3pts Preston North End – Boring. Scored 45, conceded 45, finished 11th, spread the goals around, Long balls. BORING. 4pts Queens Park Rangers – A better shade of beige than Preston, but still dull as fuck. 54 scored, 54 conceded, finished 12th. Got some decent individuals, but still not a team. 4pts. Reading – A streaky side. Twice went on a 4 game losing streak and once a 4 game winning streak. 62% of the goals they concede come in the 2nd half, seem to concede just after half time (15/59 goals conceded in 46-60 min). 4pts Rotherham United – Warnock pulled off one of the greatest turn-arounds I’ve ever seen. Took over from Redfearn (21G W5 D2 L14) and rescued them from relegation, moving from six points adrift in the relegation places to nine points clear with five games to go (16G W6 D6 L4 ). He didn’t take a contract extension and they appointed Alan Stubbs. They're Doomed 6pts. Sheffield Wednesday – Glad they didn’t get promoted because Hull are the better side. Defence is prone to silly mistakes. Owner isn’t shy of spending, but I think last season was their best chance of promotion. 2pts Wigan Athletic – There aren't enough swear words. 6pts. Wolverhampton Wanderers – Kenny Jackett is a decent manager and I think they’ll do better this year than last. That said they draw a lot of games; 30.4% of their home games ended 0-0. Lost their talismanic striker to Bournemouth, Be interesting to see the replacement. 3pts. Looks too cocky, right? Well that would return us a Total of 92pts, in 09/10 we were promoted with 102pts tl;dr - WAH GONNA WIN THA LEEG

Won't blame anybody for leaving, but I certainly would prefer him to stay. Sissoko can do one though.

Absolutely £10m is too much for McCormack, and I don't think it's reasonable for BAmford either. However, if there's a striker out there we can sign for £10m who'll not only score goals in the Championship, but continue in the Premier League, we shouldn't be afraid to spend that kind of money. Don't think anyone has a problem with signing experienced pros, but not for £10m and certainly not when that player's never performed in the top flight. How much could we sell a 31yr old Ross McCormack?

Sky shows them, but I'm sure there'll be a Kodi feed that will do the job.

You weren't this rude last Thursday while we shared a drink with Kathy Burke and her accomplice.

Buy cheap train tickets, book cheap hotels, arrange to meet friends who live near to an away day?

Fancy him to pull a sicky with the old "yeah, I'm not well, I've been up all night, not good no... Think it might have been the prawns I had last night"?

Don't test me Roboplop

You're lazy. Too lazy to string a couple of thoughts together, it seems

Market's changed a lot since we were last down there. I wouldn't mind spending around £10m on a player if he was able to not only perform in the Championship, but could also make the step up.

Discretion being the better part of valour?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2009/06/secrets_of_the_fixture_compute.html

http://www.toontastic.net/board/topic/34955-transfer-rumours-thread/?p=1410030

Agree that Mahrez is, but not sure Vardy is a typical Wenger purchase.

Gemmill and Wykiki been on the sauce together?

I wouldn't spend £20m+ on Vardy, or however much they'll demand for Mahrez. Arsenal's problems aren't up front, it is (as it has been for years under Wenger) the defence and central midfield area that's the problem. A busy grafting striker who can finish is a good thing to have, but Giroud, Sanchez, Ozil et al can score enough goals to get them attacking the league, a solid centre would mean they wouldn't wilt after Christmas though.

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Well, I guess it's past the yardarm somewhere...