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I must get Mertesacker's book now

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SUPRISE MUTHA FUCKER

I don't get Buffalos at times. There are around 50 of them there, all equipped with massive horns, yet they run from one animal. I know that one animal is a lion and is one of the last things you'd want to fuck with, although if they all charged at it, they would easily come out on top you would have thought. On another note, this is hunting at its finest. Not nice to see, but it's part of nature. There is a reason for it all, however cruel it may be.

Brilliant guys, keep em coming. Also @DeadLinesman what do the ducks' one means, mate (not the metaphor, but what do the ducks represent)?, do they like go kinda supersayajin?

The players won't be happy with that. I would've though after the World Cup La Liga would've started in September.

Same here. My boss just looked over and shook her head

You misspelled MSC.

Most of us wank in private. Not Thomas though.

@nudge I have finished the whole season of 'The Terror' now, Watched the last episode in the quiet early hours of the morning but had to be up for work early and with my eyelids feeling like they had a couple of crows perched on them I thought I would leave my thoughts until tonight. I have also taken the opportunity to read through the article you provided so cheers for that... What a great series!! loved the whole thing from start to finish, I think they managed to capture the adventure and atmosphere of the period really well, They also handled the despair and downward spiral of the expedition with as much care as they probably could have done given what they knew of the actual events that took place. Such a barren and cold landscape to navigate in a ship let alone on foot.. The Bear/Creature was a good touch overall and didn't make the whole thing seem unbelievable and did add a lot to events as they unfolded. The acting was brilliant, Not at anytime did I hear anything that seemed out of place for the period and you could really feel the despair that they were all in about their situation and how they went about trying to keep it all together despite the odds being firmly stacked against them. As the episodes and time progressed it showed you how quickly sides can be taken when the fear and uncertainty starts setting in and certain individuals start thinking of the few rather than the many and how quickly that became their undoing as a whole group and lessened their chances of survival overall. That Hickey turned out to be a right nasty piece of work and was wholly instrumental in the division of the camp preparing to sacrifice all before him for his own selfish gain.. As this was based on actual events we witnessed 2 sides of the technology coin here... The ships being state of art for their time but the canning/food that accounted for so many lives being sub standard.. Even if they had been successful in their endeavors a lot of them would not have made it anyway and those that did would have been near or not far from death as a result of that alone.. I am sure had they made it that their deaths may have been linked to some sort of cursed expedition or something along those lines.. It was doomed before it even started just on that simple thing alone.. I personally found it strange that despite knowing the historical outcome of their situation that they did a fantastic job of having you keep rooting for at least some of them to survive the whole thing in the end ( daft as though it may sound ) which is a great credit to the believability of each of the actors involved throughout... I have always enjoyed shows that take you back through time which is probably why I tend to like things like 'Ripper Street' and the more recent 'The Alienist' and even though 'The Alienist' subject matter is a bit odd it does grab the time period very well... From that article it seems as though there may be something more in the future.. not sure how they might work that in or where they would draw their material from but as a standalone series of 10 it was just right..

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Bloke is something else. Charlton player of the year as well. Technical, fast, can defend and beat players and whip a great cross. Shades of Ashley Cole.

Berserker with his boyfriend

@SirBalon Xx

ask and ye shall receive! (good shout )

It's hard to step in the way of a player who needs regular minutes to develop, and everyone knows it, when that player wasn't getting into the side (rightly) because of the depth ahead of him. Salah had to develop to get where he is today. That took his time at Fiorentina, where he looked alright, and Roma where he looked pretty good. At Roma he learned the confidence to use his speed and his skill to take players on - and he started getting into good goalscoring positions and created a lot of opportunities for other players. He took those skills and developed a more clinical shot with us, because our system puts him in a role that takes these very skills he demonstrated at Roma and tries to constantly utilise them and have him using his pace, skill, and shooting as much as possible. Our front 3 moves around constantly trying to have him run at the weakest gaps in a defense. But for him to get to be in the shit hot form he's been in this season, he first needed to develop and get the game time he got with Fiorentina and Roma. And then he needed to be put in a system that really allows him to shine. Chelsea managers are put in a hard spot when it comes to giving promising players time and chances to develop, because the pressure is well and truly on to get immediate results. And it's hard to give a kid who's new to the league and not looking great when you give him chances more chances, even if he does need more time to establish himself and to show what his potential can unfold into... because the evidence has shown they're not ready and when you've got players who aren't ready and players who are ready and you need results - who do you pick? I don't blame anyone at Chelsea for letting Salah go at the time. He wasn't looking like he'd establish himself and it wasn't safe for a manager to say "go on lad, prove yourself" because that manager doesn't have the time for that. The loans were fair to Chelsea and Fiorentina/Roma and all clubs got to see how the player was after that much development. The fact that Salah ended up with us and in a system that compliments his strengths really well is sort of besides the point. Who would have predicted Klopp would put that top 3 together at the time of the sale? Nobody. At the time of Salah's sale to Roma he was still honing his skills... and I don't think he's done either tbh, because we saw over the season he became much more clinical. At the time it looked like Chelsea selling a player they bought but didn't need at a fair value to Roma, who had used him and found him to be a good player at a good value price. Fair deal, nothing wrong with that. Nobody can predict the future. It just looks much worse when you consider Chelsea also let Lukaku, and KDB leave under really similar conditions... and it does make you wonder whether Chelsea should give managers a bit more time and a bit less pressure for immediate results (which are always important, of course, but not as important as following through on a long term plan that can sustain success for longer). As they could have developed the 3 of them and had an incredible attack. But at the time... and considering the way Chelsea operate, I don't think there was anything wrong with the decision. The fact that a promising young player you sell can potentially end up being world class or very very good is a risk you take when you buy these players and hope for immediate success. With Chelsea, the quest for immediate success and not giving managers has worked for them tbh. So there's definitely validity in their strategy. And the counterpoint to the risk of letting these class players go is, clubs that do try to develop players can sometimes go wrong and go on long barren spells. And that's true as well. Both strategies/viewpoints have pros and cons. Personally, I like seeing players develop at my club and it's cool when they really kick on. Like I remember Lucas Leiva getting absolutely slaughtered when he first joined, and after a while he was a cult hero with us. Jordan Henderson came to us as a pretty shite player on our right hand side. Brendan Rodgers almost swapped him for Clint fucking Dempsey from Fulham and he stayed and wanted to fight for his spot. Now he's captain and when healthy, almost certainly our best central midfielder, and taking us a CL final. And it's very cool to see a player go through all of that with your club. But on the other hand, chasing after immediate success has given Chelsea fans a lot more big nights more frequently than we've enjoyed in the past fucking decade. tl;dr - long post

Going to be a shameful showing and you just know it. Aside Mourinho's cup final record, our current bunch are very weak minded. That is all Conte's doing this 2nd half of the season. Instilling a fear in every one of them. You just know that we will be passive, zero intensity, and waiting for things to happen vs making them happen. Coward football. The pinnacle of Conte's 2nd season, will be on show.

@Cicero