Danny

8 hours ago, Harry said:

I thought the unsullied were completely lacking in the hardware required to partake? Was that a body double or the body of the real actress of missandei. I hope the latter.

Euron the beast demon taking out everyone was a stretch. Things are getting more fanciful as we go. Especially if Sam heals sir Jorah.

Marwyn is quite different from the books imo. 

Jon strangling baelish before leaving him with Sansa was a true dumb move typical of house stark. Fuck sake man learn from your mistakes. 

Dany definitely becoming less likeable by the day. 

He didn't drop a coin in the slot machine, dry humped it and then put his head inside

20 minutes ago, The Liquidator said:

Congrats Danny ~ I am amazed we had enough players left at Cobham to forfil this fixture ~ Judging by the pictures I seen, a mixture of under 16's n 18's?

I imagine it's along those age groups, a pre-season friendly for both so nothing to get too excited about and I'd imagine your best youngsters are currently with the first team?

Chelsea XI 1 - 2 Brentford B

There are Aussie in this bar celebrating Chelseas goals in a friendly as if they're playing an actual competitive contest

Tom Davies is 19 and is plastered all over Sydney Central station. 19 years old and a "face" of the Premier League in Australia.

5 hours ago, Spike said:

The Doctor isn't a human nor is his name 'Doctor Who'.  The character is basically genderless (in a human context) but up until now has been portrayed as masculine. ALTHOUGH it creates an issue, the Doctor has had a lot of love interests, all of them female, all of them fell for an alien that was physically exact to a human male, not a female. The Doctor being portrayed as a female (thus making the character less human and ultimately genderless) makes those past relationships really bloody creepy.  Ruins the dynamics.

I did mention Alien at the end 

4 hours ago, Spike said:

Another question is: why should their be more leading roles for women? the same applies for the opposite. Creating roles to meet a quota is anti-creativity. I feel western society is egalitarian enogh that roles will be written with quality in mind over gender/race quotas. I'd rather a well rounded character than a ham fisted one.

Men and women are different and characters usually aren't blank slates that can be gender swapped. 

It's not to fill a quota though and I agree with your point in terms of being well rounded, people think that equality in television or film is about ticking off the numbers. It's simply about creating the same chance for a female actress to be as successful as her male counterpart in whatever roles they get. They don't get the same opportunity at success critically or financially, so just through that alone you will see less well rounded characters as the people able to portray their stories aren't being written for or given work.

On 18/07/2017 at 6:10 AM, Spike said:

You think that is bad but the BBC cast a black woman as this real life human bean:

 

Now mate, I don't really care too much about Doctor Who because that is a fictional character and an alien to boot but THIS IS HISTORICAL REVISIONISM. I wouldn't cast the greatest actor alive if they didn't look like the historical figure they are portraying.

Devil's Advocate here: Gender equality isn't making a male character female. It's writing a new character completely. Equal representation is nonsense, TV creators have no obligation to write 1 male part for every female part. Their duty is to write engaging stories and characters that sell and if that means writing more male parts, than that is where the money is. I think this is sexist, they've taken a well received and loved male character and expect 'equality' to simply ride on the coat-tails of an already loved character. It's far easier to do that and create an engaging female character, they've put zero stock in an actual heroine capturing the hearts of audiences. This is lazy, pandering nonsense, that is meant to appeal to no-one outside of the writer's ego. I don't think woman have to be placated or even settle for gender swapped roles. We know a woman can be an amazing TV lead, look at Xena and Buffy.

I get what you're saying but the leading roles available for women is really nothing in comparison to men.

Is Dr. Who a man or is Dr. Who a role dominated by men? It's not as if they've changed the gender of the a consistent role, Dr. Who's entire body physically changes from one human to the next, in this case it's hardly out of the ordinary for him to come back as female if he can go from old to young etc considering women make up half the population.

In terms of changing a male character, I don't think this is the same as say suddenly changing Luther or at a stretch James Bond. Dr Who is basically an alien.

Yanks call them shrimps

12 hours ago, RandoEFC said:

I watched Doctor Who through the Ecclestone and Tennant years and for maybe the first series with Matt Smith, who I think is a good actor but I just didn't like him as Doctor Who, though this might also be because the writing went downhill at the same time, or maybe the writing was always the same and I just saw through it more when I reached that age.

Having Doctor Who as a woman is a strange one, there's nothing inherently wrong with having a female in such a big role and although I'm not massively clued up on the "lore" or "rules" about the Doctors regeneration, I don't believe there's anything wrong with him becoming a woman in that regard.

The problem is that there are some characters, James Bond and Sherlock Holmes moreso than The Doctor, which are male. Some people (not many) are very vocal about how it's sexist to insist that these characters have to be male, and how it represents some great victory for equality to have a female Doctor, but where their logic falls over is when you start putting the boot on the other foot.

If the next remake of Mary Poppins or Wizard of Oz had a male lead character as Mary or Dorothy, would people celebrate the victory for equality? No, they wouldn't, which goes to show it is not equality that's being celebrated, the celebration is for internet pitchfork mobs scoring a victory while convincing themselves that they're fighting for some great just cause.

The female Doctor doesn't bother me. The actress I've only seen in Black Mirror but she was good, and good luck to her. What bothers me is the reaction of the melts on twitter who somehow manage to convince themselves that this is evidence of some brave new world where equality rules, rather than seeing the truth before their eyes that it's another case of media bending to pressure from a minority of vocal idiots in the knowledge that this meaningless decision will be celebrated as a ground breaking leap into the future. 

That's not equality though is it? The acting world is dominated by men. If it was already balanced then you'd have a point, but what is the point in turning Dorothy into a man? Taking one of the very few female led roles to prove a point in an already male dominated industry is not equality. There maybe an internet pitchfork mob that like to point score, but gender equality is a great cause and if you can't see that there is very little gender equality in the acting industry then you need to do more research.

Doctor Who turned into a thousand pieces of dust and completely changed doctors several times but the "strange" thing is that the Dr's now a woman? Bloody hell.

3 hours ago, Anton said:

Oh look out. The wannabe Aussie is here.

If you'll have me.

Fuckin love a chicken schnitty man

I'm jetlagged and sleep deprived and I'm still not biting @Storts as much as I would like to 

We were in the play-off semi final in our first season up. We've much like then a young and talented side, no reason why we shouldn't be challenging for promotion. Anyone who's seen our team will know the quality we have.

13 hours ago, Toony said:

I'd be amazed to see Brentford promoted any time in the next 15 years.

Must try harder

8 minutes ago, RandoEFC said:

I always see the title of this thread and think I'm going to the Football Manager forum. 

Clickbait 

22 hours ago, TomAVFC said:

You can't rely on always being able to replace sold players with the same standard. Albeit, many clubs do so year upon year.

Not that I am trying to piss on your parade, I really like Brentford. I'm just hoping your boy we signed has now found his feet and we can hopefully expect a better return, I think he'll be in the goals next year.

Talking of Jota, Ive just read hes been left out of your friendly squad due to an imminent Premier League bid.....how do you think that story ends?

We won't sign another Jota but we'd sign someone who can offer enough goals to fill the hole, or at least someone who could grow into that if there's someone at the club ready to replace him.

When he's fit Hogan is a goal machine, feed him and he'll generally score.

If we had Jota with 2-3 years on his contract he'd be worth £15m easy in the Championship. With just one year that number goes down, we've said it'll have to be a big deal for him to move and the Evening Standard are reporting we'd let him go for £8m. If he goes it'll be a shame as he is a ticket to the Premier League, but £8m is a lot of money to spend. That is our business plan so I've full confidence either way in the club.

We've just signed Kamo Molotjo from FC Twente, no idea how good or bad he is. 

10 hours ago, DeadLinesman said:

You've watched cricket before, right? Let's not fucking Americanise everything. A series draw takes nothing away from it and there doesn't always have to be a winner.

Considering the Lions won't play again for 4 years and won't play New Zealand for 12 years now making sure there's a winner is hardly Americanising it.

What a dull end to the series. Was watching it in a bar, 50/50 Kiwis and Lions fans and once everyone realised it was a draw the place just deflated. What's the point in a 3 test series if you can still draw it 

1 hour ago, TomAVFC said:

If Sergi Canos or Ryan Woods want to go, then they will go, whether you hang on an extra window or not would be the only variant. 

Whose the best winger in the league? Another big statement. How do you know if you sell him you'll automatically replace him with someone who can make a similar impact?

I like Vibe. He ruined us that dreaded night.

But it's the difference between losing 1 player or losing 3-4 in the same window. We had no room to manoeuvre, the players made it clear they wanted to leave and the clubs they went to got them for a cut price due to their contract length. Us having our players on 4-5 year contracts is undoubtedly a positive and will allow us to keep players for longer and sell them for a higher fee.

I'm saying he's the best in the league, he was when he was us before and then he was when he scored 12 goals in half a season. I never said he'd be as good, just that we will go out and buy someone who can make a similar impact. Jota would bring in a fair amount of money and our board know how to spend that.

1 hour ago, HoneyNUFC said:

I just answered the door at my parents house to the Jehovah's witnesses who kept calling me by my dogs name 

Good boy?

34 minutes ago, Cannabis said:

Oh give it a rest you big tart.

Genuine statement. Hardly like he's done a Rooney and publicly slated the clubs ambition for a payrise.

The hatred for Barkley is mental, you'd think he refused to play for the club and publicly stated he wants to play for Liverpool the way some go on on here