Bluewolf

To be honest most of my 'don't feel like doing a damn thing' moments come when I am at work....

We all need one of them days... good to get up and have nothing on the agenda..

I will take some... good for the plants

@Batard caught speeding again!!! Told him so many times not to leave the house without me and @Stan but does he listen... does he fuck!

Just thinking that with our game coming up and judging by the way he played for you at the weekend it might be worth Chelsea breaking their normal rule and allow Kenedy to play against us...

I won't get bowled out until I hit my century.... Been smashing 4's and 6's most of my early life but now down to 1's and 2's with the odd boundry to give everyone something to cheer about... Slow and steady wins the day now... helps get you over the line..

To be fair that was just a quick flick on that created that chance.. A very good one I grant you that and more play like that from him and he will be a major problem for any defence, things like that suddenly unlock the opposition in a blink of an eye, I am talking more about when he carries the ball on his run and uses his pace to burst forward, sometimes he gets himself boxed in and loses any outlet.. Again he had a very good game against Arsenal , very sharp, good short passing, his movement and involvement was good and more of that I will applaud all day long.. Indeed, There is a long way to go yet and the whole team not just Barkley need to adapt to Sarris way of thinking and playing.. The play is great to watch at times but also agree with what you said a little before the season kicked off that playing more attacking/attractive football in this set up with the players still adjusting means we will be vulnerable and lose that solidity we have been used to before under previous managers.. Though I would say playing that way last season did us no extra favours and we still caved and lost games we should have won only we had no intention of even trying, That may have been Conte or it may have been the players showing discontent and possibly a bit of both, so why not flip it around and try it the other way for a change..

Well that was pretty detailed mate I have to say... nice informative post As you have said which is our worry, given the amount of managers he has worked under you might have thought he could have made some sort of progress by now under one of them but does he feel like one of those orphans that have multiple parents and families and yet never feeling like he belonged anywhere and just couldn't settle... I fear like you that he may always be that 'guy that had so much unfulfilled potential' and never showed it.. Obi Mikel was the same type of player.. You were always waiting for this so called potential to come bursting out and take the league by storm but it never happened.. He was supposed to have been a great player but he became just a steady player that never really excelled at all and you have to wonder if Barkley will end up being the same.. If Sarri continues to have faith but Barkley makes no further progress then I fear all is lost, When you play in a side with so many experienced players you would think he could take note and become better..

In fairness I actually thought Barkley had a decent game for us prior to coming off... It kind of got lost though in all the defensive talk which was the main topic of conversation.. I would agree with Luke about him, he looks great on the ball sometimes and can move it quickly and put pressure on defenders with his sudden bursts of speed but he still lacks that ability to make a sensible or controlled decision beyond that point.. You know, a clever little pass after drawing in the defenders to free up someone else, he just seems to drive on with it until he is crowded off the ball and ends up losing it.. Sarri seems to fancy him and maybe he can improve his thought process.. he also seems to be a bit hit and miss, some games he hardly makes a dent and others he is right in the thick of it.. Not sure how he was at Everton, if he was the same there or more consistent?? He has not had a lot of playing time since coming to us so let's see how much better ( or not ) he becomes across the season..

All just a bit of daft fun really especially the earlier films.. "but James I need you, So does England" all that kind of stuff... No matter what the situation, danger or foe he would always find a way out of it and end up with the girl... "Do you expect me to talk? No Mr Bond I expect you to die!!" only for him to talk his way out of it and save the day... Grew up on James Bond..

I was never that keen on Roger Moore especially after Sean Connery but he still very much owned it... He was good in the Saint back in the day though.. The Spy Who Loved Me opening sequence has to be my favourite one... Live and Let Die was another good one with Moore....

The new arrival is finally here!!! Say hello to Mia... Another soft bundle of potential chaos into our lives.... Leelah getting involved early... Both mum and baby doing well...

Not a Bond fan or is it something else??

Would certainly be interesting to see if he could pull it off...

True... a good distraction so I can make my escape in a tight spot...

Still waiting to hear, Chelsea is with her so a little while to go yet but thank you... I am soooo looking forward to having 2 grandchildren running around the house ripping the place up..

Sorry about that slight delay... My Laura has gone to hospital today to have her baby and we have Leelah to entertain... she wanted to play football but has now kicked both balls over next doors fence.. she does have a good kick on here I will give her that... I have taught her to say Ave it!! when she boots it hard so it's probably my fault.. stupid grandad.. On the subject of Laser tag I know what you mean, I had a mate who was really into that when they used to have a place in Kingston but never saw the appeal either.. might as well sellotape a dinner plate to your front and run around the house making star wars noises for all the pleasure I would get out of that.. On our paintball day it was broken down into 3 parts.. We had a storm the beach head and then a take the bridge before finishing with a big open capture the flags bit.. we were climbing trees and all sorts in that one.. loved it!

Yea it seems like cheating... too much of an unfair advantage, I did some paintballing with the kids a few years back for my sons birthday and it was a right laugh.. You all have the same weapons so it's more about how good a shot you are and how well you can conceal yourself which is a level playing field.. strange though because my son had a mask he got but they wouldn't let him use it on the day.. full face one as well which was safer then the goggles they provide so couldn't see the issue with it...

Sounds like a crack... especially the Mall experience.. Might get me one of these now...

It's times like this where I have spare time on my hands I often wish that there was a small zombie outbreak in my local area to liven things up a bit.. a little excitement you know.. Nothing on a country wide scale of course, just local within say a 5 mile radius would be fine, strictly quarantined off by the military and left to fend for ourselves for a while... I think we are in a good place, no easy access from the garden or side of the house so holding out should be ok with the odd gauntlet run down to Sainsbury's to stock up on vital supplies with my De-Walt and 12 inch masonary drill bit inserted for any close quarter encounters.. Got a fine selection of garden tools in the shed.. shame to not get any decent use out of them..