Dr. Gonzo

Out of all the states in the US, Hawaii easily has the best flag too

Gotta say as a half-Persian, seeing 2 Iranian guys working to destroy Everton does warm my heart a little bit

It’ll just be a better dressed dickhead who knows how to comb his hair though. It’ll still be embarrassing that the UK’s run by the same party that’s run the country into the ground for a decade.

Flying back today - but I’ll this has probably been the best holiday I’ve ever been on. Maui is absolutely incredible. Here’s a pic of the sun rising above the clouds from the highest point on the island. And a cool shot from the coolest hike I went on the trip.

Shitloads of injuries

That’s just a teaser for the only fans

Just a week. Nothing really special planned. Gonna go to a traditional Luao (dunno if I’ve spelled that right) for our dinner plans tonight. Other than that no real firm plans other than driving the Road to Hana & going to the National Park here. Well other than I’ve got firm plans to spend time at the beach, by pools, and to do a lot of hiking. We might play golf if I can convince my wife, but I don’t think I’ll be able to… Oh and going to Mick Fleetwood’s restaurant because I’ve heard he’s there a lot so meeting a founding member of Fleetwood Mac is a possibility Cheers mate! Hope I’m assuming you’re back from your trips? Those pics looked great, hope it was as fun as the pictures made it look.

Yeah they would. Yeah that’s unfortunately very true and very common, pretty fucked up tbh. I dunno how some people can be so self-absorbed on holiday they can forget that the staff at their destination are humans too. I landed yesterday so far I’m having a good time in Maui though.

Lampard managing this totally shite squad sounds pretty entertaining tbh.

Don’t think it matters who the next manager is, at least just not yet. Dunno about that, Everton are about as abject as I remember them pre-Moyes. They’re just richer now. But Kenwright got one of the biggest clubs in the country content with losing its ambition almost entirely. I think that’s an impressively bad job.

Let’s be real: Everton’s fall from grace has fuck all to do with Leicester & happened well before Moshiri was ever involved in buying the club. Kenwright did a fantastic job lowering expectations and getting one of the big clubs in the country alright with falling behind. But Moshiri definitely has no clue what he’s doing. The decision to sack Brands now looks even more mental. They’ve spent money but they’ve obviously got no short term plan or long term plan. They’ve got a few decent players, but I think it’s a mess of a squad. I don’t think any manager clears up the mess in 4-5 months. They need a long term plan, which probably means hiring a DOF and actually listening to him.

It’s from the underpants gnome episode of South Park more than anything serious

Step 1: sell star LB Step 2: sack manager that made you sell star LB Step 3: ????? Step 4: profit Moshiri must be a Liverpool fan, because the way he’s running this club is hilarious

My only fear is that the short memories of the electorate mean it won't matter if it's harder for Tories to do a rebrand and claim they're not like the other silly cunts that have spent the last decade taking the country and running into the ground... and it'll still work and get them elected. All it takes is the media pulling another "Miliband eats sandwiches like a weirdo" or "Corbyn hates Jews" or some other bullshit and that'll dominate any future election and probably help Tories out a lot. I still don't understand how the Miliband eating like a weirdo was so effective, mind you.

By the same token this can piss off a lot of Iranians that aren't Persian, because technically if you're Iranian you're not necessarily Persian. There's Azeris, Arabs, Armenians, Balochis, Gilakis, Loris, Kurds, etc... - I think Persians make up about 60%-ish of the country. So some people don't really like it when they're called "Persian" if they're from Iran - because they view it as sort of ignoring their culture. The rise of Zoroastrianism is sort of a pushback of the Islamic Republic & their brand of nationalism as you say - because it's the "native" religion to Iran & the oldest monotheistic religion and some people view Islam as the "religion of the invaders" with the Arab conquests. I think it's more common for Persian Iranians to be into this revival of Zoroastrianism, but probably some of the other Iranic people in the country would fall into that - Azeris are Turkic people, so they came to the region after it was Islamic already and I don't think would have the same connection to Zoroastrianism - meanwhile the Arabs of Iran, similarly, would find their roots in the country most likely tied to the Arab conquest... so while they're very much Iranian... I wouldn't say they have any ties to Zorostrianism. For a lot of people, myself included, this sort of revival is more symbolic than being an actual believer of the religion. Iran's diaspora is increasingly atheist and there are more and more atheists in Iran (probably because of dissolution in living in a religious authoritarian regime and probably because religious conflict has led to a lot of bad shit happening in both Iran & the region generally). But it, and Christianity, are also some of the fastest growing religions in the country as well. But yeah, it's an absolute shame what happened to Iran.... although if the UK & US never removed their democracy in the 50s, and their puppet dictator was never ousted in 1979... I might not have ever been born. So from a selfish perspective, it's not so bad. But from a non-selfish perspective... me existing probably wasn't worth the suffering of 82m+ people

Hope you're feeling at least a bit better today @DeadLinesman - sounds like your go of having the disease is significantly more shit than mine. Hope you make a full recovery ASAP and you don't get fucked with the long covid

FSG need to pay Salah, the cheap cunts

Tbf to her, she's not someone who really believes in accountability of officials for getting caught breaking rules after the fact considering her past. So her doing this fits in with her standard of ethics. But really we should be demanding a much higher ethical standard from all of our elected officials.

No offense to Brentford, but I'd expect Spurs to be a much better side than them in any given match.

Wow, I actually can't believe there were no reported injuries. But the lads in the few rows looked in pretty good spirits after a few seconds of shock and looking like they weren't sure what the hell just had happened.

Don't get me wrong, I agree with you that if someone did that to me I'd probably give them a good punch because I think it's deserved (I think in the US people have actually been sued for farting on people and it's been considered a form of assault & battery - so if you're in the US and someone farts on you, I think if you hit them it falls under "self-defense" ) But since it's not happening to me... I think it's a bit funny . Watching those reactions is pretty amusing to me, at least. Tbh, I also think the farts are fake and he's just lifting his leg and his phone or some shite is making the fart noises. I think this grown man might just be doing it because he's bored and because if he gets enough views on YouTube he can monetise it. Idk if I'd be able to pull a prank like this in public with random people without giggling uncontrollably as I lift my leg up to "fart" because I am an incredibly immature grown man... but I don't think it's that bizarre. But I've always liked prank shows/videos, so I do just generally think this kind of immaturity is funny.

Don't worry @MUFC, I lol'd

I think it's been brewing for a long time & personally I don't think Ronaldo can be blamed so much for Man Utd's pains in trying to transition into pressing more when he's pressing more than players much younger than him as an OAP. I don't think Rashford's been managed well either - physically or mentally. He's been asked to play with injuries, he put off a big surgery because of Solskjaer & Southgate's asking him to for club/country, he's received a ton of racial abuse and abuse for combatting child hunger (weirdly). He looks a shadow of himself compared to when he's in form. And I think if he's been mismanaged... chances are other United players have also been mismanaged as well. Too few United players look like they give a fuck when they're on the pitch. Which as a Liverpool fan, I'm okay with seeing. But if I were a United fan, I'd be really questioning why some of these supposedly great players look like they can't be arsed to perform in a United shirt. You compare someone like Ronaldo to someone like Pogba and I think there's a pretty stark difference in mentality. Ronaldo's got shitloads of talent, but also an incredible work ethic and attitude - whenever he's on the pitch you never really doubt his commitment to getting a win (although sometimes this season it's led to some moments of petulance that shouldn't really be allowed, even for a player of his stature). Pogba's got shitloads of talent as well, as proven by his time at Juve and France, but I don't think he's got the right attitude to be a big player in a top side. When Pogba's on the pitch you never know which Pogba's going to turn up - but 6/10 times, you're probably getting the Pogba who thinks it's his teammates job to do all the hard work while he fannies about on the pitch. When the going gets tough at France or when it did at Juve, I'd probably count on his teammates to put in the midfield shift necessary to get a win... not him. I'd certainly never count on him to be the sort of midfield general he was expected to have been, who can grab a match by the scruff of the neck and change things. There's too many players at United right now that think "I'm at United, I've made it" rather than players who think "I'm at United, now is my chance to win things so I can say I've made it" imho. I do think Ronaldo was a luxury signing they didn't need to make and that's maybe a tactical problem for United now... but I don't think he's a problem in terms of the toxicity at the club right now. Long may the toxicity continue, though.

@Inverted about to make some serious fucking money!

I remember seeing him at Milan when he first came to Europe and he was an absolute beast of a CB. Thought he'd go on to become one of the greats in the position in the era. Then he went to PSG and I stopped giving a shit about him or his career because... well... who cares about PSG? Barely anyone, that's who. So you're absolutely right, I think. Him spending so much time at PSG did a lot to make people forget how good of a CB he really is.