Dr. Gonzo

The male one looks like it's wearing a shit wig on it's nose.

Lol Russia just openly appealing to the QAnon living right wing populist types now That’s a perfect example of how Twitter has dumbed down discourse and why it’s such a cesspool

Does anyone consult the players at all with these decisions? We're seeing lots of injuries just from a compressed footballing schedule due to the pandemic. Now they want to increase the number of games top players play? Do they just want to shorten the careers of top players, so that new top players can come through? Because you'd think with the amount of money that Messi and Ronaldo have spun out of long and legendary careers, they'd want top players to be able to perform as long as possible - it's easier to market people to watching established superstars. Seems like a pretty shortsighted way of trying to take advantage of the fact that the "newer" fan greedy owners prefer to go after prefer to support players rather than clubs. You'd think the world class players are their most valuable assets and they'd want to keep the established world class talents as healthy and available as possible to keep spinning that money for them. But of course, I know from these owners perspectives... no they didn't consult the players, why would they? Farmers don't consult cattle before they decide what to do with them - and that's how these dickheads view the players that make them so much money.

Kroenke's hated by the fans of his US teams too, I'm pretty sure. Other than the LA Rams, where he's mostly hated by the former Rams fans from their old hometown & the by fans of the rest of the NFL because team owners that move their sides to different cities seem to get a decent bit (of deserved, imo) hate.

Can surface to air missiles go that far?

This is what I saw: https://www.timesofisrael.com/big-blast-at-rocket-factory-jolts-central-israel-in-controlled-test/

Israel’s saying it was “controlled tests” which is what Russia said about Chernobyl, so this could be quite bad.

With my new: Avatar Signature Club crest next to all the shit I post (if you're on a PC, I don't think it shows up on mobile)* I am fairly certain that my rebranding is fully complete. I am now a European Super Dr. Gonzo *unless Tranmere gets added, then I'm changing it to that.

Football fans united to protest the ESL... ... and I think these CL changes prove that fans should remain united and keep the protest up for these changes that essentially just create an ESL-lite, particularly granting two extra places to clubs based on their UEFA coefficient. Last season, this would have put Spurs and Arsenal in the CL - in the future it would likely mean either 6 English clubs in the CL or 5 English clubs/5 Spanish clubs. Sunday was a black day in football, but we also saw football fans around Europe and around the world stand together in the fight to save the game's soul. The fight is not over merely because the greed of a few have suspended their plans, while UEFA bends over backwards to keep the cash cows happy. Seeing the greedy dickheads suspend their ESL plans was not winning the war. It was winning one battle in the war.

This shit about Chad's president dying visiting the front lines is pretty crazy. His son, a 37 year old 4 star general, has taken over and dissolved the constitution... which makes me think he probably had his dad killed. I'm not sure whether this guy was a good leader or not, I believe I read something that said he took power through a coup and he'd just been reelected for the 5th time... so I imagine he wasn't and those elections were not very free or fair. Either way, it's still mental. A bit like something out of a film.

Yeah that's true.

@Rab pleeeeaasse - for @Happy Blue & @Panna King... and also me

Spouted a load of bollocks about the ESL in the Leeds - Liverpool thread. Just a very, very, very, very circular debate.

Honestly, from the outside looking in... it seems like a lot of people in the media just like shitting on Newcastle fans, for whatever reason. I feel like it's been like that for a long time, even before Ashley - because even while Ashley is buddy buddy with a lot in the media (for business reasons or otherwise, but probably business reasons), I felt like the media & TalkSport listening types were pretty quick to give Newcastle fans shit for being "entitled" because they wanted their club to show some ambition and push on in the late 2000s instead of just stagnate. TalkSport's for morons anyways though, so fuck em.

I got a new window put in because something hit my window and cracked it. Does that count?

I’d also settle for Tranmere Rovers FC: , but let’s be honest that Malavan one is cooler to look at.

Please add Malavan FC

Yeah it was right after Soleimani was blown to hell, but more immediately after the Iranian missile response to a US base in Iraq. They’d given warning to the US - but even if Trump wasn’t in the white house, I think it would be reasonable to be on edge immediately after doing that to the world’s most terrifying military force. There was also serious incompetence though - if you are on edge and worried about the US bombing the capital... you or I would probably order a clear airspace. Definitely not letting passenger planes take off. Initially they said there was an no order to ground flights, but later they claimed there was an order to ground flights and they don’t know why that plane was in the air in the first place. Either one of those situations doesn’t really indicate the kind of competence you’d hope for if you were living in a country that’s deciding to escalate with a super power that’s got them surrounded. I think the regime did do a payout for the families of the victims. But only for the ones living in Iran - and many of the victims families lived in Canada and the US & Ukraine - and probably other countries too. And what was paid out was... paltry as fuck compared to what you’d think you’d get after a family member dies (and really... there isn’t any sum of money to make it “right”)

I saw that, but the headline is weird because it doesn't really reflect the quote properly. Ukraine is saying Iran intentionally shot a missile at a plane they misidentified as a bomber - I don't think anyone's disputed that though. They did intentionally fire a missile, otherwise it wouldn't have been hit. But the guy goes on to say, he doesn't think they intentionally meant to target a passenger plane, rather that they misidentified the bomber. Which then made me think: "isn't that pretty much what anyone thought in the first place?" So why is it in the news? Because it's not really newsworthy. But then you consider that the headline talks about Ukraine, which looks like is on the cusp of being invaded by Russia again, and Iran - where there's tensions over the JCPOA & Israel's recent attack Natanz. And that's some pretty attractive clickbait for people who might be interested in two parts of the world where it looks like any sense of stability is flying out the window.

It's crazy to think that really not that long ago - like just over a decade from when I was born - Afghanistan was a very different place before they had their Marxist revolution. And since then... it's been constant brutal warfare with super powers. With lulls of Taliban rule. Very sad tbh.

Yeah that was a great mission

I remember being thoroughly impressed with Mafia 1 when I first played it.

I think our away kits should always be grey from that legendary ridiculous quote. The one time we did have a grey kit and played United... it ended up being hilariously great.