Dr. Gonzo

I thought Fat Sam was an underwhelming choice, but I couldn't have imagined him being this poor. Sidenote, Ashley Williams is a cunt.

Never forget:

They're not exactly playing great stuff. Very solid defensively, and they do a good job keeping possession, but they don't offer all that much going forward. But their defense is very good. I think at the end of the season Wenger's got to go, even if he does pull of the unlikely feat of winning the EL.

This would be glorious.

Any rumours of who's lined up to replace him? What a waste of a season it's been for Everton though - especially after all of the hype about them having a "great" summer transfer period.

Jorginho's said to be considering us or staying at Napoli, but won't make his decision until their season is over. Promising though, fills a void in the midfield.

Why the fuck wouldn't we want our best players to sign new contracts? Especially in Firmino's case where we're looking to get rid of his release clause and put ourselves in a position where we don't have our best players by Barca or Real Madrid meeting the release price. Firmino is probably our most important player, despite the insane form of Salah (and Salah being our best player), because our pressing from the attacking 3 is built around him. Massive for us to get rid of the release clause.

Firefighters saying it may take days to ID the source of the explosion.

Need ideas on where to go in April.

Seeing Exodus & Municipal Waste next Tuesday Exodus are fucking excellent because riffs upon riffs upon riffs. Here's a track where Kirk Hammet (of Metallica, but an original member of Exodus) plays the best solo he's written in years in a guest appearance:

I like Conte. Reporter asks him if he regrets not starting Cahill with all of his experience. Conte: "No, no, no, no, absolutely not, no no no no." Which is the right response. Cahill's way past his best... and his best wasn't ever as good as you'd expect from a club like Chelsea.

Yeah, I think you might be right. I think there's issues with the coaching and overall leadership on and off the pitch at Arsenal - it wouldn't surprise me if the players looked much better under a different coach. Which isn't to take anything away from Wenger and his legacy at Arsenal or English football. It just really seems like things have gone stale with Wenger at Arsenal. The tactics are sometimes baffling and, like I said, when I think of the best Arsenal sides in my lifetime they were full of leadership and character - which I don't really see too much of anymore.

I don't think you'll ever actually tell until a new coach is brought in. But I don't really rate your defenders, tbh. Perhaps you're right and a new manager could fix some of your defensive issues. I do think Wenger needs to go. I think Arsenal lack leadership, on and off the pitch. Which is a pretty far cry from when you look at the truly great Arsenal sides under his tenure as manager - where the side was full of leaders and character and when you could never accuse the manager of lacking leadership.

I think Karius is doing better in large because of how vocal VVD is. We look more solid defensively with an actual leader at the back. And I definitely think we'll benefit from a settled back five.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jurgen-klopp-stick-loris-karius-14280458 Some good news - the keeper rotation seems to have come to an end with Karius's rise in form. I'm still not convinced by Karius, but the last two matches are encouraging and I'd much rather give him the rest of the season to try to claim the position as his own rather than persist with Mignolet, who's had ample opportunity to demonstrate that he's simply not good enough. I hope Mignolet is on his way out in the summer.

Lol not at all if anything I just caught you on my hook.

So true.

Lol stop acting like you're the North London Everton. Nobody gives a shit about Spurs except maybe Arsenal fans. Maybe.

This seems to happen a lot with Chelsea, probably because of the really high managierial turnover they can sense when Abramovic might be losing patience with the manager... and they just play within themselves and not give a fuck. Which in turn basically condemns Conte/whoever the manager is at the time to shit performances and results... leading to a sacking.

Apparently Juve have officially opened talks with Can. I know some want him to say, but I don't particularly rate him too much. Great physical attributes, totally shite football brain. Players like him and Wijnaldum are inconsistent and make our midfield soft as shite more often than not - yet all seems forgiven when they have their one odd good game every 3 or 4 matches. So I won't be too sad if Can goes - although we're now looking a lot like we were before the summer. Desperately in need of depth but also needing improvement in the first team generally. It really feels like a total lack of planning from the people who are in charge of doing that shit from the club, and from the way the VVD transfer was handled from the summer until now + the way the Coutinho saga played out & our reluctance to sign any replacements... sort of really kills the feel good feeling around the club.

He's had some good moments but a lot of really shit ones too. A cheaper yet slightly better Lovren for us, really. Both probably shouldn't be starting in our system. I don't particularly think Klavan is good either. But on form, he's probably been our best CB this season. That might not count for a lot, but it indicates he should start over Matip and Lovren.

Fuck Lovren and Matip, VVD + Klavan from now on please. Also if Milner can play at right back instead of those 2 shite kids... and Mignolet relegated to 3rd (or lower choice) then I'll be much happier.

Just got tickets to see Slayer on their final world tour - also seeing Behemoth, Testament and Lamb of God at the same show. Apparently Anthrax is on all of the US dates outside of California though - kinda lame we don't get them too. Pretty good lineup though. Testament are underrated:

A friend of mine convinced me to buy Mutant Football League to play with him. Pretty cheap for a very fun game - it's an American football game. But you have 7 players on a side at any given moment in time. You can also beat the shit out of the players after each play - and you can actually kill players on the other side. If you kill enough players, you can win the game by making the other team forfeit. You can use things called "Dirty Tricks" to do things like bribe the referee, take steroids, use shotguns, use bombs, and shit like that. All in all, it makes for one of the most fun sports games I've ever played. Definitely the best iteration of American football I've ever seen. The commentary is hilarious too.

Funny fucking track title.