Dr. Gonzo

I'm not too fussed about losing him either. He's capable of some great football, he's also capable of being totally useless. I also think we need an actual defensive midfielder more than anything else in our midfield. So I'm okay with losing him if we can bring in a proper replacement.

Dedicated to @Fairy In Boots - quality tune by one of the best bands ever & from his hometown. Also might explain his username better to some people

With our luck, probably. Balotelli says he'll never play for us again because our board is dysfunctional. Lad, the only reason you ever played for us is because our board is dysfunctional!

I imagine they'll do it like they did Fallout 4 - there will be a reveal of the game, and the game will be released a few months after.

I think for years the transfer committee has been criticised. And this summer I think I called for Michael Edwards getting sacked because he and Klopp arranging a person to player meeting with VvD killed that move. But the failure to address key areas is a huge failing and people need to be held accountable.

That's fucking crazy

I've been waiting for Playerunknown's Battlegrounds to come to Xbox for a few weeks... and some friends recently told me of a free to play game that's sort of cloned it in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It's a pretty fun battle royale game, I've never really played one before... but it's certainly different to a normal shooter and it's very fun.

I've just become an arsehole when I play and someone is doing that. It's a game with a weird physics engine and to never make a mistake in a match requires incredible precision... it's almost impossible. Even the very best e-sport pros make mistakes in Rocket League, even though they're like ridiculously good and watching their highlights always makes me think: "how did he do that????"

Does anyone else play Rocket League? I play it all the time, it's by far the game I've clocked the most hours in since I bought it. It's not my favourite game, but it's my favourite multiplayer game.

Her son is saying she was murdered for exposing corruption: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malta-carbomb/maltese-journalists-son-says-she-was-murdered-for-exposing-corruption-idUSKBN1CM167?il=0 People online who live in Malta are saying that the country has changed a lot in 7 years and has become a mafia-run hellhole. There have been 7 car bombings in the past few years, so I think @Inverted is right that the mafia was probably behind this.

I don't know what's up with those weird gaps, but here's the source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/16/malta-car-bomb-kills-panama-papers-journalist?CMP=share_btn_tw There are a number of people of power who would be upset with the information in the Panama Papers being public knowledge. So it's anyone's guess who's responsible for this... But very sad news for Ms. Galizia and her family.

On Sunday I saw: Exodus, Obituary, Power Trip and Dust Bolt. Very good show - although I fucking hate the Exodus singer, ruins the band imo. Obituary are excellent live, here's an Obituary song:

Yes - the most powerful tool for finding information is now also the most powerful tool for misinformation and spreading bullshit. Weaponised propaganda is a huge issue that needs to be addressed.

Yep - whoopsies

It's hard for me to not feel like our seasons pretty much over. Our defense is dogshit, we're struggling for goals and we are without Mane for 6 weeks, and Klopp is being stubborn as fuck. None of this bodes well for us. Also fuck international football, I fucking hate it. I can't imagine anything other than Man Utd fucking destroying us in the form we're in. Not looking forward to this weekend.

Hmmm.... sounds familiar... almost as if there's some kind of pattern here. I'm not sure that NATO can wait for leadership to return to the United States before this kind of shite is dealth with.

I've been playing Cuphead - it's great. I thought it was totally shite in comparison to the original trilogy. I'm surprised EA isn't trying to force out more shite DLC for it though.

Yeah, I still thought it was entertaining. But I think Catch-22 is a masterpiece & Closing Time isn't really close to it. Plus people have different opinions and you might not agree with me, so I don't want to deprive you of a good read based off an opinion you might not agree with.

It's not even close to anywhere near as good, sadly.

I hope so. A hard Brexit is the worst case scenario. However Brexit has also highlighted the incompetence of our government. So I've come to expect the worst from our negotiations with the EU.

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/government-withholds-brexit-food-price-report.htm So the government is withholding a report regarding the impact on Brexit will have on food prices. That's something that will impact virtually everyone in the UK - and people should be aware. A hard Brexit (which I hope we don't face) could have the following impacts though: lack of customs facilities, leading to delays at the border (important for fresh produce) - for both imports and exports, which would lead to shortages at the shelf loss of migrant labour vital for UK agriculture, food processing, and retail loss of access to the EU markets (this is complex: on the one hand, this can mean oversupply in some sectors and theoretically lower prices, yet is also likely to mean sector shrinkage in those sectors - possibly very quickly), which can come from tariffs or lack of regulatory compliance Loss of access to EU trade deals and resultant higher import tariffs from reverting to WTO rules. There are also difficulties in dividing up existing Tariff Rate Quotas, meaning that matching the current EU tariff schedule very challenging. To an extent, this is in the UK's hands because we can unilaterally impose zero or close to zero tariffs (but to do so, we would devastate our own agriculture and food processing sectors, so that might not be the greatest idea) Substantial threat to the food processing sector due to Rules of Origin and the EU's system of tariff escalation, which could see rapid sector shrinkage. A lot of food processed here gets exported to the EU, if that suddenly stops then there will be bankruptcies Loss of EU subsidies and the difficulties which may come from attempting to pass replacements at the WTO Further currency losses can drive the cost of imports up Cost of customs checks for businesses I don't think it's responsible of the government to suppress the factual reality. Reality can't be held off forever and the public should know the contents of these reports that will make an impact on their day to day lives.

I think Danny Ward should be given a chance the next time Migs is "rested" - he's got a good reputation from every club we've loaned him too and Karius is worse than Migs tbh. I think it's strange Edwards & Klopp had no alternatives at CB.

It's such a shame his relationship with Klopp couldn't be repaired. He's better than Lovren, and we clearly need a better CB next to Matip.

The old "win while simultaneously trying to kill Gonzo by giving him a heart attack strategy". At least we're not a bunch of boring cunts though.

It's a bit retarded to call anyone "world champions" when around 100 years ago they were the only ones playing the sport. Football's a weird one too - the winners of the Superbowl are "World Champions" and yeah, they'd probably beat the fuck out of their Canadian counterparts in a final... but it's the NATIONAL football league. If anything they are national champions.