Dr. Gonzo

Is Lebron James’s stake in LFC as a FSG investor or did he just get 1% of the club?

Tbf to Dyche he has said he'd probably play differently if he had more money to work with in the transfer market - who knows if that's actually true or not, but I suspect he's hoping he one day gets the chance. I think he's a pretty good manager tbh and I'd be interested to see what he could do with a side with more money. I think he's a Liverpool fan though so I'm not sure how keen he'd be on managing Everton... but who knows, I'm sure he's been waiting for the chance to be a manager in the prem again and it's not like Everton will pay poorly. I think if Dyche or Pochetino are open to the job, Everton would be insane to stick with Lampard.

@Rab would probably love the fume from Celtic fans if they lost another manager to another premier league club mid season though.

Ali Daei’s on house arrest because he supports people having human rights & now they’ve stopped his wife and daughter from getting away to safety… I hope they stay safe. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64097382

Nunez probably shitting himself

Last night’s grigia turned out great. I think I used too much cheese in the sauce. Tasted good though

Fucking hell, that’s not a football challenge - that’s just assault.

Big credit to the male students of Afghanistan walking out on their universities after the Taliban banned women from continuing university education there. It's actually a fairly serious problem for Afghanistan, because as bad as the IRI is... the Taliban are much more backwards and repressive (and that's fucking saying something!). I'm fairly certain under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women who have medical issues can only be treated by women doctors. Ending university education for women will ultimately lead to there being no more female doctors in Afghanistan... or at least no formally educated doctors. It's effectively cutting off a gender from... access to basic healthcare. Like the IRI, the Taliban is likely to react to any protests with extreme violence (in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it's more extreme and more violence). So these young men effectively are putting their lives on the line in protest of the extreme inequality the taliban want to force on them. Also, it is truly astounding the absolute mess the west managed to make in Afghanistan. Wtf was the 20 years of occupation for? Backing corrupt warlords didn't build a nation, it made people not trust the government. Funding armies made up of people that didn't exist to some generals could get rich was never going to be sufficient to protect the public from a taliban lying low hoping for the US to fuck off. Weren't NATO troops meant to be training these armies? How did none of these militaries make note of how this massive army they were meant to be training seemed to not have the same number of recruits it was claiming to have? I feel bad for the kids of Kabul who had 20 years growing up without the Taliban taking their lives to the Middle Ages who now find themselves in this absolute bullshit situation.

I hope we're seeing Mullahs hung in the streets in the not-too-distant future. But I'd settle for less if it just means an end to the theocracy.

vaguest and most non-committal statement he could make without keeping totally quiet about it

Should it? A lot of smaller nations have relied on having more experienced foreign coaches come in to help shape things so that future generations led by a domestic manager have a better framework. Obviously a foreign coach will never understand what representing a different country means for the people who are actually that nationality... but I think foreign managers for a lot of countries have panned out pretty well for a lot of smaller nations tbh.

It’s like bizarro Marty McFly and Doc what’s-his-face from back to the future going on ridiculous sci-fi adventures with (imo) good jokes

I’m glad it’s popular - it deserves success. It takes a lot of what the recent Doom reboots did really well, adds it’s own interesting game mechanics that make it very fun, has a unique art style, and is pretty funny. Ticks a lot of boxes for a fun single player shooter.

If you (or anyone else) likes Rick & Morty… you’ll probably like this game. It’s basically Rick & Morty meets Doom (at least so far).

I'm going to start playing High on Life tonight

Just for the record, they never won anything with England either.

hope we fucking smash City though. That open letter from both clubs to both fans sort of pissed me off and managed to make me hate City more

I'd rather have Mourinho than Tuchel. And I hate Mourinho.

Best Italian food I’ve had outside of Italy… and I’ve made it myself!

I wish he was as good as some Iran fans seem to think he is

I finally found a place around me that sells guanciale. Gonna try making amatriciana tonight

Yes, sadly

I wonder how his supporters will spin this latest (and possibly saddest) grift.

Anyone who likes freezing cold weather is an absolute weirdo. When I went to Harbin and it was -10 through -20... I absolutely fucking hated it. It would make the oils in my beard fucking freeze over anytime I was outside, absolutely bloody miserable.

It's pretty nice here today.