Stan

Yeah I think it was quite obvious it was a perfect match and was inevitable Klopp would join Liverpool.

Oh I am 100000% well aware of this

This is Basildon Park near Reading mate . Also, not wife just yet! Bit of both! I'm about 6ft 1. She's about 5ft 2 or 5ft 3.

Me and the missus at Basildon Park near Reading yesterday.

Go to Newfoundland @CaaC (John)

Willems out for the season.

Need to start this 2nd season. Really enjoyed the awkwardness and humour in the first.

Ouch. This make Ole look even worse considering he surely would have knock about the single stress fracture before bringing him on at Wolves?!

Nice. Finally not bottom.

Exactly. If a ball can be 2mm in front/behind the line then so can a player when it comes to being offside...

It's proven that it has? People just don't like how specific it can get?

new year new me

Don't find my birthday depressing either in age or occasion. Not yet, anyway. Turned 29 last month but I don't feel (just under) a year away from 30. Given the culture I grew up in there's always pressure to have or do certain things by a certain age (kids, marriage, house etc etc). I literally couldn't give a fuck what society or (extended) family said I shouldo do by certain age so it was always a proverbial 2 fingers up at that. I quite enjoy my birthday - always with family and never at work, usually plenty of days off after to lead in to new year, too.

A lot of keepers do this whether they are captain or not though.

Thought De Gea would have been a decent shout. Been at the club long enough. Perhaps the leadership qualities that are required of a captain (understated these days?) aren't present in De Gea. Maybe Mata as well. The fact it's been given to Maguire already goes to show that Utd have lacked/been lacking a proper leader for some time. I know there's the unhappiness at the board to explain some things about Utd right now but it could explain why some things on the pitch haven't been going great either - there's no character like you had with the likes of Keane, Vidic, Ferdinand, Rooney etc. Instead you have tits like Jones, Bailly and Fred to get you through

Always been the case any part of your body can score that can be adjudged offside. I wouldn't even say the rules were obscure. More just that they probably weren't as emphasised before VAR could check them when goals are in question. Or the new handball rule (for attackers leading to goals or defenders outside of their 'silhouette'). Also never seen fingernails been excused. A couple of occasions it's 'armpits' (which is fucking stupid if called offside) or 'toenails'.

That's so cool. Especially that he's taken the time to keep in touch with you too.

Good - improvement was required in the usage of VAR/pitch-side monitors and now I hope we'll see it. I hope it's used wisely and shrewdly though - not for offsides as that shouldn't require an on-pitch referee to verify. Should be used for red-card incidents and handballs or potential penalty calls etc.

Wait, you know Ivan Rakitic?!

I know it's UK-based (if you become that way inclined to visit...) but my parents went to York for a weekend and absolutely loved it. (temperature may let you down on that one though!) Contrastingly, but altogether still great, they've been to Seville for a few days. Cheap flights and decent accommodation and a beautiful city to match. Neither were an anniversary trip but a nice holiday away at not an expensive cost.

Terrible idea and obviously purely instigated by UEFA for how much money it can gain. Thankfully Premier League clubs opposed to it.

I remember when this fucker always used to score against us.