SirBalon

I never eat meat on Good Friday mate. I’ve been on the verge of doing it various times during my life and then backed out. But that’s definitely a mental block because I’m not very practicing at all. I’ve even fasted during lent which hardly anyone does these days. This is why I asked Stan that question. I know Jewish people and Muslims that eat pork all the time as they fully comprehend the reasons behind the ban at the time of implementation. Yet they’re more practicing than others of those same faiths that do obide by those rules. I love this sort of debate when it’s done cleanly and we have it a lot on a weekly basis.

Ok George... I know I write long posts but your monologues toward me make me laugh.

So is it purely through your faith that you didn’t continue to eat something you had enjoyed or was it more a mental block?

That sounds gorgeous... Made my underpants soggy!

Have you ever tried it?

Just incredible how nature's seasons change the expressions on people's faces. I see the same people everyday of my working week when I use public transport and the look on their faces comparing from winter to the oncoming summer is astounding. We really are a species that is totally conditioned by our state of mind.

Remembering Barça on the days leading up to saving part of their hilarious season is comical. Concentrate Moon Face on what's before you, because the moon could get infected and turn into the size of Jupiter.

I'm really interested in these pieces... Every the mouth piece looks interesting so as to not have to over exert myself when eating.

Not even on my deathbed would someone convince me to put on that shirt. And you’ve also gone and made me that git Ramos.

Nobody has ever said Guti didn't have talent... Guti's problem wasn't in the natural talent stakes, his issue was consistency and we're talking a major case of a lack of that in Guti's case. The moments were sparse, but when they arrived every times the planets were aligned in the correct place at the perfect moment, he would come out with sublime moments. It shows in his international career where at Spain's youth levels in total played only 12 times and for the full Spain national team one more with 13 caps. There was no way to rely on him as you didn't know what you were going to get. But he wasn't lazier than Özil though, nobody is lazier than Mesut. Guti was a brat... Always enjoying the nightlife, rock concerts and cocktail parties on yachts.

I agree and the same happened with the Verratti situation which never happened and everyone thought was done. Just because something looks like it may happen, it doesn't mean it will. It's sort of tempts fate in my opinion.

Real Madrid could've indeed signed Mbappé but Florentino was (unusually) being directed by the coaching staff in that they didn't want to upset the double La Liga and Chanpions League winning apple cart. Infact during the winter transfer window just gone Kepa was about to be signed and Zidane even went public so as this didn't occur. The Mbappé Barcelona connection happened hours after the Neymar deal went through in his move from Barça to PSG... Mbappé met with Robert Fernández in Paris who was also shuffling the Seri deal and they elected to go for Dembélé... Infact a big deal was made about this in the Catalan sports media at the time and it can be googled. All of that is inconsequential now because what's done is done. What I don't understand if there's an inkling Dembélé could leave is that they aren't being brought to account. Barcelona is a fan run club and those over 150,000 members can give substantial problems to the present tenure as did Angel Cases on Rosell who has been ruined by a guy that owns a pharmacy.

They look like those types of dogs that bark and never bite. Retards for sure though.

Indeed Barcelona's wage bill is through the roof and that is something that's been thrown at the board time and time again where they defend it with their numbers at the end of every season by balancing the books and yet still making profits. What's going on in the background though nobody knows because many of the people showing dissent are people in the know, not just journalists that do their own in depth investigation. All the same, Barcelona signed Dembélé and if they signed him it was because they (supposedly) done their research on the player like they've done in the past with others. Obviously signing a footballer and that footballer fitting in to perfection offering you your needs isn't a science which is why top clubs buy top players with certain characteristics that on face value seem to provide what is required. But they signed him and they had the chance to sign others most namely Mbappé himself who went to PSG in the end. They chose Ousmane Dembélé and it would seem very strange indeed if they sold him after one season considering it can take time to fit into the mechanics of the way Barcelona okay the game even under someone more pragmatic like Valverde... The base is till the same in the manner of playing. Neymar himself didn't hit it off in his first season and neither did others in the past. But then again Ibrahimović was sold after one season although in that case there is the more than likely scenario that this was to do with his terrible relationship with Guardiola that was well documented. Another thing is the Antoine Griezmann interest (actually more than just interest) which does leave the questions you are asking. How on earth can you live with Messi, Suárez, Dembélé (who is he's gonna prove himself, he needs to play next season) and now Griezmann. I know giant clubs need depth and immense quality in that squad, but that seems over the top and we don't have to be that smart to see that. So it may be true that someone has to leave and the one that's earned less stripes this season for a number of reasons has been unfortunately Dembélé. Another thing is that if one leaves for Griezmann to arrive (hypothetically speaking because Antoine is still an Atleti player), I can bet you anything that even then we won't know if it's due to a backtrack and fix scenario rather than saving money on a salary.

Yeah I read about his remark seemingly directed at Tuchel in one of Spain's websites this morning. These things happen like when Messi seemed to be flirting with Chelsea some years back and even added them or something about them (I can't remember which) to one of his social media accounts. I've learned (not just from that Messi scenario) to take these things with a pinch of salt and smirk at the journalist filling space with rather impotent, less intelligence to than normal young men with too much time on their hands which have to fill it with something. Who knows... As long as it's done cleanly and not behind anyone's back I don't care because fundamentally you don't want a player at a club that doesn't actually want to be there. Not that Dembélé doesn't want to be at Barça because I don't know about that, but that the club ALWAYS comes before any player and definitely before this young man. He needs to socialise and be a part of a group which seems to have been an issue of his even at BvB... This is a team sport!

Sorry mate, from work an went to a dinner party and have only just sat down to be able to answer... He's a fantastic young prospect and the whole of Spain know him like they know another number of youth players coming through the ranks. Much is expected of him but the way the club is running things from board level these days, then I can see these gems go. I only hope that if they do have to go that it's to actually play and not mess around on a bench. You're talking about top quality youth here, not accumulating like Chelsea have done for years to loan out and disappear in some cases.

Kavinsky - Nightcall (Drive Movie Soundtrack)

You telling me! Ive met very very few genuine human beings (men in this case) that have something serious to do with Cricket and also Rugby. I don't want to go into that though because it's complexed and definitely doesn't belong on this thread which is dedicated to the more humoristic side of things. Probably the main reason why I never gave the sport/s a chance. In prefer golf to both which is more knowingly elitist and one can accept the situation a lot easier without a guilt conscience.

I dislike Cricket profoundly, but even I know who he is although I didn't know he had his bum on the front side of his body.

Eto'o didn't like Real Madrid much and his past there. A bit like Luis Enrique... But then again there's been others that have left Barcelona to go to Madrid with the same sentiment the other way around like Luis Figo (natural the way the fans treated him and continue to do so) and Ronaldo who for years didn't even want to mention Barça (has relaxed on that recently) but curiously had his greatest season of his career in Barcelona's colours.

Yeah it tends to be the case. Not all women are like that though, but it does seem to be the case with many. I, like you, know what I'm going out to buy although these days I tend to purchase most clothing online. But when I do go out to buy clothing to a shop I know before hand what I'm going out there for, even the colour. The only thing that remains is to try it on depending the brand or the cut you may need to change your usual size. I then don't dilly dally around the shops to se if I like something else. As for women playing the guilt trip trick... Hahaha... Mate, that isn't just down to going shopping.

Without a doubt that's a whole different ball game to shopping where us men are concerned.

I even like the name of the river!