RandoEFC

About 5 separate incidents on that first lap . Leclerc amongst them, already following Vettels example. Let's go Kimi!

If Ferrari dominated next year, which driver would you support for the championship?

I'm bored of the current status quo now. Hamilton will walk next year's title unless Bottas does a Rosberg or Renault or Red Bull serve up a challenger for Ricciardo or Max. Even if Ferrari start next year with the best car again I have no faith in them or Vettel (mostly the team) to sustain a title winning challenge. I think we're seeing the very early stages of Vettels regression but I hope I'm wrong. The last hope for F1 in the next few years if Mercedes win again next year is to see Seb sitting across the garage from Lewis in 2020 for one last firework display before the two of them step aside and let someone else have their turn at the top.

Just an all round disgusting example of the worst of humanity.

Yeah more than satisfactory to be fair.

I'm still watching this and seemingly in the minority who still actually enjoy it. Don't get me wrong the writing is lazy at times and they throw in cheap twists like many television shows but I still enjoy the overarching story. Caught up on the first two episodes last night, the first one was a bit meh for me but I did enjoy the second one.

Have to say I don't mind McDonald's that much but on the Isle of Man it's a pretty captive audience, no KFC, no Burger King, no Nandos and we're now down to just two Subways. First world problems and that.

Hopefully have more of an impact than the last "next generation" I.e. Hulkenberg, Bottas, Maldonado, Perez, Gutierrez. We need the next greats. Hamilton and Vettel have been around since 2007 with Verstappen the only one to come through since them that looks close to the same level.

Didn't manage to rouse myself at 6am so just looked up the result after the race. No surprise to see Hamilton winning with ease and Vettel continuing to become a parody of himself. Ferrari just aren't that good a team. Schumacher dragged them to a bunch of championships along with Todt and Brawn and the guys who's name I've forgotten but was building the cars, but aside from those years they've won one other Drivers championship since Jody Scheckter in 1979.

Here is the table after Round 1 (Premier League): Position - Name - Total Points 1 - @Panna King - 8 points =2 - @RandoEFC - 7 points =2 - @Batard - 7 points =3 - @Viva la FCB - 4 points =3 - @Lucas - 4 points =3 - @Eco - 4 points =3 - @Stan - 4 points =3 - @nudge - 4 points =3 - @Cicero - 4 points =3 - @The Palace Fan - 4 points =3 - @Dan - 4 points =3 - @Cannabis - 4 points =3 - @Teso dos Bichos - 4 points =3 - @DNA - 4 points =3 - @Tommy - 4 points =3 - @binder - 4 points =3 - @Harry - 4 points =3 - @Storts - 4 points =3 - @...Dan - 4 points =3 - @Bluewolf - 4 points =4 - @Spike - 2 points =4 - @SchalkeUK - 2 points =4 - @BounceAroundTheGround - 2 points =5 - @Bluebird Hewitt - 1 point =5 - @JOSHBRFC - 1 point =6 - @Devon Von Devon - 0 points =6 - @Dr. Gonzo - 0 points =6 - @Rucksackfranzose - 0 points =6 - @Rick - 0 points =6 - @Mel81x - 0 points =6 - @DeadLinesman - 0 points =6 - @shut up - 0 points =6 - @robosys - 0 points =6 - @bozziovai - 0 points =6 - @StefBWFC - 0 points =6 - @LFCMike - 0 points =6 - @YNWA - 0 points

I watched qualifying. Ferrari are an utter joke but Vettel equally culpable for his poor starting position.

Nah I'm really enjoying it. Be fuming if they patch it and turn it back into another bullshit pace merchant counter attack orgy like last year.

Even when those glitches happen to me I find them pretty hilarious. It's not like they're commonplace in the game, apart from the goalkeepers being a bit weird when they come out to pick up a loose ball.

Firmino was from the CR7 one to watch ones, can't remember about Ozil and Fabregas, I think they were from Mega Packs or Rare Mega Packs in the Hybrid Leagues or Hybrid Nations groups.

Yeah I've been lucky to get two 86s from the same league in mine. I remember last year though streaks of finishing 20 SBCs and getting one player rated over 80 in all the packs. I can complete most of them for next to no cost though as I keep all of the players I get in packs and trade them in other SBCs if I'm not going to use them. I only really sell duplicates, though packing Robertson twice this afternoon also helped as he's going for about 8,000 which paid for 2-3 more SBCs...

To be fair if things had gone Valterri's way earlier in the year the picture could have been very different. He was a few laps from potentially winning in Bahrain, broke down in Austria (admittedly he was behind Lewis who also broke down) and of course Azerbaijan he was leading with 2 laps left and his tyre blew out on him. There were other bits and pieces as well that I've forgotten. By the time they hit Germany he was called off from challenging Hamilton because they were neck and neck with Vettel at the time and had to back their lead driver, then in Hungary he was also sacrificed as Lewis' wing man, both of those races were a knock on effect from bad luck earlier in the year, as was today. Luck aside there have equally been numerous races where he's been completely outclassed by Hamilton and Vettel so I'm not saying he'd have been in the title picture and actually his bad luck at the start of the year has played into Mercedes hands as they can concentrate on Lewis but I sympathise with him. I think Bottas is nearly as talented a driver as Rosberg was, where he lacks is that I don't think he has the real desire to wrestle the team off Hamilton like Nico did.

Enjoying the game so far. Starting to get the hang of shooting and the Division Rivals seems like a mega upgrade on Online Seasons. Managed to complete almost all of the SBCs that have gone up so far and got Firmino, Ozil, Fabregas in the pack rewards as well as the Player of the Month Moura card. Probably cost me about five times as much to finish those same SBCs last year when I didn't know what the fuck I was doing with chemistry and that.

Zzzzz

Hamilton delivering another bitchslap to Vettel who's now under investigation for dangerous defensive driving.

Hamilton has pissed all over Vettel in the second half of the year, Mercedes have pissed all over Ferrari on the pit wall all year and now this race shows that they're pissing all over them in the development race as well. Ferrari outclassed in every department again this year. It's hard to see where the status quo changes even with the rules getting an overhaul soon. Next thing that needs to happen to spice things up is Lewis and Seb together in the best car head to head.

Grosjean has made it back from the brink there. I'd happily see him replaced by Ocon. I quite like Romain and he's a good driver but he's never going to be a race winner and he's already peaked whereas Ocon still has that untapped potential.

Like the game so far but I too am struggling with finishing. Build up play is much better than FIFA 18 so hopefully they don't patch it after a month and change it to another game of AIDs like they did last year.

Love the absolute constant rattlement caused by @The Artful Dodger when he isn't even a WUM. Much better read than the rest of the internet.

I don't watch any UFC, but from my perspective as someone who may or may not take an interest in the sport otherwise, Conor McGregor and his "personality" are a big turn off for me. The madman persona might entertain some people but I'm afraid I'm just like sorry mate, you're a bit of a cunt. Not my cup of tea at all. Just my two cents.

Got it pre ordered ready to download at 00:01 on Friday but no way am I paying the extra £20 to get it three days earlier with a few extra ultimate team packs. If it was a fiver maybe but £20 for three days extra on a game I'll probably play to death anyway over the course of the season? Struggle to see why that seems like a good deal to so many people.