Mel81x

7 minutes ago, Stan said:

You were on the old TFF forum I'm sure. 

I sort of remember coming in around a Euro competition and I remember this because I was at IBM at the time and I told someone else to join and they never did. 

9 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said:

I am just looking at the Wayback Machine from years gone by, I will see if I can spot you around 2016/17, did you still use Mel81x then ?

Yeah its what I have used everywhere really.

Could have sworn I was on here earlier than that just as a non participant. I honestly dont remember what I was doign in 2017 either haha.

Id like to know when I joined but I think I lurked a lot in the initial years/months.

Congrats to City fans. You have been gifted another league title. 

7 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Knee jerk reaction - but if we're looking at people that have a decent track record but not much to show in the way of winning things in a big league... Gasperini from Atalanta's got a history of doing well on a budget and he's clearly very good tactically.

Wasn't there talk we've approached someone from Portugal for the job?

As said above we've been slowly digressing in attack and defense. The match last night was just a team showing what needs to be done to take advantage of that and had we met Leverkusen we'd have gotten the drubbing of the season because Atalanta could have had much more. The players look like they are out of it and have already given up because you don't just magically go from one game to the next and turn into world beaters its consistency that gets you there.

I don't think this is smart from Klopp if it was his gameplan to keep players fresh for the league because it will backfire. What also puzzles me is how well this team did in the absence of big names up front but their return has made them worse? Odd really but this is standard fare really because we always start strong and start to falter a bit towards the end of the season. Maybe it's the fact that the players are run so hard for most part of the year that its hard playing at the same intensity but that's no excuse for what we saw last night and have been seeing in shades all season long. 

7 minutes ago, Viva la FCB said:

Thats a toughie. If I had to choose my favourite is probably korma. My fiancee is lactose though so we make more Thai curries and use coconut milk as a base for most at home. 

You could do a coconut-based gravy for seafood too. That to me is almost peak cooking on our side of pond, the fish/seafood really just takes in all the flavors.

Let's face it, we've all either watched a video where someone has butchered a dish that we know and love or worse we've been to a restaurant to see something we know get absolutely misrepresented. I figure we've got so many stories why not share them on here. I'll go first with what is considered our national dish and there's tons of videos on YT and elsewhere of folks (both amateur and professional) 100% fucking this up. I can also safely say that I have never eaten this dish outside India and said it was good. On with the show. 

14 minutes ago, Viva la FCB said:

I kinda thought going in whoever advances between us or Arsenal isnt beating City or Madrid anyways but idk Madrid looked fairly beatable over two legs against Leipzig and Cities had their spurts this season too. The competition definitely seems more open then in recent years. 

I feel like Madrid are the ones who are going to advance there but there's still a lot of football to be played. You'll had moments where you'll looked very good and then just sat back and started absorbing pressure which will always allow teams like Arsenal to get a goal the later into a game it goes. I can't see this happening in the second leg. 

8 hours ago, Michael said:

Arsenal getting knocked out of the CL could be a blessing in disguise, as they could then focus all their energy on winning the Premier League.

I honestly can't see them winning the league so I do hope they focus on the CL even if it seems even more unlikely they'll win this either. 

Feel like Bayern can apply a bit more pressure here and get another goal to make the second leg more comfortable. Having said that, Arsenal haven't really sat back either. 

2 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said:

True, I love my curry with peas too. 

Chinese Chicken Curry British Takeaway Style!

We do a curry with peas but its all vegetarian. It's very very rare you'll see meat with peas in a dish here and when you do you generally ask for water and politely eat a bit and run away.

I like them both but overall, I'd lean more on the side of a good Indian curry with coconut and a lot of low-end spice vs what we get outside of India which is just cream and hey have we added enough cream yet? It's slowly changing in places but it's nowhere close to what we get at home.

Something like this

Thai curry is actually really good too, but I err on the side of eating it mostly with seafood as I find chicken to be a bit on the meh side. 

2 hours ago, RandoEFC said:

It's very different because Curtis Jones went in high enough on the Spurs player that his foot rolled over the ball and into the middle of his shin. It was unlucky and not deliberate but this challenge isn't on the same level.

I agree this is way more deliberate even if he gets the ball. The only saving grace is the player on the receiving end doesn't get injured. 

City have this in the bag. Neither of the other two have the kind of winning mentality to go the distance here. This is City's  bread and butter.

11 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I’m not saying it’s a red or it’s not a red, I’m just saying I’ve seen them given for less this season.

We saw Curtis get one earlier in the season when he gets the ball first then follows through. Which is not any different to what happened with Casemiro and I agree all we really want is some consistency but the laws themselves lead to all kinds of ambiguous behavior you're not going to get that anytime soon. 

8 hours ago, Happy Blue said:

Klopp thinks Arsenal will win at Old Trafford, on paper it looks like an easy 3pts for them? 

They'll win at OT guaranteed. Manchester United would lose to all three of the teams struggling for relegation but when it comes to us and especially when it comes to us at OT they wake up and decide to play football. 

2 hours ago, Lucas said:

Also on Bruno's goal. If Allison is playing, I don't think he get's beat there, no way. Just saying.

If Ali isn't injured everyone is smoking cigars today and taking a tie with United while being away from the rest of the pack. I don't think we concede half as much with him in goal and our backline gets their act together sharpish. 

As if a "luxury" tax will ever put a dent or send a message to clubs that have been caught of financial irregularities. Just deduct points and hit them where it hurts if found guilty. All this taxing is a waste of everyone's time. 

41 minutes ago, Stan said:

Thought Man City have usually struggled against Spurs in recent seasons. 

Could go either way based on that history. I am leaning towards a win for City. They just get things done when it comes to the end of season. 

What Dune is and will always be is a masterclass in VFX and Color Grading. Whether you're looking at Harkonen-based scenery or watching the sands and how the characters are shot with the light and their eyes it's all quite the sight. Some of the work in the first film that they bought over to the second is very good VFX, it's terribly hard to generate motion over sand and not use some part of particle FX vs pure VFX. I even think the sandworm scenes aren't some of the best in this movie but the ones where we've got dialog and more importantly water and B/W effects truly shine because you really have to work through those with the limited gradients at hand to get the coloring just right. 

5 hours ago, Happy Blue said:

We got Spurs away  more points will be dropped, nowhere near our best this season

They'll play like shit against you and then turn into prime Barcelona on steroids against us. That will be the decider for me after we get spanked at Old Trafford.

Antonio should be putting that chance away for them to be up against Spurs. Did all the hardwork and didn't even have any pressure on him.

4 hours ago, Happy Blue said:

PlayStation are struggling so it will come to PC soon no doubt after seeing how well Helldivers did for them. i might buy them for my PS5 when they go on sale

I'd imagine struggling means no money to foot the bill for devs to do more work for the port although tbh I never really understood how much actual work goes into ports. The gaming industry at large is just slow these days.