Smiley Culture

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Win win for Spurs, that. Concentrate on the league and can’t get the piss taken out of them when they inevitably lose in a competition they didn’t even care about.

That’s Christmas up the shitter, with the girlfriend getting a positive covid test. Wonderful. Just the thing we needed to top this year off.

Air fryers are quality.

Leadership is an action not a position. To then have the gall to address the public and lay down “rules” is astonishing. I can’t believe anyone with any sort of common sense thought that out of this shitstorm, now was the time to start telling the general public what they can and can’t do. It astounds me that Johnson is a shit that won’t flush. How he’s still in a job is beyond me.

Crocodile tears. Fuck her.

If you’re trusting this lot, or politicians in general, to lead by example then you’re asking to be let down, personally. Johnson should have been gone long ago, he wasn’t even at these parties so he’s got off of all the flak for this but the precedents was set a long time ago for his party and their handling of Covid.

I find it a bit hypocritical, all this. At Christmas last year, a fair chunk of people in this country were flouting the rules put in place by the government. Some obviously continued to abide by the laws but, when the majority of people I know (myself included but we had our reasons) were doing whatever they wanted and are know having a go at the government for the same, I can’t really get behind it. By all means, I get the dislike of Johnson and his rein.

In fairness they’re paying this fella a wage and seemingly not letting him sign players so it’s a waste of money technically but it begs the question “why bring him in, in the first place?” and “What has changed that dramatically that he’s no longer of use to Everton?”. I’m not sure Everton are in any shape to answer those two questions anyway.

Went to Harlow Town v Waltham Abbey. Ended 3-2 to the home side, who got away with one really as they should have been held for a point, Waltham Abbey had a goal disallowed for offside despite their being at least one defender playing the striker on, which would have been quite the turnaround from being 3-0 after their keeper kicked the ball at his own defender to give away the first and some comedy defending for the other two. Both were fairly similar, two poor defences though Harlow have better attackers.

Announced this Omnivore thing about three days ago and the planets gone bat shit crazy already. Thoroughly depressing.

Hopefully it kickstarts it again as a thing again and away shirts become the third shirt in the “second” season of its lifespan.

There was no reason The FA could have against offering him a new one. It’s fully deserved, he and England have done things I didn’t think they were capable of when he was appointed. The only “worry” I had was whether he thought he was due a club job and wanted to try his arm, again, at that.

Top tip, don’t go to your local firework display. It’s cold, dark, you stand around for ages and it’s over within minutes. Instead, stay at home and just go on your friends’ Instagram stories, you’ll see the fireworks from the comfort of your own home.

They absolutely fucking butchered that. Shame, it was very, very good.

Lucian Fabre is a French Alan Curbishley. I’m not even sure he exists.

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The narrative from Newcastle fans shown on TV and radio today that the club has endured endless misery and suffering over the past ten years is absurd and strange. Equally, “today isn’t the day for that” in regards to the issues with the Saudis is a funny stance from people so ardently abusive with their dislike and disdain for their previous owner is a funny one. I’m not a fan of fans celebrating new owners like they’re celebrating league wins or legends of the club returning. I just find it all a bit strange really. Don’t get me wrong, I get they’re happy to see the back of Ashley and there may be a percentage purely celebrating that but are new owners really to be celebrated? There’s no guarantee these will be any better and having been burnt by Ashley and the various characters he’s had associated with the club over the past however many years he’d been there, is there any guarantee this one is going to be any better? Just because this one has money (so does Ashley though), is that okay? Having seen what a bad owner can do to a football club and having been broken by a megalomaniac, with a new play thing before the money stopped, that left me repelled from the club and confused and angry that the next chairman with no links to the country let alone the city, the place or the club to be treated like some sort of hero and celebrity, I hope Newcastle fans get a club they can be proud of and aren’t at the end of another bad owner. It’s not pleasant and it’s not nice, ultimately, to have to make a decision to walk away. If it’s done “right”, Newcastle could well make the big six, a big seven and provide a new test to the traditional names but they’ll do their bit to push back on their monopoly being challenged by a newcomer.

You can begrudge them when it’s out of the fire, into the frying pan and it bring the Saudis but selective outrage reins here. Genuinely hope it doesn’t go through, though it feels like another nail in the coffin of football at the top.

And won me some money, so nice one for that. Fourth Qualifying Round draw for the FA Cup today.

The North Coast 500 is incredible. Did it last week.

Ten permanent managers since 2017 at Barnet. Lucky to not get relegated last season and it looks to have been a continuation of the same thing this season despite the change of manager. The National League is incredibly tough, though. I know that’s the general feeling of the league most years but this year especially it looks the toughest it has done for some time. You’re probably only two or three bad appointments away from the bottom of that league, which really shows the standard of those in the league.

Very much a hipster club, by all accounts.

You going to Bromley on Saturday? I might have gone if it was a 3pm kick off.

I watched Harlow beat Hertford 2-1. The reverse fixture was the last competitive game I saw prior to last seasons non-league season being cancelled and both sides then were very youthful and both looked like they’d struggle. Harlow now have 5/6 more experienced heads whereas Hertford still look very young and will struggle against experienced sides. That said, it could have quite easily ended 4-2 on another day as Hertford had a penalty saved, hit the post twice and were in the ascendancy in the second half.