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Brilliant place. Temple Bar is obviously class. Atmosphere in all the pubs is best I've experienced. No one wants any trouble, just a good time. Live music, can't go wrong. Good time to go over also as the pubs will be rammed Sunday for the Rugby as it's England v Ireland.

Did you choose to do the Atletico tour over Real? Or just a preference? I went to Madrid in 2016. Was decent to be fair. Probably would plump for Barcelona over the two though, just my opinion though.

Sorry but it's absolutely ludicrous as to why Tottenham didn't get a striker in the past month. They already had the knowledge Kane was out for possibly the rest of the season and had the time to resolve that. They obviously tried to find a striker going off transfer rumours, but didn't get anything over the line and in the end, assumed they could get by with Lucas and Son, but neither are actual forwards. Would have thought Jose would have wanted a striker desperately but can only assume his hands would have been tied. A striker surely had to have been the target, at whatever cost, and now they will pay the price heavily. You can't tell me there isn't someone out there they could have got. It's ridiculous. Such a shame really when they had started to turn the corner.

This will not be a popular opinion which I appreciate but personally hope it get's overturned. Feel bad for Pep and his team when they are being penalised for no wrong doing themselves. It's their performances on the pitch that get them where they are. They are a special team that play great football and have set a bar that others here haven't reached, until this season. And do we really want a team to get 5th and get in by default when they aren't good enough for Top 4 over the initial 38 games? Some will always hate City for the resources they have to get where they are. But there are some that will also admire what an incredible team they have been and if it is their last go at it for a couple seasons, I hope they go out, win it and shove two fingers at UEFA. As a fan of the old European competitions, it would be brilliant to see the Champions League belittled without it's champions defending the trophy.

@Mel81x, are you minted? Looks like I'm gonna have to do some overtime

Looks amazing and yet, I have to be honest, I'd never have thought that was right by India.

Oh god. Jury's out for me then.

I'm not sure how I feel about the plates mate. Not gonna lie.

When your sound asleep dreaming of Chicken, Walkies and getting your bum sniffed. You enjoy it my love.

Couldn't agree more. I think it probably is fair to say it disrupted you and created uncertainty back there. Right up till you played Everton in December, you'd had 8 games won by a single goal, pretty much mostly 2-1's. So teams always felt like they had been in the game with you and lost out by a piece of bad luck, VAR, missed chance etc. Was easy to see why people would have commented on the defence or Liverpool not being the team they quite were. I think we all half expected a slip up in truth, but it never materialised and then you just clicked like a well oiled machine. Rest is history.

With the greatest of respects @LFCMike, I don't think those people genuinely would have believed the defence was 'Shit' as you state. However, two clean sheets in Liverpool's first fifteen PL games is definitely more than enough reason for said fans to think that defensively Liverpool looked vulnerable. How can it not? I've certainly never stated they are 'shit'. But I will hold my hands up and say I thought the first couple months of the season you rode your luck when the defensive unit was looking fragile and I stand by that 100% All credit to them for conceding once in the last 9 league games. Great run and look more like the defence of last season. Perhaps the fact there has been less dicking about with the other centre back next to Van Dijk which has contributed to that.

I'm going to have a good look this weekend and next week with a view to booking something by end of next weekend. Will consider what you've suggested along with the others. Ideally, it would have been Iceland but going to save that for another time and try look into when the best time to see the Northern Lights is. That and New York are two of our 'must do's'. But I'm saving NY for possibly a 'special occasion'.

Looking for a bit of inspiration. Got a weekend free in March for a long weekend somewhere in Europe. Between the both of us we've been to Barcelona, Amsterdam, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Madrid, Budapest, Lisbon and Sofia. Drawing a bit of a blank so far but would like to go somewhere different. I've been looking at Tallinn, Lake Bled in Slovenia and possibly Austria, like Vienna or Salzburg but I'm not sure. Maybe even Bruges?

There is a line in Football as a fan. And you don't need VAR to see that's well over.

What do you guys make of this? I follow this guy on Twitter for FPL purposes only as he seems to leak team line ups before the deadline. Very peculiar he would come out with this but his track record of being right with line ups gives this a bit more credibility.

Saw Dracula on BBC Have to say, Episode 1 was fantastic TV. I loved the mood they created, very eerie and the story set the bar high. 9/10 Episode 2. Carrying on from the first although not quite as good, but maintaining the interest 7.5/10. Episode 3. It was like drunk sex. Trying to perform but just couldn't get it up. So so disappointing 4/10 This could have gone down as a bloody terrific mini series, no pun intended. But the twist they used and the path the show took was completely the wrong one and for me, tainted the overall rating. Shame. It's always more disappointing when a show grabs you, lifts you up high and then drops you from a great height.

This is how I'd like to see 2020 unfold. Fury v Wilder Joshua v Whyte Winners face off end of the year. Ideally, Fury v Joshua in one of the biggest domestic battles we've probably ever seen.

I don't think he'd have gone there unless he's received assurances about what can be spent going forward to strengthen the team.

IT 2 I don't really understand why this film lasted 169 mins when the two part series from the 90's lasted a total of 192 mins? Was that extra time really sufficient in retelling the story? I don't know. I also feel the use of humour throughout this and the first one deliberately took away any of the scare factors. It felt more like a 'Stranger Things' vibe than the psycho/horror/thriller of the Mini Series. Overall, pretty disappointed. That said, the actor playing Pennywise did a good job with what he was given, but Tim Curry's version still wins out for me.

Everyone's circumstances are different, but if there is nothing stopping you from getting out there, you totally should. No regrets mate. You work hard enough in life, I'm sure you and Mrs BW deserve it, go and embrace it.

Cheers lads. Definitely a nice time of year to get away, especially if you like that wintery Christmas vibe. It was very cheap too. It makes you realise how much we are ripped off here. Never felt unsafe either walking the streets.

My missus surprised me for my birthday with a weekend away. Didn't know the location till I got to the gate and discovered we were going to Sofia. Not going to lie, I was apprehensive. Don't know why, maybe because it was into the unknown for me. Have to say, I was quite wrong to be worried. Really nice city and actually had a lovely time. So so so cheap as well. Three course meal and drink for two roughly £30. Beer £1.50 in a lot of bars. Just ridiculous prices.

Was reading today that we could be lining up a loan move for Rhian Brewster in January. Palace, Villa amongst those also interested mind. I wonder if you'll be keen to move him out? And if so, would it be better for him to go to the Championship or do you think he's better suited going straight on loan to a PL club?

Eddie Howe is due a step up at some point. Perhaps he has taken Bournemouth as far as he can go now and needs to look at someone like Everton, who have a bigger profile than Bournemouth. Nuno would be a good shout too, he's done a great job at Wolves but I actually don't know if he'd choose to leave Wolves for Everton at this moment in time.

All kicked off with Sterling and Gomez apparently. Sterling not considered for the Montenegro game. Clearly, the Liverpool lads having banter with Sterling in particular and it's all gone pear shaped with emotions still running high. Big statement by Southgate to leave out one of our star players. Clearly, his head isn't right after yesterday. And to only drop Sterling suggests the main issue is him. Big call.