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Oh yeah, I also remember winning a game of pool in the absolute jammiest way possible and after being slagged about it, I busted out the old Arn Anderson promo line 'people don't ask how you won, they ask IF you won.' Such a nerd. I don't care though, that line is magnificent.

I am liking this series so far but not as much as the last one although it seems like things are about to kick off big time from now on. But still, I miss The Hound. I miss Tywin Lannister. God help me, I never thought I'd say it but I even miss Joffrey. But, most of all, I miss The Hound.

Like A Prayer came on the radio in work today. Pretty famous song, right? Well, the first thing that popped into my head was IT'S YERSEL! I had to contain myself from shouting it out in an office full of people. Thanks wrestling.

I got back from this about an hour ago and only now am I taking a breath again. Miller has every friggin' dollar of the budget up on screen. It's absolutely bonkers in the absolute best way possible.

So, this starts back on Sunday and I've been watching random clips on Youtube of the last series in anticipation (Viper/Mountain has lost none of its shock value but, good Jesus, they better have The Hound somehow recover from the shitkicking he took) so hopes/expectations? Me, I'm still all in on Stannis. Every damn time Davos was all MY CLIENT STANNIS BARATHEON and cut a promo putting him over, I was thinking, well, shit, if Liam Cunningham says it then it HAS to be true so, yeah, he's my dude.

Most hated teams? I suppose, hatred is a strong term so we'll say, most very very disliked teams? Arsenal Lehmann Lauren Ashley Cole Winterburn Adams MARTIN FUCKING KEOWN aka the biggest fuckpot there's ever been in football. Vieira All reprehensible gobshites and couple that with there always being a certain level of smugness with them and their fans (an accusation probably thrown at United fans to be fair but, I dunno, most of the Arsenal fans I've ever known including mates of mine have always been insufferable when it comes to Arsenal) and, yeah, Arsenal were always the shitbirds of the Premier League. But, it's funny, I miss the hell out of the matches when the two of them were going for the league, they were bonkers and fun and led to shit like this: I mean, I'm a someone that liked seeing Jaap Stam steam in there and grab Vieira by the throat, I'm someone that liked seeing Vieira and Keane kick lumps out of each other, I'm someone that liked seeing Keown doing that crap to Van Nistelrooy...actually, no, that was just childish nonsense and he's a twat. But now, pretty much, they're kinda stagnant. I support Man United but I'm not from Manchester (write your own jokes there) so the likes of Leeds/Liverpool/City weren't huge rivalries to me and Arsenal was always THE match of the season back then and I miss that. Lately, Chelsea haven't exactly been an endearing bunch. Their fans, their captain, their centre forward, their manager. All shitheads. Anyway, yeah...

I still want to see how much damage that dwarf with the knife was gonna do in Deadwood.

I am neither female nor gay (not that there's anything wrong with that) which seems to be their target audience but I was always slagged for saying Girls Aloud made some pretty swell pop songs. I stand by this assertion: Plus, Nadine...Derry representing and all that.

Charlie Adam doo-da was better than the Beckham goal. It's always been strange with Beckham, I mean, I'm a United fan but I never thought he was that great a player but he was always marketed as such and the Wimbledon goal was always trotted out even though Xabi Alonso and Rooney and others scored better ones but he was Beckham and he had a pretty face and nice hair and his wife was a Spice Girl or something and, ah, yeah, I'm rambling. Chelsea are obviously champions as detestable as they are and Arsenal are looking good but if United finish 2nd/3rd this season, I'd consider that a good season. Build from there after that and, I mean, shit, United aren't going away. I'd fully expect them to win the league again in the next 2-3 years.

I'm disappointed I haven't seen anyone work their internet magic with the Balotelli thing to stick a couple of perms and shellsuits on the Liverpool fans holding him back. But, man, between THIS DOES NOT FUCKING SLIP...followed by him slipping and his Abe Simpson impersonation yesterday, Gerrard's been the gift that keeps on giving. How nice of him to apologise to everyone. Apart from the dude he stamped on.

Man, I just wish they still had Sting use the WCW music. Remember how much we marked the fuck out for this: Well, now imagine them doing it live at Wrestlemania. Sweet Jesus.

Holy shit, FRANK SOBOTKA! Cena shrugging off the sledgehammer shot and knocking Triple H the fuck out with his hat was the best. Shockmaster! Yeah, pretty much the best thing ever. At the end he asks if we honestly wanted it to be an hour long? Well, um, yeah, I totally did. I'm pretty sure '...ah, fuck it, it's Ric Flair, he's AWESOME' should just be the standard argument winning reply to any negative comment about Flair too.

Holy crap, the body language between Keane and Shearer on the BBC is so awkward it's making my teeth itch.

Clough's family consider much of it bullshit and want nothing to do with it but 'The Damned United' is still a tremendous read. The author has said it's fiction based on fact and, I mean, by all accounts, Clough really did tell the Leeds players upon first meeting them to throw all their medals and trophies into the biggest fucking dustbin they could find because they won all of them by cheating. But, yeah, I love reading about all those cool as hell 60s/70s managers like Cloughie, Shankly and whatnot. The author of 'The Damned United' also wrote one on Shankly called 'Red or Dead' but the way it's written it's an, ah, acquired taste, shall we say.

I'm thinking Deadwood Triple Threat: The Colonel vs. Dan Dority vs. Captain Turner. Book it.

Speaking of wordplay, totally NSFW language but it applies to this whole story:

For the Man City connection, Neil McNab played about a dozen games for Derry and I was mascot for one of them. I had my picture taken with him and another with Liam Coyle. I treasured the one with Liam more even though my dad reckoned McNab was an absolute superstar.

If I could like that a billion and three times I would but I can't. Point is, my dad reckons before he did his knee in, Liam was pretty much a guarantee to be the cat's pyjamas as they come. Eriksson was manager of Benfica when they played Derry in the European Cup and he wanted to sign him, Brian Clough at Forest wanted to sign him, United wanted to, Celtic wanted to. But then he fucked up his knee, came back and was still a genius. It was literally a Stonecold-esque knee brace dude played in for the rest of his career and he was still the best player I've ever seen play in the League of Ireland.

Holy crap, one guy knew what I was on about. Shit yes. To be fair, I also support Man United.

Being that Good Vibrations was just on the TV (yeah, watch it) and they're from my wee hometown, I dunno, Teenage Kicks is kinda the best pop-punk song ever made:

Pearce and Lawrenson were kinda outraged over the pitch invasion during the Villa/West Brom match like there could have been a serial killer in the midst or some shit. I found it kinda entertaining, literal dickhead and all. I recall being part of a pitch invasion at the Brandywell when Derry City won the league in 1997 and...yeah, not a one of you gives a flying fuck, right? Point is, I dug it then and I dig them now even as un-2015 as they are.

I mean, shit, wrestling is a tough business for dudes but I've always kinda disagreed with the mentality of trainers who treat it as a shoot when it isn't. It's funny though, I didn't mind DeMott that much in the ring but I can literally only remember three things about his entire career: Being one of the 1st dudes (the 1st?) Goldberg squashed. Being called Hugh G Rection. You know, like Huge Erection...HA. Being part of the Steve Austin What thing before it became stale. Paraphrasing: 'Your name is Hugh Morrus...what? Humorous? What? Is that supposed to make me laugh? What?' Etc. I dunno, maybe that's why he's so angry all the time.

'No, thank you, I take it black...like my men' is still my favourite 'totally wouldn't get away with saying that in 2015' line of all time.

All of this just makes me wish DeMott had been a trainer when Brock Lesnar was starting off. Brock doesn't exactly strike me as the kinda dude who would give a flying fuck about the threat of release for removing DeMott's head from his body. But then I don't think DeMott would pull that shit with rookie Lesnar, he'd probably take one look at him and offer to carry his bags.

Yep. I mean, not only did I think Gyllenhaal was better than any of the Best Actor dudes but I preferred Nightcrawler over any of the Best Picture nominees (and I loved Whiplash). It was a strange snub. I do feel as though Oyelowo should definately have been nominated though, that guy was walking charisma in that role. But, yeah, IT GOT FILMED OVER 12 YEARS!!!! Or something.