Jiji

Clifford was on the shortlist of targets when Gillis was moving Hodgson. GMs love the ugly bastard.

Looks like Satomura.

Apparently Joe fackin' Kinnear did not like Mike Ashley taking his Kebab away.

Maybe Jovetic could get a game or two... Fucking City. It speaks volumes about Chelsea when City are the more sympathetic figure in a clash between the two clubs.

I like how you shut your face... Silly three points dropped. So far, without Lucas and a midfield of Gerrard and Henderson, it's been two very average performances and a wonderful thrashing of them bitters. I don't think it's going to work in the long run, but we'll always have that 4-0.

Except Rick Nash.

Always had faith Charlie Adam would come good.

Forgot about the Blackhawks this week, too. Ain't that a bitch.

I know the Jets are white hot and all right now but losing to them and the Oilers in one week is about as low as it gets. Sounds like the team is selling anybody that ain't named Sedin.

Remember some of those early seasons of NXT on Sci-Fi? That pretty much killed any ad-libbing in WWE promos not done by established vets. Maybe they'd get better if they were able to do it a little more often than just on one show? I mean not everybody would be good at it, but it always seemed weird to me that that was something they did on those NXT shows when it would have no bearing on their future WWE career. Yeah, the beginning of the Genesis of McGuillicutty was terrible, but it also doesn't really seem a convincing argument to just never have adlibbed promos. People tend to suck at things they are unfamiliar with. Was Austin a killer promo from day one? No. I mean he probably wasn't quite as bad as that notorious Curtis Axel promo either but the point remains I think. And I'm not saying "adlibbed promos would instantly get every face over way more than they are right now." I just wondered if that was a small thing that contributes to the fact that the WWE are actively bad at making compelling faces these days. I'll take a shitty promo with a guy falling flat on his face over a guy repeating some lines. There's a certain charm in that and adds to the realism. Not everyone in life is a good talker or always has something witty to say. Some people get better at it and watching their progression is cool. When everything's a little too polished it makes it pretty hard to get all that invested in the show. It also must help a wrestler become more deeply invested in his own persona and flesh it out to be something more well rounded if he has to spend hours obsessing over his promo. It allows him to get into that mindset of "what would my character say here? why would he say this? how would he respond if his opponent says this?" All the writing, all the preparation and practice make for a safe, steady and incredibly average end game. It's so difficult to deliver a passionate speech when the words aren't yours, you've rehearsed it twenty five times, and you don't believe in it. The highs and lows are so much fun to watch. I think most of us can agree Terry Funk is one of the best talkers in the history of the game but he flubbed stuff up all the time. it became a part of his character. As a heel, he was fucking wild and reckless, and as a face he was honest and rough around the edges. It's part of what made Terry Terry.

Phhh. When my granddad came out of the bedroom wearing a leather vest and no shirt, memaw just said it was because of his "Agent Orange" and made us go into the parlor until she helped him shuffle back into the bedroom. When Grandpa Batista tells those annoying neighborhood kids to stop playing on his lawn, they get the fuck off of his lawn. Except he'd blow up walking down the porch steps.

For real though. That last level took forever and didn't even feel like an achievement when I finally did beat it. Fuckers.

Also done like 10 pages ago with image. Casey Kulas of ESPN Cleveland says Punk was in an argument with officials about a concussion.

Punk's babyface promos are not very good. At least not in this whole generic, vanilla babyface push he's been getting the last half a year or so. He's been made to look like superman, winning 3 v 1 handicap matches and the like, mailed it in for those performances, and now goes home. Good job, good effort.

These two beat the piss out of each other. THERE BE SOME CLUBBERING!

Friend and I were watching the '97 Rumble and Lawler did something similar. He actually starts a sentence, goes in, gets tossed immediately, puts his headset back on and finishes his sentence. Glorious.

Cesaro main eventing Wrestlemania, I can see it now.

Liverpool 4 - 0 Everton Southampton 2 - 2 Arsenal

Please tell me we get to see something along the lines of... Luke Harper with a shotgun yelling in tongues would be awesome.

Well I made a Lesnar-Goldberg joke, so I stand by my joke. Guys, cheer up. WWE isn't stupid enough to have Batista win the rumble. You all are getting worked. And it's awesome. Shows the evolution of working the marks in the year 2014. OR... BATISTA COULD WIN! WHICH ONE IS IT?!

Seriously, though, BillWattsEra is the best youtube channel around.

I played a disgusting amount of Battlefield over the Christmas break, but it's getting dusty at the moment.

Southampton have hired Ralph Krueger as a motivational speaker. Did they not see his stint in Edmonton?

Reigns is eliminating Punk, Ambrose, and Rollins all at once. He sees an opportunity and takes it.