Fuzzy Dunlop

I forgot because I'm a glory hunter.

Obviously, they rode their luck against Spurs, no one would deny that but it's only Cardiff...it's only Huddersfield...it's only Bournemouth...it's only Newcastle...it's only Reading...it's only Spurs...it's only...it's only...it's only. I said it before, I've never wanted anyone to succeed as much as I do Ole. I want him to become manager, register himself as a player, win the quadruple next year and bring himself off the bench in injury time in the European Cup final to score the winner even though he's 45 years old because he's Ole and he could slap my mother in the face with a large salmon and I'd still love him. Anyway, who knows if he's the long term man for the job but, man, in an ideal world, he would be.

I think this perfectly sums it up. I was 9 the year Derry Girls is set and I had a great childhood here but growing up in this wee country you had all this horrible shit happening in the background, whether it was the Greysteel shootings or the Shankill bombing and, unfortunately, far too many more to mention but people just kinda got on with it because what else could you do? The parts in it when the parents are complaining about the bomb scare were perfect and really resonated with Derry people. It wasn't this mass hysteria or panic that a fucking bomb might actually go off, it was moaning because the traffic might be a nightmare in town. I don't know if you've watched all the episodes yet but the very last scene is perfect and pretty much encapsulates life here back then. It's poignant and sad and hopeful all at the same time. I think, partly because of the bad shit that's happened in this country, there's a real sense of humour and take the piss attitude about the people here, particularly in Derry where everyone thinks they're a comedian but I wasn't sure how the humour in Derry Girls would translate to people not from here. Anyway, I don't want to bog the thread down with Derry talk, I just love that this wee show about my town is on Netflix and is being loved. I haven't seen Freaks and Geeks, I always heard really good things about it but never got round to watching it but I'll check it out.

Mourinho can stick his three fingers up his hole.

MVG. The whole F'n show. He hasn't won it yet obviously but he's the greatest player there ever was. Phil Taylor won tournaments in an era when the standard wasn't as high as it is today. That being said, Michael Smith is no mug.

I'll get it out of the way and say I'm not the biggest fan of Get Out (donthatemedonthatemedonthateme) but Us looks fucking great. In the history of horror, no good ever came of a character saying 'where's -insert family member's name here-?'

Tessa Thompson resonates with me. Okay, okay, settle down and all that.

I'm marking out, bro! Never thought I'd see 2 mentions of Derry Girls on a predominantly American forum. Derry is my wee hometown and it was a big deal when it first aired at the start of the year, the streets here were basically empty the nights it was on. They filmed exterior scenes recently in the town centre for the 2nd series (including Clinton's visit to Derry in 1995) and it was also the talk of the town. Derry has a population of 100,000ish so it's not a big place and stuff like Derry Girls happening is a big deal and we're all kinda super protective and proud of it. I'm just curious how you guys were with the accents? I know a few comments from English viewers were that they enjoyed the show but they couldn't quite understand it at times. We talk super fast and, if anything, Derry Girls probably toned the speed down a little and definitely toned down a lot of the slang terms. Being from Derry, a lot of the accents from the actors are...ropey at times, a few are essentially doing Belfast accents but people not from here might not even notice that. The actresses who play Erin and Michelle are Derry born and bred but the actresses playing Clare and Orla are from the Republic and, Orla is basically nowhere near a Derry accent but, I'll forgive her, because outside of Michelle, she's obviously the standout character. It's not perfect, the humour is hit or miss but when it hits, it's great. A lot of it is basically the feckin' English type humour (basically summing up so much Irish history in school by saying 'maybe if your lot had stopped invading us for 5 fucking minutes, there'd be a lot less to wade through, ya English prick!') but it's tongue-in-cheek. Anyway, yeah, I'm rambling but that set me off.

Goals. Good football. Smiles on faces. At Man United?!? WHAT IS THIS SORCERY?!? Turns out there is no sorcery needed, you just encourage good players to go out and play and express and enjoy themselves and pass the fucking football forward.

Oh, yeah, this is definately true. As I say, I was just curious though as players in this thread seemed to be playing it the complete opposite of how I was but that's possibly because I'm a fucking idiot. I guess, I just figured constantly having shootouts with bounty hunters and going down in a blaze of glory with lawmen was more fun than fishing and picking flowers and shit. That being said, the next time I play the story (because this game is so good, I'm going to play the story again), I'm going to play as a nice guy. I don't know how long I'll last as a nice guy before I want to shoot some fuckers in the face but still.

I'm just curious, for the players trying to keep their honour level high, is it as much fun playing it that way? I mean, I played it in such a fucking psychopathic sociopath kinda way that, at one stage, I unlocked a fecking achievement for having the lowest honour level you can get but, I always just figured, shit, it's way more fun killing random fuckers. Besides the point, you kinda need to loot all these random dead fuckers to get all your health and dead eye trinkets built up to allow you to get through the actual story part of the game. I think at some stage I'll play it again and try to be a nice guy but, I figure, that wouldn't be as fun. There might be something wrong with me though.

Having watched the first episode of the new series, my view has not changed; I really like the show but Mrs. Maisel is absolutely not as funny as Susie.

I've been part of darts crowds before, albeit for the Premier League and not the World Championship at the Ally Pally and darts crowds are distinctly...uncouth but, absolutely, positively, fun as fuck. I was there one night when Adrian Lewis hit a 9 darter and, I mean, I can't stand Adrian Lewis and, yet, I still reacted like a 14 year old girl at a Beatles concert. The overall reaction was fucking BONKERS. It's a simple yet incredibly difficult sport played by great big fat men but it's fucking great. I figure MVG wins it this year the way it's going but I have no idea. Maybe Michael Smith. Maybe some random fucker.

The more I listened to Delicate, the more I realised it's kinda perfect. I mean, shit, if you're looking for perfect pop music, what's better than it? That being said, I dig the shit out of her knowing her persona and being self referential enough to be able to take the piss out of said persona: My wife allows me her, Jameela Jamil and Jodie Comer. It's all very creepy. Luckily, my wife doesn't read this board or she'd realise 1/3 of my posts are about Taylor fucking Swift.

I did the same damn thing one time in Saint Denis, I was going to get on my horse but I wasn't quite close enough to it and the Y button made me tackle some random fucker instead and so every lawman in the place descended on me because you can't fucking fart near a Saint Denis resident apparently. Anyway, after they killed me, I killed a bunch of Saint Denis residents in an okay, I mistakenly tackled one of you fuckers last time but now I'm going to give you an excuse to come after me this time kind of way. Then the lawmen killed me again.

Steven Gerrard, Gerrard, he slipped on his fucking arse, he gave it to Demba Ba, Steven Gerrard, Gerrard... ...is my ringtone. It's not really but it'll never not be funny especially after he literally said THIS DOES NOT FUCKING SLIP after that one match. And then he slipped. It wouldn't be as funny if it happened to someone in the current Liverpool team because they actually all seem like swell chaps. Okay, it would still be funny.

Yeah, when I wrote all that shit above, I realised I completely forget about Spurs. In my defence, everyone forgets about Spurs. As much as I'd want them to win the league over City and Liverpool; lads, it's Spurs.

Guardiola OUT.

I've never wanted any manager in the history of football to succeed more than I do Ole. But, then, succeed this season means what? They're an absolute mile behind Liverpool and City and, rightfully so, because they're better teams than United are and United possibly aren't going to finish in the top 4 but if he strings wins together and they score goals and play actual, you know, football (a concept Mourinho didn't seem to grasp) seeing as it's an entertainment business, I'll be happy. I know it was only Cardiff (whatever that means) but it wasn't so much them just winning, it was how they won. They never played like that under fuckface. I'm not so biased as a Man United fan to believe they have the divine right to win the league every year, they had 20 years of it under Fergie and runs come to an end but I do believe that you have the right to watch entertaining football. Write off this season, the damage has already been done by that other fucker, start again next season with Ole or whoever as the new manager and go again. But, then, as much of a critic of Mourinho I was, he's not solely to blame. The whole set-up of the club seemed poisonous from the top down but, for now at least, it's an optimistic step in the right direction

I wanted socks. I got socks. I'm in my 30s so I'm old therefore socks are the best. I also got a mini SNES and lots of other random shit. In the case of the SNES I had been dropping hints to my wife for months in basically the same subtle way Father Dougal dropped hints to Father Ted.

Nice baubles. Ah, someone had to say it.

You ever heard Taylor Swift's 'Don't Blame Me'? Fucking great, isn't it? 4 months after the last post in this thread and, I don't give a shit, I'm whiter than white and completely uncool but Taylor Swift is fucking great and, yet, the point remains, that Dua Lipa's IDGAF is still the best pop song released this year bar none.

I watched the 1st series of Mrs. Maisel a while back and I liked it but, I dunno, Mrs. Maisel isn't...that...funny. Shit, her manager is way funnier than she is. The funniest act in the whole thing is the ventriloquist act ('how big are their tits?'). I posted a while back too that I was re-watching The Sopranos from the start. I'm half way through series 5 so far. So far, there is no series of The Sopranos which is as good as the 1st series and there is no character who is as good as Livia.

IT'S CHHHHRRRIISSSSTTMMAASSS!!! The darts is on. Yeah, it's weird but I automatically equate the darts with it being Christmas because the darts are fucking great.

So, now that I've finished the game and I'm just generally pissing about, I've only now discovered my new passion which is to lasso and then hogtie random strangers and then dump them alive on the train tracks because why the fuck not? I haven't seen them get murder death killed by any trains so far because I generally just dump them on the tracks and then piss off elsewhere but I figure, there's gotta be a lot of gore and intestines and that, right? I also decided to go on a murder rampage down in the Bayou just because. So I had 87 lawmen after me who I could have tried to take care of but I figured, fuck it, instead of being murderised by the pigs, I jumped in the swamp and was mauled by a gator. Suicide by alligator. That's a new one, I guess.