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4 hours ago, IANdrewDiceClay said:

Coming 2 America is a bit shite. Its exactly what you'd expect from a 30 year Eddie Murphy sequel. The one movie you didnt need a sequel for was Coming to America. Pretty much tied everything up in the first one.

They tried too hard with it, so it lacked almost everything that made the first one a classic. As someone else mentioned, only thing it had going for it was Asenio Hall's performances under the prosthetics, and Wesley Snipes looking like he's having the time of his life. 

7 on the bounce for Barnsley now. They can't keep this up, can they?

So Barnsley have just brushed aside QPR at Loftus Road for the second  time in 2 years(Loftus Road was a real bogey ground for us!) and have now strung 6 consecutive wins together in the second tier for what I think is the first time in the clubs history. They are up into the play-off places with game in hand, and what I want to know is, is it to early to start to dream of promotion???

I must admit though, QPR looked a decent side and coped with the Barnsley high-press much better than teams like Brentford did. They just looked another decent goal scorer away from being a top 6 side themselves...

What's the cheapest way these days to get Xbox live and Game pass on an XBONE? My daughter wants to play on Minecraft with her mates, but not sure of the best way to go about it financially?

Taz. I'd completely left wrestling behind when I were about 12, 13ish and hadn't seen a single match since. Then, in January of 2000(when I was 18), I came in from the pub on a Sunday night(remember when the pubs had to shut at 10.30 on a Sunday?) and after finishing my kebab flicked the TV on to see what was on. It just so happened that Channel 4 was showing the 'Rumble live, so I thought I'd watch it for old times sake. The first match was Angle vs Taz, and the pop Tax got, along with his look made me think he was going to be huge!

Obviously, once I started watching regular again after that night, it quickly became apparent that he didn't have the size or charisma to make it to the top of the card. Just shows you though, how important a first impression actually is...

40 minutes ago, PowerButchi said:

My issue is that I'm finally going to have to give up on YJB.

It's a sad, sad day but I'm the same. Can't defend any of his recent performances...

No match should finish it 2 days. 30 wickets in less than 6 sessions is is just taking the piss. I bet Channel 4 are delighted they have shelled out for this series...

I have no problems with a home side preparing pitches that suit them(I often criticise the ECB for not doing the same), but they have gone so far over the line with the last 2 tests that it's made a joke of the series. Whenever anyone brings the series up in years to come, they won't be talking about how the Indians played amazing to win, they will talk about the state of the pitch...

He's certainly a big name(pardon the pun), and has tonnes of experience to help the greener talent out...

16 minutes ago, d-d-d-dAz said:

“If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. So I choose to stand for something... Jake Something.”

Something like that.

Fuck me, that's ...Genesis of McGillicutty levels of bad(the words, not how it was delivered)...

I've not watched Impact since it was on The Wrestling Channel, but decided to drop in this thread to see what was going on with their little AEW thing they have going on. I'd seen the name Jake Something mentioned and honestly thought he had a mega-long, hard to pronounce name. Never imagined someone would think to call themselves Jake Something. Is there a story behind it or anything, because it's shit!

34 minutes ago, CXwrestling said:

 

Good luck to you, and I really hope you make a go of it. I must admit that I'm sceptical, just because of the difficulty of breaking into the business and making a go of it long term. Many, many have tried and failed! Hopefully you are one of the few that manage it.

I would say though, people on here(many of whom are your target audience) are asking for the promotion who's show you have purchased for the event for a reason. There are a good few decent set ups out there that can make a good show(and thus make it value for the customers money). There are also many that will phone it in and take your money, which will leave a bad taste in the fans mouths. then there are a few that are under the black cloud of the #metoo scandal that hit wrestling not too long ago. By not saying who they are, it making it seem you are hiding something, which can kill your promotion before you have even opened your doors.

But as I say, good luck. The world is in the shitter, and many of us will be looking for a release...

1 hour ago, Max Power said:

This has no relevance to your story, but The Bard Of Barnsley sits about 6 seats to the left of me in the East Stand - or he did pre Covid.

He seems a lovely bloke, never moaning when I say 'scuse me' when I need my third piss of the day and make him get up.

I've never heard anyone have a bad word about him, and he's not a Dicky Bird type who expects everything for free, either. Last I heard, he had an ongoing offer of a free seat in the director's box at Oakwell, but turns it down every year to pay his own way. 

48 minutes ago, TheBurningRed said:

Someone posted in the Progress group once that they bought Jimmy Havocs bloody shirt from the tournament of death he won and framed it and hung it in his living room. 

To be fair, to a fan of Jimmy Havoc or ToD, that's no different to  football fan buying a match worn shirt of their favourite player. 

Just thought of another, actually. When in the last year of junior school(1992 or 3), our main topic at the time was about how there was shit loads of different forms of poetry. As part of the topic, we got a visit from poet, journalist, playwright and broadcaster(and professional Barnsley personality), Ian McMillan. He was a lovely bloke who agreed to come as a favour to our teacher, who he was big friends with from as they attended Barnsley games for years together.  

As part of the lesson, we had to get into groups and write 3 poems. One a "standard" poem, and two poems in our dialect, that use the same structure. After about 20 minutes, we had the normal one done, and one of the dialect ones done("Barnsley FC, Barnsley FC, Barnsley FC, 'reight team!...") but couldn't decide on the third. So he came over listened and got his wallet out. He closed his eyes and took out a random bank card, which just happened to be a Barclays one, and worked with us to make a humorous poem about the bank(sorry, can't remember much about it).

The thing is, many years later in 2008 Barnsley reached the semi-final of the FA cup at Wembley. When getting on the coach, my best mate pointed out he was sat a few rows in front of us, so we got talking to him. When one of us mentioned he came to our class to teach poetry, and mentioned the Barnsley FC one, he actually remembered teaching us and coming up with the one about the bank. We were buzzing! 

11 hours ago, Kaz Hayashi said:

I’m running a competition on Twitter with Chella Tots for anyone who is interested. This particular comp is for the Blue Meanie 2-pack and the concept art to go with it. I had a chat with Meanie about the figure, his last figure and his involvement with the RetroMania game too. I’ll be announcing more comps with Chella in the near future, along with some other ‘new figure’ comps from other teams.

 

Nice one! I've entered...

We had a bunch of England international Ruby Union players visit the school to do a Rugby coaching session. Only name I remember for some reason is Jeremy Guscott(who is now listed on Google/Wiki as a "British bricklayer"). 

It was an attempt to convert a load of prepubescent northern kids into egg-chasing players and fans. It didn't work though(it was even the wrong code for us, as our headmaster was a big League fan, and used to spend hours telling us how Union was the inferior code!). They looked a bit pissed off when only 3 or 4 of the class asked them for autographs after the lesson! 

Then, a few years after I left and went to secondary school, my old Junior school had former Spurs' and England 'keeper, Ian Walker in for P.E. lesson. Word had gotten out a week before he was due, and my mates and I wagged school for the day to watch the P.E. lesson from the bushes(it was before pedophiles existed(!), but I'd hate to see what people would think if kids did that today!). It wasn't worth it. He stood, showed them the "M" and "W" hand positions for catching the ball then stood drinking a tea or a coffee for the remaining hour. And we got a weeks detention, calls to our parents and put on report for wagging it. I now hate Ian Walker... 

42 minutes ago, PowerButchi said:

Dover habe furloughed their players. Can't see proper football ending this season. 

 

But it's pissed me off as Chesterfield spent a fair bit of money on players with expensive wages from 1-2 grand a week on 2 year contracts, and they can happily furlough them 

I seriously fear for the future of a lot of clubs outside the the league(outside the 5 or 6 biggest clubs in League 1 to be fair). I hope we can come out the other side of this pandemic with all the clubs still standing. 

I agree though, it must feel like a kick in the bollocks when a team is able to throw the money around but not take responsibility for it. Is there no wage caps/spending rules outside the league?

On a personal note, the Barnsley performance against Brentford was seriously satisfying. I've never seen any team able to execute the high press with such intensity and keep it going from the first kick to the final whistle the way the Reds did today(and as they did against Chelsea on Thursday too). I really like Brentford, and class them as a team Barnsley should be looking to emulate(off the pitch), but they just could not cope with the press today. I honestly hope they bounce back and go on to win promotion though...

28 minutes ago, stewdogg said:

Apart from the Mel Phillips feet fondling is any of it really that bad? I get the feeling from that entire interview if it had been Sherri or Miss Elizabeth wanting to suck his cock and then renege on a job offer he wouldn’t have said anything. I bet he is (was) a massive Christian Trumper 

I'm speechless! Is this a wind up?

I'm glad he spoiler tagged that!

5 hours ago, bAzTNM#1 said:

I noticed that one on my Prime subscription. If it's anything like the documentary released over here a few years ago and the subsequent documentary about the "Class B" Video Nasties, it should be a good 'un.

ADDED: Am I imaging things, or did one of the UK "Video Nasties" literally get banned for using the "Mastermind" theme as the film's theme? Some film about the Vietnam war, I think.

Apocalypse Now was often wrongly seized by the police when searching video shops, simply because of the title, as war The Big Red One(and most famously The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas). Don't think they were because of the music though....

Thank you @tiger_rick, I look forward to the updated list every year!

2 hours ago, BomberPat said:

The real struggle is thinking of "what's left for Chyna?" after losing the belt, though. It seemed like there was an array of natural story progressions to see her eventually put someone over, but it's hard to conceive of a world in which she just became another woman in the division, or see where she would fit in with the men's division post-2001, or with the Invasion. Sadly, looking at how little she accomplished elsewhere outside of the WWF, the answer seems to be that she would have been done regardless of what went on with Triple and Stephanie.

I could honestly see them putting her over one of the WCW guys for the WCW title during the invasion, if she had signed back on with them that is. It would be a chance for them to make the first female "world" champion, and a chance for Vince to further show how his show was better than the WCW's 'rasslin.

10 hours ago, scratchdj said:

Ex-teacher and occasional BBC TV person, Mehreen Baig.

Christ, I'd have full on fallen in love with her if she taught at my school! There would have been teen hormones racing all over!

5 hours ago, bAzTNM#1 said:

Probably made from the original design. I'm sure some under the counter shop on Ebay could provide such a service. Absolutely sure about that.

There is a random Aussie company selling Barnsley ones, and I would imagine they do lots of other teams too...

13 hours ago, Mr_Danger said:

Well, It’s Barnsley. 

It's true, we still all stop what we're doing and point when a plane passes overheard...