I Bent My Wookie

2 hours ago, Thunderplex said:

Greedy fucker.  I salute you.

Finished every bite. One of the old boys applauded at the end. Worst and best decision of my life.

I once again learnt today that Kevin Costner had plans to cast Princess Diana in the Bodyguard 2.

I feel like the only reason I originally learnt that was someone on here must have posted about it years back but when I was doing some movie history reading this morning and asked myself why they never even attempted a straight to VHS Bodyguard 2 it popped back in my brain.

Gillingham couldn't even shed their away tickets and there's 4000 Hereford fans Saturday. The worst week to give me but I think it's possible.

Week 13 fixtures

Premier League

Brentford 0-1 West Ham United

Burnley 1-2 Crystal Palace

Everton 0-3 Brighton & Hove Albion

Sheffield United 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Newcastle United 1-3 Arsenal (17:30)

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Chelsea (Monday 20:00)

FA Challenge Cup First Round proper

Hereford w/Shy Dad 1-0 Gillingham 

Scottish League Cup semi-finals (at Hampden Park)

Hibernian 0-1 Aberdeen (17:15)

Heart of Midlothian 0-3 Rangers (Sunday)

German Bundesliga

Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Bayern Munich (17:30)

I got ever so slightly hungry at work yesterday and figured only this place would be proud of how much indigestion I had after.

5 bacon, 5 sausage, 6 hash browns, 4 eggs, 2 (4) slices of toast and three portions of beans.

It's always funny when the old boys in the bar see a small 5 foot 7 geeky looking guy wolf down food for fun.

Week 12 fixtures

Premier League

Arsenal 5-0 Sheffield United

Bournemouth 0-0 Burnley

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-4 Newcastle United (17:30)

Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City (Sunday 15:30)

Championship

Cardiff City 2-1 Bristol City w/seph

Scottish Cup Round 2

Dunbar United 0-2 East Fife

Huntly 1-0 Forfar Athletic

La Liga

Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid (15:15)

Eredivisie

PSV 2-0 Ajax (Sunday 13:30)

Women's Nations League 

Belgium 1-2 England (Tuesday 19:30)

I'm definitely in the minority but I like Darby's tattoo.

Weirdly it fits his entrance video of the hand ripping away half his face for the skull face paint so maybe there's something to that.

Week 11 fixtures

Premier League

Bournemouth 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Brentford 3-1 Burnley

Manchester City 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Luton Town

Chelsea 1-3 Arsenal (17:30)

Sheffield United 1-3 Manchester United (20:00)

Championship

Watford 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday w/MVP RULZ

German Bundesliga

Hoffenheim 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt (14:30)

Mainz 0-4 Bayern Munich (17:30)

Major League Soccer

New England Revolution 2-0 Philadelphia Union (23:00)

53 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

I was one of them. I did there, Loughborough and Cleethorpes.

The real holy trinity.

1 hour ago, garynysmon said:

I don’t think the 90 days are up for the latest batch of main roster WWE releases.

I wouldn’t have a clue about any WWE talent beyond the biggest names, but there’s usually a Steve Maclin or two out there begging to be given the Impact career rehab.

The schedule is there for guys like Dolph and Shelton Benjamin to come in and have an easier payday but remain on TV.

Rick Boogz could have a fantastic holiday camp cheese feud with Johnny Swinger and Dirty Dango too before seeing if he has more promise.

Seeing Finnish metal band Lost Society in Wolves tomorrow.

Not sure what to expect but it's a chance to scope out new gig venues, see something a little different to my usual sound and get out of Hereford for an evening.

Spotify listening makes me think I'll enjoy it, plus a free ticket as my mate didn't want to go by herself can't be argued with.

Edit: A mixture of alcohol withdrawal fatigue, Storm Babet and doing 15 hours at work yesterday and needing to be in early tomorrow has put a stop to this.

Next gig is supposed to be next month with Wonder Years if I feel any better then as I've felt horrid the last 3 weeks.

1 hour ago, WyattSheepMask said:

I’d be very surprised if they both ended up playing Download unless you put them on different days, but even then I reckon you’d only get one of them added to the bill if at all.

And that would no doubt be Pumpkins I expect.

Glad I'm booking a solid week and a bit off for Download week for a night in Birmingham at least.

Going to be very hard to say no to that Birmingham date even if it is around Download time (unless they suddenly both appear on the lineup the following Saturday/Sunday)

Having watched the Jimmy Saville drama after some posts in here and a few friends raving about the casting, I have to echo a lot of the same thoughts.

Coogan continues to be in a way not underrated but not given his flowers for his character work throughout. We talk of people like Daniel Day Lewis in films being so method and becoming so entwined in his roles but someone like Coogan who mastered characters like Alan Partridge and continues to shine in different genres but always around biopic style casting, the effort and intricacies he puts in is magnificent.

Is it in poor taste for him to be nominated for a BAFTA in a way celebrating how well he played a monster?

The episodes did somewhat drag though and while the real awful moments stood out and you felt uneasy throughout, it would have been better being done as just a one episode 2 hour biopic. In a generation of binge watching though, it would have been common sense for myself to not watch 4 hours of the life of Jimmy Saville and not feel uneasy after it.

I'm still not quite over the Ireland game Saturday.

It says something that 17 matches undefeated and I still thought we'd go into the game as outsiders because New Zealand show up 3 times every 4 years when they need to, but that final 10 minutes was gut punch after gut punch that Ireland just couldn't find a way through.

It's been a bloody good tournament though outside of some dodgy bunkers. Annoyingly England still being in means my work load next weekend continues to be huge but when the crickets as bad as it's been and the footballs as placid, at least one sport going well is good for the hospitality trade.

5 minutes ago, WyattSheepMask said:

The first of something always draws better due to the nolvelty factor, but announcing the first Royal Quest show 9 months ahead of time rather than 6 weeks ahead of time will have helped as well, certainty for any fans that have to travel/stay over

This is key I think.

There was no way I was going to be able to put a holiday request in and find suitable travel and accommodation and sort tickets all in one go so short on time and I expect the same for many others. Hopefully the next time around is in a better time frame as it is something I really want to experience live with a bit of better planning.

Bloody England playing last night confused me. Luckily only missed one.

Week 10 fixtures

UEFA Euro 2024 qualification (various groups)

Northern Ireland v San Marino (Saturday 14:00) oops as well

Hungary 1-2 Serbia (Saturday 19:45)

Norway 1-3 Spain (Sunday 19:45)

Wales 0-2 Croatia (Sunday 19:45)

Belgium 1-1 Sweden 

Bosnia-Herzegovina 0-3 Portugal

Gibraltar 0-1 Ireland

Greece 1-3 Netherlands

Luxembourg 1-0 Slovakia

Women's Super League

Liverpool 3-0 Everton (Sunday 16:30)

17 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said:

Eden Hazard's retired. Forever a hero for this.

 

The fact that kid now owns a horrific tasting vodka company is still the most random fact I have in my locker.

Week 9 fixtures

Premier League

Burnley 0-3 Chelsea

Everton 1-0 Bournemouth

Fulham 2-1 Sheffield United

Manchester United 0-1 Brentford

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 Aston Villa

Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Liverpool (Sunday 14:00)

Arsenal 0-1 Manchester City (Sunday 16:30)

Scottish Premiership

Heart of Midlothian 1-0 Hibernian

St Mirren 0-0 Rangers (Sunday 12:00)

Serie A

Juventus 3-0 Torino (17:00)

Premier League

Bournemouth 1-3 Arsenal

Everton 2-0 Luton Town

Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace

Newcastle United 3-0 Burnley

West Ham United 2-1 Sheffield United

Wolves 0-5 Manchester City w/Vegeta

Spurs 2-2 Liverpool

Women's Super League

Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United 

Chelsea 1-0 Spurs

Austrian Bundesliga

Austria Vienna 1-0 Rapid Vienna

Mentioning Sleeps, definitely sure they're getting announced Monday for a Trees headline spot.

Which will be brilliant but still not enough for me to get a ticket just yet.

Ducky has been one of my favourite characters in TV as long as I've been watching it and honestly I'm gutted by this. Just seemed a genuinely lovely human.

Premier League

Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham
Luton Town 1-2 Wolves
Manchester City 5-0 Nottingham Forest
Burnley 1-0 Manchester United 
Arsenal 2-1 Spurs w/Olympic Pete 
Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa 

Ligue Un

Metz 0-1 Strasbourg 

Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Marseille 

Eredivisie
Ajax 2-1 Feyenoord 

UEFA Women's Nations League A Group 1
Netherlands 1-2 England

The statements pathetic and reads so much "I'm about to be accessed but I was just a lad and they're all jealous".

Hopefully this keeps the creep from reappearing in any vacinity.

Premier League

Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace

Fulham 3-0 Luton Town

Manchester United 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Sheffield United

West Ham United 1-2 Manchester City

Bournemouth 1-0 Chelsea (Sunday 14:00)

Everton 0-4 Arsenal (Sunday 16:30)

German Bundesliga

Freiburg 0-3 Borussia Dortmund (14:30)

Dritte Liga

Unterhaching w/Fog Dude 1-2 Saarbrücken (Sunday 18:30) 

Major League Soccer

New York City 1-1 New York Red Bulls (20:30)

Part of me just has this image of Juice Robinson and Toni Storm sitting at home thinking of new ways to become even more outlandish and insane while finding the entire thing hilarious.

Honestly I can't believe two people who were seen as just not having charisma, or enough of it to justify their position have become two of my favourite people to see be named on a card. It's fantastic the effort they've put in to find their niche.