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Excuse the whataboutery but why did the media never seem to give Bill Wyman a hard time after he was blatantly grooming an underage Mandy Smith while he was in his forties? Is it because the Rolling Stones are successful around the world and considered a national treasure? I suppose if social media had been around back then, then Wyman most likely would have had more of a backlash against him.

Pete Townshend from the Who seemed to escape a media backlash too after “accidentally” logging onto a child porn site for “research purposes”.

1 hour ago, StrongStyle said:

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Omae wa
Mou shindeiru.

Where are people streaming Fist of the North Star? I haven't seen it for years and would like to go back to it.

https://www.wco.tv have all 36 English dubbed episodes.

7 minutes ago, The King Of Swing said:

Did they ever dub the complete series? Was under the assumption that they didn't. 

Apparently not. Think the first 40-50 episodes were dubbed. The rest have been subbed though.

I’m currently watching the English dub of Fist of the North Star. I’m very late to the party as the original is almost 40 years old (and the English Dub has been around for over 30 years). I don’t really know what to make of it, yet I find myself still watching. It’s kind of like a version of Mad Max but with a man called Ken who keeps killing people with his bare hands.

3 minutes ago, deathrey said:

He was always one of my favourites but he has turned in to a narcissistic loon.

I feel the same way. Punk was definitely one of my favourites in WWE but I can’t stand him now.

Man United are still paying most of Greenwood’s wages as it’s a season long loan. So he hasn’t technically left. Probably because no other club wanted to buy him and pay his wages.

I recall Dean Ayass being on Wrestletalk TV who implied that Punk was very difficult to work with and that the people within WWE wouldn’t miss him (this was about a year or so after his 2014 walk out). It just looks like history is repeating itself. The common denominator here is Punk himself. I don’t think he even likes wrestling anymore. It’s just the money that TK offered him to come back was too much to turn down. What’s he on? 4 million USD a year? And you have to ask yourself is Punk actually worth the effort and the drama. I’d hardly say he’s moved the needle in terms of domestic (US) gates, ratings and buy-rates. I won’t count the Wembley Gate because UK fans most likely would’ve paid to watch All In in their droves regardless.

I’ve shed a few tears too. This one hurts.

Horrible news. Met him a few years ago and seemed like a really nice bloke too. Think he’d also suffered from mental health struggles but not sure what’s actually killed him. Tragic. RIP.

7 hours ago, Wideload90 said:

As great as the arcade game, hit and run and road rage are, there's a tonne of absolute shite. Krustys fun house and Bart vs. Mutants are fucking awful, and simpsons wrestling was so bad. 

Krusty’s Fun House was OK. Bart vs the Space Mutants, Bart vs the World and Bart’s Escape from Camp Deadly were all terrible. The Itchy and Scratchy game on SNES wasn’t great either. Acclaim (who are no longer in business) used to put their name to some pretty crap games at times. The early WWF games that they released were crap too.

Old Simpsons (‘89 until say, ‘98) was superb TV. Well written and very funny most of the time. I’ve watched some new episodes and while the animation quality is arguably better, the quality of the episodes are not. I think that while the Simpsons still makes big money around the world though, it’ll stay on TV. Blows my mind that an animation series can last 34 years though.

Can’t recall any five star classics from him but who cares? Hogan is one of the top draws in pro wrestling history and is arguably the most famous wrestler (worldwide) of all time. Hogan had a knack of having the crowd in the palm of his hand and knew how to manipulate his audience. Hogan has surely got to be one of the richest wrestlers in history too, no? I mean, sure, Dwayne Johnson will be richer now but that’s because of his Hollywood career. I’m guessing Hogan has made more money than any other wrestler from the actual wrestling business alone.

I think Bret said in interviews around ‘99 and 2000 that Owen would still have been around today if Bret had still been with the WWF. Bret said something along the lines of Owen used to bounce ideas off Bret and that Bret would tell him when to reject the bad ones. Bret would effectively have looked out for Owen and would’ve made sure he hadn’t have been doing something so dangerous that he wasn’t comfortable with. The whole incident still annoys me to this day. Still sometimes surprises me that Bret went back after the way he was treated and after Owen was killed due to the company’s negligence. I know it was an accident but for me, the Owen Hart tragedy is the most shameful day in WWE history.

11 hours ago, METAL ON METAL said:

Incredibly disappointed in Henderson. He was one of the very few players I thought actually had morals and integrity, but an already enormously wealthy man becomes even wealthier at the detriment of the causes and people he’s been championing his whole career. Always wanted him to come back to play for us at the end of his career, not now though. Fuck that guy.

 

Played 5-a-side with him a few times when we were like 12, should’ve two-footed the prick when I had the chance.

Has to be asked, how much money does one man actually need? Like you say, Henderson is already enormously wealthy and most likely has more money than he knows what to do with.

Can understand the money thing (even though he’s probably already a multi millionaire) but it’s not exactly testing himself at the highest level is it? When Mitrovic is still young enough to be playing for both club and country. Although at this rate, even more younger players will probably end up joining Saudi Arabian clubs.

Now Mitrovic is on strike at Fulham until Tony Khan lowers his asking price of 52 million pounds so he can go to a Saudi Club. Mitrovic is only 28. Bit young to be joining what I thought was a retirement league.

Mortgages have become even less affordable now. And house prices aren’t really lowering significantly either. I’m lucky that I’m half way through a 5 year fixed term mortgage deal but all hope of buying anything better is pretty much gone for now. It’s the first time buyers who I feel sorry for.

A 53 year old retiree? Richard Wilson was very young for the part at the time then. Unless Victor had retired early (not watched it for years).

Probably not as bad as Kiss though. I’m sure they had a retirement tour back in 2000 and they’re having another one now, more than twenty years later.

1 hour ago, FelatioLips said:

I caught some of Sparks and was thrilled at how well they were received. I also saw a bit of Guns and Roses who I’ve never really liked and that performance didn’t change my opinion at all!

Axl’s voice was shot. They probably should’ve given Myles Kennedy a call (but I doubt Axl would’ve accepted that). Slash was still awesome though.

I liked the Manic Street Preacher’s performance and even Rick Astley. Started watching some of Blondie this morning and while I liked some of the songs, Deborah Harry’s voice is also shot. Fair play for still doing shows aged 77 though.

Elton John was brilliant though. Definitely deserved to headline but it’s just a bit sad that he’s retiring (also up there in years though).

4 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

Do you reckon? I can see them getting back in pretty soonish, so that feels a bit shortsighted on his behalf if that's the factor.

Real Madrid must be the hardest club to turn down ever though I suppose. Its guaranteed success.

Off you go Harry, go and get your trophy mate.

I think Champions League was a big factor for both Liverpool and Bellingham. FSG are known to run a tight ship financially so a Bellingham move was most likely out of the question without the added cash of a Champions League run. Bellingham probably wanted to test himself at the very top level in Europe. I don’t blame Bellingham for joining Real Madrid. Hardly anyone turns them down. I actually like it when England internationals play for top European clubs as it’ll likely improve them.

2 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

Jude Bellingham to Real Madrid then. Seemed inevitable really didn't it?

I'd be surprised if Liverpool were ever seriously in contention to get him.

Liverpool would probably have stood a chance had they have qualified for the Champions League. 

4 hours ago, BigJag said:

Labour abstaining from today's fatal motion vote. The heel turn is almost complete.

Starting to wonder what the point of Labour is now. An opposition that doesn’t really oppose.

I went to Download on Thursday and Saturday only. Was only really interested in Metallica. The organisers definitely over subscribed this year. I’ve been to a lot of Downloads and that was by far the busiest I’d seen. Having said that, I still enjoyed it overall and I’m glad I went.

On 6/4/2023 at 9:47 PM, Rossman said:

Phil Neville's been sacked as Inter Miami's head coach. They're bottom of their league.

Always lands in a job through nepotism. He has even got his boy signed to Inter Miami. 

Here he is last week making a tit of himself at a press conference.

 

 

 

That was just cringe. Got me thinking about who’s had the best managerial career out of the players that Ferguson managed at Man United. It really might be Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. OK, no trophies as United manager but he managed the biggest club in a difficult league for a long amount of time. Lauren Blanc and Gordon Strachan are also worthy mentions.