Carbomb

Just got this one. Bale's also good as a Dublin-type hack as well.

My first success was all down to getting Lampard in mid, then Tony Cottee and van Nistelrooy up front, but this team smashed it for me:

Thus I achieved my goal.

"Fatty Bumpstead!"

Depends on the situation, I think, level of familiarity, and how people introduce themselves. I call Fatty Facesitter by his username, because I want civilians to overhear us. I call Frankie either by both kayfabe and shoot, but I tend to refer to Onyx by his real name. I called Moj Moj, but that's because it was an acronym of his initials. I used to do wrestling training with PunkStep, so I called him by his wrestling kayfabe name at the time. Jaffa called me "Carbomb" whenever we met, think most Keffers do.

Always a pleasure, never a chore. Have met: Chris B Onyx2 BomberPat PunkStep Frankie Crisp freaky (Jason CracktonMoj (RIP) $tew (RIP) SpursRiot/SmokeSoapBar (RIP) Monkee klown Fatty Facesitter (who is saved as such on my phone) Wretch Larry Sergio Mendacious (who has actually been to my house when I wasn't there, before we ever actually met) John Matrix Ronnie Surf Digby Majik Psycho Silvera Jaffa/brownie Big Benny HG Chest Rockwell/Who Has Called Me Hage? Dave Beaste Philjax Stug Rivers/CuckedByMenry burchybabi movesetsarecool UpChuck Ralphy stewdogg The Dart JNLister bispham_seasider Fog Dude (online) I Bent My Wookie/Shy Dad (online) Chili Philo Vance/Dave2Tone Get Lucille fleischmark DJ Stevie C Am sure I've missed a couple, apologies.

As far as I know, Grado's still a member - he's @TheLostScot. He posted a bit back in the day - I remember because he had a memorable sig (remember those? What were they about then, eh?).

Opposite of how I like my orgies though

A quarter of a century. Wow. A forum older than a chunk of the adult population. It really is impressive, not just how long this place has been going, but also just how much of a detailed and developed culture we have on here now, from years of growing organically, in spite of the dominance of bigger social media platforms.

It's a very stupid thing to say on Topuria's part. I can understand wanting to goad Gaethje into a rematch, but accusing him of cheating? Aside from insulting his family, might have been the worst thing he could say to someone like Gaethje.

"The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero's entrance in TNA was fun.

Exactly. And it seems like they were hoping for Cunha to do the same thing - and he does, but nowhere near as reliably as Bruno. And either way, none of it compensates for what's fundamentally missing from United at the moment. The frustrating thing is these players can clearly do it, based on what's been seen of them so far - but it's almost as if the team effort is representative of what's going on with them individually. They don't gel like they should. We know Sesko can score proper striker goals, but, as you say, his confidence is gone. Mbeumo is always ready to get stuck in, but a lot of the time it's sound and fury - his final product is often a let-down. Cunha is hit-and-miss. Mount's usually superb - when he's fit, which is frustratingly rare these days; de Ligt is similar. Yoro's always game, but he makes a lot of stupid decisions - same with Dorgu. Bruno's often carrying the weight of the entire team; I wouldn't have blamed him for leaving a few seasons ago. The even-more-frustrating thing is that the critical issue appears to be a mystery. They've changed managers and coaches - frequently. They've changed backroom/structural staff. They've changed approaches. They've changed players. They've changed systems. They've (partly) changed owners - and, damaging as the Glazers have been, they've been prepared to spend money on players. And yet the instability remains. It's like some kind of lingering malaise has just set in. The academy seems primarily to be to generate funds nowadays, rather than producing actual players for the team. The players seem to be relying to bravado, desperation, and a "puncher's chance" to get them through, instead of genuine confidence. And as big a problem the ownership has been, I'm not certain that even the Glazers leaving would make much of a difference now, to be honest. #HoweBowDat

They just don't seem to be able to summon any kind of stability or structure at all. After the derby loss, one of the pundits (I think Micah Richards) said they were relying on random moments of genius to get themselves out of trouble, and I think that's mostly true. There's the odd match where they pull out some impressive result via an excellent gameplan, but that seems to be equally at random as well. It's just not sustainable. I really hope Carrick can turn it around. Aside from all the manager merry-go-round fatigue, it'd be nice to have a former club guy do well, especially in an era where the average English manager doesn't inspire the imagination at the elite level.

Like I say, I've seen only a couple of clips, so I'm more than happy to take your word for it that that's how they've booked him since.

I did catch a couple of clips of The Rock with the Final Boss gimmick, and I have to say I think it's a testament to just how good The Rock actually is as a worker that, despite us seeing him get beaten many times, and obliterated by Brock Lesnar, people still bought into him as this monolithic, monstrous presence in wrestling.

What I find so odd about him ducking Aspinall is that it's not like that wasn't necessarily an unwinnable fight for him. Sure, Aspinall being a legit HW and, more importantly, a good one who is actually mobile and dangerous would have been a challenge for him, sure, but so's Gane. Alright, Tom's savvy enough that it's not likely he'd stick his head into Jones' arms to get choked out, but there's a reason why Jones is considered one of the greatest ever - not sure why he didn't bet on himself, even at this stage in his career.

All of the arrows.

Mate, it's the "Things that cheer you up" thread. That's a wonderful thing to read.

Following Ed Sheeran's spineless caving to Robert Kraft... and Good.

Tommy Fury? He probably hasn't made quite as much, but he'll have made a chunk. And he's actually shit, rather than mediocre, and yet somehow undefeated. It's partly why I root for him.

I thought Supergirl was a good little film, and a ton of fun. I loved how they differentiated her personality from Superman's based on their differing histories, and I particularly loved how they didn't make it a "save the universe" thing for once. It's a shame it didn't do well, but I agree that it's most likely down to franchise fatigue. I certainly don't think it's shit.

It's a shame Dana White is such an objectionable cunt. I'd love to see Ngannou decapitate Hokit.

Don't forget that he had a lot of good will from his Beer Money run as well. At one point, they were possibly the most over guys outside WWE.

Yeh, fair enough. It was just after the match. I should've just taken some minutes.

All due respect, Arch, I don't care. It's the second time in two seasons they've lost to ten men after the sending off. It was an incorrect decision, but they should be putting a ten-man team away, or at worst drawing - not losing after the card. And again: City showed a ton of heart, whilst United just went all over the place for most of it.