Ironic Indie Lad

I've been posting and lurking on and off on here for long enough to remember NORTON WANTS YOUR BIG SIG

I am not talking about as your starting centre forward. That's what Sesko was signed for. The problem is that when he isn't fit (which he isn't), there's a massive drop off. I don't expect them to go and spunk the current insane market value for a top class proven striker as; there either isn't any money there or there isn't a willingness to spend that money. My point is that I would rather have an experienced striker in the squad without breaking the bank. It takes the burden off of Sesko, it gives you someone to play in early rounds of cups and Europe and it avoids having to play others out of position.

When you look through current squad, there's a lot of players there who might be good but are clearly not good enough and should have been upgraded. For many of them there's good reasons for this - its clear the club don't want them (so other clubs expect a bargain), injuries, wage issues etc. It's left United with way too many players that would have been moved on in an ideal world. Dalot has been there for so long now and is wildly inconsistent. Shaw is great on his day but is getting up in age and has a terrible injury record. Zirkzee and Ugarte have never shown anything to suggest they can excel in the premier league. Mount has been there several seasons and has never played regularly as he cannot stay fit. On paper I would say Rashford, Cunha, Sesko, Mbuemo and Amad is an attack with a lot of goals. Problem is that Sesko cant play a full 90, when he isnt playing then Cunha or Mbuemo play centrally which isn't their best position. It almost seems like they learned nothing from Hojlund. You cant just have one senior centre forward (especially one relatively unproven). In recent seasons, they should have tried to get a proven but cost effective option like Calvert Lewin, Mateta, Welbeck etc

Thats true and you can see that when they turned to Bruno off the bench. You cannot just expect Bruno to conjure up a couple of moments of magic every week.

Yet another absolutely abysmal performance from Man United last night. Looked lively for approximately 9 minutes and a nice feel good moment for Lacey to get a goal. As soon as Mazrauoi went down, all momentum was with Brighton and it never really swung back the other way. At 2-1, I would have bet 100% of my next wage that this would end 2-3. Sesko in particular looked absolutely shocking. Doesnt seem to have any confidence now.

Truly hope they arent building towards Ospreay v Kidd for the Liverpool PPV main event.

SHEEEEEEEE cant pay her electric People buying tickets are egocentric This threads taken a turn I never expected And I neeeeeeed more time

All of the INEOS owned / part owned football clubs are doing horrendous. I dont see any evidence that they are good at this.

"He confirmed there would be no new Oasis music off the back of the tour." Well at least there's that.

Katsuyori Shibata vs Jun Akiyama from 2005. Incredible brawl. Seriously just type this one into YouTube and watch them try to kill each other. This match is absolutely burned into my brain. Literally as soon as the bell rings, Shibata drops Akiyama right on his head and follows up with two brutal PRIDE style socker kicks. Akiyama comes up bleeding and it doesnt really let up from there.

There wasnt really much to this to be honest. Amorim just didnt fancy Mainoo. He for some reason thought he occupied the same space as Bruno. Bruno doesn't miss games so Kobbie was never getting any minutes. Kobbie's idiot brother then wore a t-shirt to a game for attention. This absolutely would have become a mess if Amorim didn't get sacked though as Kobbie was heavily linked to going to Chelsea or Napoli to maybe actually play a bit of football.

Ghost of Tsushima was my favourite game of the entire PS4 generation. Maybe it was due in part to coming out during Covid, but it is one of the few games where I completed every side quest and still felt like I wanted more. I played it again including the Iki Island DLC when the Directors Cut launched on the PS5. For whatever reason, the sequel just passed me by. I have banged on about it before, but from August 2023 until recently I just did not have that much time for video games. I also felt fatigued by modern AAA games in general. I am in a good spot now with childcare, sleep pattern etc. Finally at a point where it reaches the end of the day, my dogs are walked, my daughter is asleep, my house is tidy and I actually have the time and energy to put real time into games. I finally purchased Ghost of Yotei around 5 weeks ago. 40+ hours later and I have finished the game. I think it is one of the best games I have ever played. Lets get the video game-y bits out of the way first. The open world is perhaps even more beautiful and vibrant than in Tsushima. It is absolutely stunning to look at. While in GoT, Jin Sakai has different stances for different enemy types, Atsu has different weapons. Its a rock/paper/scissors type thing so you are constantly changing up what you are using when fighting numerous enemies at once and it keeps it interesting. Combat is never dull and stealth is never forced. I was finding I could clear out entire areas with assassinations or equally I could go in guns blazing. There's a good amount of freedom. As with all games of this type, there's a hell of a lot of customisation and upgrading to do and this is all done in a very satisfying way. Where this game truly shines is the story. I wont go into a plot summary here or spoilers but I thought this was just a simple tale of revenge. It unfolds into so much more and deals with identify, grief, letting go, parental relationships, the end of childhood. Some of the characters are so strong and there are twists in the story I genuinely didn't see coming and found genuinely moving. A masterpiece.

Havent seen the show yet but I saw Excalibur talking about Andy Williams and it really choked me up. Beautiful words. You could see Tony and Taz were really hurting too. Made me so sad to see the picture on screen of Colin Young with Bo Leuders and Andy Williams - both dead in 2026.

Lovely stuff JLM I was a huge New Japan fan for most of the 2010s but fell off in the pandemic. Obviously Nakamura left a long time ago, Tanahashi retired, Naito left, Okada left...It really had the feel of a dark time for the company. They are drawing me back in recently having clearly made a real effort to establish a new generation of stars and I have a NJPW world sub for the first time in years. The Tenzan retirement was absolutely beautiful

Do these count as pro fights? If so, Sean Clancy Jr. of Scotland moved to 9-0 with 9 finishes last night. Current Interim CWFC Welterweight Champion. Another in a long line of Cage Warriors champs to make it to the UFC.