The Kraig

9 hours ago, Szumi said:

 

 

Absolutely Hibs'd it.

Scotland getting pumped by the Dutch and losing to a faded NornIrelan' has really taken the helium out of my Euro balloon. 😔

Chuffed for Georgia, hopefully they cause a few surprises.

I've just watched the first three over the past few weeks. The first one was good, but left me wanting more. Chapter Two felt like a very uncreative and quite frankly boring rehash of the first. 3/Parabellum kicked so much fucking arse I was blown away and love the series. This is how it should have felt from the beginning in a way, but the first was centred fully on the Wick character which is well worth the focus.

Whoever casts these films is a wonderful person.

13 hours ago, Bobfoc said:

 

Wasn't a massive fan of Kalos, but industrial era France for a Pokémon Legends game sounds fun! Kind of pleases the remake petitioners and the fans of Legends Arceus in one go, plus anyone who was still fizzing about a lack of Pokémon Z.

The 8-Bit Big Band have possibly outdone themselves with this one. Outrageously good. And yes, this is on Spotify now too. *walks while dancing*

On 10/02/2024 at 12:41, Captain Kirk said:

He used to take his team up to play Greenock Morton cause he liked the place. 😂

That's the stuff I'd do on Football Manager except I'd take them places they would hate, get that pre-season anger flowing. Like the Butlin's Cup: Skegness Town, Bognor Regis Town and Minehead AFC getting the important faxes from my secretary (also me, based on the size of clubs I was managing).

Neil Warnock has already been alarmingly entertaining. I rue the fact we won't get a Warnock Dons vs Ange's Bhoys.

2 hours ago, FestiveJack said:

I like to think that Warnock keeps houses up and down the UK just so it's easy to settle into whichever job he has next.

Makes more money from Airbnb than football, no doubt.

I actually can't wait for the next Rangers/Aberdeen game now.

On 21/12/2023 at 06:23, METALMAN said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/67740071

This is why we love Scottish football.

 

Derek Adams has been the most entertaining thing in Scottish football this season. Crazy thing is that he is now saying he didn't do his research before taking the job and regrets taking over. He's only been a player and manager there multiple times, how can you not know the difficulty of managing Ross County? Looking for the sack and pay-off.

In other news, Queen's Park have had an abysmal season and were flirting with relegation after almost running away with the Championship last year. Thankfully they have sacked the Dutch fellas who had no idea what they were doing and Callum Davidson's taken over, with an immediate improvement. Feels weird following all the drama from so far away.

Well, that was unexpectedly emotional.

18 minutes ago, Lint said:

Could I BE any sadder?  I watch Friends every day before I leave for work

Also, does anyone else find it weird none of his co-stars have posted anything?  I've looked at the IG accounts for Jennifer Anniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and Courtney Cox...none of them have posted anything about Matthews passing

There will be a joint statement, based on what my superfan friend has told me. He wondered the same thing.

His final posts on Instagram are hard to swallow. Avoid.

I watched/listened to this on my break at work and it was illuminating, far more than other interviews I've seen him do.

That did not go down well with my Kiwi pals. They're questioning a lot of the referee decisions, as you'd expect, but it was a messy game and watching it live I had no issues with the calls. Hard game to referee. They seem specifically hung up on the call not to red card Kolisi, but you can see the point of contact in the replay, so I feel like arguing for common sense might get me strung up. 

I feel for Jordie Barrett. He'll be kicking himself.

Despite the cards and drama, we still got some flashes of brilliant rugby. The final did not live up to the expectations though, for me anyway.

Dreadful news. I wish him peace.

2 hours ago, Bobfoc said:

As entertaining as New Zealand v South Africa should be, it's the most boring outcome as far as sentiment goes. Out of the ten World Cups that have taken place, seven of them, and the last five in a row, will have been won by either of those two countries. For as close as the matches have been, it's a bit disappointing to see the status quo maintained.

The one good thing is that both have been beaten in the tournament so far and they've had some seriously close games, and well-fought wins. It does feel deserved for both teams, which is what you want in the final.

All Blacks have some incredible momentum after these last two games especially.

Argentina being the only country to win the football and rugby World Cups in the same year is now a distant idea.

I too enjoy blowing the dust off of this PS2 classic and shoving it hard into my backwards compatible PS3.

Jokes aside, here's a fun comparison.

1 hour ago, Lineker said:

 

 

Astonishing the game even began, to be fair.

9 minutes ago, Lineker said:

Watford was right there.

More like Whoford.

It'll be interesting to see what he can do without inheriting a solid team. Monaco seem to sack managers more often than Spurs.

Fiji and France, take a bow. Top rugby, truly exciting to watch. That France and Springboks match was full of powerful tries, every single try had me reacting like I was being punched.

This tournament has kicked arse.

England are now the only undefeated team. @Cymbols 😰

I needed a cigarette after that All Blacks win. What a game, what a final those two could have had. There wasn't much faith in beating Ireland amongst my Kiwi pals, but suddenly they're "gonna win the whole thing now".

Let's go Fiji, southern hemisphere power or something! 

5 hours ago, Bobfoc said:

This can't have been the first you've heard of it, surely. Today is the day that the deal has been confirmed and approved.

It is! Never realised Microsoft cared that much about their gaming division these days.

Microsoft have just bought Activision Blizzard for an eye-watering sum of money.

Interesting.

Bloody Ireland being good and stuff.