Nerf

In fairness that video clips out the 5 or so seconds beforehand where Ritchie is chomping at his heels and pulling his shirt. Is it it a dive? Yeah. But he goes down because he's backed into a corner after Ritchie is all over him. I don't think the lino gives the foul for the actual dive, it's the moments preceding it.

10 hours ago, Bobfoc said:

 

Episode thoughts

On 25/04/2019 at 12:39, Colly said:

Imagine though if Liverpool lift the title and Salah isn't in that team. So stupid that they do it early.

Never mind us winning the league or not. It's highly likely he wins the Golden Boot again and still doesn't make the TOTY. Silly.

1 hour ago, DMN said:

One is a plot point, the other is little more than fan service.

Edit: although you're right about creepy responses.

We don't know whether the Arya scene is going to be a plot point or not yet...

4 hours ago, Jimmy said:

Yeah bang on, there's also no way we're having the same conversation if it was a male character that we'd watched grow up losing their virginity at 18. 

The thing is we literally have a direct point of comparison. This is a show in which we've seen a woman we can safely assume is in her mid 20s try to manipulate and coerce a boy that is in the range of 11-14 into sex for the sake of political gain. Guess what? Nobody cared.

On the Arya discussion:

3 hours ago, Baddar said:

Both the FIFA and PES series'.

Definitely fun in their own right, but while FIFA has all the modes you could ever want, the gameplay is severely lacking. 

On the flipside, PES has great gameplay (not without its own issues this year), but a lack of modes that they care enough about to add or address existing ones. 

Ultimate Team and to a lesser extent, My Club, have rightly or wrongly become a gold mine for EA and Konami, but they are absolutely harming both titles each year. 

FIFA is basically unplayable offline without sliders now. The gameplay has somehow got worse over time.

2 hours ago, DavidMarrio said:

Spurs have looked better without him a lot of the time from games I've seen. 

Son has had a cracking season. Could be a blessing in disguise. 

That's what I'm thinking. Spurs (and arguably England) just seem to play more coherently when he isn't the focal point. I don't think it's a coincidence that they've gone from challenging the top 2 to fighting for anywhere between 3rd-6th since he returned from injury. I wouldn't be at all surprised if they pushed on from here.

The most damning indictment of Spurs is that 3 months ago United were thirteen points behind them, and now they're level. I think at some point a conversation needs to be had about their progress. Either the players or the manager just aren't as good as they're purported to be. I'm not sure which it is.

2 hours ago, Adam said:

Alright lads, don't worry. I actually would prefer Liverpool win the league but they were fortunate to win yesterday and I am most certainly "lumping" Origi's winner in the Derby into it, you didn't deserve to win that game and if Pickford went for that ball 99 times out of 100 it wouldn't have ended up in the net. You got the 1 in 100 there, I still can't believe how that happened.

Because Pickford's got little arms.

9 hours ago, Adam said:

I think at this point we can safely say Man City are the best team in the league, and if Liverpool do win the title it will be down largely to good fortune.

At that point it really will just be "their year".

This is a bizarre take.

It's like saying Chelsea fluked their way to 90+ points with a million lucky 1-0 wins. At some point, it stops being luck and starts being the will to win. 19 goals in the last 15 minutes of games this season does not indicate luck, but the ability to force wins in crucial moments, which is exactly what City did last year. Not to mention City have had their fair share of dodgy decisions go their way, and we've had them go against us. That happens. You can't single out one (or two, since I'm guessing you're lumping Divock 90+6 in to force this narrative) example of a last minute winner and write off an entire season to "good fortune."

This is a team that has scored 72 goals and conceded a mere 19 with six left to play, and is well on pace for 90 odd points. I don't want to hear anything about bottle jobs or flukes, no matter what happens come May. What City and Liverpool are both doing is historically good, and the fact they're both doing it in the same season should not undermine either team. The only thing "luck" comes into is that whoever finishes second will be desperately unlucky to do so.

Give it Heskeh til end uh season.

1 hour ago, ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster said:

MGS IV is the masterpiece of the MGS series. 

Isn't this, like, general consensus?

18 minutes ago, stokerino said:

or everyone in the squad waking up one day and going "ohhh NOW I get it", leading them all to somehow suddenly play 20%+ faster and more effectively.

Isn't this kind of exactly what happened under Guardiola and Klopp, though? Pep had some absolutely shocking results in his first season, and their league position simply wasn't good enough for the calibre of player they had. Likewise, Liverpool demonstrated moments in Klopp's first few seasons, and those moments became increasingly regular as the years wore on. Repetition is vastly underrated in coaches that have such a distinct playing style, and City and Liverpool (and, to a lesser extent, Spurs) have/are reaping the benefits of sticking with their formulas even when things aren't going well. Chelsea and Arsenal should look to do the same. A change of manager shouldn't even be entering conscious thought until at least the end of their second seasons, and even then, only if thing are particularly dire.

17 minutes ago, Chris2K said:

It seems literally any goal with a deflection or last touch from the opposition is being classed as an own goal 

Really? Had a few deflected shots go in myself and the original shooter was credited.

For the love of fuck please do not patch the life out of this. It plays great for the first time since like '14.

So, is it worth picking this up on PS4 when it comes out tomorrow (UK) or should I wait until patches/DLC/whatever fixes some of the shit you guys are talking about? I'm keeping in mind that tomorrow is also FIFA day so it could prove costly if I get both.

Their Adam Cole model is literally worse than the CAWs of him from last year's game. That's hilariously bad.

Just now, Baddar said:

I honestly don't see the point in complaining about which players you have/don't have available. It's always going to be the case after a major summer tournament.

My favourite bit is his complaint of "Liverpool First Team vs. Man United Kids."

Y'know, despite the average age of United's team being a year older than Liverpool's last night.

The man has lost the plot. Third season unraveling incoming?

Liverpool's member sale is a joke every single year. Luckily I managed to get sorted for Brighton, Cardiff, Fulham and Newcastle after 2+ hours in the queue, but my mate didn't get a single ticket in today's sale or yesterday's. Can't wait to endure it all again in November.

Liverpool have had a second bid of £66m accepted by Roma for Alisson. Seems they got spooked by Chelsea's interest and moved quickly to get it done.

18 minutes ago, MexicoJack said:

But I thought Karius was the new De Gea...🤔

Literally nobody said that. The closest was "don't write him off too quickly, look at how DDG turned it around." He was given his chance, it didn't work out.

Liverpool have FINALLY made an actual bid for Alisson. £62m.

50 minutes ago, Gazzlory Hunter said:

Don't see the point in that. If it's 10-0 at half-time, you might as well run a defensive training exercise in the second half. They've gotten nothing out of that game. They might as well have thrashed their own U15s.

Try telling the toffees that. Everton Twitter is legitimately using this as evidence they're finishing top 4.