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DONE DEAL~!

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On 06/06/2018 at 19:18, Katsuya said:

So after the hype/disappointment of Let's Go being announced, the 1997 beta of Gold has just leaked. Fun things about it:

> Baby Vulipx, Tangela, Goldeen, Paras, Doduo, Ponyta, Grimer, Growlithe + Mime Jr.
> Popplio-esque thing is the water starter, and no Cyndaquil/Totodile lines
> Qwilfish, Ditto, Farfetch'd all have evolutions
> Leafeon & Tangrowth are in the game
> Weepinbell has an alternate evo
> Pinsir has an evo which might have ended up being Heracross
> Wooper doesn't exist

Late to the party, but why disappointment? I haven't really been following but it looks amazing. I've been crying out for something like this game for like two decades.

6 hours ago, Matt said:

Really? I mean yeah he is the most physically complete athlete to play football at anywhere near his level (I still think Messi is a better technical footballer, but that's by the by) but to play as a forward in the champions league/premier league/la liga at 40 would be incredible... Serie A less so but still impressive. If anyone could it'd be him but he'd be nowhere near as effective and I think he'd be far more likely to bugger off to America/China/wherever else wants to pay him silly money to play in a tin pot league in about 3-4 years time.

Career expectancy in Italy is way higher anyway, that's before taking into account Ronaldo's role in recent seasons meaning he barely ever has to burst into an actual sprint. And obviously on top of that, he takes very good care of himself.

1 minute ago, DMarriocco said:

Adam Bogdan is available...

And he's a Manc! Perfect.

19 hours ago, Benji said:

Anyone know what day tickets for opening match of the season go on sale? The other half supports Man U and I support Leicester so I'd love to take her to Old Trafford for the opening day of the season. Not optimistic I could get tickets, but want to give it a shot.

It'll be different for each club, but you've got no chance of sitting in the away end without being a Leicester season ticket holder. So, you'd have to try for the home section - for which you'd have to register you both as United members (an annual fee x2), add her to your "friends and family" section, and both try to purchase tickets individually and just hope that you both get one. There is but one guarantee with footy tickets: there are no guarantees.

Oh, and obligatory warning to not use touts or resellers. Not only because you risk getting fake tickets, but also because ultimately other fans suffer for it.

Fekir's agent claims the story of his move to Liverpool "is not over yet."

6 hours ago, Switzerlineker said:

Update - Antoine Griezmann will reveal his future plans on national television this evening:

 

Se queda!

8 hours ago, MexicoJack said:

Fuck Mourinho.

I can't even mock you, I just feel bad. I said years ago that I wouldn't have Mourinho at Liverpool even with the guaranteed league title he likely comes with and got roundly mocked - but this is exactly the type of reason why. United fans, dare I say it, deserve better, bar the ones that already have Setubal Syndrome for him.

On 06/06/2018 at 23:12, MexicoJack said:

That's fair enough. Still, if I'm Harry Wilson for instance I'd be wondering if and when I'm going to get an opportunity. He was really impressive on loan at Hull last season and should be looking to make the step up.

There has been talk that Wilson has some attitude problems that have rubbed Klopp the wrong way which is why he hasn't got a look in despite seeming talented enough.

1 hour ago, Rich said:

1) Demonstrably false. Klopp stood in Coutinho's way when he originally wanted to go to Barcelona, Caan wanted to go earlier but has not moved.

Actually, the owners stood in Coutinho's way. Klopp, by all accounts, wanted him gone. Can has literally never expressed a desire to leave before his contract runs out, so I have no idea where you're getting that from.

40 minutes ago, Lineker said:

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The Labour party has decided to give its official backing to the introduction of safe standing at Premier League and Championship stadiums.

The party believes decisions around safe standing should be devolved to clubs, supporters and safety authorities, a stance that the shadow sports minister, Rosena Allin-Khan, will announce officially on Friday and which will act as a further boost to campaigners and backers of safe standing. They received an initial boost this week when it was revealed that the government is to commission a review of the policy that demands all-seat stadiums in England’s top two divisions.

The sports minister, Tracey Crouch, had previously been unmoved by calls to overturn the ban on standing, which was introduced following the 1989 Hillsborough disaster and has been in place for more than 20 years. But following a swell of support for a change, alongside improvements in stadium design, it is understood Crouch has had a change of heart and will address a Westminster debate on the issue this month.

“We want to give the power to fans, clubs and local safety authorities, to allow for a small area inside a stadium to be designated for safe standing,” Allin-Khan will say at the official announcement, which is to take place at Loftus Road, the home of Queens Park Rangers. “Clubs, fans and local authorities know their stadium far better than anybody in Whitehall – the decision should rest with them.”

A survey conducted by the Football League last month indicated 94% of fans want safe standing to be introduced, and that followed a petition, signed by more than 100,000 people, calling for the Premier League and Championship clubs to allow safe standing, which means the issue will be discussed by Parliament.

The issue remains a sensitive one given many families of those who died at Hillsborough remain opposed to stadiums being anything but all-seat. Campaigners for safe standing point out that standing itself was not a cause of the 1989 disaster as well as referring to the success of “rail seating” across Germany and at Celtic Park, by which rows of rails with flip-down seats are closely spaced to guard against overcrowding and crushing.

I really fucking wish the opportunistic Tory press would stop using Hillsborough families to try and counter the safe standing debate. This is an outright fabrication. In actuality, many of the Hillsborough families attended Celtic Park with Spirit of Shankly and the vast majority have since given their support for rail seating after experiencing it.

12 hours ago, Cymbols said:

In that case Liverpool only have themselves to blame. Irresponsible from the club, to not even check on him when he went down holding his head, and to make the decision to keep him out there without at least taking a look at him. 

The player isn’t going to make the call himself, the team should be looking out for his well-being first and foremost. His well-being has to be more important than a game, for me. 

Also, makes Van Dijk’s recklessness pushing Ramos into the keeper even worse really. 

This is silly and demonstrates the lack of awareness of how concussions actually work.

Karius showed no obvious signs of a concussion (besides throwing the ball in his own net, hahaha, before you all get in there first). Nobody even knew he had suffered a head injury. He got up pretty much straight away afterwards, didn't say anything to anyone, and the referee didn't stop play (not his fault either).

Medical staff aren't allowed to review video during matches, so essentially what you're asking is for them to have spotted the clash from 50m+ away through a crowd of people and reacted to it, despite nobody else making it obvious that a head injury had occured. Even if they HAD saw it, they are not allowed within the rules of the game to just walk onto the pitch. They have to be invited on by the referee, who also saw no reason to suspect a head injury had occurred from up close.

If anything, the only criticism is on concussion protocol which is still way behind other sports. In all honesty teams need to be allowed temporary substitutes in these instances so that the proper time can be taken to undergo testing.

6 minutes ago, Liam Mk2 said:

The Lyon president came out and said it’s nonsense. For what it’s worth.

Exactly like he did with Lacazette?

2 hours ago, Baddar said:

There are reports that Liverpool have agreed a £62m fee for Nabil Fekir. 

Apparently the paper in France that broke it is god-tier reliable, but few of our journos have squashed it. And then allegedly Sadio Mane goes and talks about him joining in his a post-match interview with some French journos. Weird situation. Would be a fantastic signing though.

13 minutes ago, DMo Salah said:

Second tweet missed off Spurs fans being attacked too..

Can't wait for UEFA to lose their shit over a few flares though...

Not to mention 100 Liverpool fans stabbed in Rome in '84.

Just the 25 goals and 17 assists for Bobby Firmino this season. We really need to sign a 20 goal a season striker.

18 minutes ago, Adam es Tranquilo said:

He's literally the only person who has already said he wants the job if they want him.

I don't think he's the best fit to be fair but he's easily one of the main contenders. As much of a 'building job' as it is, they can be contenders with a few shrewd signings this summer already. Their strike force is right up there with the best in the world now and they have some superb midfielders too.

The not wanting a 'building job' is nonsense anyway. Ancelotti wanted the Liverpool job before Klopp got it, and we were arguably in a worse situation than Arsenal are now.

I wonder if it might be worth taking a punt on Bielsa in the short-term. He's available, and it definitely has a quick expiration date like Mourinho, but he's the kind of disciplined coach that could do wonders for a squad of talented but underachieving players. I'd fancy him to get you back in the Champions League (presuming you don't win Europa) and then you can rebuild properly from a position of more stability.

7 hours ago, Jericode said:

Nah, I don't see it. I reckon he'll go back to Spain once he leaves Newcastle.

Pardew's free, right? 

I'd be shocked if Rafa left England. His family are very settled in Liverpool and haven't left even when Rafa's managed abroad.

I reckon they'll get Ancelotti but I'm not sure such a passive coach is what those Arsenal players need. Most of them need a kick up the arse from someone like Simeone.

3 minutes ago, Liam Mk2 said:

I’m genuinely in shock still right now.

I feel weird. He said “Take care of the values of this club”. What a man.

"Abuse your new manager as if he were me."

2 hours ago, Van Shammer said:

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North Korea stuff must not have been hinted at enough because I never saw a lick of that and I played through every region/collected everything I could in the game - and if that explains the nuke then why doesn't it go off in the other ending? Just the fact that it doesn't already made it feel like 'we didn't really think this out'. Everything that they spout out was fine and all but it didn't really tie anything together other than, yeah - the really hamfisted allusions to the apocalypse. Which was fine - but the tonal shifts isn't something that I'd budge on when it comes to the weirdness of the game. You have really serious stuff one moment and then the Testicle Festival the next. While I was never a fan of people rating the game lower because it 'didn't have anything to say' because... I think that's stupid as hell, I think the way that the game swings from one thing to the next just makes any of the times that they are trying to say something just come off as corny, no two ways about it.

It's just the way that it came across to me - it's obvious that the trappings are there, as analytical as you want to get with how it all plays out - it just didn't connect at all and the way that Far Cry 3 and 4 played out have no bearing on that for me. The game by nature don't have to have endings like that. Primal had a great narrative.

Also is there a source for it following Revelations? Because it certainly looks like it has the trappings of it but it doesn't really follow it as I remember in any meaningful way.

 

1 hour ago, Van Shammer said:

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My issues with the game aren't exactly that it wasn't a happy ending - and saying that the ones in this game aren't exactly on the same level as the other ones is a bit of an understatement - but it's the weird tonal shifts throughout the whole thing and the lack of any sense that bugs me.

 

Had to cool on this for a while because work got crazy, but finally finished the story last night.

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oh... dear