Jimmy

Yeah, Nuno seems like a nice bloke but he's absolutely not up to the job. There is absolutely no clear attacking plan, there are no patterns, no bravery, his obsession with vacating the space in the middle of the pitch doesn't work. 9 goals from 10 games and the second lowest XG in the league is criminal. Also, dropping Reguilon for Davies was bizarre today, as was dropping Tanguy whose been our best player for weeks. He has to go before it gets more toxic. It's been clear since Palace what way this was going.

I honestly can't imagine seeing Dune anywhere but the cinema - it sounds and looked so good. I was completely caught up in the tone and atmosphere on the new one, in terms of world-building, it's pretty astounding. I didn't really invest in any of the characters emotionally, which (for me) sort of holds it back from being the masterpiece a lot of my friends think it is, but I was pretty impressed and appreciated a lot of the decisions they made. I was actually really impressed by how comprehensible it is as a film, for something that's lauded as so complicated to adapt. I think because it doesn't try to spoon feed information, or feels the need to explain a lot of things, you don't feel like you're not understanding anything because the film doesn't make it seem important. Also watched Lynch's version recently, which I enjoyed. It's obviously flawed but I had a lot of fun.

don't they always win when this comes round

Catching up on some TV. I thought Nine Perfect Strangers wasn't great, seems to really come undone in the last few episodes. It's a shame because I really like the cast, but it never came together for me. Finally did Squid Game. I thought it was enjoyable, very binge-able and peaked at episode 6. I think it becomes a bit trapped by its own format, but I had a good time watching it and I really hope it opens up a market for non English language TV. I watch a lot of world cinema, but barely any TV, so am as guilty as anyone. I've got my eye on Hellbound when it comes out on Netflix in November, which is created by the director of Train to Busan. And now still cracking on with Season 2 of The Leftovers, which is just so good. Ooh actually, I also just stated Paranoia Agent, Satoshi Kon's anime show. I think he's an absolutely genius, the first ep is really decent, so looking forward to the rest.

I dunno, he seemed pretty into it when bigging up the Saudi's or when Wilson scored

Didn't clock it yesterday as I was celebrating, but someone pointed out that Martin Tyler sounds like he's about to cry when this goes in.

I've seen 33 films in the cinema over the last 9 days as a part of London Film Festival. There is so much good stuff that's going to be hitting the big screen over the next year. There are so many highlights, but the two films standouts are probably Pablo Larrain's Spencer and Celine Sciamma's Petit Maman because they both fully hit me like an emotional wave. Spencer is a melodramatic fable, a gothic fairytale masquerading behind the facade of the royals, was completely swept up in the tragedy, overwhelmed by the visuals, Johnny Greenwood's score and Kristen Stewart's unhinged performance. It's not gonna be for everyone, but I can't stop thinking about it. And with Petit Maman, Celine Sciamma followed up one of the best films of all time (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) by reminding everyone that you only need 70 minutes to make a masterpiece. It is such a humble and beautiful film, I loved it so much. Will probably do a run-down of some of my other favourites when I finish the festival in a few days, but it's been so inspiring.

Cannot wait to hear this, even if it's in all it's janky glory, I'm sure it'll be ace!

What did you go for?

Ha yeah, I thought that scene was absolutely incredible.

Haha, no worries mate I just mean there was a slightly toxic attitude in the film industry for a while, wherein people were expecting creatives to use this time, kind of ignoring everyone was suffering the effects of a pandemic. It took a while for people to speak out and normalise everyone just being like "yeah, I didn't feel like writing when I thought my family were gonna die" etc. So while there's been some amazing art made during the pandemic, defo not gonna hold anyone accountable for not creating, if you get me.

I mean, the biggest con was the pandemic. Which amongst other things, can be a creatively draining, anxiety-inducing time. Wouldn't judge anyone on their inability to turn a pretty horrid time into something creatively fruitful.

holy shit Titane is the most wild film I've seen in years and I absolutely loved it - will be right up there in my end f year list and the fact it won the Palme D'or is brilliant for future filmmakers who have bold visions

London Film Festival press screenings have kicked off, so I'm watch a whole lot at the moment. I'm going to see Titane today at 9:30am and I am still so excited. Took a day out to catch some new releases. The Many Saint of Newark turned out to be exactly what I feared it'd be, which was an absolutely okay film that I didn't need. It's got some great performances, and it's nostalgic to spend time in that rich world, but it's inescapable to hold the film to higher standards considering the strength of The Sopranos. And I'm baffled, but I didn't love Green Knight. I love David Lowry films because they feel magical, so I'm a bit confused as to how his most obviously magical didn't feel it to me. Performances are also incredible and it looks phenomenal, but it feels weird to be coming out of a Lowry film talking about how it looks and not how it made me feel. It missed the mark for me and I'm still trying to figure out why.

I think Portrait of a Lady on Fire and American Honey are my two standout films of the last ten years. Staggering, monumental pieces of work that shattered and enthralled me. They live in my head rent free - both films were films I walked out of the cinema in a daze and just needed a few hours to process them. I'm just gonna dump a list of films I loved over the last 10 years or so and happy to expand on any / sell em to ya. Another Round Midsommar Shoplifters Private Life Paddington 2 Wonderstruck Jackie Moonlight Toni Erdman Certain Women Manchester by the Sea Carol Amy 45 Years Two Days, One Night Before Midnight The Act of Killing A Hijacking The Master Never Rarely Sometimes Always Corpus Christi The Farewell Her Smell Cold War Phantom Thread Loveless Faces, Places A Ghost Story Of Body and Soul 20th Century Women Raw Mustang Force Majure Girlhood The Great Beauty Maaaaaate the last 10 years have been so good for cinema. I could genuinely keep going.

I'm doing I'm breaking it - maybe 10 years that I won't be buying. I completely lost interest last year, it seemed to be completely back to pacey wingers and all that & don't have the patience to learn all the skill moves which seem to make it playable. Hopefully I don't cave.

The finale ofThe Leftovers Season 1 is wild. Getting a lot out of this show.

Harvey Elliot's also come out and said he didn't think it was a red. His public handling of all of this is starting to make me think he might be maturing a bit, which is definitely a good sign for his future and his ceiling within the game. As long as there's no serious ligament damage, you wouldn't expect him to be out for too long, right?

Enjoyed it - some really nice fight scenes and choreography. Nice to watch something that feels distinctive in the MCU, did a good enough job that was left with that familiar feeling of wishing it could have more freedom to do its own thing. Tony Leung is fantastic.

We've started The Leftovers and really enjoying the first four episodes. I'd heard good things over the years, to the point where I'm really not sure why I never gave it the time of day before, especially because the cast is phenomenal and filled with actors I like a lot. Also thought Feel Good Season 2 was great. Got a lot of time for Mae Martin and Charlotte Richie and I think this season felt like it had found its feet and was really confident in trying to tackle messy, complex, traumatic subject matters while still being candid and funny.

For Those I Love's self titled debut. It's not something I've binged again and again, but I think it's a very special record.

To be fair, with the way you play, James and Harrison with Raph in as a 10 sounds pretty dangerous. I think James will be a lot better suited to Leeds and than United.

cmon Harry, settle in for the rest of your career

Selling team: This is our price City: We're not paying that Selling team: repeat