Noah

There's people out there that are actually willing to donate money to Telltale to finish the season.

People are strange. 

4 hours ago, Adam es Tranquilo said:

You have ruined my joy at this result.

I move to have Sol Campbell replace cupset via the word filter.

Also @MexicoJack

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MANCHESTER, England -- It was a coincidence that as Paul Pogba, dressed in a white tracksuit, flashed up on the television screens at Old Trafford on Tuesday night, the Manchester United fans started to sing "Jose Mourinho."

Most of the supporters inside the stadium will not have seen Pogba, tucked away in a private box in the Sir Alex Ferguson stand after being rested in Tuesday's Carabao Cup loss to Derby County, but it did serve as a reminder that, in this increasingly messy power struggle, most fans have now sided with Mourinho.

On Tuesday afternoon, Ed Woodward seemed to take his side, too. In a call with investors to reveal fourth quarter financial results, United's executive vice-chairman suggested the club were committed to winning trophies with Mourinho. If was not a vote of confidence but, then, Woodward makes so few public statements it was as close to a show of support as you're likely to get.

It was particularly significant that it came three days after the latest set-back in the Premier League -- a 1-1 draw with Wolves that saw United slip eight points behind Liverpool after just six games.

"It's easy to get caught up in the game-by-game fluctuations of our season but I would like to take this opportunity to take a step back and look at the bigger picture," said Woodward. "Our board, our investors and everyone at the club are aligned with the fans about what we need to do on the pitch, and that is to win trophies. It is one of the reasons we hired Jose Mourinho and we have already won three with him."

If that was strengthening his position in the board room, at the same time, Mourinho was making sure he was doing the same in the dressing room. Ahead of Derby's visit, the 55-year-old told Pogba he will not captain the team again. It could have been in response to any number of things. His lazy jog back towards his own goal after losing the ball in the build-up to Wolves' equaliser on Saturday, perhaps, or his comments after the game when he suggested Mourinho was behind a lack of attacking football.

Mourinho might also have got fed up with Pogba refusing to put to bed stories that he wants to leave Old Trafford. It has become a long-running saga. The Portuguese coach refused to expand, confirming only that the 25-year-old was no longer "second captain."

 "The only truth is that I made the decision of Paul not to be the second captain anymore," he told Sky Sports. "But no fall-out. No problems at all. The same person that decides Paul is not second captain anymore was exactly the same person that decides that Paul was the second captain, myself. I am the manager, I can make these decisions, no fall-out at all, no problems at all, just one decision that I don't have to explain."

But if Mourinho spent most of Tuesday coming out on top in his personal battles with Woodward and Pogba, he didn't against Frank Lampard and Derby County. It undermined it all. Ultimately, Mourinho's position will only be secure when United are winning games and, against the Championship side, they did not. It is not the end of the world because, as Mourinho said himself after the penalty shoot-out defeat, the Premier League, Champions League and the FA Cup are bigger competitions.

What is worrying, though, is that the same thing is happening again and again and again. Mourinho's pre-game programme notes got lost in all the furore surrounding Pogba but they were fiercely critical of his players.

  "I hope we can look back on Saturday's game against Wolves for an important lesson; a lesson that I repeat week after week after week, a lesson that some boys are not learning; every team that plays Manchester United are playing the game of their lives and we need to match that level of aggression, motivation and desire -- 95 percent isn't enough when others give 101 percent."

Against Wolves, United began to lose their way after taking the lead. It happened again against Derby and, considering what Mourinho had written in the programme, Ashley Young's post-match interview was startling.

 "They had more intensity than we did," he told MUTV. "When you're playing these games you've got to show that intensity and go further than the opposition. We didn't do that, we got punished and they won the game."

On Saturday, Mourinho had called desire and commitment "the basic laws of football" and, according to Young, they are still missing. Tactics, transfers, captains and second captains are fairly trivial issues in comparison.

It looked for much of a day of drama at United that Mourinho would end it with his position strengthened. It ended with far more questions than answers.

I loved USM 2. Tried the demo of 98 and didn't like it as much but whether it could have grown on me is irrelevant, because I never saw it for sale anywhere.

Sure I could get it for nothing nowdays but it's too late really. USM 2 is hardcoded in my brain as my retro fix and FM is obviously my modern game.

We need a word filter for cupset.

13 hours ago, The Chiksrara Special said:

Jimmy G  I believe the coach just confirmed he tore his ACL

12 hours ago, damsher hatfield said:

Yeah I knew the second I saw it in slow motion. Been watching enough football to know when the knee plants and buckles it can only mean one thing.

What a bummer.

Well this has been a shitty week or so for me and my favourite sports teams worldwide. 

I'm now willing to start taking bids from EWB'ers, to follow teams of their most hated rivals so I can curse them as well.

Steve Borden should play the joker.

http://www.ringsidenews.com/2018/09/22/wwe-2k19-producer-evolution-games/

I think I heard alternate universe Joker.

On 20/09/2018 at 17:50, MexicoJack said:

It's fine, the name's ironic. They actually have a higher average age than Newell's Old Boys of Argentina.

Watching the highlights of the youth tournament match between the two teams as I type this.

"United will find out what young boys of Switzerland are really made of." 

On 22/09/2018 at 08:21, tristy said:

Joaquin Phoenix as The Joker

If the heel Doink theme plays while he's on camera, I'm sold.

8 hours ago, stokerino said:

I refuse to believe that Gazzaniga is a real name.

It sounds like Gazz embarking on a new career as a Sheldon Cooper impersonator. Which seems like a limited shelf life job, seeing as people are already sick of the real thing.

Im well behind. I bought season 2 really quickly but felt the need to replay season 1, saving the other out of Doug/Carley and this time convincing Vince to come along with everyone else in 400 days(essentially when I started season 2 I felt like I wanted 2 saves of it active, my original save and one with alterations to my original narrative to see what differences it'd make) but just like with replaying Splinter Cell Double Agent (finished the PS2 version but when I bought the next game in the series, I realised the differences from the PS2 version of DA to every other version meant I'd probably need to play the PS3 DA to get back on the real Splinter Cell timeline)I got bored at a certain point replaying too familiar bits and stopped playing.

2 hours ago, Busch Luck Fale said:

That would've been an improvement.

Insulting Ziggler is a bad idea, he may quit and do stand up.

Saying that we beat young boys sounds wrong somehow. 

That is wonderful.

2 hours ago, Busch Luck Fale said:

People on IGN are clinging to the hope that there are hidden characters unlockable in Towers mode, and that Ciampa, Kendrick, and Cross would be among that group.

I'm really doubting that.  They like to promote the roster.  And even if they did have hidden characters, I feel like I'd be more inclined to use new characters for that.  Like I'd sooner make you complete a Tower to unlock Pete Dunne, Mustafa Ali, and Kairi Sane than I would people who were already in the game last year.

The only unlockable characters from a tower mode should be Akeem or the Big Bossman.

Downloaded the free first episode of the Batman Telltale games first season, because I saw both seasons on sale.

Absolutely loved it. So of course the sale was over by the time I'd finished the episode and the scotish heritage in me wont let me pay the extra $30 USD it'd cost compared to the sale price.

7 hours ago, Busch Luck Fale said:

DLC Announced:

Hanson

I'll reunite 3MB, throw in caws of 3 Count as well and have a massive 3-way battle of the bands.

13 hours ago, MDK said:

Boom. An entire £5.50.

16 hours ago, 9 to 5 said:

Easy money.

1 hour ago, North Of Seattle SeaCattle said:

Yeah but that shit was really creepy.

I bet it's a pairing that's all over bttf fan fiction. 

14 hours ago, Liam Mk2 said:

Hey, wasn’t this the game where Jerry Lawler had a line about the Godfather that clearly should have been cut?

Oh no, it was 2K17.

Which leads me to ask why Jerry Lawler has never been a playable character before. 

17 minutes ago, stokerino said:

If this means that there's a chance they start stocking Lilt at Stamford Bridge then I'm all for it.

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I know, it's unlikely... I shall just have to get my Totally Tropical Taste from elsewhere.

 

So does this mean the JT to Man Utd rumours will be back in full force?

1 hour ago, Busch Luck Fale said:

The next roster reveal is today.  The theme is apparently "Never Say Never".

As in, I am never buying this game.

Well if Fred Durst can be in a WWE game, I suppose the Fray can as well.

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You can never say never
While we don't know when
But time and time again
Younger now than we were before

Genius.