MJB

Anyone catch the BBC2 trio tonight?

I really enjoyed it and think it was actually better than half of the Grand Tour episodes. Just so much more natural rather than forced humour.

3 minutes ago, DarylMarrio said:

No.

Both shite decisions. Even if that weren't a Liverpool game I would be saying the exact same thing.

Van Dijk tried to kick the ball but Lamela got inbetween them and then Van Dijk kicks through Lamela. It’s a penalty.

1 minute ago, DarylMarrio said:

Poch congratulating the officials there whilst letting them know where they can pick up the brown envelope later on. 

So the second one wasn’t a penalty then?

Now waiting for this to finish downloading.

I've not played an FM since about 2015 so probably going to be a lot to learn.

I've found some logos and faces but not sure where to put them? 

Bottas has a grid penalty though so it's Lewis and Seb together on the front row with the two Red Bulls waiting behind. Could be fireworks.

Seb could find himself with a penalty in Suzuka for a new gearbox as well.

Hamilton on pole, Vettel last for tomorrow. Long race though and anything can happen, as seen in Singapore last time out. Could be a pivotal weekend end in this championship.

Lewis now the record pole sitter with 69. And by over a second to Max.

Only just seen this Baddar. I'm now not free until tomorrow evening between 6-8pm if that's any good.

I still suck but am getting slightly better ever so slowly. I've just got no consistency over a full 18.

21 minutes ago, 9 to 5 said:

MJB is a ps4er? What wonderful news!

I am but i don't play a lot. Just the odd sports game and maybe GTA very occasionally.

Yeah I kept getting a message to say you were on another course. Just as a joined you, I'd get another message to say you were on the other course. Ah well, always next time.

Yeah I'm signed in. MJB_5990

Sounds good.

-4 thru 11 at Black Brook at the moment. Waiting for my usual implosion though.

4 minutes ago, Baddar said:

Are you using Tour clubs?

I actually moved down to Player clubs earlier. My controller was refusing to drive straight, and combined with needing to nail perfect/perfect to get a decent swing, I was hitting the rough more often than not.

You can add a friend before a round or do it via the pause menu. You play as normal and the other person does at the same time, you just see each other's trail. I've done it with Meacon on the first game. 

Christ no. I'm on player. I couldn't use tour on the range let alone on the course itself.

I've been playing for the last couple of hours and it's like playing real golf. I have great holes and crap holes and I can't tell what I'm doing differently.

I like the putting and chipping. I can't drive straight to save my life and I can't get anything other than slow on my backswing. Not quite sure how I'm doing that, maybe waiting a touch too much at the top of the swing? Meh, I'll try to push forward a bit earlier.

Played two real rounds so far, both on very easy career mode. Shot 70 on the first which was okay and was -2 with 5 to play on the second course and ended up shooting 80 when I kept driving into the water on the 14th

I'm definitely up for an EWB round at some point. No idea how I add anyone though ...

I've got this on order as I picked up the first game a little while ago for next to nothing and enjoyed it. Looking forward to Saturday when I'll get some time to get started.

18 hours ago, Chris2K said:

It's getting hard to look past Alonso as the best driver in F1 given what he's doing in that car.

It's also getting hard to look past Lance Stroll being the worst.

Palmer has to be close. He's had an extra year aswell.

Tremendous race today between Hamilton and Vettel. Super battle. 

Loved ep4. Especially the feature film with the three environmental cars. Everyone was back on form. Top stuff.

Except he's already beaten Nico to two titles.

2 hours ago, LUKIE said:

I think it was telling when Hamilton said "I won't win the championship so I don't care if I win or lose".

He's like a fucking child.

He's trying to win the World Championship. In his position everyone would do the same thing.

1 hour ago, Jasonmufc said:

It is easy to pick the two lowest moments for each driver and then call it even, but it has always been much more than that. And Lewis has always had a 'Me and nobody else' mentality since the moment he debuted at McLaren, which is fine when you're in a race, but he never switches that mentality off.

Rosberg tossed a hat last year, and he got ground into dust by the media for doing it. But after that moment of immaturity he went onto the podium, and gave credit where it was due, because Hamilton had won the race and clinched the championship and Rosberg praised and congratulated the man on the achievement.

Lewis lost the title, and after doing all he can in the race (Which really, anyone would've done), he done none of that. He got the microphone on the podium, and he did his usual schtick of praising the fans and talking his little talk, but he never congratulated Nico on becoming the 2017 WDC. Because Lewis simply cannot stand the fact there's someone else ahead of him.

And not just this race, or last year. But this has been going on for years and years where Lewis acts like an angry child and refuses to give credit where it is due, forcing the attention on him regardless if it is good or bad attention. And of course, he'll get chastised by the team for his actions both during and around the race, and he'll say his thing to the media, but it's not those moments that define a man.

Rosberg has had his moments of weakness, but he's always shown the decorum and graciousness to accept that he wasn't the best in the situations. And even when he won, he reserved praise for the people around him. Lewis, not so much. And it really didn't help Lewis either when he 'promised' earlier in the week that he would drive a clean and honest race, even if Nico was trailing him, which just makes him come across as massively two-faced.

And the fact we're in an era where there are two drivers on one team actively contending for the drivers title, it certainly makes everything even tougher, since both guys are winners with their respective ego's, and Mercedes on the other hand cares only for the 1-2 regardless, and as Toto said in a post-race interview with Sky, Merc only told Hamilton to get on with it because Vettel/Max getting closer threatened a perfect end of the season for the team.

Of course, it really doesn't matter ultimately, since both guys never have and won't ever truly like each other. And next year we're gonna get even more fireworks between them as the competition starts to close back in on them. Personally, i'm biased, since I rooted for Rosberg to win it. I don't blame Lewis for trying what he had to try to become WDC, but I will continue to dislike his pettiness outside of the track.

He did congratulate Nico, several times.

Lewis has been gracious in defeat, he congratulated Nico on becoming champion, turned up for all of the photos and has conducted several interviews. Not sure what everyone wants him to do? Bow down at his feet?

It's Liverpool's year!

Lewis will be almost certainly at the back for Spa. If Rosberg goes on to win,7th for Lewis would put them level heading into Monza.

Really hope Rashford doesn't get shuffled down the pecking order under Jose. He's got that spark, a change of space and is very direct when we need it.

Attention Kimi fans, he may have a shot at pole in about 2 hours time.

Vettel and Rosberg have penalties while Hamilton doesn't look comfortable at all.

I know I shouldn't, but I like that.