That was a frustrating game vs Chelsea. They parked the bus, we had near to 70% possession, mostly in their half, but could barely muster a shot on target and I don't think John Terry broke a sweat when a footrace between him & Welbeck is exactly what we wanted.
It's like continually losing to your big brother in a pick-up basketball game. He's taller, stronger and doesn't crack under pressure.
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Two things about that. I was disappointed that, when Wenger was asked about it during the post-match, he didn't say, "I did not see the incident". Secondly Mourinho has now completed his transformation into a real-life Jose Arrogantio.
Btw Doc, how's that Mario B move working out?
I haven't been following the boy's progress.
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skel said:
Greatest manager practicing today, no question.
Btw Doc, how's that Mario B move working out?
I haven't been following the boy's progress.
Oh, it's back to business as usual for us. Barely able to find the net, team playing like they met for the first time in the tunnel, United above us in the table, you know the drill. Sturridge should give us a few more options when he returns, but then we have to look forward to him being crocked again after Hodgson makes him run a half-marathon to demonstrate his commitment during training for some meaningless friendly. I'm sure Mario will be OK by Christmas. The calls to bring back Kenny can't be far off now.
Rock, what's the context?
Dude solo?
Gang of lads?
Man with woman?
Romance, business or other?
Staying in which loc?
It's a big town with tons of restaurants, mostly shit.
I always take meriman visitors to Il Bordello in Wapping.
They get Yankee sized meals of authentic Italian served by grizzled old school capo dudes who can reel off the full menu in a Joe Pesci style whilst making you feel like one wrong move ends in concrete boots at the bottom of the Thames.
Newly gentrified area, formerly the scuzzy dock quarter,, lots of that Oliver Twist flavour down by the river. And have a beer in the Captain Kidd pub close by, one-time haunt of og piratical bwad bwoy, er, Captain Kidd.
Particularly evocative now that autumn has arrived with a vengeance.
Haven't lived in London for 10 years. So I couldn't recommend a food spot. Miss the days of working in Soho...
Being a foreigner, perhaps he'd enjoy hitting up Waxy's O'Connors for a pint. Anyone that ever came to visit me always like that place. Though, my general spot was the Dog & Duck. That and the pub near my place near Hampstead Heath.
Rock hit me on pm, soho not my speciality ( it's all Chinatown there and poncy socialist hangouts) but happy to host dude for a night ifs Monday or Tuesday
Holler!
The original Pizza Express is in Soho on Wardour Street iirc, and the 'jazz' one is on Dean Street. I used to love going there when I was a kid but that was way before they became a huge franchise so I can't say what it's like now, but they've been making pizza there for 50 odd years.
Protest vote or the first concrete verdict of the disaffected South East?
Cos I can tell you, the average person in the non-rich parts of the SE have turned from weary acceptance of the influx of immigrants to a more militant backing of anyone who promises to halt it.
And as unpalatable as much of the background sentiment may be, it's real and it's happening.
Protest vote or the first concrete verdict of the disaffected South East?
first concrete verdict of the disaffected, full stop.
It's all well and good for the owners of our companies to acquire the cheapest possible labour, but if you are not at the top already, there seems little hope of earning a living wage. Someone needs to invest in future of the non-itinerant British folk. I will give them my vote, whoever they may be.
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skel said:
So, Farage and UKIP
Protest vote or the first concrete verdict of the disaffected South East?
Cos I can tell you, the average person in the non-rich parts of the SE have turned from weary acceptance of the influx of immigrants to a more militant backing of anyone who promises to halt it.
And as unpalatable as much of the background sentiment may be, it's real and it's happening.
Someone in Clacton claimed to have voted UKIP because "the Tory MP's done nothing for years". Right there is the fundamental flaw at the heart of democracy; idiots have a vote too. As ever, the test of any fringe party enjoying a spike in popularity and the attendant political clout it's sometimes accompanied by lies in how well they cope with things like housing budgets, refuse collections and bus routes. Once they realise that all the Daily Mail-friendly, anti-foreigner rhetoric they rode in on is no use when it comes to getting people's bins emptied, they're in for a shock.
And as unpalatable as this sentiment may be, it's not the "immigrants" that are the problem. Where's the immigrant who's trying to artificially inflate the already ridiculous property prices in London and the SE in order to stimulate the economy while the city and the region are on the brink of a full-scale housing crisis? Where are the immigrants forcing Labour councils to implement public spending cuts which they know will have a negative effect on the most vulnerable and worse-off members of society? Who are the immigrants letting corporations off the hook time and again with billions in unpaid tax, for fear that these companies will otherwise take their business elsewhere to a "friendlier" country that allows them to continue not paying tax and treating their employees appallingly?
But never mind any of that; let's vote for a different, all-new bunch of liars, whose lies are, supposedly at least, motivated by a "sincerely-held" and "understandable" point of view, even if that p/o/v has no actual basis in reality and whose central argument couldn't stand on its own two feet in a hundred lifetimes. Let's vote for the NF in a golf club blazer. Let's vote for 1956 (or before the Suez Crisis, anyroad). Let's vote for a bunch of cynical opportunists who force a by-election in the year before a general election in order to grab the maximum possible advantage, whilst declaring themselves to be the "new face" of British politics.
And if that doesn't float your boat, there's always Russell Brand.
I don't want to appear all apathetic and that, but as I grow older, it becomes apparent that anyone with any truly radical shakeups will never make it to parliament alive.
Mandem died for our vote but The Establishment seem to very much, have the game on lock.
St*ve to confirm the rilly-rill from New Troy/The horse's mouth.
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Also, Eden Hazard was brilliant.
Still, this came of it:
Btw Doc, how's that Mario B move working out?
I haven't been following the boy's progress.
Oh, it's back to business as usual for us. Barely able to find the net, team playing like they met for the first time in the tunnel, United above us in the table, you know the drill. Sturridge should give us a few more options when he returns, but then we have to look forward to him being crocked again after Hodgson makes him run a half-marathon to demonstrate his commitment during training for some meaningless friendly. I'm sure Mario will be OK by Christmas. The calls to bring back Kenny can't be far off now.
Still, fun while it lasted.
sterling doing well (aka will be bought out soon)
its rough facing real wont help with team spirit either
balotelli is good when things are going well but if not...
Lad is only 24 or something.
Helluva paper round.
I guess the remorselessness has taken its toll.
VINDICATED.
Dude solo?
Gang of lads?
Man with woman?
Romance, business or other?
Staying in which loc?
It's a big town with tons of restaurants, mostly shit.
I always take meriman visitors to Il Bordello in Wapping.
They get Yankee sized meals of authentic Italian served by grizzled old school capo dudes who can reel off the full menu in a Joe Pesci style whilst making you feel like one wrong move ends in concrete boots at the bottom of the Thames.
Newly gentrified area, formerly the scuzzy dock quarter,, lots of that Oliver Twist flavour down by the river. And have a beer in the Captain Kidd pub close by, one-time haunt of og piratical bwad bwoy, er, Captain Kidd.
Particularly evocative now that autumn has arrived with a vengeance.
B..b..b..bbut what about dem telly chef wit dey Pirelli stars and such? Eels and mash? Offal specials from Spitalfields?
What kind of cock-er-knee are you, anyway? :smh: Dick Van Dyke turning in his grave.
If he's dead.
Pie n mash only for locals I'm afraid. Never recommend to a ferner.
I don't care if this is the appropriate use for this gif, I just wanted to use it.
Being a foreigner, perhaps he'd enjoy hitting up Waxy's O'Connors for a pint. Anyone that ever came to visit me always like that place. Though, my general spot was the Dog & Duck. That and the pub near my place near Hampstead Heath.
Damnit I saw that gif and went through the same dilemma! Worth shoe-horning into any thread really.
Holler!
if you want something a bit more fancy - http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/restaurants-in-soho-london
Protest vote or the first concrete verdict of the disaffected South East?
Cos I can tell you, the average person in the non-rich parts of the SE have turned from weary acceptance of the influx of immigrants to a more militant backing of anyone who promises to halt it.
And as unpalatable as much of the background sentiment may be, it's real and it's happening.
first concrete verdict of the disaffected, full stop.
It's all well and good for the owners of our companies to acquire the cheapest possible labour, but if you are not at the top already, there seems little hope of earning a living wage. Someone needs to invest in future of the non-itinerant British folk. I will give them my vote, whoever they may be.
Looks like it kicked-off last night in Serbia:
Someone in Clacton claimed to have voted UKIP because "the Tory MP's done nothing for years". Right there is the fundamental flaw at the heart of democracy; idiots have a vote too. As ever, the test of any fringe party enjoying a spike in popularity and the attendant political clout it's sometimes accompanied by lies in how well they cope with things like housing budgets, refuse collections and bus routes. Once they realise that all the Daily Mail-friendly, anti-foreigner rhetoric they rode in on is no use when it comes to getting people's bins emptied, they're in for a shock.
And as unpalatable as this sentiment may be, it's not the "immigrants" that are the problem. Where's the immigrant who's trying to artificially inflate the already ridiculous property prices in London and the SE in order to stimulate the economy while the city and the region are on the brink of a full-scale housing crisis? Where are the immigrants forcing Labour councils to implement public spending cuts which they know will have a negative effect on the most vulnerable and worse-off members of society? Who are the immigrants letting corporations off the hook time and again with billions in unpaid tax, for fear that these companies will otherwise take their business elsewhere to a "friendlier" country that allows them to continue not paying tax and treating their employees appallingly?
But never mind any of that; let's vote for a different, all-new bunch of liars, whose lies are, supposedly at least, motivated by a "sincerely-held" and "understandable" point of view, even if that p/o/v has no actual basis in reality and whose central argument couldn't stand on its own two feet in a hundred lifetimes. Let's vote for the NF in a golf club blazer. Let's vote for 1956 (or before the Suez Crisis, anyroad). Let's vote for a bunch of cynical opportunists who force a by-election in the year before a general election in order to grab the maximum possible advantage, whilst declaring themselves to be the "new face" of British politics.
And if that doesn't float your boat, there's always Russell Brand.
Mandem died for our vote but The Establishment seem to very much, have the game on lock.
St*ve to confirm the rilly-rill from New Troy/The horse's mouth.