Hate to be coming round to this way of thinking. We were talking of having both England's fullbacks for the next decade six months ago.

Hamstring?! Radio Newcastle saying groin. Either way, fullback fun for rest of season?

I tricked myself into betting 3-1 win with tonali to score EVERY game this season. Can't stop now.

You see much at cobalt that catches your eye (ear) Jeff?

Don't come across such stuff in my work/circle, but couldn't bite me lip the other night at daughter's football training - fella of our age bracket went from outrage at ALL kids getting free meals, to benefit scroungers sponging thousands, to immigration. I may have lost my temper a little.

Supercharged by social media, mid 2000's.

Considering a dramatic change in career direction with redundancy looming. Applied for a park ranger job, then spent a day clearing up shit at the allotment. Could barely walk the next day and now hoping I don't get shortlisted 😅

Fuckin ell mate you might be onto something. Thought we'd got it sussed in the 90s, didn't we?
If voting rights were restricted to oasis fans I suspect there'd be a reform landslide.

Interesting - have to admit I 'discovered' IPAs during that time and did indulge a tad. Lads I'm thinking of never stopped. Had something of the romantic louche about them 20 years ago, now red faced and finished at fifty.

Lived away for twenty years before returning to my old haunts in Newcastle. Some lads sitting on same stools and look fuuuucked.

That was my response - hear myself say "ah, shite" when news broke, immediately followed by thoughts of fuck them and I hope Isaac's never the same too. Still bitter innit 😅

Had a muscle memory impulse to start frantically tapping my phone watching that.

Your last 9 words describe beautifully what nufc have done to my daft hope more times than not this season.

Beautiful control with the arse there from Will. A classic.

Not sure about the new Star Wars.

So we need to wait for the game bird breeders to die off first?

Cognitive or physical, a tough conversation to start. He's lucky he's got mates like you.

I reckon you can ask him straight out - you're asking from a position of compassion for a pal.

Thought you had ibrahimowic turning out for you for a sec there.

Good to know kev!

Guardian is like the labour party for me - getting more difficult to support them year on year sadly.

Thinking about it, podcasts have largely replaced paper match reports for me. So much coverage these days. In terms of analysis @editkev.football and that adam clery lad are brill. Although they seem to get a lot of flac, the true faith core group bring good talking points.

Agreed, although those that can apply a bit of wordsmithery will always find a place. Just watched the press conference and, call me a snob if you like, but hearing a journalist ask if Eddie had "seeked" assurances depresses and angers me. You'll get grammar lessons at journo school, Shirley?

All of these things seem ... good?

Wide Amsterdam street jammed with colourful cars in the 1970s.

Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."

This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.

Many of the cities we admire made tough choices regarding cars in the past, and are still making better choices today.

Better choices instead of excuses.

Isn't it a pity that seeing a politician display joyful humanity brings a tear to your eyes these days?

Had to google crocosmias - internet suggests you've done a Macca and some of your seeds have 'come up illegal'. 😉

Wish I had the same space Jeff! Itching to get this lot out into the poly.

Good source, bad source, or no source at all?