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#246940 What Was The Last Film You Saw?
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From what I have heard its not great

Nearly saw it on Wednesday but couldn't agree with my brother on seeing it, so didn't bother. Wasted one of my last EE Wednesday codes on it as well.

The film has a great appearance, but it sounds like the characters and plot are poor.
#246936 Newcastle Thread
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The six I counted were Janmaat, Colo, Willo, Haidara, Dummett and Raylor (Steven Taylor is discounted because he's long term injured anyway).

I'm under the assumption Streete and Mbabu are on "no recall" loans like Darlow and Lascelles currently are. Anita seems to be used in more midfield even if he can be at full-back, while Jonas appears to have been forgotten, even if he may well end up back in the squad.

I think its interpreted as cash in because they could be of use yet are sold. Clearance sale might be a more appropriate terminology.
#246825 FA Cup 2014/15
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There's only four games so all are on TV, unless you mean why did the BBC choose that fixture instead of another?

Yes. It was bad enough Villa were chosen in the last round.

BT free-to-airing Bradford is kinda good though.
#246824 Newcastle Thread
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May have only lost two defenders, but we only had six defenders with PL first team experience anyway. Although at this rate it might be bumped to seven given Curtis Good is probably not too far off getting a spot.
#246804 What Was The Last Film You Saw?
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So is Kingsman worth seeing?

On the whole, yes. It's not amazing, but its entertaining enough, and there's some good performances. The riot in the church scene is some excellent action cinema.


Is Jupiter Ascending worth a look?
#246803 What Was The Last Film You Saw?
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So is Kingsman worth seeing?

On the whole, yes. It's not amazing, but its entertaining enough, and there's some good performances. The riot in the church scene is some excellent action cinema.


Is Jupiter Ascending worth a look?
#246773 Newcastle Thread
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Well an injury crisis in defence. Good thing we still have Yanga-Mbiw... er... well there's always Santo... oh... well we could call up Streete or Mbabu... oh... er...
#246750 2014/15 Kit Thread
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Burnley full-back Steven Reid has said the players hate their recently launched third kit:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/02/11/25946F1400000578-0-image-a-17_1423694788728.jpg

I kinda like it. Maybe its the fact they lost while wearing it at Sunderland and at Man United that means they hate it.

Meanwhile, Southampton are reverting to adidas. Presumably on less money as well after they cancelled their initial deal.
#246748 Champions League 2014/15
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I missed the Chelsea game but when I got home most of the focus was on the morons on the Paris Metro. Appears not to be a new thing either, given there was a mass brawl involving Chelsea 'fans' in Paris when they met last year. I was intrigued by a piece I read this morning on Vice Sport about them, although I'm not sure how true it is: http://www.vice.com/read/chelseas-racist-hooligan-diaspora-091

As for the games themselves, it seems as though Chelsea are only in a half-decent position because of Courtois and all of the PSG injury problems. Real also look set, even if their pink third kit is a pretty poor tone.
#246747 FA Cup 2014/15
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I know the BBC seemingly feels the continual need to televise Man United due to ratings, popularity, etc, but why are they televising those boring farts Villa again?
#246209 The Lower League Thread
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Brentford confirm Mark Warburton to leave at the end of the season.

Seems like a bad idea.
#246039 FA Cup 2014/15
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Blimey.

I remember when Stevenage beat us in 2010/11 a guy smacked Laird in the face during the post-game pitch invasion for sleeping with his girlfriend. Oddly I remember that more than the actual game.
#245338 FA Cup 2014/15
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Bradford should be on I agree, not sure about us haha.

I somehow caught the 4th Round tie. Good game, even if there was nobody there.
#245336 FA Cup 2014/15
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Why on earth are WBA v West Ham and Aston Villa v Leicester considered a better bet for TV than Blackburn or Bradford?
#245326 Guitar Thread
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Six years of playing drums means I feel more confident with the sticks. Particularly as I taught myself, which saved me from getting a possible Terrence Fletcher.

I've got two guitars - one is an old Spanish-made acoustic the family got when I was 10 as they wondered if any of us was musical, and a cheap Stratocaster copy my cousin learned on before getting a Fender Telecaster. Not very good at either, although I do like playing on it from time to time, and I'd like to learn more so I can finally finish one of the song ideas I've had in my brain for ages.
#245324 The Lower League Thread
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I've only just heard of the story that Leyton Orient is being used for a reality show in Italy where the winner gets a pro-contract. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/leyton-orient-to-become-subject-of-italian-reality-tv-show-that-will-give-the-winner-a-professional-contract-at-the-club-10043597.html

Fuck me things have fallen off the cliff since the end of last season.
#244525 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
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Surely now Lambert has got to get the boot? He must have some dirt on Lerner to have lasted this long.

He's spouting the same tired cliches about great effort and thirteen cup finals coming up. We are going to get relegated with this useless twat in charge. I'm not too confident in our chances even if we brought in some world class manager today, but we are certainly doomed with him, we've just broken the record for least goals after 25 games, yet another unwanted record he has bestowed upon our club. Even Alex McLeish was better than this gimp.

At the time that contract extension he was given on the back of a decent opening four games looked like a terrible idea. Somehow its proved to be even worse than that, and he should consider it a minor miracle he's still in the job.
#244521 Newcastle Thread
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Given we haven't lost to Palace since the game after Fake Sheikh Gate, the odds should usually be in our favour. But I have a very extremely uneasy feeling about that smug tosspot coming back to bite us on the arse.
#244332 Newcastle Thread
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Siem de Jong is out for eight weeks with a collapsed lung.

Jesus wept.
#244269 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
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TV rights have been confirmed. 126 games will be shown on Sky and the rest on BT in a deal worth just over £5.13billion.

As if football wasn't full of cash enough already.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/10/premier-league-tv-rights-sky-bt?CMP=share_btn_tw
#244149 Newcastle Thread
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#244148 Newcastle Thread
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He was good in his first half-season tbf. But in 2005/06 he was fucking diabolical.

For most of the time since the end of the 2011/12 season, Williamson has been dreadful. I say most because he was improved in the first half of the 2013/14 campaign, but for the rest, its been trash. Same though could also be said of Coloccini, who has delivered a lot of terrible performances in that time. I think some new defenders have to be bought or we're in trouble. Saying that, the fact Nottingham Forest have largely dropped Lascelles is not a confidence builder.

I think we have this conversation a lot but I still feel Cabella is a better use of a spot than Obertan, which was not least helped by his double fuck up at the end. The frustrating thing about Sammy Ameobi is that there is a promising player lurking, but he is so wasteful in possession and gives the ball away stupidly large amounts of the time. More has to be done with him really.
#244147 Newcastle Thread
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He was good in his first half-season tbf. But in 2005/06 he was fucking diabolical.

For most of the time since the end of the 2011/12 season, Williamson has been dreadful. I say most because he was improved in the first half of the 2013/14 campaign, but for the rest, its been trash. Same though could also be said of Coloccini, who has delivered a lot of terrible performances in that time. I think some new defenders have to be bought or we're in trouble. Saying that, the fact Nottingham Forest have largely dropped Lascelles is not a confidence builder.

I think we have this conversation a lot but I still feel Cabella is a better use of a spot than Obertan, which was not least helped by his double fuck up at the end. The frustrating thing about Sammy Ameobi is that there is a promising player lurking, but he is so wasteful in possession and gives the ball away stupidly large amounts of the time.
#243772 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
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The worst part about City's form atm is the fucking corners. Everyone single one is diabolical and frustrates the crowd

I'm not sure its just a Man City problem. It seems like the majority of Premier League teams at the moment don't know how to take a corner, and the majority of all corners taken seem to find the first defender.
#243749 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
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I'm surprised Sky picked our game for TV and after the sedate excuse for football that has transpired I still can't fathom why.
#243600 La Liga 2014/15
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Must be a ballache for Sky that Spain is the centrepiece of their superfluous European Football channel, and they couldn't show one of the biggest games of the season live because it kicked-off at 3pm.

Fucking incredible result though.
#243599 The Lower League Thread
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I'm not quite sure how but Blackpool's pitch looks even worse then it did in the infamous beach moment a few years back.
#242917 What Was The Last Film You Saw?
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Ex Machina

Its a very interesting film tonally and atmospherically. The 3 leads certainly hold it together, and the realisation of the cyborg Ava is extremely impressive.
#242590 FA Cup 2014/15
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There's a clamour to make either David Moyes or David Beckham a pundit in the TV coverage of the Preston-Man United match.
#242424 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
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That's cos the Community Shield counts as a game in the previous season for some feckin' reason. No idea about Ince

That's an odd ruling on the CS. I knew that was why but its still fucking insane.

FIFA just seem to be making the rules up on this as they go along.