There's something extremely depressing about the fact so many people's response to the plane crash at Shoreham yesterday was to film/photo it. Equally depressing that the news media's been so keen to put photos up on a loop.

There's been a few articles in Sweden this summer about how attention whoring cunts with mobile phones blocking and disturbing rescue services at accidents has become a growing problem. People are more concerned about taking pictures and filming than helping.

#279862 Worst Player You've Ever Had?

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By VP. | On 22 August 2015 - 09:33 AM

Jack Wilshere, seems to always play terrible for me and i end up selling him.

I bought him for some silly amount of money when I was playing with Hamburg on FM14 and he was absolutely amazing.

#279449 Remember when...

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By Poe | On 18 August 2015 - 00:28 AM

THOTW now theres a blast from the past.

That old man still owes me a pint!

#279430 2015/16 Champions League

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If Jo Inge Berget scores against us tonight I'll get his name tattooed on my arse, the guys awful
— aidobrien98 (@aidobrien98) Permalink

Poor lad's gonna need one on each cheek now!

#279229 Boom and bust transfers

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By Sheriff Skacel | On 18 August 2015 - 21:50 PM

A 40m hit on the transfer for Juve, makes the deal I got for him all the better. You see this type of thing quite a bit with leagues that aren't loaded and leagues that get added midway through a game.

I picked up the player for under 2m from the Barca B team, since I've never had La Liga loaded both Barca and Madrid have a tendency to stockpile talent, dump it in their B teams and then flog it off on the cheap. On the front of adding leagues I added Serie A a few seasons back, I find it always takes 4-6 seasons for added leagues to settle down and cut out the erratic behaviour. So I caught Juve at a perfect time in getting that 45m for him.

They do that even if you have Spain loaded.

#278990 Remember when...

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By Mr Willy | On 13 August 2015 - 01:47 AM

I'm pretty sure I was banned a few times.

I banned you once.

#278512 What Was The Last Film You Saw?

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I just watched The Act of Killing and I am still struggling to accept that it is in fact a real documentary film about real people, because it is by far the most surreal thing I have ever seen.

A documentary film where the perpetrators of a mass killing proudly re-enact how they raped, stabbed and strangled thousands of "communists" and ethnic Chinese, crimes that they are celebrated rather than punished for.

#278476 2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

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Nice to see Januzaj score again.

#278364 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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14 Aug 2015 05:07:38

Another video of the Chinese explosion:

It's like the largest, most majestic fireworks you'll ever see.

#278357 What Was The Last Film You Saw?

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By The Platypus | On 14 August 2015 - 00:59 AM

Watch Cruising.

I'm assuming it features lots of male nudity?

#278335 What Was The Last Film You Saw?

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Just watched To Live and Die in L.A., a really stylish 80s action-thriller starring a young Willem Dafoe and William Petersen's penis.

#278309 Transfer Rumours 2015/16

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Remember Nikola Kalinic? He's apparently having a medical with Fiorentina.

#278206 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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By Franck | On 13 August 2015 - 01:19 AM

Absolutely massive explosion in China. Amazing how something so deadly can be so beautiful. Have to constantly remind myself that hundreds, maybe thousands, of people died when I watch the videos.

Imagine seeing that outside your window

#278199 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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Absolutely massive explosion in China. Amazing how something so deadly can be so beautiful. Have to constantly remind myself that hundreds, maybe thousands, of people died when I watch the videos.

#277982 Transfer Rumours 2015/16

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By Number 1 | On 10 August 2015 - 23:23 PM

Signed for a total of 8.5million Euros, being sold for 9 despite being one of Roma's best defenders last season (apparently - didn't watch them much) and scoring the goal that got them into the Champions League... bit odd that one.

Can only presume that Castan is fully fit again and that they have someone else on the way in, because otherwise they only have one natural central defender in the whole squad.

#277173 Remember when...

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By Dutton | On 06 August 2015 - 10:03 AM

What's everyone upto these days? Are we all upstanding members of society yet?

Nah, still robbing banks.

#276958 Модерниот Александар (A Modern Alexander)

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What, no angry Greeks in this thread yet? I'm disappointed.

#276277 Feeder clubs question

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01 Aug 2015 23:26:18

It's not really that realistic for a South American club to be the parent of a European club, the game likely takes that into account.

#276010 Remember when...

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When I first came here, it was for the EHM section of the site. I've been here that long.

#275861 Transfer Rumours 2015/16

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By bmg033 | On 29 July 2015 - 15:20 PM

I think Man City paid less than that for Kompany

Kompany was a risky signing at the time though. He had an injury history and had never really found his form at Hamburg.

#275643 The FIFA Thread

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Yeah, he'd just be more of the same shit.

#275629 Welcome to Odessa

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I wonder how big an impact travel costs have on your budget. Vladivostok to Kaliningrad has to be the world's longest domestic away trip.

Edit: I just noticed you have Sakhalinsk from Sakhalin Island in your division, that'd be an even longer away trip.

#275539 The TV Thread

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Anyone else watching Deutschland 83? I'm 4 episodes in and I can totally see why it has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, because it's absolutely spectacular television.

#275343 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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By Ninja | On 28 July 2015 - 00:14 AM

Someone I went to school with who is English but born in Holland, and has been playing their club football in the Netherlands since they were released by Spurs made their international debut for Nigeria earlier in the year.

Crazy multicultural.

You went to school with William Troost-Ekong?

#275115 What Was The Last Film You Saw?

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Kajaki is a really good British war film.

#274910 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying

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Sweden out of the World Cup without even playing a single match yet. I fucking loathe the FIFA rankings.

#274491 Rubbish youth players

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What club are you managing?

#274480 Rubbish youth players

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First off, the star ratings "lie", they are based on things like the reputation of your club and the other players in your squad and don't necessarily show whether a player could develop into an option for your first team or not, especially if you are managing a very big club. The written assessment from your assistant in the player report is much more accurate, it'll rate potential using words like "world class", "star", "leading player" and "good player". "World class" is a guarantee that the player has a PA north of 180, the other ratings are relative to what league you are playing in.

#274207 The TV Thread

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- I think Frank set me up.
- I don't know what that means.