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simonhch replied to the thread Television Star Wars -The Acolyte.Sol was great, as were some of the Jedi. Qimir turned out to be pretty cool. The twins were just shit and annoying though. Disappointing finale.
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simonhch replied to the thread Did Southgate "achieve something arguably more important, than winning a tournament"?.You’ve misinterpreted what I mean by performance. I thought it was obvious from the context, but nonetheless….what I meant was his job performance vis a vis results. Not a qualitative analysis of team performance on the pitch, but rather a...
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simonhch replied to the thread Did Southgate "achieve something arguably more important, than winning a tournament"?.After back to back Euro finals, and a World Cup semi final, I won’t necessarily miss the tactical approach to games or playing style, but I will dearly miss being in contention for titles if the next manager can’t emulate his performance. Gareth...
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simonhch replied to the thread De Ligt | €45+5m agreement reached pending medical | Signed!.I think we are going for both De Ligt and Yoro. I doubt Yoro is seen as ready to be a mainstay of the defence in his first season. We need three top drawer CBs and only have one. I would say deal structure is the hold up on this one. That and the...
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simonhch replied to the thread Leny Yoro | 8pm announcement.I am delighted that we are competing so hard for such a huge talent at 18. If we miss out it won’t be through lack of trying. Not much more we can ask for. It also seems like we have plenty of alternatives, so aren’t going down a blind alley like...
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simonhch replied to the thread Television Star Wars -The Acolyte.I watched the first three and delivered a brutal review on this. I genuinely thought it was hot garbage with some awesome fight scenes. I recently caught up with the unwatched 4 episodes and feel that it’s gotten a lot stronger as it’s gone on...
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simonhch replied to the thread Television Andor (Star Wars series) - Disney+.I agree with everything you’ve said here. And yes Adria Arjona is indeed stunningly gorgeous, and she is a fantastic actor.
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simonhch replied to the thread Television Andor (Star Wars series) - Disney+.I am rewatching this as season 2 is due to come out early next year. I remember it being brilliant the first time I watched it, but it’s even better the second time around. Actually, who am I kidding…this is my third watch through. I just can’t...
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simonhch replied to the thread Television House of the Dragon (GoT Prequel) - No book spoilers allowed.I just can’t bring myself to care about any of the characters. The casting, outside of Matt Smith, is tragic. None of the Machiavellian characters are even remotely evil enough, nor have enough screen presence, and the rest of them are so flat...
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simonhch replied to the thread Jude Bellingham | Real Madrid player.Yes, it’s a sorry and predictable cycle, unfortunately the people hyping him up, are usually the first to knock him down. It’s always the same pattern. People can’t seem to find a balanced, rational way to assess performance and quality.
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simonhch replied to the thread Spanish dominance in the finals (World Cup, Euros, CL, EL) - 27 finals unbeaten, never lost since 2000/2001.Very impressive. I will always take some exception to that period from 2008 to 2016 when it’s fairly evident that that Barca team and Spanish national team were heavily doped up. And the subsequent cover up by Spanish authorities. But outside of...
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simonhch replied to the thread Final | Spain vs England.Your post was just some bitter nonsense and it continued to be so. I’m not debating about Southgate, I’m debating about your vitriolic take on England, everyone hating them, only being there because of luck and shithousery. Which is clearly...
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simonhch replied to the thread Jude Bellingham | Real Madrid player.You also have an irrational hatred for him. Here’s a quote from you calling him a “great player” yourself. The term you took exception to me using. Thereafter your posts towards him became gradually more and more vitriolic.
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simonhch replied to the thread Jude Bellingham | Real Madrid player.Lots of people know a lot about football, and lots of people know more than I do. A lot more. But I don’t count among them the people that jump on a reactionary bandwagon to slate a player who is obviously very very good.
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simonhch replied to the thread Will Harry Kane ever win a trophy? | No.I agree. It’s hard for teams to move on from such talismanic figures. But I wish we had done so.