haaa
― avant-garde, sissy bounce, zombie rave, aquacrunk, warlock, oceangrunge, (imago), Monday, 7 December 2015 17:17 (eight years ago) link
Thousands migrated to Syria to fight alongside the mujahideen, without their knowing the direction of any faction, its affiliation or private agendas.
It was necessary to prepare a sound programme in which the muhajireen might take refuge as their jihad is the result of the glory to Islam and the monotheists. Although many tipped Alex McLeish to do the job, the former Birmingham and Scotland man was quick to rule himself out.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 7 December 2015 17:22 (eight years ago) link
The preparatory camp is the first home and school of the mujahid in which his military and jihadi training sessions take place and he undergoes sufficient education in matters of his religion, life and jihad.
Although it is a far cry from Barcelona's La Masia (less paella, sangria, and Messi, and more AK47s and children being hit with whips for minor transgressions, the youngsters here are still being taught the basics of the game.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 7 December 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link
the 64-year-old, hugely popular Italian will have enjoyed the sweet taste of victory against his former club on Monday.
― ilxors ananimus (onimo), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 01:12 (eight years ago) link
Had Leicester City kept manager Nigel Pearson - who for all his bizarre behaviour did brilliantly as the Foxes won seven and drew one of their last 10 games to stay up - we would not be in this relegation territory.
But his sacking, with Leicester's board saying their working relationship was "no longer viable", and the appointment of Claudio Ranieri means I fear the worst.
Ranieri's appointment is, at best, left field and at worst uninspiring and unwise. A charming man but perhaps one out of time with the Premier League having last worked there with Chelsea in 2004 and having had a chequered career since.
The Italian known as "The Tinkerman" for his constant team changes was sacked last year as manager of Greece, an infamous four-month reign notorious for a home defeat by the Faroe Islands.
Time will tell - but this one does not quite sit right and it is to be hoped Leicester are not plunged back into the danger zone they occupied for so long last season.
― Karl Rove Knausgård (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 01:20 (eight years ago) link
It will come as a huge shock to United's hierarchy, as well as Van Gaal, that they will have their noses pressed up against the Champions League window when it resumes in 2016.
The feeling inside Old Trafford was qualification would have been assured before they even reached the industrial heartland of Wolfsburg for the finale. This was a vain hope.
― Karl Rove Knausgård (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:48 (eight years ago) link
lol at nult/isis
― The term “hitler racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Sunday, 20 December 2015 21:24 (eight years ago) link
lately I will have genuinely pondered writing a short story called chief football writer in alicante
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 21 December 2015 01:00 (eight years ago) link
alicante is in communidad valenciana right? so probably plenty of the northwest football commentariat filing expenses claims for resort hotels and remembering not to mention neville neville's sexual assault trial over the next half season
― The term “hitler racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Monday, 21 December 2015 01:07 (eight years ago) link
yeah it's not as far south as I imagined given its rep. my parents have an apartment south of malaga and the area is full of british - joe kinnear had an apartment in the same complex and he and my dad hung out a bit - it wasn't plush as such, more old fashioned, a place entirely based on weather.
the local restaurant, on a hot motorway opposite strip clubs and right by the beach, had pics of george graham, harry redknapp etc on the walls - a backwater i guess, but with the heat it becomes something else.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 21 December 2015 01:18 (eight years ago) link
ilxor jim will have had positive memories of a brief spell spent in the environs of Alicante in the early 2000s, although it would have not have come as a shock to the Glaswegian that the holiday romance he undertook with a girl from Gravesend would not endure
― Karl Rove Knausgård (jim in glasgow), Monday, 21 December 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
The Manchester City job appears to have had Guardiola's name on it for years - with the pieces seemingly put in place for his arrival at the Etihad.
All it needed was the nod from Guardiola himself and that seems to have moved closer with his decision to leave Bayern Munich at the end of this season. The Premier League looks certain to be his next stop.
Begiristain and Soriano are already in place and ready to welcome the man they worked with to bring such success to Barcelona. Guardiola's arrival would complete the managerial infrastructure you suspect has been the long-held dream to match the fierce ambition of City's Abu Dhabi owners.
Guardiola may yet be diverted off course by offers from elsewhere - perhaps Manchester United or even Chelsea - but all the smart money is on that dream ticket finally being in place at the Etihad at the start of next season.
― Karl Rove Knausgård (jim in glasgow), Monday, 21 December 2015 21:09 (eight years ago) link
The pieces of Wenger's jigsaw look to be coming together but they must now fight off what has often been their fiercest enemy - themselves. Too often Arsenal have been the team that cannot be trusted when the pressure is on.Can they change that habit of a recent lifetime?
― The term “hitler racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 00:13 (eight years ago) link
once someone talks about a concept or a "managerial job" or a "nod" actually physically doing something, this is the language of bad politics. incredible that in something as clearcut as sport, nult still finds a way to talk about these ephemeral notions as the subject.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 01:10 (eight years ago) link
Aye the man's a menace.
"that habit of a recent lifetime"
is pretty incredible
― Karl Rove Knausgård (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 01:52 (eight years ago) link
Where Martinez sees blue sky, supporters study the reality of results (especially the humiliation of a derby thrashing) and look at thunderclouds overhead, although even he will struggle to see the sun poking through today.
― r|t|c, Thursday, 21 April 2016 12:04 (eight years ago) link
Phil McNulty @philmcnulty 11m11 minutes ago Salford, England
Lots of large beach balls being knocked around Old Trafford by Bournemouth's fans. End of season fun.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Sunday, 15 May 2016 13:48 (eight years ago) link
lol
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 15 May 2016 13:52 (eight years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/BBCphilmcnulty/?fref=ts
live q&a on the euro squad. feel free to "get involved" as i have.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 16 May 2016 10:35 (eight years ago) link
starts at 1pm.
i have put it to mcnulty
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Monday, 16 May 2016 12:13 (eight years ago) link
think he's become self-aware, my question will have been evaded
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Monday, 16 May 2016 12:17 (eight years ago) link
where is yours? there are only a handful of questions, I'm feeling confident of first contact here
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 16 May 2016 12:18 (eight years ago) link
the questions are amassing beneath a live feed, you're in the wrong window
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Monday, 16 May 2016 12:18 (eight years ago) link
HAHAHAHHAA YES
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Monday, 16 May 2016 12:19 (eight years ago) link
7-second furrowing of brow as mcnulty fails to make head or tail of my fake facebook name
but then 'a question on tom heaton - will tom heaton have known he would be in this squad a year ago'
thanks mcnulty
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Monday, 16 May 2016 12:21 (eight years ago) link
why didn't i screenshot his furrowing
your move garda
lol amazing
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 16 May 2016 12:29 (eight years ago) link
I'm at lunch but assume it'll be posted as a video after
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 16 May 2016 12:30 (eight years ago) link
Liam Dublino Boyle Love the sound of that fax machine
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Monday, 16 May 2016 12:36 (eight years ago) link
it's up on his page. the magic starts at -17.29. i was wrong about it being 7 seconds btw. more like 15
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Monday, 16 May 2016 12:54 (eight years ago) link
he's a lot better in person tbf to the man.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 16 May 2016 12:59 (eight years ago) link
http://s32.postimg.org/jcdyyzuad/Screen_Shot_2016_05_16_at_13_59_12.png
i actually can't believe you got him to read out that question. brilliant.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 16 May 2016 13:01 (eight years ago) link
"will tom heaton have known he would be in this squad a year ago'"
*much furrowed brow*
"i think what you mean there is will tom heaton have expected to be in the squad"
yes it is indeed confusing when someone mangles their tenses.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 16 May 2016 13:02 (eight years ago) link
http://s32.postimg.org/im89dgnbp/Screen_Shot_2016_05_16_at_14_05_12.png
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 16 May 2016 13:05 (eight years ago) link
Leave it to the professionals.
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 16 May 2016 13:06 (eight years ago) link
looool @ that last picture
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Monday, 16 May 2016 13:07 (eight years ago) link
also ty garda happy to have my little moment enshrined in jpg form
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Monday, 16 May 2016 13:09 (eight years ago) link
i like to think he pondered his life and its meaning in that lonely 7-second pause.
i felt a bit sorry for him tbh when i opened the thread and there was like 1000 people saying "vardy and kane up front?" or "rooney past it surely?" or "you boring old cunt!"
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 16 May 2016 14:11 (eight years ago) link
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lol ikr
― nakhchivan, Monday, 16 May 2016 16:04 (eight years ago) link
where do you go from there?
― nakhchivan, Monday, 16 May 2016 16:07 (eight years ago) link
i don't know. maybe we are done with him but i doubt it.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 16 May 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link
there's probably life left in nult but for lj this much be pretty much it
― nakhchivan, Monday, 16 May 2016 16:24 (eight years ago) link
not yet thirty and already will have found himself suddenly and unexpectedly apotheosized on a monday afternoon
― nakhchivan, Monday, 16 May 2016 16:25 (eight years ago) link
when nult is found dead in a few years we know who the culprit will be...
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 16 May 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link
sorry, will have been
fuck me man killing myself at this.
― the unbearable jimmy smits (jim in glasgow), Monday, 16 May 2016 16:44 (eight years ago) link
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Monday, 16 May 2016 16:50 (eight years ago) link