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
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 16 May 2016 14:01 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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
http://i.imgur.com/q1MmOkQ.png
― nakhchivan, Monday, 16 May 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
First the sinkhole, now this, lj is strutting like a peacock these days.
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 16 May 2016 18:09 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/79VYcPR.png
― nakhchivan, Monday, 16 May 2016 18:10 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/AK9TCtD.png?1
― nakhchivan, Monday, 16 May 2016 18:15 (eight years ago) link
another great blogfill
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Monday, 16 May 2016 18:21 (eight years ago) link
And what sort of message did it send out to United's owners the Glazers who, while detached, will have followed his every word? It could have been the opening line of a resignation speech. Hardly stuff fit for the 'theatre of dreams'.And what sort of message did it send out to United's owners the Glazers who, while detached, will have followed his every word? It could have been the opening line of a resignation speech. Hardly stuff fit for the 'theatre of dreams'.
And what sort of message did it send out to United's owners the Glazers who, while detached, will have followed his every word? It could have been the opening line of a resignation speech. Hardly stuff fit for the 'theatre of dreams'.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Sunday, 22 May 2016 09:24 (eight years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_McNulty
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Thursday, 2 June 2016 21:14 (eight years ago) link
Ferguson loves horse-racing - so he will have known he was taking a gamble by allowing one of Old Trafford's thoroughbreds to leave and join a stable that could arguably be regarded as United's biggest European rival.
― a goon shaped fule (onimo), Friday, 3 June 2016 15:02 (eight years ago) link
Phil McNulty @philmcnulty Jun 22
Call Cristiano Ronaldo anything you like - but never call him anything other than a truly world-class footballer.
― rap game lee rigby (nakhchivan), Thursday, 23 June 2016 20:04 (eight years ago) link