Recent content by uncle_rico

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Working in an abattoir has to be up there. I’ve got a friend who got a job in one when he finished school at 16. He’s in his 50’s now and hasn’t eaten meat since.

Sure I read today/yesterday that it’s been agreed that countries will have squads of 26 rather than 23, so you’d expect us to not have to choose between say Palmer and Maddison.

Ayling, Greenwood, Thomas and O’Brien will all return, although we might look to sign all of them. Hackney, Forss, McGree, Dieng and Glover could all leave, as has been speculated, not to mention McNair is out of contract. Dijksteel will be off too. Howson will probably be offered another year...

For all of the not wanting to have to make wholesale changes by recruiting a load of loan players last summer, it looks like we're going to have another squad overhaul.

Did Greenwood have a Boro tracksuit on?

Unpopular opinion, but I don’t mind Greenwood. There’s definitely a player in there and if we can get him doing what he did at the SOL then he’ll be a good player for us. That is if we end up signing him of course. People forget that he’s still only 22 and Carrick obviously sees something in him.

I thought O’Brien and Thomas did alright. Dijksteel was dreadful, but has hardly played. Silvera is just shïte. Not good enough. Low risk signing that hasn’t paid off.

They’re claiming that they raised the VAR official being a Luton fan, and at the same time calling out his/her integrity. It all feels a bit sour grapes, but we’ve had enough bad officials over the years, regardless of their affiliation to other or rival clubs. There’s not much you can do...

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Agreed. The episode where Mainwaring’s twin brother shows up and he is an alcoholic is brilliant.

Great comedy that I watch over and over again. There’s not many modern comedies like that, probably only The Office, Peep Show and Detectorists.

Alan Moore has spoken openly about his struggles with mental health and how he nearly killed himself. I don’t think it’s fair to compare him to nutjob.

I went to university in Nottingham and the lad in the next room to me (from Southampton) had his best mate visit for a weekend on the lash. He went to uni in London and it turned out he lived in the next room to my best mate from home (Boro). Blew our minds at the time and we all thought it was...