Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[tribey]

Is EPL a) no where near as good B) not as good C) as good d) better than it was in the 90s?

Depends on the context. I don't think it's anywhere near as exciting or open, but there can be no doubt the overall standard and professionalism has risen across the board.

Some of the 90's teams who always seemed to survive from year-to-year with a couple of quality players surrounded by bogstandard squad bods (Coventry, Wimbledon, Southampton) would be absolutely stuffed by their counterparts of today, let alone the upper midtable/UEFA Cup regulars. Whether that's made for a superior product is doubtful, fans of English football used to criticise Serie A at its zenith for being too slow and methodical, but that's the price you pay when you boil the game down to a science.

I'm reminded of the anecdote from Liverpool's Spice Boys era, where Razor Ruddock was in the gym eating a bacon sandwich and reading the newspaper. When alerted that one of the coaches was coming he quickly tipped a bottle of water over himself and did a temporary treadmill sprint. He was promptly held up as an example to follow.

Shit like that at a top-end club would be unheard of today, and if it did happen you'd find yourself playing for Celtic or Boro pretty quickly.

 

[Dylan8]

Depends on the context. I don't think it's anywhere near as exciting or open, but there can be no doubt the overall standard and professionalism has risen across the board.

Some of the 90's teams who always seemed to survive from year-to-year with a couple of quality players surrounded by bogstandard squad bods (Coventry, Wimbledon, Southampton) would be absolutely stuffed by their counterparts of today, let alone the upper midtable/UEFA Cup regulars. Whether that's made for a superior product is doubtful, fans of English football used to criticise Serie A at its zenith for being too slow and methodical, but that's the price you pay when you boil the game down to a science.

I'm reminded of the anecdote from Liverpool's Spice Boys era, where Razor Ruddock was in the gym eating a bacon sandwich and reading the newspaper. When alerted that one of the coaches was coming he quickly tipped a bottle of water over himself and did a temporary treadmill sprint. He was promptly held up as an example to follow.

Shit like that at a top-end club would be unheard of today, and if it did happen you'd find yourself playing for Celtic or Boro pretty quickly.

lol, celtic. Only the top top scottish team could defeat barcelona and simultaneously be good enough to finish 2nd in the championship

 

[Dylan8]

So I'm about to set foot in the Eyre Hotel. Will Piston_Broke show?

match report from the Thursday Eyre Exhibition Beer Extravaganza plz

 

[Changaneen]

So I'm about to set foot in the Eyre Hotel. Will Piston_Broke show?

Sorry fella, been on nightshift.

 

[SilenceOz]

The WA state election isn't due until next year, but our Premier may have sealed his mob's fate already...

Barnett tells WA parents, "Your kids are dirty"

Kids are dirty, slimy, gross and full of germs.

 

[Papa G]

match report from the Thursday Eyre Exhibition Beer Extravaganza plz

Uneventful. No Piston, the fat bar manager seemed like a bit of a knob, the Schnitter was small, they were stingy with the chips and it was over the $20 price point which is outrageous for a country pub. Whyalla is a pretty interesting place at the moment though, the whole town is on tenterhooks.

 

[Contested Marx]

Thanks a lot bogan race. Give all the Down Soufers free train rides so now a) the train is late, and b) it's full of those people.

That B.O. smell with a slight hint of Marley.

 

[70sDinosaur]

Thanks a lot bogan race. Give all the Down Soufers free train rides so now a) the train is late, and b) it's full of those people.

That B.O. smell with a slight hint of Marley.

You need to move to Port Adelaide.

 

[Steve Dore]

You need to move to Port Adelaide.

You haven't caught the Outer Harbour train lately have you?

 

[Eddie Dingle]

People ask me why I never find a place to stop and settle

DOWN DOWN DOWN

 

[70sDinosaur]

You haven't caught the Outer Harbour train lately have you?

Good point!

But on a serious note, I did use that train as recently as 3 months ago, when I was commuting between Taperoo and the QEH during the week that my mother passed away.

What I did notice was that, even during the morning peak hour, the train was usually half empty, a far cry from my regular work commuting days back in the 80s.

 

[Steve Dore]

People ask me why I never find a place to stop and settle

DOWN DOWN DOWN

Because you were born to be alive?

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Because you were born to be alive?

A suitcase and an old guitar and something new to occupy my

MIND MIND MIND

 

[El_Scorcho]

People ask me why I never find a place to stop and settle

DOWN DOWN DOWN

I went on an insane hot streak at a poker night about a decade ago after this song came on and I kept singing along to it and now my mates treat it with a combination of reverence and fear, especially when we're involved in some sort of competition

 

[Doctor Feel]

Lol @ the trailer for the new ghostbusters movie having 20k more dislikes than likes.

Not surprised, it looks ****ing awful.

 

[Forzaport]

Lol @ the trailer for the new ghostbusters movie having 20k more dislikes than likes.

Not surprised, it looks ******* awful.

They were warned repeatedly and yet they still made the movie. Most obvious flop since the Total Recall remake.

 

[SilenceOz]

Lol @ the trailer for the new ghostbusters movie having 20k more dislikes than likes.

Not surprised, it looks ******* awful.

They were warned repeatedly and yet they still made the movie. Most obvious flop since the Total Recall remake.

Yall just a bunch of misogynists

 

[Hammer#8]

Lol @ the trailer for the new ghostbusters movie having 20k more dislikes than likes.

Not surprised, it looks ******* awful.

Because Murray, Ackroyd, Ramis, Griffin and Moranis in the old one aren't funny anymore?

A male workplace in an industry that never existed needed a modern retelling.

 

[Power Girl]

People ask me why I never find a place to stop and settle

DOWN DOWN DOWN

Get a job

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Get a job

 

[Eddie Dingle]

From the wonderful album "The unbearable lightness of being a dickhead"

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Dae ursel a fevur.

 

[Portia]

Lol @ the trailer for the new ghostbusters movie having 20k more dislikes than likes.

Not surprised, it looks ******* awful.

E) STRONGLY DISAGREE

 

[Hammer#8]

Isn't it weird that Angry Birds is being made into a movie?

Didn't know the games had much lore or storyline to work off of.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Isn't it weird that Angry Birds is being made into a movie?

Didn't know the games had much lore or storyline to work off of.

Still a better story than twilight.