When I briefly lived in Scotland more than 20 years ago, I was mesmerized by bowls on the telly. I guess I've always been a lolold in spirit.

Well was in Tesco before and saw a geezer in a face mask wearing gloves. In fairness that is kind of the dress code round my way but still.

lol, maybe you're right.

Just gone out to do a quick emergency restock - bog roll nonexistant, bread nonexistant, but there's enough booze for everyone so this is fine

That's all you need mate, when you are drunk you can go and eat a kebab and crap on your neighbours lawn and if you get nicked they will have to provide you with food and toilet roll at the station. Win win me thinks.

I'm dumb and someone told me this was because the pasta comes from Italy and I believed them LOL me

Poland out of toilet roll I hear.

PGA GC19 has a decent online community and is genuinely a great sim but short game and putting are genuinely realistic. At easy difficulty, I was winning every event in career mode but scores in-game regressed to my actual performance playing a round at the local club.

Varients of online modes are decent but the best part is playing on 'designed courses' because the engine allows you to design a full 18 hole course and some of the ones designed are freaking brilliant. If your design is fun - it gets a seal of approval from the game. To find online players - use courses certified by the game or trending courses. Regular courses are quite good anyways and I have found players every time I played.

re older game - Golf Club 2 is pretty similar to the latest one except for non-existent of PGA endorsement.


MLB The Show 19 was brilliant. I bought it after Cricket games sucked so much I only played 20 minutes and gave up lol.

The career modes are pretty good and the main one plays like a decent RPG but mainly, the whole game is pretty action-packed - in a good way but also a good simulation - Fifa series, for example, tries to keep game physics too realistic and no one cares about amazing 'graphics' when a bit of simulation makes a game look way more realistic and enjoyable and PES is defo better in that sense.

I haven't played The Show '20 but 2019 was a GOAT game. Golf Club 2 as the previous version of PGA GC'19 was called is not 2K sports I believe but PGA GC'19 is. Still, both games good - however GC 1 feels dated.

All Pool fans right now...



Minute 18' or thereabouts Oliver going nuts about Pool and suspension of the PL

Orancle column in the Athletic:

-West Ham failed to negotiate first dibs on the stadium in summer so may not have a home if things have cleared up by then.
-Fifa may allow special dispensation for week-to-week rolling contracts for summer
-Potentially huge lawsuits coming from Leeds/West Brom if they don't get promoted, similar from Bournemouth/Villa if they get relegated

How many matchdays did the Prem lose from implementing the winter-break? 2?

These articles about voiding the season but crowning Liverpool champions are so stupid. They haven't won it. I really hope they find a way to conclude the season by finishing games. The worry that fans still gather outside the stadiums is missing the broader picture.

Factions of supporters from teams who lose out promotions or any big conclusions that don't come to pass, will be in an uproar and if the spread of the virus is still not slow enough by the time decisions regarding the season are announced - it would be silly not to expect reactions that involve crowds and protests.

Even if Pool had secured the title mathematically, scratching the season from the books but awarding them the title would amount to something worse than making the phantom '4th place' a real trophy esp if all other lower league and European comps are basically voided.

Given the current scenario, I'd still be down for behind closed doors matches/late conclusion and makes more sense to reduce no. of games in all competitions next season since it is hard to predict when the next season will start if this one requires a late conclusion or if the virus sticks around 2-3 more months.

Where do domestic Cups and CL, ECL season or CL qualification lie in this spectrum, I don't know - there are objective ramifications for all clubs but subjectivity is a helluva drug. It's not just about one team.


As for concluding rest of the season in empty stadiums - Are players going to feel exploited for finishing behind close doors (since that still puts them at higher risk, not to mention it still gives fans incentive to go to pubs or stand outside the stadium in hordes - even if it for a few crucial games it still beats the purpose of taking precaution) the sentiments among players will be borne out of discontent stemming from 'TV rights' and League bosses minimizing commercial losses OR they might feel 'it's the right thing to do for the spirit of the game' - either way, polarized POVs which are both equally wrong will create discontent.
So what if one season is banished from the record books. Football will continue. 1 season out of the many that have passed and the many yet to be played is insignificant.

PL top bosses just need to figure out fair compensation because that is the only tangible long term affect to teams (esp lower tiers) and any team on the polar ends of league tables.
/season

Of course, it would be disappointing (I want United to get into CL or see how far they go in the cups way more than giving a crap about Liverpool winning the title) but gotta keep things in perspective.

They only lost 1 gameweek for the winter break because they spread it over 2 weeks (i.e. 5 matches 1 weekend; 5 matches the next)

I saw a tweet from a journalist (can't remember who) but it basically said that they'll find a way to finish the season because otherwise they'll be facing some massive lawsuits from clubs. The money on offer for promotion, European places, etc, is so massive now that it's inevitable there will be lawsuits if they don't conclude it.

What about contracts though? Isn't it conceivable that teams look much different in September than they do now, if that's when the league resumes?

I'd be surprised if there were no force majeure clauses in the players' contracts that would deal with such cases.

This is based on how massive of an investment they are for the clubs.

It will be intersting to see how they handle this as, judging from recent developments, this will not end soon.

From the Athletic

The Peak District just about falls in that radius. I'd advise staying anywhere near Castleton, as that's where all the best walks are (Kinder Scout, Mam Tor, Ladybower Reservoir).

I'm off to The Lake District with the missus in a couple of weeks. Lots of people cancelling holidays in The Lakes so there are some bargains to be had on cottages, and I may as well be isolated there than here.

Please don't go to pubs. Drink at home.

fyp

As long as the pubs aren't forced to closed, I'm still going to my local. We'll just tell outsiders to get lost.

Oh man. Absolute gold rush for the scumbags

If that quote is correct, UEFA just need to revoke all agent licenses.

Grow the **** up. This is exactly why they need to be closed

Until the government actually tells them they have to close, their insurance won't payout.
Same goes for all entertainment venues.

Why do you think BJ only 'advised' people not to go to the pub, a club or the theatre, and didn't outright close them down?

Because he's an idiot whose whole strategy was the complete opposite of every other nation and they just now realized is the completely wrong one?

The other answer is that people like BJ care about profits and the economy more than they care about people.

^so much this. My governor just shut down all Bars and restaurants for the next two weeks. It’ll get extended for sure, but people were dumbasses and didn’t listen to him before St Patrick’s Day and we’re partying away like nothing is happening.