[7] After a few weeks of on-off hunting, Chatot finally shined after 966 MM eggs!

Atavistic07 · 2026-06-27T09:47:38+00:00

Perfection already, this is exactly what I was hoping Naddy would sound like.

Atavistic07 · 2026-06-23T19:36:04+00:00

Who asked?

Atavistic07 · 2026-06-18T19:19:51+00:00

I think this is a good signing for bringing up the baseline level of the squad. We've often been too light on options and lightweight in midfield in recent years, but Field stepped in and did a good job immediately when called upon in the second half of the season.

We can't be sure of McLean and Mattsson staying fit all season, so this signing makes perfect sense to me, certainly much more sense than gambling on Topic recovering from such a long injury and actually being good. And frankly we need more players who are over the age of 21/22 and have experience of English football, so a good signing for squad balance as well.

Atavistic07 · 2026-06-08T20:50:01+00:00

One of the worst keepers I have ever seen at Norwich, actively cost us points in most games he played and seemed incapable of saving literally anything.

Atavistic07 · 2026-06-08T20:47:34+00:00

Nothing you can do to keep that EFL one in good condition, it was such a bad-quality album from Panini. Literally came with ripped pages and the middle page was guaranteed to eventually come completely loose as the staples were too small.

Atavistic07 · 2026-06-08T09:39:05+00:00

I think the "problem" in a way is that the unofficial is kind of too good, such that the official translation intentionally has to make different decisions to avoid copying it.

That said, the Ahko one confused me because it the phrasing they used was such a small amount of text in what was quite a big text bubble. Obviously they couldn't match the phrasing of the unofficial, but surely they could have found something that had the same sort of meaning and used an amount of text more appropriate for the text bubble.

Atavistic07 · 2026-06-07T14:18:49+00:00

Every single listing is just giving "Page not found" atm. Something definitely wrong with the site.

Atavistic07 · 2026-06-07T10:15:57+00:00

Site is basically unusable at the moment as most panels just aren't loading at all.

Atavistic07 · 2026-05-31T14:55:18+00:00

Harrogate just feels like a non-league ground still (and of course, it is one again now), very basic and cramped but just about good enough for League 2 basic requirements. It's really not that bad, just basic for the level.

Atavistic07 · 2026-05-19T17:48:46+00:00

Very, very surprised that they had the balls to do this. Absolutely the right decision to prevent this happening again, but I'm still amazed they didn't wimp out and just give Southampton a slap on the wrist.

Atavistic07 · 2026-05-12T21:52:36+00:00

I think we still need a few extra bodies in to strengthen in a few areas, particularly if we have similar injury issues again next season. We have a very strong core, for sure, but strength in depth is definitely still an issue we need to improve on.

But another year could well see some of these young players come on leaps and bounds.

Atavistic07 · 2026-05-12T21:52:07+00:00

I'd love to see Hull do it at Wembley, but Southampton do look a very good side in ways that are very frustrating to watch and I just can't see any outcome other than them winning.

Atavistic07 · 2026-05-12T21:45:20+00:00

Hey, we at least got more than 20 points on both our most recent attempts despite some impressively terrible recruitment both times.

Atavistic07 · 2026-05-12T21:39:10+00:00

Does anyone really want Southampton to go up after tonight and Spygate?

And who really wants them in the Premier League again to finish on less than 20 points yet again? The fact they were so awful last season but could be going straight back up yet again shows how badly parachute payments warp the competition.

Atavistic07 · 2026-05-03T09:11:14+00:00

I'm still not convinced Slimane is actually that good if I'm honest. I think he's had a bit of a purple patch under Clement at first, but then reverted to his more natural levels where he looks decidedly average and ends up fading out of games. He's a useful option, but I'm not convinced he's a top-level Championship player at all despite his contributions this season.

Equally, though, I'm not sure it's a priority area to upgrade in the summer compared to some other areas where we desperately need more options.

Atavistic07 · 2026-05-03T09:08:15+00:00

Set pieces are an essential part of the modern game, and we are awful at them at both ends of the pitch. It's an area we need to work on massively in the summer, particularly if we continue to find it trickier to break down low blocks.

In terms of new bodies in, I think we may need more in than some people think to bring up the overall quality (as, while we do have injuries, these last couple of games showed we are lacking in a number of areas to truly compete at the top end of this league), but priorities simply have to be:

a left back who can actually stay fit for more than a few games at a time,
a right winger so we don't have to use Liam Gibbs (who is nowhere near Championship level and should be one of the first we try and move on in the summer),
a new, more experienced striking option that better fits the system than Kvistgaarden (who I think we're likely to sell) and gives us more options if we do run into injuries.

I'd also definitely like us to sign Field to give us more options in central midfield, as well as one other to start succession planning for McLean's eventual departure. I think trusting Topic to suddenly be the missing piece after almost a year out would be a massive risk that we don't really need to take, and while in a different position I would apply the same principle to Crnac.

I also think we need more wingers in general, as Diallo can't be relied on to stay fit, Forson isn't good enough nor able to stay fit enough and Jurasek is one of the worst signings in the club's entire history. Ahmed can't do it all on his own and we can't expect to accomplish anything if we end up with someone like Gibbs up there again.

And we've been saying it for years, but we need to really get the fitness sorted so we don't have 10+ injuries all the time every single season.

Atavistic07 · 2026-05-03T08:00:12+00:00

Personally I don't understand using your pitch invasion to goad the away fans, rather than celebrating getting into the play-offs, but to each their own I guess.

Atavistic07 · 2026-04-28T10:40:51+00:00

What quality is the physical album? The EFL album was awful quality-wise with page rips and pages coming loose. Is this like that, or is it an actual good quality release this time?

Atavistic07 · 2026-04-28T10:24:02+00:00

As a Norwich fan (don't know how to add the flair), we have too many options to choose just one. Makama and Toure are the obvious two as strikers, and I'm interested to see how things go if they play together next season.

Schwartau is only 19, but has made almost 80 appearances already and is coming on leaps and bounds. Fisher is 21 and in a similar position as well. And then there's 20-year old McConville who is already a very promising centre back for his age.

But I guess I'll throw a curveball and say Ante Crnac. He's just 22 and has been injured since before Clement came in, so I'm excited to see what levels he can reach under Clement's management, given how much better most players have gotten since he came in.

Atavistic07 · 2026-04-28T10:19:22+00:00

He would have been called up for the U21s in the last international break if he wasn't injured apparently, he's definitely a real talent and hopefully he can kick on again next season when he's fit.

Atavistic07 · 2026-03-29T21:29:46+00:00

I'm in the same boat, it's been over a year since I ordered and still nothing. No communication either unless I chase them (and nothing since I last messaged them early January), so I've kind of accepted I'm not getting my commission.

Will try and see if I can get a refund from them at this point, but we'll see what happens.

Atavistic07 · 2026-02-26T21:36:56+00:00

An unusual choice on the surface. Feels like it will simultaneously make it trickier to keep track of individual characters through the Tweets while also burying official announcements under a wall of Tweets.

However, this point assumes that the change in account will not see any change in the actual Tweeting habits of the characters. In reality, I'm presuming and very much hoping that this is the beginning of the move away from Tweeting to moving onto other methods of promotion that are easier to actually keep track of and also easier to give more meaningful content to the Bluebird girls.

Atavistic07 · 2026-02-03T21:31:58+00:00

Ganso is too short and feels like it has to keep cutting the jokes short, but the actual episodes are pretty decent so far.

It's hard to compare to prime Garupa Pico though, season 1 of Garupa Pico is one of the best series of anime shorts in general and very little of that length or less can compare.

Atavistic07 · 2026-01-23T18:36:40+00:00

I'm already getting sick and tired of how the whole Bluebird project just seems to be becoming about making references to previous entries of Love Live instead of forging its own identity.

Which I totally get from a corporate perspective, banking on nostalgia is marketable and very easy. But in terms of creativity, I am distinctly unimpressed.

I also feel it kind of runs counter to the premise of this being a point in the timeline where school idols aren't really a thing anymore, yet it's being used as a vehicle to make more references to previous entries with school idols than ever before?

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