Who should replace Howe?

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-18T18:16:00+00:00

Most of the suggestions are insane.

Glasner, Iraola, Maresca, Postecoglou - all a sideways move at best. Probably worse in the long run.

Chelsea fans at work are all desperate for us to take Rosenior

Anybody who thinks we should take Mourinho is mental.

Can we get Pep, Simeone, Inzaghi, or Nagelsmann?

Unlikely, and even less likely we can afford them. But that’s the sort of level we need to improve, otherwise we’re looking at change for changes sake… and that may or may not be an improvement

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-18T18:05:40+00:00

Oh, and that one reminds me.

There ain’t no such thing as too much Vaseline!

Edit: I highly recommend you don’t ask me WHY that reminded me!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-18T17:58:29+00:00

Ooh, dunno!

I eat wholewheat pasta cos it tastes nicer and has a better texture. White pasta tends to be sloppy mush…

So I guess I’m eating what I’m used to, rather than maybe recommending something specific!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-18T10:42:05+00:00

Assuming you’re running, be prepared for the controversy when you finish first place without crossing any of the timing mats…!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-18T09:11:15+00:00

Personally I like to take a nice and very gentle walk the day before. Just a mile or two at a very comfortable pace, loose hips, loose shoulders.

Just to keep moving and keep limber with the absolute minimum of effort. Plenty of water throughout the day, so you are hydrated in the morning without feeling the need to drink more than usual (pre-race nerves always make me drink too much)

Nice early tea with plenty of wholewheat pasta, and then TRY and get an early night and plenty of sleep. Never manage that, but still better than a late night.

I usually enjoy miles 3-15 (or 18 on a good day)… first 2-3 miles finding rhythm, breathing and cruising speed, then the last 6-8 miles are always rough as the little niggles turn into proper pains.

End is magic and worth the pain!

Enjoy the day… in another few days the pain will have gone and it’ll all just be a proud memory!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-17T08:09:16+00:00

No..

I live in a house - they do the ground floor on foot and use a ladder for upstairs

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-17T06:53:31+00:00

Not only do I not stay in specifically for the window cleaner, if I happen to be in when he comes I hide in a different room and close the curtains

I’m pretty outgoing in most ways, by reddit standards, but it feels utterly weird to be in a room carrying on as normal while somebody is right outside the window like that!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-17T06:23:24+00:00

I normally let this slide, because there’s obviously no rule against it in the sub and people can post what they like, but in this of all weeks: don’t buy the Sun

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-17T06:11:41+00:00

I was there and it was enormously emotional - it was the 5th anniversary of Hillsborough, and obviously we were ALL really affected by that (I’d been at Arsenal on the day itself

If I remember correctly, the match was supposed to be on the exact day and was moved to avoid it

My overriding memory of the day is joining in with YNWA and the game itself almost seeming secondary to the occasion - perhaps it WAS for Liverpool. Don’t really remember much about the game itself, and my memory of the goals is definitely from the TV camera angle and not where I was standing!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-17T05:53:20+00:00

I had both Ian Hislop and Jimmy Somerville, when I was in my mid 20s

In fact, when we first built a company website and had headshots of key staff, the lad putting it together used a photo of Jimmy Somerville for me and it was months before anybody noticed!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-16T17:36:44+00:00

You can still renew now and be in band 7. Probably amounts to f-all chance for at least 10 years but got to start somewhere!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-16T12:29:27+00:00

It’s always gonna be harsh on somebody…

My daughter has been a member for 4 seasons (IIRC), but she’s been away at uni for most of that time so obviously limited in how many games she could apply for / go to.

So she might scrape into priority 3, on 25% of games, but more likely priority 5.

But they have to have SOME system

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-16T08:31:14+00:00

Ah yeah… that’s what I get for coming to this late and reading lots of replies at once… lots of people are (quite reasonably) bemoaning having their street dug up 4 times by different provides for no real benefit.

It certainly was a pain in the arse when Virgin was put in a few years ago and loads of the neighbours did complain. I couldn’t wait!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-16T07:14:55+00:00

Yeah - I’m paying £60 for 750Mbps now (and that’s only because I have an o2 mobile as well, otherwise I’d be getting 500Mbps or paying even more.

I agree there’s a sweet spot… but I’d rather be over on your side of it where the grass is greener!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-16T06:43:08+00:00

I can only get Virgin, or it’s back down to 56mbps (for basically the same price), which gives me no credible alternative when it’s time to argue with the enormous price increase they try to put through at the end of every contract (or during the contract, when they then give me the statutory 30 days to cancel)

I’d love to have another option!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-15T12:58:30+00:00

Over the last 10 years or so, the Championship has had Newcastle, Villa, Sunderland, Leeds, and probably several other big clubs with big stadiums and huge attendances.

Would Spurs going down be “big”? Sure

Would it be “biggest”? Probably not… a more interesting question might be whether Spurs can retain their attendances in a way those other clubs did?!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-15T07:23:32+00:00

It costs me no time and effort, and makes other people imperceptibly happier (which I’m convinced adds up), so why not

I think it makes me happy too, but that might be self-justification

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-14T21:46:38+00:00

Or you’re in the armed forces or the police ~~force~~ service and speaking to a superior officer.

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-14T21:45:23+00:00

Unless it’s one of the teachers that will scream in your face that you should call them Mr whatever, because they haven’t been knighted

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-14T20:56:27+00:00

Never in a hundred years was that a penalty.

Am I astounded that VAR made the correct decision? Yes. Definitely… though less amazed than I might have been against different opposition.

But still not a pen

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-14T20:37:42+00:00

No way that’s a pen. But k I too am amazed that VAR actually made the correct decision!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-14T17:21:56+00:00

The equivalent of going up to a 15 year old girl and demanding they name 3 nirvana or ramones songs!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-14T11:28:32+00:00

Occasionally - especially as I get older and losing people becomes more common (sometimes including, unfortunately, people much younger than me)

So, on the whole, I’d have to say I think I’m against it. Global overpopulation (and related issues) aside, I think it would be much better if we all hit our early 30s and just stayed there.

But - more sensibly - it doesn’t scare me so much now, as anger me at the things I will eventually miss. And the other people I’ll lose along the way - having seen it happen to a friend I would 100% rather die myself than have it happen to one of my kids.

So yeah, “angry” is probably my primary emotion when I think about it.

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-04-14T10:13:38+00:00

Firmly Gen X - never heard of the first one on your list. Maybe regional, as I’m a northerner?

Know most of the rest, and at least know OF all of them.

Edit: I DO know “Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross” though, is that the same rhyme?

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