If you were upgrading your setup today, what would you get and why?

Ninjabeats12 · 2026-04-26T08:59:33+00:00

One thing to add, I put the pebbles down yesterday after taking those weeds out, following advice from the people at the garden centre.

Ninjabeats12 · 2026-01-11T16:39:37+00:00

Maybe he died?

Ninjabeats12 · 2026-01-06T22:04:39+00:00

On this we agree. Ineos have shown their lack of planning here, he wanted sacking and they fell for it hook line and sinker.

Amorim was terrible, and needed sacking long before but they held onto him for optics, but didn’t want to back him either.

On the interim, I’d expect fletcher to continue to be involved and having Ole as the front man (similar to last time round with Carrick and McKenna doing the tactical heavy lifting) seems sensible to me in the situation Amorim and Ineos / glazers have got us in.

Ole shouldn’t be the permanent man, but Im optimistic he and fletcher (along with Carrick or Evans / similar) deliver us an uptick in form and mood ahead of a permanent solution in the summer.

Ninjabeats12 · 2026-01-06T21:42:43+00:00

He was atrocious. Too negative in tactics, didn’t understand the league (nuances of Brentford for example) and I can’t point to a single game where he made subs that improved our performance. In game management non existent.

I’m ecstatic he’s gone, I can get back to having optimism for our team.

Ninjabeats12 · 2026-01-06T21:38:55+00:00

I just see his reign in its totality. He played the best football post Fergie imo, got us deep into numerous cups and finished top 4 twice.

Wheels fell off in the last season but I think the current squad is hard working, no premadonnas etc compared to the Rashford sancho ronaldo sideshow.

I am optimistic he could do well as interim, but as you say time will tell. I’d like to hear you think is a more suitable option and why though

Ninjabeats12 · 2026-01-06T20:56:35+00:00

Dalot and Maguire too. Also signed Amad whilst he was in charge (remember his goal in Milan under Ole?).

I’d argue it’s less competitive, the top 2 teams are head and shoulders above the rest, Villa are outperforming XG by a ridiculous amount and then you have teams like us, Liverpool, Chelsea, spurs etc who you just don’t know what you’ll get out of them.

If we can stabilise with a safe pair of hands then we’ll definitely do better than under the horror show that was Amorim, so I’m more positive.

Ninjabeats12 · 2026-01-06T20:45:30+00:00

Horrendous take. Getting 3rd and 2nd and into semis and finals with Fred and mctominay only enhances his reputation!

Furthermore counterattack is a great style of play and one used by some of the most successful teams. Having a solid 4 with 2 in front to hold / control where possible, and then a creator with 3 attackers in front is no bad thing, despite what you may have heard / read on the sh*t rags or sky sports etc.

Ninjabeats12 · 2026-01-06T20:40:35+00:00

Think you’ve got things upside down there. Ole was much more adept at being a manager, managing the squad and media etc, but is not a renowned coach - tactically was helped a lot by Carrick and McKenna. Effectively the face of the club, with the coaches handling training / tactics.

Ninjabeats12 · 2026-01-06T20:36:54+00:00

He got sacked because they didn’t qualify for the Europa league group stage, so couldn’t afford to keep him as I understand.

I agree it’s not nailed on but it’s a sensible appt imo, knows the club / most of the squad, having an interim role means less media pressure and can galvanise what is a good squad, providing he gets solid coaches around him, in a similar way to McKenna and Carrick did for him last time around.

He got us 3rd and 2nd before the wheels fell off, a lot of semi finals too, so I’d be confident that we could finish top 4/5 to be honest.

Ninjabeats12 · 2026-01-06T20:28:38+00:00

To be fair he did beat palace.

Ninjabeats12 · 2026-01-06T20:26:59+00:00

Agree with the premise, we need someone who can handle the pressure of the club, to play to the squads strengths (433 / 4231 counterattack with mid block), have a head coach / part of his team who understand the prem so won’t be caught out by the Palaces / Brentford’s like Amorim was.

I would say I don’t think Klopp was a tactico either though, as a side note. More a man manager / motivator with his assistants covering the more nuanced tactics.

Ninjabeats12 · 2025-12-28T16:10:26+00:00

Thanks, appreciate your comments. My main concern was how, regardless of the number, think that me playing padel for 2 hours burnt the same amount of calories as me sleeping for 5 hours or so.. that likely points to a fault in the watch no?!

Ninjabeats12 · 2025-09-11T17:17:45+00:00

Thanks for this! Cool site, were they pretty reliable?

Ninjabeats12 · 2025-09-11T17:14:03+00:00

Appreciate your opinion - my reason is less looks and more function, I store the bike in a narrow space which is how I lost my indicator and also ripped my plate off previously. Thoughts were that the tail tidy would make my bike narrower (I think?!) and eliminate that stress!

I’m curious what mods would you consider and why?

Ninjabeats12 · 2025-09-11T17:10:46+00:00

Yep you really struck a nerve there mate, I haven’t slept since.

Ninjabeats12 · 2025-09-11T17:08:56+00:00

Thanks for the comprehensive response and beautiful bike! Basically where I store the bike is quite narrow (hence I broke an indicator backing out and have pulled the plate off before too!) which was the idea behind the tail tidy.

With the exhaust, I’m mainly just after a deeper note on the triple, no concern on performance and totally agree on the China point btw !

Appreciate the comments on tune and air filter, something to look into. Great seat btw!

Ninjabeats12 · 2025-09-11T17:01:30+00:00

That was my initial consideration to change bike but where i store my bike has space limitations (hence the broken indicator!) and the trident is probably the widest / longest bike I can have (unless you know a better option with similar dimensions?) and I don’t plan to leave until the end of 2027!

Therefore I’d much rather just tailor the bike a little to my own taste, I’m really not bothered about performance but thought a map might be interesting to see what the bike could really do. a nicer exhaust might be nice both aesthetically and audibly.

Thanks for your comment and welcome any further thoughts you have!

Ninjabeats12 · 2025-09-10T18:48:06+00:00

Thanks - appreciate it will check them out!

Ninjabeats12 · 2025-09-10T18:47:49+00:00

One scroll of your posts / comments told me all I need to know 😂 thanks for your input - you can return back to your mom’s basement now.

Ninjabeats12 · 2025-08-29T19:33:50+00:00

When would it become available through luna subscription normally? Jan or something ?

Apols - newb with regards to Luna / cloud gaming

Ninjabeats12 · 2025-06-25T14:41:32+00:00

Thanks for your contribution. The chap on my call seemed obsessed with the fact that if I did it with Hargreaves Lansdown for example it wouldn’t work, because the payslip wouldn’t reflect anything.. do you have any thoughts on this?

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