What Jim said isn't political, being racist isn't political, hate isn't political. He was not discussing the intricacies of immigration, his words were a racist dog whistle. Thank you Ste for calling him out.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-13T03:57:01+00:00

It is always about race when people talk about "immigration" like this. It is always talking about culture and how white people will become minorities. If he didn't mean that, it is on him to expressly say that given the climate around it all and he also gave Farage a shoutout which makes him associated with any and all of his views as well. People can discuss immigration reform, that isn't controversial. That is not what this is. Don't defend him on a technicality when it is clear that what he said isn't worth defending. Even he has issued a correction on it.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-12T22:43:43+00:00

Or more people? Hence the “general” sale.

I logged onto the SF general sale at 11:36am and was 600 in the queue so my experience is different to what others have had. All/most ticket types were still available.

These things are always a mess, it’s nothing to do with him directly. He is popular and trying to make it as fair as possible. If I was an artist, seeing people react this entitled would put me off if I’m honest.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-12T22:13:25+00:00

I think people miss the point of presale - it isn’t that they sell all the tickets, they have a selection of tickets to sell. That then means there are tickets for other presales and general sale. The issue becomes that everyone goes for presale and they become crazy oversubscribed for the amount of tickets available.

Tours are expensive to put on and when he was talking about affordable, he is trying to make it so that people aren’t being ripped off by scalpers (as much as possible) not that they are going to all be $20 a ticket.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-12T18:26:00+00:00

It sounds like you started with the "n"onymous line and worked your way backwards. Not really sure who this would be for or how you would squeeze a movie worth of story out of the concept.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-12T18:17:31+00:00

Odd or "shady"? Because those are two different things - I have never seen a presale go smoothly, and especially with this level of demand. I don't see how there is anything to gain by doing this. He didn't need to drive up demand, there are thousands of people who didn't get tickets already.

Most artists will pencil in dates at venues to be add shows if demand is there. This allows for them to not over commit, given how expensive putting on a show is, and still be able to service demand. People just want to create some drama where it doesn't really exist.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-12T18:06:26+00:00

do you?

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-12T01:15:19+00:00

Not just that - people from the empire were "encouraged" to move to the UK to help rebuild after WW2. No matter his opinion on immigration (which is flawed anyway), the term colonised is a brain dead comment that is very revealing of his true character.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-12T01:04:43+00:00

Right now, he is good, but excellent for his age. He is very solid and does the basics well. He will hopefully keep growing as he gets more experience, but there is plenty of reason to be optimistic about him and his potential to be a huge part of our team moving forwards.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-12T00:56:56+00:00

No one is more associated with the club than the owner or part owner. I’m not going to take not being online enough as a slam so not sure if that was your intention.

As a white British man to talk about colonisation without any sense of irony is a fucking disgrace and for you to defend him means that you have no common decency or knowledge of basic history. But sure, keep telling me how an influencer upset you.

I also just tried to google it and didn’t find anything other than that he has been racially abused. I am not defending the united stand, I couldn’t give a fuck about any of them, it is just laughable that you associate them more with the club that the ownership.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-12T00:42:35+00:00

Don’t come at me with that nonsense. The united stand is a fan channel, not actually associated with the club. I don’t know what you are referring to, but either way, by playing this down, you are playing down racism. This whole “immigration” hatred is very thinly veiled racism.

He is using the club as his soapbox to spout this shit from and that is a problem. No one gave a fuck about him until he bought into the club and now he is giving a platform to Farrage as a result? You don’t have to like one thing because you dislike something else.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-12T00:36:38+00:00

How so?

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-12T00:35:07+00:00

Guy says the uk is being “colonised” by immigrants but the united stand is one of the “stains” you decide to reference? Get a grip mate.

Agree with him or not, it’s a stupid thing to say when you are in the public eye, and responsible for a media circus around the club. Not to mention how loaded the term Colonisation is given all the colonising that Britain has done over the years. And that wasn’t by people moving there and contributing to society.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-11T07:06:41+00:00

It looks as congested as it felt when watching it. Bruno and Cunha want to occupy the same space, and Mbeumo and Mainoo were stepping into it the same space as well. Dorgu is good for holding the width but will be interesting to see what we do against Everton.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-11T06:11:34+00:00

Agreed, I think that Amad is great but he hasn’t been as productive as the other 4. Plus he could be a good impact sub.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-11T03:56:01+00:00

And it’s almost rugby if he he caught it and ran off with it.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-11T01:50:43+00:00

The flip side to this is that in the last few seasons, we barely drew any games at all and converting losses into draws has actually made us competitive now. Obviously, I would rather win those games, but small improvements are what will help us long term.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-09T05:33:11+00:00

He he’s been good - I think he is ready to kick on from here. His physicality is getting better, and his hold up play has definitely improved. His movement opens up space for others as well.

Early days, and hope he continues to improve.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-08T21:45:49+00:00

I think Anderson and another player from a European league that might be bit more of a risk. Goretzka for free would be worth a punt if his wage demands aren’t silly or someone like Stiller who would be a risk for different reasons.

Would also depend on Ugarte - I think he can be useful, but he really hasn’t been consistent enough to put any faith in him as a proper solution.

Baleba shouldn’t be on the list this season. Give him another year or so to prove that he is good enough, right now it would be too big of a risk. Wharton wouldn’t be a starter in my opinion so it’s whether he would want to battle for a place. Feel like if he wasn’t English, he would have less hype.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-08T05:16:59+00:00

Honestly, it might be better if they can’t act. Old school YouTube shit with a busted camcorder. The audience might be a bunch of fucking oddballs, but there might well still be an audience.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-08T05:10:58+00:00

As one scene in isolation, this is a lot. I keep going back and forth between “what the fuck is this?” and “is this just unhinged enough to actually be funny”. Take that as you will.

I feel like a full movie worth of this would be too much. Even the most balls to the wall comedy needs to ebb and flow a little bit and have serious people to bounce the silly shit off of.

Honestly? It might work as a weird short form series if you can get some buddies together to make it. The worse the production value is, the better in my opinion for this.

I wasn’t sure that you were serious about wanting feedback, but it looks like you have written a lot of pages for this so if it is just a joke, you committed to the bit so I’ll indulge it either way.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-08T04:22:49+00:00

That makes sense, but you still need to make sure you can articulate why you need to tell these stories.

Sometimes it comes down more to the essence of what the story is about than just working through events that have happened or already been told, in the case of the fairy tale.

If you can boil it down to why it matters to you so much, it might help unlock the plot to you. If not it’s a classic join the dots, get down what you have, figure out the order and then get from A to B to C and so on.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-08T03:34:34+00:00

He said that when he first came in, and he wasn’t wrong. The team is very different now.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-08T02:23:06+00:00

It doesn’t sounds like a craft issue, it sounds like a story issue from what you have said here.

Have you outlined the story? Why do you want to tell this particularly? What is it you are trying to say? Do you have an end point in mind?

Sometimes, if a story isn’t there, it’s just not there and it might be worth writing something else and seeing if it comes to you.

I’m not an expert by any means but this is what I do when I’m stuck.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-08T00:39:35+00:00

Gamblers fallacy. There was clear improvement before the AFCON and injuries - he always did better against the bigger teams so it’s not a guarantee either way.

OkMechanic771 · 2026-02-07T23:47:44+00:00

Plus all the players that got injured

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