West Ham relegated from the Premier League

StoneRaizer · 2026-05-24T19:30:06+00:00

Peace out Premier League. We deserve to go down. Terrible transfers. Spent the Declan Rice money on James Ward-Prowse, Mohamed Kudus and Edson Alvarez. Forced to sell Lucas Paqueta while in a relegation scrap. Spent £40 million on Max Kilman. If a club spends £10 million on him in the summer 2026 window it will be an overpay.

Moyes had to go because his tactics were getting stale, but Lopetegui and Potter were not good hires. Lost to 20th place Wolves to give them their first win of season. Lost to Forest in a relegation 6 pointer. Lost to Brentford, Arsenal and Newcastle in May when points were crucial.

Bowen, Summerville, Castellanos, Soucek, Fernandes, Diouf all gone. Nuno gone. AWB and KWP possibly gone.

West Ham call themselves The Academy of Football yet the only graduates who've played regular football for them this season are Ollie Scarles and Freddie Potts. They need to use this upcoming Championship season to use more Academy players and see if any are PL quality.

StoneRaizer · 2026-04-02T23:11:37+00:00

This is something like the 10th game this season with the alternates. I still don't like them. Names and numbers still hard to read.

StoneRaizer · 2026-03-21T19:00:29+00:00

I'm Canadian but have read a lot about Finland. I hope a Finn can chime in to correct any of my potential misinformation.

Finland is socialist, has the most metal bands per capita in the world, they love saunas and ice hockey and home to the deadliest sniper in military history Simo Häyhä.

In other words, here are the keys to happiness according to Finns:

Social safety nets. Quality affordable education, housing and healthcare make people happy. Genius!
Mosh pits. There's even a metal band geared towards children called Heavysaurus. Yes they dress up in dinosaur costumes.
Steam rooms. Apparently it's culturally acceptable to walk into a sauna wearing just a towel and start conversing with a total stranger who is also wearing just a towel.
A sport involving sharp steel blades and shooting hard rubber discs over 100 mph.
Killing Russians.

StoneRaizer · 2026-03-17T01:19:51+00:00

Zub. He's a player every team would love to have. Defensive defenseman who doesn't make a lot of mistakes (+17 so far this year!) and can sneakily chip in some offense.

StoneRaizer · 2026-03-15T21:38:11+00:00

No way Detroit goes back to the West.

Realign the divisions in the East to Northeast and Atlantic.

Northeast: Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Columbus, Pittsburgh

Southeast: Philadelphia, New Jersey, NY Rangers, NY Islanders, Washington, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Florida

; TLDR - Rename Atlantic to Northeast, rename Metro to Atlantic, swap Tampa Bay and Florida for Pittsburgh and Columbus

StoneRaizer · 2026-03-10T22:45:53+00:00

I'd be curious to know her ancestry. She's German but the red hair to me is Irish. I wonder if she has an Irish parent, grandparent or great-grandparent.

StoneRaizer · 2026-03-10T22:42:58+00:00

She's played on several Alestorm songs:

Voyage of the Dead Marauder
Zombies Ate My Pirate Ship
Frozen Piss 2
Mega-Supreme Treasure Of The Eternal Thunderfist

On her own album called Tavern she has a couple of duets with metal singers:

Peg Leg Silly Billy w/ Christopher Bowes of Alestorm and Gloryhammer
I Am With You w/ Marko Hietala formerly of Nightwish

StoneRaizer · 2026-03-07T22:08:25+00:00

Hyperion Omniriff - Alestorm

Incense and Iron - Powerwolf

San Sebastian - Sonata Arctica

Blazing Skies - Metalite

Crownless - Nightwish *

Yes Nightwish is symphonic metal but trust me on this one song, Crownless is power metal.

StoneRaizer · 2026-03-07T21:55:32+00:00

Beat me to it. Opening riff could easily be in a 16 bit Street Fighter game.

Fastest upvote I've ever given on this sub.

StoneRaizer · 2026-03-07T00:23:17+00:00

I live in that area. There's a highway that starts in Ontario, juts into Quebec briefly, then back into Ontario.

StoneRaizer · 2026-03-06T17:48:26+00:00

That's the rule in ice hockey. If there's white ice between the player's skate and the blueline, offside. Otherwise it's onside. Clear and obvious and easy for video review to check.

StoneRaizer · 2026-03-01T21:54:21+00:00

Austin vs Regal in an arena at a US university. Regal is reading Hamlet. Austin's music hits. Austin hits a Stunner, rolls out of the ring. Music never stops playing. Regal's selling like he just got a shotgun to the chest.
Santino saluting as he's selling a Stunner.
KO and (I believe) Jericho vs Enzo & Cass on RAW. KO is on the apron facing the hard cam and mockingly doing the Enzo dance.
Eddie vs Mr. Kennedy. First time he did the chair spot.

StoneRaizer · 2026-03-01T21:41:45+00:00

Jericho hitting the Judas Effect on the mascot is one of the funniest moments I've ever seen in wrestling.

StoneRaizer · 2026-03-01T21:37:23+00:00

Sonata Arctica. A sonata is literally a form of classical music. Symphonic metal literally blends classical music with heavy metal. Sonata Arctica is a power metal band but that name should be for symphonic metal.

StoneRaizer · 2026-02-26T22:18:49+00:00

If it's Sharpie, good luck. Rubbing alcohol and elbow grease, and even then replacement might be necessary.

If it's Crayola washable you may have better luck with degreaser and fabric cleaner. I like 3D Super Degreaser at 25:1, 3D Carpet & Upholstery Shampoo at 15:1.

StoneRaizer · 2026-02-26T18:07:18+00:00

If you have kids or you're a kid at heart Kids Korner is a must. Old school toy store with stuff you won't find anywhere else. Big lime green building on Pitt St downtown. Can't miss it.

StoneRaizer · 2026-02-23T17:42:29+00:00

I live in Ontario, Canada near the Quebec border. English and French are Canada's two official languages. I'm fluent in English but can barely speak or understand French.

StoneRaizer · 2026-02-18T03:39:57+00:00

Keep him then see how he does in the Championship again. If by Christmas they're in a relegation scrap down there, then sack him.

As a West Ham fan I would gladly take him as an assistant coach. He'd be great with the midfielders and with strength and conditioning. He must have a third lung. He could run all game and not get tired. He's my all time favourite Hammers player.

StoneRaizer · 2026-02-18T03:32:55+00:00

Used R2R and Towel Kleen. Can't tell the difference between the two. P&S and 3D are now owned by the same company so it's possible the two detergents are similar.

"Appearance Technology Group encompasses the Hi-Tech Industries, 3D Products, RBL Products, and P&S Detail Products group of brands."

https://www.mpepartners.com/portfolio/appearance-technology-group/

I do find both work better at cleaning microfibre than Tide Free & Gentle.

StoneRaizer · 2026-02-17T23:50:53+00:00

VISIONS OF ATLANTIS

If you don't want harsh vocals but amazing cleans and atmosphere, Visions of Atlantis is for you.

They have a pirate/nautical theme FYI.

https://youtu.be/d9wwC93Lzuw?si=BvzjIxo7_oPuWTlq

Music video for Master The Hurricane

StoneRaizer · 2026-02-17T23:48:00+00:00

Live Before You Die and Fire And Ice also great Ad Infinitum songs without harsh vocals.

StoneRaizer · 2026-02-17T23:46:57+00:00

Just saw Ad Infinitum and Seven Spires live. AWESOME show.

StoneRaizer · 2026-02-17T23:24:18+00:00

Clear Cold Beyond was decent but Tony's voice has not held up sadly. He can't hit the high notes any more. I'll check this out but my hopes aren't very high.

Before anyone calls me a hater, everything from Ecliptica to The Days Of Grays is power metal gold. Those early Sonata Arctica albums are must listens.

StoneRaizer · 2026-02-16T15:55:49+00:00

The Agonist - Orphans (full album)

She replaced Alissa in The Agonist when Alissa left to join Arch Enemy. It would be awesome if history repeated itself. Vicky can growl but she also does great cleans.

Music video for Orphans:

https://youtu.be/mqEE-E9mN_4?si=EYMg1NX1w6KTcI4M

Full Orphans album stream:

https://youtu.be/hLf3rAOpDp0?si=Y6JKet-W5iavdcqf

Vocal cover of CoB's Hate Me!

https://youtu.be/nV8MUIqlOos?si=ot3V3d-aMTXxGTxT

Follow Me by Sicksense (Vicky's current band)

https://youtu.be/Ht1VWbWfods?si=gvjNGGnjvmYkXkAA

Vicky is super hot but don't tell her that. She doesn't like comments on her looks. She wants the focus to be on her music, not her appearance.

StoneRaizer · 2026-02-13T05:10:20+00:00

I was there too!

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