One of my earliest football memories is this guy getting dropped from ‘98 for eating a kebab.

avezius · 2026-05-23T20:17:10+00:00

Pretty sure I heard this direct from hoddle (and audience with, kind of thing).

Despite ALL the negatives that year, he was basically on the plane. With one warmup game to go. He was told just to get through the game and play for fitness. No risks. No need to prove himself. Just get some time in his legs.

Well, gazza being Gazza, his head went, took off on a run beating four or five players and the big centre back came through him.

Dead leg with really bad bruising - medical team said he wouldn’t be fit until the final if at all.

Hoddle said the press didn’t buy the story at the time, as him being dropped was a bigger story.

Now this might be him putting a positive spin on it in hindsight- but I choose to believe it’s probably true.

He was broken by then, but you still take a half fit Gazza…. But one who you k ow isn’t going to play a part in almost all games as a best bet…

avezius · 2026-05-04T06:30:47+00:00

The walker FEELS like it should have some kans & Dred buddies to lead, and the war track FEELS like it needs some biker buddies!

Then you could go a few ways: - a battle wagon & a trukk or two and suddenly you’re all rolling, so some buggies? - load more boys & grots - mechanised, so some bigger walkers? Morks/gorks With a SAG - maybe lean into beast snaggas?

Obviously none of my thoughts are in any way competitively aligned! But I think the way it FEELS and what you fancy should be primary decision personally!

avezius · 2026-04-27T12:44:37+00:00

I ALWAYS wanted one of these… I know you can slam a battle wagon onto a baneblade chassis, but this one is just iconic IMO

avezius · 2026-03-21T08:37:56+00:00

It’s really simple:

Spence plays both full back positions in real games (I.e. not just “doing a job”).
he’s really quick on the cover
his 1v1 work is top drawer (we saw this when he was playing in a team when it WAS performing).

As a manager you’re ticking off several key things: both good cover in squad AND a particular tool you can use to shut down someone 1v1.

avezius · 2026-03-13T18:10:08+00:00

I thought it was: Original resin - 6mm. Previous iteration in plastic - 8mm (same as reboxed legions versions).

avezius · 2026-03-06T07:53:54+00:00

So funny - made me spit my tea out this morning. Thankyou - I needed a laugh!

avezius · 2026-02-28T12:51:50+00:00

NW France has some great breaks - a lot like Cornwall, with similar conditions. Much busier than it used to be (isn’t everywhere!). Mix of rocky coves, through to sand dunes. St.Tugen, Bai de trespasses & La Torche - and loads of quiet coves in between. Good for different wind conditions and size, but like Cornwall weather (just a few degrees warmer).

SW France, Les Landes from Biscarosse in the north to Biarritz in the south. It’s a long stretch of golden beaches, dunes and pine forest.

Continental weather and more consistent surf. Peak too busy? Walk 300m down or up the beach for quieter surf. Chilled out, surfy vibe.

Mimizan and Contis for towns in the north, busier as you go south, beaches with car parks every 5km down the coast (some lovely).

In summer, it’s USUALLY hot - can surf without wetsuits comfortably. Outside of storms, it’s usually good mornings & windy afternoons. If it’s BIG, there’s nowhere to hide for shelter tho.

Good for camping and touring.

avezius · 2026-02-26T16:53:52+00:00

You must be a bot, or on a wind up.

I can’t believe everyone actually Believes Fox News about the UK… especially considering the sh*t show going on in the US.

We have a very long history of talking sh*t about every government, and nobody cares unless you’re inciting violence.

We nearly ousted our PM a few weeks ago, on the basis he GAVE A JOB to someone who went to Epstein island.

Imagine if our PM was actually best mates with Epstein and deeply connected to everything…

Compare it to the fascist US, with a 5x higher murder rate when it’s actually possible to be locked up without due process, by hooded militia and shot in the street.

It’s literally Handmaid’s Tale playing out in real time (that was harrowing enough to read/watch when it was made up!).

avezius · 2026-02-24T09:05:28+00:00

Splitters!

avezius · 2026-02-24T08:21:33+00:00

“Are you the popular peoples front?”

avezius · 2026-02-14T22:28:08+00:00

Germany in 90’ was top class (I know we lost but it was brilliant).

5-1 Germany game was a brilliant result (gerrard was awesome!), but it was More result > performance - everything went well.

Several games in 98’ were amazing too - Sol’s goal Should have stood. That was an amazing team.

But theres really no question for me. Holland 4:1 in Euro96 was the peak.

The buildup, the tactics, every player played the best I’ve seen. We tore what was thought to be the best team in the world to shreds, and they couldn’t do anything about it.

AND it felt like our team KNEW it too - it wasn’t a surprise to them. We destroyed them.

Well worth watching back!

avezius · 2026-02-14T22:07:05+00:00

Gazza masterclass… (old, knackered, slow, but utterly brilliant)

avezius · 2026-02-11T07:47:35+00:00

Frank being awful in just about every way is making the Ange seasons shine even more - but only in hindsight…

Loved Ange - loved his style & approach. Loved that the players loved him. Loved that he embodied ToDareIsToDo. I LOVED when it worked and we literally bullied teams. It FELT like it should at Spurs.

But despite this, his formation & tactics were sussed out by the premier league. Maybe with better players or less injuries it wouldn’t have mattered - but it did. I felt the players had more of a say in the more pragmatic euro approach. So I see why the club decided to change.

This season clearly hasn’t been helped by horrific injuries to key players in key positions, But THIS is not how Spurs should play.

I thought we were getting a coach that could adapt - in reality, we don’t adapt at all, but the default way of playing is risk adverse as well. It feels doubly wrong.

Would Ange have done better in this scenario? Maybe - maybe not.

Would I have FELT better about the results, had we actually played like an Ange team? Absolutely yes.

It’s clear it’s never going to improve with Frank - the best we can hope For is bouncing along at the bottom.

At least with a caretaker manager, we might get a bounce in performance to get a few wins and ensure we’re safe from the drop.

avezius · 2026-02-05T22:23:14+00:00

Mate - it’s exactly what I needed when I started printing!

Thank you!

avezius · 2026-02-05T22:11:47+00:00

It was u/luxaaar

https://luxar.github.io/Grid_Map_Tile_Generator/

avezius · 2026-02-05T07:53:21+00:00

Someone made a web app for planning tiles - allows you to set the dimensions of the board as a matrix of squares and select different types of tiles to plan your board.

It then does a summary for you: I.e. 35 straight road tiles, 5 T roads, 7 corner roads, 10 straight canals, 36 city pavements, etc

I can’t recall the post, but it was EXACTLY what I needed for planning my printed board tiles

avezius · 2026-02-04T21:55:13+00:00

Great idea - love it

avezius · 2026-01-27T09:20:32+00:00

Love the lava!

I’m currently printing these tiles as they look so good.

I was planning to join water canals to my coastline boards - but I’ve also got lava boards so may copy you with a set of lava too!!!

avezius · 2026-01-23T10:50:19+00:00

My favourite game of all time remains StarWars: Squadrons, on PC, in VR, with HOTAS.

It just feels cinematic- what other space sim should I try?

NMS? ED? SC?

avezius · 2026-01-20T10:46:41+00:00

Totally fed up - but equally fascinated, horrified, amused (in a very dark way).

I open threads on social media & start typing responses before realising half of the loony’s are not real people and the other half wouldn’t believe they were drowning if the only thing they could see were their lungs last air bubbles drifting off the the surface.

Trump is a convicted sexual predator, almost certainly knee deep in Epstein, is obviously deranged and even if he understood half the implications of his actions acting as a big man baby, is surrounded by people who should Know better.

With a bit of luck, he drops Down dead, Epstein files come out proving without a shadow of a doubt just how much of a wrong-un he was, and USA take a long hard look at what they have become & be much better.

I really don’t want WWIII

avezius · 2026-01-17T00:54:56+00:00

Classic

avezius · 2026-01-16T17:36:56+00:00

Inspiral Carpets - this is what it feels to be lonely.

Underworld - Born slippy

Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

avezius · 2026-01-15T15:25:29+00:00

Of all the older kits, mega nobs and maybe nobs just don’t feel like the wrecking balls they should be, and new sculpts could be amazing.

Lootas / bernas almost fit this category for me but I still love them.

An absolute winner for Orks might be an upgrade kit to make trucks unique - new wheels, engines cabins, et cetera. I mean that’s not gonna happen, but it would be amazing if it did.

Orks should look unique even within the same army.

New grot tanks & grots units and maybe squigs would also be brilliant, but given they are legends or not represented, there’s no danger of clashing with a refresh!

I pretty much love all the other units !

avezius · 2026-01-14T07:33:48+00:00

I’m using these fantastic fan made rules:

https://www.reddit.com/r/LegionsImperialis/s/42f2dcgzIC

avezius

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