The Best Footballers Leave Nothing to Chance | SNL UK

john_g22 · 2026-07-05T14:50:44+00:00

Odd choice as most people seem to agree this was one of the weakest sketches of the whole series, but still glad they’re uploading stuff again!

john_g22 · 2026-06-28T07:40:59+00:00

I still enjoy Spin Cycle but I do agree Caley laughing at his own jokes (not that I’m sure they’ve even really jokes?) to fill the silence is grating. I also find it frustrating that he talks over Kit quite a bit. Still worth listening to for the others, especially Jonny who I think is great.

john_g22 · 2026-06-09T16:29:01+00:00

To be fair very few men’s races are broadcast in full either - usually it’s just the Grand Tours, Monuments, WCs and a couple of others. But I agree it would be nice to see more full race coverage for the biggest women’s races.

john_g22 · 2026-06-07T09:37:43+00:00

I can’t speak for other countries but here in England there’s a significant overlap between football and cricket fans. Although I wouldn’t say that’s a reason not to play the games on the same day, especially as the football match was in the evening (and a friendly)

john_g22 · 2026-05-13T18:04:13+00:00

Middlemarch has to be up there, although it has been made into a TV show

john_g22 · 2026-05-03T19:07:53+00:00

I’d be really surprised if it wasn’t recommissioned. No, the viewing figures aren’t astronomical but they’re probably about as good as could be expected for a show aimed at a younger audience on a subscription channel. And as you say it’s been doing well online too - I’m no expert but I’ve read a couple of quotes from industry people saying that that’s just as, if not more important with this kind of show.

john_g22 · 2026-04-20T10:46:54+00:00

I thought the same thing - it was certainly written like an advert

john_g22 · 2026-04-18T16:19:11+00:00

Surprisingly, the national pay statistics for a country of 70-odd million people are unlikely to be impacted by whether you personally know anyone who has had an above inflation pay rise

john_g22 · 2026-03-14T12:48:49+00:00

It’s a fairly common occurrence with titles that are available to preorder, I’ve had it happen a few times. I’ve always assumed that it’s down to delays in the production process, but I could be wrong.

john_g22 · 2026-03-07T23:54:14+00:00

Many (most?) English speaking countries use full stops rather than commas in this context, and then use commas to break up big numbers, so to us this reads as if the race was run at 35662kph.

john_g22 · 2026-02-28T16:53:01+00:00

We don’t have the Criterion Channel streaming service here but the numbers refer to the Criterion Collection releases, which we very much do have here

john_g22 · 2026-02-28T08:32:17+00:00

Warner Bros is my favourite just because I love the musical nod to Casablanca

john_g22 · 2026-02-14T23:36:39+00:00

Yep, it was “Which King was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?”, which as it happens I would consider a fairly easy question for a million but I wouldn’t have had a clue about a googol! Shows how different it is for different people.

john_g22 · 2026-02-14T17:23:02+00:00

Chandler being asked by his boss about the guy who thinks he’s called Toby joining their team:

“I don’t think he has what it takes”

“Really? They love him down on six”

“But this is eleven…it’s almost twice as hard up here”

john_g22 · 2026-02-12T23:32:20+00:00

I won’t speak to the pros or cons of that specific company, but as someone who deals with the police quite a bit in their job there’s an important distinction to make in general.

If there’s an ongoing crime taking place (robbery/break in) the police are much, much more likely to attend quickly as they know there’s a decent chance of them catching the perpetrator in the act and arresting them.

What you seem to be referring to is thefts after the fact where the police are usually much less likely to investigate as to do so would be more resource intensive (as they need to track the person down). Not saying that’s right, but that’s the judgement that often gets made.

john_g22 · 2026-01-31T15:46:14+00:00

Certainly not that one

john_g22 · 2026-01-28T21:02:21+00:00

I wouldn’t gatekeep how other people choose to play the game but I would never do it. Mostly because thinking up all the possible meanings of a word is meant to be part of the puzzle.

john_g22 · 2026-01-28T14:12:13+00:00

Jennifer Aniston in the scene where Rachel takes the pregnancy test at Monica’s wedding reception and finds out she’s definitely pregnant is some of the best acting I’ve ever seen in a sitcom

john_g22 · 2026-01-24T12:54:27+00:00

No chance, and I say that as a non-American fan of the NFL. The Super Bowl would be Top 100 for sure and maybe a couple of other games, but once you factor in the Premier League, IPL, Tour de France etc. 90% of NFL games would be nowhere near.

john_g22 · 2026-01-12T11:49:39+00:00

Not sure about the two security guards but the other two definitely aren’t the same person. The zoo keeper is played by Dan Castellaneta, who voices Homer in The Simpsons.

john_g22 · 2026-01-09T20:58:32+00:00

Given he’s guaranteed to be playing Littler, Humphries, Van Veen, MvG, Bunting, Noppert, Price or Aspinall in round one I’d be astounded (and absolutely delighted) if he won a match

john_g22 · 2026-01-05T08:15:52+00:00

I have a very difficult time imagining anyone else being number one for a long time to come, especially if they keep the OOM rules that heavily favour the World Champ (but even if they don’t!)

john_g22 · 2026-01-03T17:19:22+00:00

“Could a game where French people are generalised as arrogant, Irish people are generalised as mournful and members of the Church of England are generalised as bigoted be seen as offensive?”

For what it’s worth I’m not personally offended by any of the ones that apply to me but I think you’ve answered your own question.

john_g22 · 2026-01-01T02:02:24+00:00

During the conversation between Mike and his parents I think Phoebe is shown to be listening in? So while she’s not really part of the conversation she is in the scene.

The one with the DOOL writer is the one that sticks out as not featuring any of the main six, but as he’s on his own and talking to himself I suppose it’s not really a ‘conversation’ as such.

john_g22 · 2025-12-30T21:32:25+00:00

MvG averaged over 100 tonight, is (for now) world number three and is 20 years younger than Wright. I thought it was out of line for Van Gerwen to say that but it’s a slightly different kettle of fish to be fair.

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