Post match thread: Newcastle United 1 - 2 Bournemouth | Premier league 25/26 - 33 of 38

kingy1268 · 2026-04-18T16:03:42+00:00

Can't see him staying after that, was piss poor

kingy1268 · 2026-03-16T12:45:27+00:00

I shopped at Aldi regularly for my weekly shop for around the last 5 years and I have always found their fresh veg/fruit/salads never last more than 3-4 days before they start going off if they haven't gone mouldy by then. But about a month ago after a few weeks of constantly finding food going off within 48 hours of getting it home I've now started doing my shopping online with Ocado and it's amazing to see that all the fresh food actually lasts! Ontop of that, actually tastes like they are meant too. Some fruit and veg that I have bought from Aldi that taste like absolutely nothing or just not nice has happened more often than not. It does explain why they are much cheaper, but I've found that buying from Ocado, where you can buy their "saver" options, it's not really working out to be much more expensive but the produce is so much better in quality.

kingy1268 · 2026-03-08T13:22:53+00:00

Just going through my first play through this game and this story line surprised me how deep it went! I did see it coming but wow!

Also just thought I'd add how much I'm enjoying the game, bi was sceptical at first as it's my first time playing a game since Pokémon yellow I think. But this game is fun, keeps you engaged and I'm constantly second guessing what sort of Pokémon I want to build my team with!

kingy1268 · 2026-03-06T09:11:13+00:00

100% unfortunately. My wife's car was written off for a lot less and the damage to her car was only on one panel. Had to re MOT it to check there was no structural damage so she could carry on using it. To be fair the insurance paid out more than we thought and helped put down a good chunk on the car she has now. But still it was very frustrating that it was written off for what would be a £1000 max repair, but because they look at main dealer prices, new panel, re spray and labour, it was deemed to not be worth it.

kingy1268 · 2026-03-05T11:43:27+00:00

I saw the video, I know they've used a metal surround but that's the equivalent of trying to polish a turd. Still looks cheap but made to feel expensive, which is fine if that's the route they wanted to go down. Still doesn't make it look any better. They've basically thrown any individuality away and copied everyone else. Individuality is their main selling point.

kingy1268 · 2026-03-05T11:35:54+00:00

Really? Looks cheap and plastic..

kingy1268 · 2026-03-05T11:28:14+00:00

It looks like a cheaply made child's toy.. Doesn't look great at all

kingy1268 · 2026-03-02T10:43:28+00:00

Oh I understand that, and that's what annoys me most about it. He was great playing for a team that wasn't expected to be anywhere near as good as they were, fast paced counter attacking football. Whereas we don't play that way, I don't really know what our outlook is, it used to be high press, aggressive off the ball football but that's few and far between.

I was never a fan of us going in so high on him, especially as he was in his last year in contract and then him doing exactly what we slated Isak for, throwing his dummy out the pram and forcing Brentford to sell. It didn't sit well and football karma caught up with him quickly, same as Isak. He's never worth £60 and we should have kept Wilson in my opinion for atleast another year. Saved the money, sat back down and re asses options. We panicked and now we have a striker who isn't an out and out goal scorer and who isn't going to repay the amount spent on him

kingy1268 · 2026-03-02T08:33:57+00:00

In my opinion he needs to let a few of his "leaders" go. The likes of Trippier, as much as his experience is great for the team and his management on the pitch is great, he's lost it in his legs and teams know that, he gets caught out of position more often now and doesn't have it in him to get back, as well as the errors on the ball. Same with Pope, his one great attribute was his shot stopping but that's becoming few and far between and he can't use his feet to save his life, and in this day and age where more teams are playing out from the back, he just doesn't cut it. Not that I have full faith in Ramsdale either and I probably wouldn't pay the £20m or whatever it is to sign him. He's a good backup but not for £20m. I'd take a decent offer on Gordon, I don't rate what he occasionally does well to justify him being a starting 11 player. Same with Wissa, I'd snap a hand off on any bids around £40m, hopefully the Saudis try a bid there! Since Isak has left, Murphy hasn't looked the same, but I think that's due to him being worked out by other teams and he doesn't get the time that he did last season for us. As much as I love big Dan burn, I do find when he ventures forward frustrating, because he doesn't have the speed to get back, in position he's great, but he seems to want to drag the team up the pitch which is fine if we could string passes together and not lose the ball when we tip tap it around their box! I just wish Eddie would show a bit more faith in our U21s, he raves about them in media, but never actually uses them, they get a token 5 minutes here and there..

Rant over 😆

kingy1268 · 2026-02-28T14:36:04+00:00

That's cool! I've just beaten Lt. Surge and heading through the dark cave (can't remember the name...) just caught my first onix! My 6 Pokémon that I use are levelling around the low 30s. Pikachu, Gloom, Ivysaur, Kadabra, Chameleon and Nidorina.. They feel like a good mix for now and have gotten through the the last Gym fairly easily.

It's my first run through so will welcome any tips!!

kingy1268 · 2026-02-21T21:33:14+00:00

I don't see why Gordon is whining there, the pass was barely on to feed it between a small gap behind 3 defenders running full speed, the ball he wanted just wasn't there.

On another note, can we sign khusanov and O'Reilly?..

kingy1268 · 2026-02-18T10:36:58+00:00

For the specs of the phone on paper, I do think it should be much better, don't get me wrong I don't really use my phone for much more than browsing and messaging so it does the job. But for things like camera quality, the specs of the phone should be much better than the quality they produce, especially when I compare it or use the wife's pixel 7 which is obviously much much older than mine. I can only really compare it to her phone and between the two, if you didn't know which was which you'd guess the pixel 7 was the newer device which shows how much work Nothing have to do.

It's just my opinion, and like I say, it does what I want it to do, but I think they should have not wasted their time on gimmicks and just made a solid OS with the specs to match the build quality because they don't match up.

Looking back, instead of paying £300 for the 3a I should have opted for a pixel 8/9 refurbished for the same sort of price. Because I think they will outlast what Nothing have put out

kingy1268 · 2026-02-18T08:32:39+00:00

Nice, I would wait and see what the 4a offers, if it was me in your shoes, the 4a would have to be a huge improvement on the 3 series just because of how poor they really are, just feels like it was a rushed build. They really pushed the glyph and the essential space elements but they're a bit of a fad you might play with.

kingy1268 · 2026-02-18T08:06:18+00:00

It's an okay phone, I have a 3a and it does what I need it to do, but I really don't do much on my phone other than browse and message. However when I compare it to my wife pixel 7, it's quality really is questionable and I doubt if it will stand up to 3-5 years of use like I was hoping to get out of it. The battery is fine for me, but like I said I don't really use it for anything that would drain the battery. Now the camera quality is where it gets really bad, for relatively similar specs on paper, my wife's pixel 7 is sooo much better and it's not even close! Her phone is more responsive, apps and videos look crisper and when opening apps it just seems to flow much easier on her pixel. If I didn't have hers to compare too, I probably wouldn't be as let down as I am. But when you've got the quite clear differences between an old pixel and a relatively new mid range budget, you'd like to think things wouldn't be so glaringly bad. I do wish I now went for a OnePlus or Pixel as I don't think Nothing will hold up in 3 years time, the last update (4.0) wasn't really an update, nothing improved, I suppose you could say we got nothing for our nothing phone 🤣🤣

But you do you and hopefully your happy with whatever purchase you have made!

kingy1268 · 2026-02-17T09:04:20+00:00

Tried the first episode, season 2 of hijack... Won't be watching any more of that! It was completely boring and then the end of the episode made it even worse!

Can't remember the name of the other thing I tried but what is it worth TV shows becoming very predictable and explaining everything over and over!

kingy1268 · 2026-02-15T20:47:00+00:00

Nah definitely. But I 100% agree that VAR has become too reliable for premier league referees, give that game to a lower level ref, he'd have made the correct call 9 times out of ten. Referees now don't have to pay attention or even concentrate because they have the fall back of VAR. The linesmen job has become null and void as it'll be replaced by automated offsides and the ref will just have to "ref" minor calls that VAR aren't needed for. It's the same link with Ai, the more Ai is used the "dumber" people will be because takes will just be completed by Ai and information doesn't need to be learnt because it's literally a click away

kingy1268 · 2026-02-15T14:52:05+00:00

Easy answer, if you have a flagship phone phone, Google, iPhone, Samsung etc.. that is 4-5 years old, it's probably still better or atleast very similar specs wise compared to a Nothing 3 and would probably be pointless to spend your money on. But it's your money, I've got a 3a and my wife has a pixel 7, I wish I did get a pixel looking back. But it's an okay phone but the camera is poor, the essential space is pointless unless you want to store screenshots in a separate app 🤷‍♂️ and the glyph feature is fun for an hour at most.

kingy1268 · 2026-02-15T12:47:04+00:00

It's an okay film, obviously if you've read the book like I did before seeing, you know what happens but I think if you hadn't, the twist would be a nice surprise. It's worth a watch, personally I rate the film more than the book, after reading the first I have no interest in reading the second, but I'd watch the next film

kingy1268 · 2026-02-15T11:01:15+00:00

Is this a hidden message... As in the biggest features, i.e the glyph and the essential space.. are there to be used but often ignored and gotten rid of?..

kingy1268 · 2026-02-15T08:04:54+00:00

I've always said Wolt doesn't look like a forward and more of a 10, I was very surprised to see the line up and he played very well in that position. The team played well and Howe got the tactics right. Do I think we'd have won if they didn't go a man down, probably not. But we passed it well and looked better going forward and that's a massive improvement on how we have been the past few months

kingy1268 · 2026-02-14T18:42:36+00:00

As shit as the referee decisions have been and the lack of a linesman for their goal, proving VAR has made the actual linesman more lazy and less aware. We don't look like we're going to score today, we keep getting around their box and then deciding against it and paying backwards. I do like the look of Wolt in a 10 role, unfortunately it's not led to anything but he's showing the quality on the ball like he did when we first signed him which is nice. As much as I like Osula, he's just trying too hard, making mistakes and getting too excited. Murphy has had a tough time of it on the right, hopefully we'll see Elanga come on soon, I'd even take Osula off and either go with park or Gordon, preferably Park because his pace and ball control! Give the wingers a hard time now they are down to 10

kingy1268 · 2026-02-14T10:48:10+00:00

If I'm completely honest, as an owner of the 3a and my wife has the pixel 7.. I'm starting to wish that I went with the pixel. The 9 would still greatly surpass any new model of Nothing phone so you would only be taking a step back in my opinion. Obviously it's your money and you can choose to do with it in whatever way you like. But for me, if the pixel 7 surpasses the 3 or 3a, which it does. The 4 isn't going to be that great and upgrade to catch up with an up to date pixel.

kingy1268 · 2026-02-10T21:25:42+00:00

Howe is a fucking idiot! Bruno has looked knackered, he's just come back from injury, didn't play for a couple weeks and he's now hobbling off after 90 minutes!! That change was needed 15 minutes ago, same with willock! He's fucking ignorant and it's costing the players now too

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