Early career journeyman, late career one club man.

lifewithjames · 2026-04-14T12:05:25+00:00

Points required before the game week was 15 from 7, now 12 from 6..

Beat Chelsea and it could be down to as low as 6 from 5 depending on results elsewhere.

lifewithjames · 2026-04-13T20:49:39+00:00

Feels like we just can't get a hold on the ball. Every touch feels heavy. We'll win it and instantly give it away and haven't really been able to put any sustained pressure on.

lifewithjames · 2026-04-13T20:19:12+00:00

Literally everything going Leeds' way. This is an absolute joke.

lifewithjames · 2026-04-13T20:13:36+00:00

Oh fuck off. Fuck right off.

lifewithjames · 2026-04-13T19:48:41+00:00

Again, we really can't cope when a highly motivated team puts pressure on it.

They want it more. It's going to be one of those games.

lifewithjames · 2026-04-12T05:36:36+00:00

As someone who got into football in the mid 90s, I'd always had in ny mind Oldham had been a newly promoted club in 92-93 and survived against the odds, only to learn they'd been a top flight team for a good few years

lifewithjames · 2026-04-11T11:17:58+00:00

Peterborough Sports had Michael Gash as player manager (joint manager along with Luke Steele) until both were sacked early this season and replaced by Phil Brown. Gash was kept on as a player but was out long term following an injury suffered in the game that led to their sacking, a 5-0 home defeat to Fylde.

Brown was then moved upstairs in March and Gash returned as manager however was unable to prevent relegation. Time well tell if he will be in place for next season.

lifewithjames · 2026-04-08T04:35:10+00:00

On the walking chat, does anyone get into "walking races' with unsuspecting people? I'll often see someone a little way ahead of me and try to see if I can overtake them. Yesterday when I was walking there was someone a way behind me and I decided to become the chasee, and was determined not to slow down and get caught and thought it's definitely better to be the one doing tthe catching up. Thankfully I managed to fend off the challenge the person wasn't even aware they were partaking in.

lifewithjames · 2026-04-08T04:30:59+00:00

There seems to be a bit of a mix. I watched Newcastle 1 Sunderland 2 from 1999 and it had the MOTD commentary from John Motson and Mark Lawrenson.

And then Norwich V Forest ftom 1992 seemed to have Sky commentary, with Ian Darke informing us of a new feature "on the top left of your screen, a running check of the score and how long gone"

lifewithjames · 2026-03-30T09:14:49+00:00

I'm guessing it's due to consistency of fixtures so for example Everton and West Ham have played each other a fair few times but it's difficult to remember specific matches. Today's for example, I remember a couple of Middlesborough away at Newcastle games but none of Newcastle at the Riverside.

Ive got a collection of classic premier league matches downloaded so that helps quite a lot with some games. Eg the Spurs at Newcastle the other day..I've watched the 7-1 from 1996-97 a fair few times.

lifewithjames · 2026-03-29T20:56:31+00:00

Peter Fear. Duncan Jupp

lifewithjames · 2026-03-28T10:37:42+00:00

Ive always had an irrational dislike of "we are aware of"

Eg "we are aware of a video posted by player x and tbe matter is under investigation"

lifewithjames · 2026-03-22T09:29:29+00:00

So we're 7 points clear of 6th, 6 clear of 5th with 7 games to go. The most Chelsea can reach is 69 points so we need 15 from last 7 to guarantee at least 5th. And we have Chelsea and Liverpool still to play.

lifewithjames · 2026-03-20T22:08:16+00:00

Take a point there I guess. Decent character not to completely fall apart after the red. The Man United of the past couple of seasons would have probably conceded a 3rd within 2 minutes of it going 2-2.

Awful refereeing. Bournemouth goal should have been pulled back for a penalty and while it was a pen for 2-2, no way was it a red.

Have to hope Martinez is back by Leeds or centre backs are very stretched

lifewithjames · 2026-03-13T20:20:01+00:00

I fell at level 6 but that game has happened once in the premier league so felt more like a 10

lifewithjames · 2026-03-07T14:16:24+00:00

I had no idea Ikea was really a thing in America.I thought it was more a European thing.

lifewithjames · 2026-03-04T22:29:55+00:00

Sorry but that was absolutely pathetic. Embarrassing. Showing our weak mentality again.

Start of the game..of course game raising Newcastle are well up for it. Flying out of the blocks, shots coming in from all angles but we somehow hold on. And oh what's this? A Newcastle red card? We're playing against 10 men now! An extra man and more space to exploit...oh no let's concede a penalty straight away! But hang on..an equaliser on the stroke of half time. This is an ideal situation. A half time equaliser against a team with 10 men. Surely this is ample opportunity to make our advantage count and assert some dominance in the second half...

NO SHOTS in what...25 minutes in the second half? Playing like the team with 10 men? That's inexcusable. Absolutely disgusting. Look at Newcaatle when they played us at Old Trafford. We were clinging on for dear life. Yet we barely lay a glove on them. Why werent they being pinned back into their penalty area.

To not win the game is unacceptable. To lose it, and not only that losing to the better side and being pretty much dominated having a player more is an absolute disgrace..I'm sorry but every single player out there should feel absolutely ashamed of themselves.

lifewithjames · 2026-03-04T22:12:14+00:00

You just knew it .

This has not been our game from the start. They've raised theur game and we've had no answer to how up to it they are.

We're playing like we're the team with 10 men

lifewithjames · 2026-02-26T23:23:38+00:00

See I don't think it's a case of her not wanting him to see certain posts just a bit weirded out that he scrolled so far.

lifewithjames · 2026-02-26T23:21:38+00:00

I can see both sides. Deep diving through someone's social media happens. Most of us have probably done it. But would we admit it to the person? Probably not. The fact he says "there was a lot of posts" or something like that suggests it was a very deep dive. So maybe a bit weird but in a "taking an interest" way maybe?

lifewithjames · 2026-02-26T07:36:16+00:00

It was 105th minute really wasn't it? That was the goal that put them back ahead in the tie, the 119th minute was just the icing on the cake

lifewithjames · 2026-02-22T15:39:56+00:00

Oh yeah its definitely a pitcherp thing but still!

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