Has anyone else seen the advert on TV for the Terminator model? No? Let me jog your memory…
Going to subscribe? You won’t be if you have more than one brain cell, or have never been in possession of a jackpot-winning Euro Millions ticket.
Why? Take a closer look at the advert…
£1.99 – “that’s great value”, I hear you all shout.
£8.99 – “not too bad for a few issues. How many are there? 120? How much will that cost me?”
£1,071.80 – “ouch”.
Considering the original Terminator movie was released in 1984 and inflation prices, the real-life robot used in the film, 35 years ago, probably cost less than this model.
To celebrate – or lament – 100 years of Leeds United, the club have designed a centenary badge, for next season…
One could argue that the design is rather simple. I am yet to hear confirmation or denial, from the club, on whether or not the badge was designed using Microsoft Paint, by their now infamous intern…
Back to the badge – I don’t know if I like it or hate it. I could never go as far to say that I love it.
In reality, I wouldn’t care if Leeds had that poo emoji as a badge, as long as they get promoted to the Premier League!
* Second only to mine.
This is quite simply brilliant. Credit and congrats to the groom, @Jack_Nichol, who uploaded the video and allowed me to use it on my blog.
Luckily, when I married Claire in 2015, Marcelo Bielsa was not Leeds United manager.
The man in charge at the time was Neil Redfearn, who had just guided Leeds to the dizzy heights of 15th in the league.
Had I mentioned Neil Redfearn in my wedding speech, I would have had one of the shortest marriages in history – and not just because he was awful for Leeds.
‘Redders’ was sacked 11 days later.
When I first saw the below tweet, I assumed that, as a major news website and paper had decided to report on the subject, Jack Whitehall must have said something outrageous.
What could Jack have said – something along the lines of this?
Brexit is a f***ing waste of time and Teresa May is a useless c***!
Nope. It was nothing like that. According to the Mirror website – the same place behind the lion pe*is story.
Jack Whitehall was forced to apologise for his language after saying the word p***ed during an interview on Lorraine
Wash your mouth out with soap and water, Jack.
The English Football League (EFL) have finally made a decision on Leeds United and ‘spygate’ (Sky’s words, not mine), by fining the club £200,000 and introducing a new rule.
This new regulation will presumemly be used as a stick to beat Leeds with, despite the so-called ‘spying’ taking place before the rule was written.
One previously existing rule was mentioned by the EFL, as the primary reason Leeds were fined. I won’t bore you, by posting the entire thing here, but the gist of it is basically
… each Club shall behave towards each other Club and The League with the utmost good faith.
So when opposition players dive for penalties, which change the outcome of a match, is that behaving in the utmost good faith?
Leeds issued a statement, more or less apologising for their terrible behaviour and saying that they accept the punishment.
What fecking choice do they have? While unlikely to actually happen, there was talk of a points deduction. Given the fact Leeds are competing for promotion to the Premier League – worth over £100,000,000 – every point is literally priceless.
The EFL therefore have Leeds over a barrel. “Accept our punishment of £200k and be grateful for it!”. Leeds know that should they appeal the decision and lose, there is the doubtful, but, at the same time, possible, chance of losing points.
Basically, Leeds are the kid at school, who had his dinner money stolen by the playground bully. If the kid fights back, he’ll probably get his face smashed in by the EFL, sorry, school bully.
Leeds may have been polite and diplomatic in their statement. I, however, am not going to be. I have therefore asked Father Jack Hackett to “read” a message to the EFL, on my behalf…
Oh, and while we’re pointing out each others’ flaws, here is a list of things which the EFL and FA haven’t fined football clubs for.
How many of these things are worse than watching another team train, from a public footpath, without breaking any rules (at the time)…
- Racist chanting
- Throwing bananas
- Homophobia
- Sexual Harassment
- Diving
- Time-wasting
- Paying off agents
Finally, may I wish the EFL Chief Executive, Shaun Harvey, the best of luck for the future. This morning, Shaun (who can’t even spell his own name correctly), announced he was leaving the EFL, at the end of the season.
I hear that his colleagues have been very generous with the leaving collection held for him…
LEGAL: Not one penny, I repeat NOT ONE PENNY, from Leeds United’s fine was put towards Shaun Harvey’s leaving gift. This JPEG is a JOKE. However, if you don’t believe me, please issue a punishment by deducting 20 points from my club. I support Norwich City.
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