u/slickbackbillyboo

Far too often I think people who watch films do so with an eye of criticism born from what they think the film should be based on how they would tell the story, rather than allowing the makers to tell their story. Do you like to partake in the film theory’s discourse or prefer to see a film and discuss its merits or failings for what it is, and not what you think it could have been?

I'm probably going to get the away shirt this season. Being an overseas fan it's one of the ways I can actually support the club from afar. Managed to get at least one shirt per season for a while now.

I've had a mixture of getting them with names and without, some players are gone, some are still here.

This year I'm thinking either Williams, Jesus, or Yates.

Do you get name/number shirts? Leave them blank? Have a particular player you like to get?

Maybe I’m just blessed in the “take a knee” world of reffing, but during the World Cup seeing oppositions get sometimes way to close to injured players on the floor during a stop in play has really started to irk me.

Has there ever been discussion of establishing a zone around injured players that opposition players can’t enter?

Please and thank you.

Messi's penalty record isn't great, but the commentary team here in the US described the Egypt save as a good one against "one of the best in the world"

Is it because of who he is, or because of the tendency towards superlatives not just at the World Cup but in the later stages?

At what stage can we start to call all the players the best in the world?

Would love to sign him...

No, not that one!

Alright, nothing official yet (I think), and thank you for the wonderful calm you brought to a crazy season, VP - always will be loved - but if it’s Glasner, what does that mean for our shape, players, targets etc?

Is it too soon to start talking about this stuff?

Remember, it was between OG and NES way back when, so is this forward, backward? How excited are you?

I’m guessing if you are in this community you’re a listener of the pod. How many other football pods do you manage to fit in, and what’s your pecking order and listening habits?

If I’m working I tend to be driving to and from, so will either listen on drives, or long walks. Sometimes in the gym.

I listen to Cliches, Totally Football, Football Weekly, and Libero. I’ve tried a few others - team specific for the team I follow, for example - but the mic quality on a lot of pods make them hard on my ears.

World Cup coverage has been a little tough to follow, but I managed to catch up on Cliches on a flight, but I’m way behind on totally and weekly, and don’t enjoy going back on those shows to listen to old shows too much.

I’m of the opinion that we should not be signing any players currently at the World Cup.

Apart from the classic having a good tournament not a good transfer cliche, I think we risk having a player not link up with the team early enough to build the unity we are looking for.

If we’re looking at four to five, fullback, couple of mids, a wood successor and a keeper, what are some of the rules that you have in mind for looking for players?

For me - fourth or fifth highest scorer in Germany that isn’t with a team in the top three is always worth a look.

Never sign a top scorer from Portugal

Italian fullbacks don’t have as much experience with dealing with wingers because of the style of play in Italy (although that’s been changing a little this year).

That was pretty nice, wasn't it?

Kind of fascinated by players being in the middle of an obvious planned celebration but then being wiped out by a team mate running in and jumping on them from off camera.

I’m of the belief that the years of hurt aren’t a fixed timeline for England fans, but rather a sliding scale which sees two to three cycles of expectation built up but unmet, before settling on a resigned sense of business as usual.

I know the discussion has been had before about when the clock would have stated, but each individual has their own clock - not just based on whether they were alive for ‘66 or not. It’s tied more to the expectation of generational players vs generational teams; unique talents vs golden ages - with most players looking at a peak of 3 WC tournaments before questions of their waning star being had.

Therefore, I really do feel that the most years of hurt most fans can go through is 12 before they just go into a stage of acceptance that it isn’t going to happen or wasn’t meant to be.

I’m not saying I need a break, but I almost called a kid in a pushchair today a full kit wanker because he had a shirt and shorts on.

Got a Fellow pour over kettle, and recently it's started to splutter when pouring.

Is it a user error or a device error?

I don't think I've ever seen a ref go down with cramp!

I don't know why exactly, but the Sweden vs Tunisia game has the most Premier League energy of any of the games I've seen so far.

By that, I mean, if you dropped the commentary, and wasn't paying too much attention, it could pass for a late game for a top middle vs a bottom league side.

One of my absolute favorite things about the World Cup, especially the group stage, is that moment when you feel the swell of the love of the game for something happening that you have no emotional attachment to the result, but just love that it happened.

Perfect case in point, that Qatar equalizer at the end of their game against Switzerland. I don’t like or dislike either team more or less than the other, don’t have a team in their group, no connections at all, but just loved that equalizer.

We often hear about how x player can’t afford to miss from there, or can’t afford to make a mistake there…

What is the highest/cheapest level players can afford mistakes at? Is it specific to the goal area, or can it happen in other places?