I wouldn't want to be betting Man Utd @1-2 away from home at Stoke...thoughts Arb ?

[Still at least we get to see Drinkwater/Kante back in partnership on Saturday. It could be messy, for us.]

Ross Barkley pulled out of a chelsea move/medical at 10.30pm on deadline night

that delayed Drinkwater to 10.45pm

and in turn left us going to the wire. Silva was agreed,medical done and they were twiddling their thumbs in the canteen but they couldn't submit the paperwork as didn't want to buy him without the drinkwater move/money

one of those things, except that the director of football Jon Rudkin is widely assumed to be not up to the job, and this is more grist to the mill

Still at least we get to see Drinkwater/Kante back in partnership on Saturday. It could be messy, for us.

Im not so sure as I think Chelsea could be vulnerable , I think Leicester have the speed merchants to burst out of the traps fired up by the home crowd ,   8-1 ish  half time  full time appeals

[They are amazing for wasps and it's good fun swatting them.]

Must be a wasps nest outside our house close to the bathroom
There were about 5 inside the bathroom just now and the window open,
Luckily I've purchased one of those executioner zappers from amazon for about £12 and
They are amazing for wasps and it's good fun swatting them.

Theres a brave new world out there

[Stand out 4-7 at Bet 365]

Get the ball rolling with Joe Hart to be included after Gareth Southgate said yesterday   "I believe he's our best goalkeeper at the moment "

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41045462

Of course things can change between now and June The 14th 2018 but given Southgates comments and the fact they take 3 keepers avoiding injury I find it inconceivable he wont go.

Stand out 4-7 at Bet 365 recommend maximum bet , have to be quick though

https://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/england/to-make-england-world-cup-2018-squad

Also one of Southgates favorites Jake Livermore is worth a tickle at 4-1 with VC

[All 14 year old girls should be given a 5 year contraceptive injection]

All 14 year old girls should be given a 5 year contraceptive injection

I know some 15-19yr old boys who'd disagree with that! Wouldn't actually have made a difference to me, would have just saved me some time I'm long past 19yr old girls (or rather they're long past me) so don't give a fuck about this until I have a 14yr old daughter, in which case I'll be massively on board I've no doubt.

Absolute  Genius

[reading the poker europa magazine in napoloeans Sheffield]

How did you first ' discover ' on line poker ?
Where did you first play live / online site ?
Great tip yesterday thanks
Azine
Seeing my daughter born has always been the best night of my life
at 41 I had been a step dad twice which was good ,Steven n Robert were 5-7 when I met their mum ,they are in their 40s now ,I still have contact with one of them but they live in Worthing on the south coast so I don't see them much
It was the making of me tho ,it made me grow up ,we had some great times
my advice is to treat them all the same which I'm sure u will

I first discovered online poker by reading the poker europa magazine in napoloeans Sheffield where I first played live
I wanna say about 2001/2. £10 rebuys and £20rbs that magazine was everything to me, I'd read if from cover to cover
And idolise the Hendon mob, camel, Garry bush, Ali mallu, etc.. the first site I played on online was VCpoker (I liked the software best) about 2004
And met Moorman/pab/flushy/geeforce on their. In 2015 I was Moorman's best man, and been friends with flushy and pab for a good 11 years and always get on with GeForce wherever we meet. A great group to get a grounding in poker

We all lived for that magazine, even though it was, astonishingly, printed in 3 languages, so two thirds of it was repeated info we could not even read.

First thing I did was look inside the back cover to read El Blondie's column, then scanned the Results section. 7th place in a tenner rebuy and we had our name in a magazine, yay. 

Naps Sheffield was amazing, & when the big boys came up - Camel, Colclough, Bushy, Joe Beevers, Shipley, Julian or Dave Gardner, Jac Arama (!) etc, we thought it was just great.

Naps Sheffield (Owlerton) is still the only venue I've played in which had a 200 denom tournament chip, too. Mind you, all the chips would stick together, unriffleable, as they were so filthy.

Those crazy £10 re buys and Sheffield festivals at Naps

My first ever live tournament I agreed to meet Connor Tate who was Sealey from Ladbrokes so bear in mind I didn't know anybody at my first table I was sat inbetween a very chirpy Lawrence Gosney and CT Law (rip )opposite was Dave Gardner and a chap with a big cigar and a massive fan I later found out was George Geary (rip also)..Mr Gosney never shut up and we have subsequently a lot of fun over the years winding each other up.

For the festivals I got to know Tikay and from Nottingham Julian T and a fresh faced Wadey  and the standard Camel and Colclough.

Unfortunately the owners of Naps took liberties with the poker players (loads of things wrong )and the likes of myself stopped going

Great times even though we were packed like sardines in the smokiest environment ever

Hey...nice one mate

Glad everybody is fit and healthy

Baptism of fire for sure , loving the compromise of temporarily dropping the poker and replacing it with the nags   

Hero was playing really well but just got coolered in final hand so is out , but cashed for €2160

Going out for dinner with him now and given that the fields are so soft here we are going to discuss a couple of other tournaments  probably the 2k high roller and the main event 1k satelite tomorrow and Monday.

Happy to let my 20 percent ride if he decides to play.

Grant doing okay...on the next table from me on 55k from 30 starting stack

Stay safe Fraser old buddy

Cheers Bud  ...we are fine but Grant( zzzrope on here )after being locked in his hotel during the incident had been allowed out for water but is now locked out  

 offered him our floor if struggling so watch this space

Hi all, I arrived this morning but unfortunately did not get in to day 1b in time as it took an age to get the ps live card. I have pre regged for tomorrow. Very surreal, I went back to my hotel (on las ramblas) for a sleep and have woken to being locked in the hotel and at least 13 dead. Heartbreaking for all who have lost loved ones today 

Keep strong bud

Ghastly news. These things always hit home more when we have been to the place, & of course many of us have, several times.

There is a blonde actually staying at a hotel in Las Ramblas today, he has a Staking Thread, here;


http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=67672.new#new

Things crazy here..I've been in constant touch with Grant (ZZZ ROPE TODAY)  as he is actually in Las Ramblas

He had sent me a horrific photo in real time at 5.10pm from his hotel window as it had just happened. The place  is  still manic with traffic backed up and blue lights  everywhere.

Latest Local news saying at least 13 dead and 80 injured and there has just been a shoot out with two police officers and they have shot a guy dead ( they claim he is Moroccan but could be stolen i d  .The casino is approx 2 miles away and is absolutely  packed with an alternates list of 400 so long they shut registration for the 1100 euro till tommorow. ..needless to say the sub terrean poker continued amongst all the madness upstairs

A bit surreal..Hopefully the worst is over

[Bristol City to finish in the bottom half of the championship at a stand out 4-5]

Bristol City to finish in the bottom half of the championship at a stand out 4-5 .  There are 24 teams in the championship and 12 places is plenty enough for this lot to finish in.

Star striker Tammy Abrahams has  left for Swansea having scored most of their goals last season ( 26)  his nearest team mate was on 7 . They have spent £5 million on striker Famara Diedhiou from a French second division side Clermont  but other than that no other signing  stands out .
 
Their manager Lee Johnson is still to prove himself and it has been reported this morning that Birmingham have moved in on their two best defenders Aden Flint and Joe Bryan   ( flint has 29 goals from centre half in 200 games )

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40804646

I make this minimum 1-2 shot so recommend  £100 @ 4-5 if you can get on at PP or BFSB     https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/championship/to-finish-in-bottom-half

plus ...look at the list of teams in that division , highly likely a combo these will occupy the top 12

Aston Villa   
Birmingham City   
Brentford   
Cardiff City   
Derby County   
Fulham   
Hull City
Leeds United
Middlesbrough
Norwich City   
Nottingham Forest   
Queens Park Rangers
Reading   
Sheffield Wednesday   
Sunderland   
Wolverhampton Wanderers   

[Bristol City to finish in the bottom half of the championship at a stand out 4-5]

Bristol City to finish in the bottom half of the championship at a stand out 4-5 .  There are 24 teams in the championship and 12 places is plenty enough for this lot to finish in.

Star striker Tammy Abrahams has  left for Swansea having scored most of their goals last season ( 26)  his nearest team mate was on 7 . They have spent £5 million on striker Famara Diedhiou from a French second division side Clermont  but other than that no other signing  stands out .
 
Their manager Lee Johnson is still to prove himself and it has been reported this morning that Birmingham have moved in on their two best defenders Aden Flint and Joe Bryan   ( flint has 29 goals from centre half in 200 games )

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40804646

I make this minimum 1-2 shot so recommend  £100 @ 4-5 if you can get on at PP or BFSB     https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/championship/to-finish-in-bottom-half

Money for  Mcgregor , Mayweather now a 1-5 in various places  , 20 % tax free investment ? When do you guys think he becomes a bet   ?

https://www.oddschecker.com/boxing/floyd-mayweather-jr-v-conor-mcgregor/winner?selectionName=floyd-mayweather-jr