BFTD Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 12 hours ago, philpy said: People who watch love island. How people can find anything entertaining about it is puzzling. Oh look, two brainless Wannabees are trying to shag each other. Watch something a bit more educational FFS. When I was a wean, I remember somebody famous being annoyed when Blind Date first started, saying that eventually TV was going to degenerate into a couple of people being put in a room together to see if they'll f**k in front of the cameras. I've managed to miss this Love Island thing, but am I right in assuming that this prediction has basically come true? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Petting police horses. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, The OP said: Petting police horses. ^^^Newcastle fan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dee Man said: ^^^Newcastle fan I was just starting to worry that you'd gone out for the day and been put in a coma by an angry rollerblader. Glad to see you back posting, even if it it with the aid of a stylus strapped to your forehead. Edited July 15, 2019 by Shandon Par 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 21 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: I was just starting to worry that you'd gone out for the day and been put in a coma by and angry rollerblader. Glad to see you back posting, even if it it with the aid of a stylus strapped to your forehead. I've been holidaying on foreign soil in Englandshire for a few weeks and any posts I made during that time would have been even less coherent than usual so I just took a back seat which is probably the best for everyone really. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Just now, Dee Man said: I've been holidaying on foreign soil in Englandshire for a few weeks and any posts I made during that time would have been even less coherent than usual so I just took a back seat which is probably the best for everyone really. Good to know you are safe. I will be holidaying in Dundeeshire (near Edzell) next week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 22 hours ago, Gaz FFC said: Football fans who repeat the line "it's a short career" when justifying player X getting stupid wages. As far as I'm aware their isn't a law that stops football players from earning after they retire from playing and in many cases a lot of players go on to make even more money after they've stopped playing. Frank Lampard is probably on more now as Chelsea manager than he was ever on as a player yet I bet his agent played the short career card when negotiating his last Chelsea deal. I get why agents lie (no better than lawyers) to get players a better deal but for a guy who earns less than £30k a year to stand with his mates and repeat that shite as though it's true is fucking moronic and boils my piss. Utter pish, about 99% of footballers will NOT have a career in football after their playing days are over. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 They could try opening a boutique. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I'm far from fashionable myself but anyone wearing these monstrosities is without question a fucking moron. Didn’t realise that sea anemones could surf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Petting police horses. Good band. Shame it ended the way it did. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Dee Man said: I've been holidaying on foreign soil in Englandshire for a few weeks and any posts I made during that time would have been even less coherent than usual so I just took a back seat which is probably the best for everyone really. Lives in Australia. Goes on holiday to England. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Lives in Australia. Goes on holiday to England. Not only that but I turned up white as a sheet and went home with an übertan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ2 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Lives in Australia. Goes on holiday to England. [emoji848]First sentence, suggests he’s an idiot. Live in a country where everything is intent on killing you from the weather, to the hobbies, to the animals. Second sentence shows just how much of an idiot. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 4 hours ago, SlipperyP said: Utter pish, about 99% of footballers will NOT have a career in football after their playing days are over. I never said they will. The whole idea seems to be that exclusive to footballers because they can't play probably after 40 that they have to get paid super duper wages for 20 years. Aren't they allowed to do other jobs? Do all footballers stop earning at all the day they retire from playing? Why aren't footballers allowed to earn like everybody else after they stop playing? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I never said they will. The whole idea seems to be that exclusive to footballers because they can't play probably after 40 that they have to get paid super duper wages for 20 years. Aren't they allowed to do other jobs? Do all footballers stop earning at all the day they retire from playing? Why aren't footballers allowed to earn like everybody else after they stop playing? Is the point just that a players salary isn’t determined by the length of career? I mean, that is obviously correct but I can’t say I’ve ever come across someone making that argument. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 3 hours ago, NJ2 said: First sentence, suggests he’s an idiot. Live in a country where everything is intent on killing you from the weather, to the hobbies, to the animals. Second sentence shows just how much of an idiot. You missed out 'the people' from the things that try to kill you list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Is the point just that a players salary isn’t determined by the length of career? I mean, that is obviously correct but I can’t say I’ve ever come across someone making that argument. The point is players/agents are greedy as f**k and using a terrible excuse to rinse the big clubs (luckily this won't really effect Falkirk) and fans repeating the line that Neymar etc deserve £8billion a week because "it's a short career" are talking pure bollocks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, Gaz FFC said: The point is players/agents are greedy as f**k and using a terrible excuse to rinse the big clubs (luckily this won't really effect Falkirk) and fans repeating the line that Neymar etc deserve £8billion a week because "it's a short career" are talking pure bollocks. Well yes if there are people arguing that players of that level earn that because it's a short career then yes, it's moronic. I have never, ever heard someone say that though. Obviously players are greedy and Neymar is a grade A c*** but he earns PSG a fair wedge of money through shirt sales, exposure and so on. The alternative is PSG just pocketing that for themselves which I'd say is pretty unfair. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Well yes if there are people arguing that players of that level earn that because it's a short career then yes, it's moronic. I have never, ever heard someone say that though. Obviously players are greedy and Neymar is a grade A c*** but he earns PSG a fair wedge of money through shirt sales, exposure and so on. The alternative is PSG just pocketing that for themselves which I'd say is pretty unfair. I fully understand players using the line but the original point was a fella standing in the pub telling folk it's a short career and that's the going rate for top players. I see it on forums and hear it in conversations all the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I never cease to be amazed at the ordinary man in the street's willingness to swallow justifications for the super-rich getting ever richer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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