You missed out the sly look at the ref to see if he’s getting his/her card out.

There is a universal playbook for simulation. Open mouth, shocked look and arms flung crazily forward. Then obligatory writhing. Often followed by a miraculous recovery. Real injuries NEVER look like that.

Back to FIFA and fair play to them for trying to stop time wasting(one of the two big blights on the game along with simulation/mincing around exaggerating any contact(see above comments about Brazil))Although to be fair I saw Columbian Luis Diaz get tackled on the touchline then do five roly polies(?)(fact)and end up outside the…[Read more]

I think FIFA must have spent some of their billions on a teleport machine.The big baby seems to be at every game.Sure I saw him at the G7 bash as well.

Currently watching Brazil v Morocco and the histrionics of the Brazilian players when they’re being tackled is shameful to watch.Some of my earliest football memories were of that gorgeous Brazil team of 1970:Pele,Jairzinho,Tostao,Rivelino,Gerson ,Carlos Alberto etc they would be ashamed.Wankers.

Well played @desperate-dan,you finally found your Classic mojo.

Are you staying up for the game of the century @ixan57 ?Wait he’s already gone to bed.Lightweight…er…no I’m not.

Happy wife happy life @jrsquonk.And yes Classic certainly stirred a hornets nest.

No offense taken!  You’re one of the great players here and I know you worked for it honestly.

All is well with me, I just decided to move on one day.  AB was taking a lot of time and my wife wasn’t too happy with me.  I think the thing that did it for me was when they rereleased AB with some significant changes in the levels (like an extra two birds in one case!), but they didn’t start a separate leaderboard for the new version.   I did…[Read more]

Rumours of Scots selling one of their kidneys to finance trips to the WC are totally erroneous.How much would you get for a Scotsman’s kidney?Even less for his liver.

BTW @jrsquonk your strategy on JP 36-14 is classic:”Just luck out on your first try!”

Wish I could’ve mastered that strategy on 35-15.