Leicester Ram

I feel like an idiot to go on about players we haven't been linked to at all, but I'll be really gutted if we're not even considering Hourihane.
He seems like the sort of player who'd relish the freedom of playing in a 4-3-3, he's young, he's already one of the best CM's in the league, he scores goals and his contract is up in 6 months.
I'm struggling to see why he isn't a player we should be going to the lengths of the earth to get, we've got the recruitment team that went all out to get Raul Albentosa two years ago and really let us know they did so. I hope they show that same commitment again...for the players I want, that is.

You're not like my sister, she loves 'em

Mourinho was very complimentary of McClaren both times we played them, might think highly of him.
Fosu-Mensah is a great shout, very versatile and in the Andre Wisdom mould.
 

Mourinho was very complimentary of McClaren both times we played them, might think highly of him.
Fosu-Mensah is a great shout, very versatile and in the Andre Wisdom mould.
 

Wouldn't get in the team ahead of carrick

Much needed post @sage
Too easily people are saying "433 didn't work" and "players are bottlers" but so much more went on this season. 
Omar was alright but he was a total hot head. So eager to press and chase (which is what gets fans cheering because they're stupid) that he too often left us exposed. And like you say, Cyrus is crazy. He's either a really crap good player or a really good crap player. He's so up and down that I can't decide if I rate him or hate him.
That goal v Forest was disgusting. More so than the first Brum goal.
A Grant goal kick. Hoofed long to Bent. And as soon as the ball flies over the halfway line 6 players are gone. Can't remember who won the header for Forest but it put 6 players out the game. Then Omar committed suicide. 1 header from their own half put Forest on through on goal. 
I loved how many players Mac used to get beyond the ball. But this was just poor decision making. But there's been little to no danger of it happening since... Or scoring much.
Many asked for a Plan B. But the problem is one we're seeing now. We've got so many options but very little depth to cover any specific system. 
McClaren was very unlucky to lose all 3 DM's. Eustace and Thorne just knew that role. They took so much ***** work off the other 2 midfielders. 
The other mistake Mac made was the tinkering of the defence.
We'd already lost Thorne, Eustace, Martin. So our spine had taken a blow. Then he seemed to set about systematically destroying confidence.
By tinkering with the defence we started to see the worst of Forsyth. Cyrus had broken completely. Then Whitbread, Shotton and Buxton couldn't get settled. Kept getting traded all over the place. And Keogh never knew who his partners would be. He even appeared at RB himself 
Then to kick a team that's down we had all the speculation and panic around Newcastle. 
The lessons to learn from this season were blatant. And I wish Mac had been here longer to show if he can learn. I wish we'd spent £25m on just a Thorne and Martin with a good defender thrown in. Maybe loan a winger because Mac was really good with wingers. He didn't like them to play 90mins and if we had what he called "a full back game" then he gave himself all kinds of options. Dawkins was a great slowly slowly catchy monkey alternative for building play. Ward and Russell very much for exploding play. Ibe for ridiculous ability to go through defenders with the ball. Far more direct than anyone else. No going around them. Through them!! He was improving too. 
So much to take from this season. So much to build on 

Ice Age: Collision Course-
A coworker and I took some kids to this today who are in the summer reading program we are in charge of.Needless to say,we thought it was pretty bad and I could tell the kids did as well,hardly any laughs and two of them even nodded off during it lol.
2/10.
 

Hoo-ah

Civil War- 9/10
Saw it last Friday, probably the film that showcases all the best elements of Marvel films.

Thought his early work at Everton was better tbh.
Seems he's elbowed his way into the mainstream now though.

Seen it twice now
It's got some serious problems, really poorly cut together with about twice as much plot as it needs. Suffers from being a film setting up all the Justice League films, as shown by a very stupid sequence with an email. I still don't feel like I know this version of Superman at all, in all his scenes he's either brooding (like Batman should) or threatening people (like Batman should). Henry Cavill has a good Superman in him, but the writing for him is turgid. I think Zach Snyder isn't the right man for these projects, hasn't learnt a single thing from the criticism of Man of Steel and he basically can't tell a good, cohesive story.
Also, Jesse Eisenberg (a casting I defended when it was announced) is absolutely laughable as Lex Luthor. Awful performance.
BUT, Batman is great, Affleck is perfectly cast as him. It's a really comic booky Batman with a great Batcave and Bat gadgets, also makes it completely plausible as to how he could fight Superman. Jeremy Irons is a brilliant Alfred. Some great action scenes (and some not so great, very generic action scenes), Wonder Woman is really good in it and Gal Gadot is just ******* gorgeous. I enjoyed it more the second time and while it does have problems, once you get past some of them it's enjoyable enough.
6.5/10
But be warned, if you're not a comic book fan there are some scenes in there, particularly any nightmare sequences, that are utterly incomprehensible. I vaguely recognised some of them and I have an above average knowledge of this stuff, which says a lot. Prepare to be confused.

"Clueless" is an understatement, Leicester. I can say that, apart from Watchmen (which was okay), every other film he's made has been superficial junk of the highest order. It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that he thinks he's being profound. That, for me, makes him worse than even Michael Bay, who at least doesn't feel the need to apologise for his awful brain-dead and bombastic films. 
I am now officially done with superhero films. With a few honourable exceptions, most of them have been *****. The big studios are now taking us for suckers. 

The ending is the most brilliantly depressing thing ever.

Just saw Deadpool, very solid 8.
A lot of great gags in there, wish I'd seen it with a better audience though, mine were really quiet. Seeing it again with mates on the weekend though, so could go up a rating.
Love is blind
No, you're blind

The ending is the most brilliantly depressing thing ever.

Creed 8/10, never seen a Rocky film before but absolutely loved this. First time I've seen Sly Stallone put in a decent performance in a few year and Michael B Jordan will be a star.
Found myself ducking from side to side in the final fight, I'm such a ****.

Started to watch a bit of Thirteen Days last night at around 23:40, just to see what it was like. Ended up staying til 2 in the morning watching it, I was so gripped.
8/10
Also, continuing a Costner fest, Draft Day is a very watchable and enjoyable film if you have a light grasp of American Football and the Draft. Lots of elements and roles in it that get better after the first viewing.
7.5/10

Sin City 2: A Dame to kill for. - 7/10. Not as original feeling as the first, gains bonus point for showing Eva Green topless so often.

Kingsman- 7.5/10, great that we've got a solid flick like this coming out in February.
Avengers: AOU- 8/10, still loved it but it's not resonated like that first one.
Jurassic World- 7/10, amazed it's made so much money, it's reasonably solid and fun but not much else. The original JP's too much to live up to for ANY film though.
Terminator: Genisys- 4/10, get in the ******* sea.
Mad Max: Fury Road- 10/10, this film is genuinely important, hope to god it sets a trend for action films.
 

Please explain how that is worth £4000, see loads like that in the Argos book for £20 

*spit out tea moment*

personal 'innuendos' are taboo in here..

CHOOOOOOOOON

Erm, I wasn't there, I think that was Franco's orange juice  or some other younger member of the forum.

I came in here to hide from negativity