Off Topic Discussion Thread

Bounty Hunter

there was a "Legacy site" option in the top corner which I pressed and now it's back to normal... dunno how to go back to the new one even if I wanted to. I'd assume you all will go through this soon enough.

CastorTroy

Yeah I'm on the new one. Will try it properly at home. But did notice there are no pinned topics

CastorTroy

Ah I see the pinned topics now beside the page numbers

Bounty Hunter

Boo to progress, tried and trusted for me. Plus the new one seemed to have far more advertising.

Diabhal Beag

Boards can really make some absolute **** changes to the site at the drop of a pin

CastorTroy

Yeah I'm on the good one at home still it seems. Will be changing back at work due to some of the ads that came up

Mr.Nice Guy

Prince has died according to TMZ. Sky News reporting it now.

Lithium93_

Any Prince fans??

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3552300/Fatality-Prince-s-estate-Minnesota-days-musician-rushed-hospital.html

Kankan14

I like plenty of prince's stuff he was quite innovative

Bounty Hunter

Maybe it's always this bad but damn 2016 has been a terrible year so far for celeb deaths.

Lithium93_

Lemmy, Bowie, Rickman, Victoria Woods, Ronnie Corbett, Chyna, Prince

Death shtap it..

Angron

Lots of rumours now that Prince has died too.

JP Liz V1

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Maybe it's always this bad but damn 2016 has been a terrible name so far for celeb deaths.

And we not even half way through the year

RIP Prince

CastorTroy

Crap. He's one of those guys who you knew more stuff of than you thought when you hear his songs.

beakerjoe

Prince was one of the best. A hard working innovator and an ironman of an entertainer. They don't make them like him anymore. RIP

Diabhal Beag

Prince was fantastic material for that Chappelle Show sketch and wasn't a dry****e about it either.

D.Q

Were hitting the Twilight years of the first celebrity generation since the invention of mass media. This shouldn't be too surprising.

Stereomaniac

That's an interesting way of looking at it, D.Q. He was one of my favourites. I'll miss him. RIP.

Lithium93_

Was fearing extra time & penalties in the Everton/Man United F.A Cup semi final, and up popped Anthony Martial at the death to slot home the winner after a lovely move

Football, bloody hell..

Kankan14

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Was fearing extra time & penalties in the Everton/Man United F.A Cup semi final, and up popped Anthony Martial at the death to slot home the winner after a lovely move

Football, bloody hell..

Crazy game we could have been out of sight then de gea stops the pen then the og I honestlt thought we were heading out. At least we have an fa cup final to look forward to in this clusterfu*k of a season.

Lithium93_

Kankan14 wrote: »

Crazy game we could have been out of sight then de gea stops the pen then the og I honestlt thought we were heading out. At least we have an fa cup final to look forward to in this clusterfu*k of a season.

And the chance of winning the F.A Cup for the first time in 12 years, it'd be the only highlight of the season.

Mr.Nice Guy

I'd be worried that if United win the cup it will give Van Gaal another season to buy poorly and miss out on Champions League football again. I hope not.

Kankan14

Lithium93_ wrote: »

And the chance of winning the F.A Cup for the first time in 12 years, it'd be the only highlight of the season.

The danger is win that, scrape fourth and Louis Van Long Ball stays :-/

Lithium93_

I'd say Van Gaal, like Moyes before him has a clause in his contract to reach the Champions League, if that target can't be met, that's adios..

Lithium93_

Kankan14 wrote: »

The danger is win that, scrape fourth and Louis Van Long Ball stays :-/

I honestly can see United scraping 4th, too inconsistent all season... Be some fluke if they pull it of.

Kankan14

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I'd be worried that if United win the cup it will give Van Gaal another season to buy poorly and miss out on Champions League football again. I hope not.

No imo fifth place and he gets the bullet afaik.

Rjd2

I think its possible they will keep LVG if they win the FA cup which would be absurd. No disrespect to anyone they have beaten so far or even Palace/Watford, but ultimately they will have beaten only 1 top ten side in the premier league to win it.

They shouldn't get top 4 though as Arsenal and City have an ok fixture list, that failure along with the abject performances in Europe should seal his faith.

Lord TSC

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I'd be worried that if United win the cup it will give Van Gaal another season to buy poorly and miss out on Champions League football again. I hope not.

Honestly, I'm finding it hard to get excited over the FA Cup for that very reason. Its awesome we reached there, but I am so desperate to see the back of him now, and Jose brought in, that it's dented my enjoyment of the whole "We're in the finals" thing...

Though, would add, I don't think he's bought "poorly". I'm happy with the players he's brought in. He's just not getting the best out of anyone, and won't either.

Diabhal Beag

Van Gaal won't be there next year. End of. He's shown that he isn't capable of making United even challengers for the Premier League, at a time when Spurs and somehow Leicester have blown the rest to bits. This City side are in a Champions League semi-final and United get knocked out of the group stages.

Winning the FA Cup hasn't brought Arsenal on one single bit. This side is capable of much more. Imagine how great Martial will be under a proper manager who isn't content with 1-0's against Villa.

Stereomaniac

Does anyone here listen to Mark Lanegan? I'm going to see him in The Academy on Tuesday night. He's an amazing songwriter, a former member of Screaming Trees and Queens Of The Stone Age. Chris Cornell is playing in The Olympia on Monday night as well and I have tickets for the 3rd row so once I finish work at 9 o'clock tomorrow it's my weekend.