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Even so, to lose when 3-2 up with 97 minutes on the clock is concerning, and probably not what ETH needs for his job security. This on the back of being lucky to draw at Brentford after they missed 30+ chances does hint that this chaosball is too open to trouble. I know that they, much like us at Newcastle or what feels like most of the Premier League, are having their arses kicked by injury, with particular issues in defence, but feels like teams still find a way to see such games out.

Eh. I think there's some decent songs scattered around TBHC & The Car, and stuff from the latter went down better than I thought it would when I saw them in Middlesbrough last summer. I mean, naturally, the singles from the first 2 albums and AM got the biggest reactions, but that was to be expected.

Franz Ferdinand seemed to lose momentum in the gap between their second and third albums, which seemed to have some kind of overlong development issues through 2007 and 2008. But I also wonder if the band themselves have kinda preferred just being able to make a career out of music at a solid level rather than moonshot for stadium headliners, not that there's anything wrong with that. Certainly, they've done Truck and I could see them also doing a job at something like Y Not. They still have some reputation tbf. Saw them at Mad Cool in 2018 as a post-headliner course after Arctics leading into the "until 4am" dance stuff and they were very good, plus a decent crowd was there for them at Ally Pally two years ago.

That's the one I'm most confident about them reclaiming. Premier League is a genuine toss-up, while Real Madrid in the next round of the Champions League now have Bellingham and those who remember getting mauled at the Etihad in the semis last year are going to want revenge.

True. I think they are FA Cup favourites and they have the potential to triumph in the Champions League after all.

They lost Gundogan and Mahrez in the summer and brought in inferior replacements in Nunes and Kovacic. Some suggest that players need a year to "bed in" to the way Guardiola does things, but in this situation, it makes it more awkward, to say nothing of the error that was Kalvin Phillips. It must also be said that selling Cole Palmer to Chelsea has been a terrible piece of business given that Palmer has pretty much been Chelsea's only real consistently good player of late and arguably had more to offer than Doku, who seems to have been very inconsistent.

I don't. Chelsea look so erratic and dropping points at home to 10 man Burnley was a terrible look. I'd fancy our chances more as a Mag if we could stop with the injuries. We had 11 players out last night which lead to us resorting to using Paul Dummett, who duly gave away a ridiculous penalty. Though as noted, 8th might be good enough for Conference League. I guess we'll see what happens with the UEFA coefficient thing.

Maybe a Foals/Biffy co-headline. ... I'd actually like that ngl. Might be more of a Reading thing though.

Trippier may be fit enough for the bench for Everton tomorrow. Initial instinct was Burn back at CB, where he was in his first 6/7 months, and Hall at left-back, though if all of Trippier, Krafth and Livramento are injured, it's a job to know who gets the right-back role. Murphy out of position was played there but he may be the only RW option as well, even moreso if Almiron is also out. It's turning into a thing where you fix problem only for another to appear. So it's being tricky to figure out. Presumably Everton may yet see our depleted ranks as a good chance to end their winless run. Either that or they'll just continue to be terrible goalscorers as they have been all season.

I've met people who made it sound amazing. But yeah, my interest in it was higher in the days where the line-ups were more to my taste. Same with Werchter.

It was quite something to listen to the recorded version, which is quite sparse and folksy, then they regularly play live this version which is very intense.

Guess nobody is willing to do a lame April Fool's gag saying that somebody totally random and weird will be doing the 2025 headline slot.

I thought that would be the case tbf as I imagine plenty of people would be trying to see most of the big names at once, not least in the case of Pulp & The National. I guess the hesitation is more that I don't really know any of the undercard on their day.

The Man City-Arsenal game yesterday was flat but it was interesting, given there's a definite evolution by Arsenal as they usually get pummelled at the Etihad so taking 4 points from their meetings with City is an improvement on the side. Man City seem to have made errors in player recruitment last season so I'm not convinced their squad is stronger than last season's, but they still have super talents capable of winning every game remaining and prizing the title. But it will be an interesting one. Arsenal and Liverpool have marginally more difficult fixtures on paper imo.

I was excited to see Harvey Barnes so was frustrated by his injury problems, but he's already got himself some huge goodwill for that and I think he'll be eager to get it done. Injuries is perhaps the other factor elsewhere, mind. Losing both Lascelles and Botman to ACL injuries in quick succession is a massive pain in the arse, plus Krafth, Manquillo and Trippier all being unavailable means the defence is now like the midfield in being cut to the bone. Though Lewis Hall's cameo should be a sign that Howe should give him more of a go.

Irony is having Vaccines as a support makes me more interested than if this was KoL standalone.

There once was a time when I thought Sziget would be worth a week trip to Budapest and cross it off a musical bucket list. Think I can say that time has gone.

They lost momentum with Tonight, which is a shame as I think it's a very strong album but had development hell and by 2009, they seemed to have been overtaken by others. Saying that I had great fun seeing them at Ally Pally a year and a half ago, so they still have something about them worth seeing.

Maybe one day we'll win games 1-0. But given with 15 to go, we were 3-1 down to West Ham having lost 4 players to injury and looking like the season was over, I'll take a win abso-f**king-lutely.

At the risk of sounding like an idiot, the idea will be that Pulp and The National on the Saturday will play in timeslots that you can see both, right? Just curious as the idea of dropping in for their day appeals.

Wonder if he'll get more votes than Joe Exotic.

Ah hang on is this relating to Glastonbury? Because he is in Finland on the 28th June and France on 30th July, but as far as this MK event goes, there's nothing in the immediate days either side. If so, yeah, I don't think he'll be turning up at the Eavis farm.

Well he's literally on the poster as doing it. Would be a bold move to back out now.

Agreed. Maybe the 2016 dates were ambitious, but I imagine there'll be demand of some level. If perhaps more arena than stadium, but maybe big enough to do a stadium date or two.

Would be bold to announce an outdoor stadium show in London in October tbf.