Silas

Nobody likes a show off! ??

I used to be the same. I had 2 rules, never watched anything in black and white ( other than Schindler's List, I mean old b & w), and never watched anything with subtitles. Then 5 seasons of Narcos converted me. I'm all over it now. Will be moving on to Money Heist with full subtitles next. Heard good things. Again, I think a lot of people watch it with dubbing.

It builds from there. I almost bailed out after 2 episodes, (didn't help I watched episode 1 with the awful dubbing), thought I'll give it one more, and then I was hooked. Watching now, Series 2, Episode 9, all sorts of drama going on.

It's been in my Netflix list for about 2 years. Now 2 of you have bigged it up I'm gonna have to pull my finger out.

Isreal/Palestine conflict. You mean like "wagwan fam". ? Yeah caught 30 mins of City of God once, and was gripped. Always meant to go back and do entire thing but never got round to it. You're supposed to be watching Topboy Summerhouse before Season 1 episode 1.

For anyone that can handle foreign language and subtitles, I've just got into this show. I'm currently halfway through the 3 seasons. It's excellent. Gets 100% from Rotten Tomatoes. To put that in perspective other shows that score 100% are: 24, Sopranos, The Wire, Breaking Bad and Fargo. Tip: In Uk it will be set to dubbed audio. Switch it to Arabic and use subtitles only. You have to hear the inflections in their voices to appreciate the tone and emotion. (And dubbing is just generally awful).

My favourite is "Newcastle isn't a big club.." Which they recycle regularly. The Geordie Nation are like a team of piranhas feasting on that one. Always goes down well when it's pointed out they've nowt in about 70 years. Although, suppose that might change if the Saudi blood money comes rolling in.

Ah crap, that's me out then, my cool kids badge got confiscated around 2005.

Has introduced me to some new music. Was actually listening to this track before I went to bed last night: I'd never really heard of Dave before. ☺ I'm a bit of a dinosaur. If it was after Tupac and Biggie I'm clueless. ?

Happy Birthday fellas! Hope you both have a good un. I'll use you as today's excuse with the missus to start drinking early. Her - "Beer at 2pm Silas?!" Me - "I'm celebrating the birthdays of 2 blokes from the internet I've never met before." Her- "?????"

If by "delight" you mean one of the most repulsive people to ever be on my TV screen, then yeah. ? One final thing, "Summerhouse" got canned between seasons, so prepare yourself for some things to be.....unresolved. It then skips 6 years, the characters all grow up, but the payoff is worth it. Fantastic finish to the new season.

Both great, I like Ozark more. But Mike Milligan in Fargo is one of my favourite characters ever. Steals every scene. Make sure you do Top Boy in right order - I didn't! - cos Season 1 Episode 1 isn't the first episode. ?? You have to do Top Boy "Summerhouse" first.

You watched Top Boy yet? "The British Wire". Just finished them all. Really enjoyed it. Some great characters.

"Thanks for all you're doing. I hope this brightens the place up a bit, even if its only black and white." On Southampton General Hospital. Thought this was better in good news rather than the coronavirus thread. Nice work Banksy! Whoever you are.

If Germany get matches up and running early, BT Sport could be sat on a goldmine. Borossia Dortmund v Bayern Munich in the title race is due 3 matches in on the original fixtures. The viewing figures would surely be off the chart. Which would mean advertising revenue would be stratospheric. I looked this up: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/top-5-most-watched-premier-21158602.amp The most watched Premier League match is Man City 1-0 Man Utd, 2012 (4.04 million). Under the current circumstances I can't see how a top level German match doesn't smash that record. A relegation battle fixture might even do it. Some TV companies are going to be making serious money. Would be nice if some of that was pumped back into the sport. Although, I'm sure they would argue they've lost a shed load in the shutdown.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/coronavirus-chris-kamara-says-its-outrageous-that-footballers-are-asked-to-take-wage-cuts-11981797 I see Kammy hasn't been paying attention again. There's quite a few "outrageous" things going on in the World at the moment. Not sure I'd include Ozil and De Bruyne taking a 3 month pay cut as one of them.

So, you've come on a Rovers messageboard hoping we're going to give your mob some credit. Now, these may be unprecedented times, the strangest and most mindboggling era of a lifetime....... but let's not get silly eh. Come back when you've cured cancer and solved World poverty and we'll chat. ? Oh......and finally.......stay safe. ?

?? BCS is definitely not for you then. Tbh I didn't love BB, was a bit cheesy in bits for me. (Over rated often) BCS is a lot darker and grittier. Stylish. I prefer it.

It's a really good show. Very slow paced though. Not loads of action. More about the character arcs and the storyline. Certainly not as frantic as BB. Depends what your poison is I suppose.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-jon-walters-coates-4020575.amp In amongst all the bad press of this, let's give some credit where it's due. Denise Coates is one of the highest paid women in the World and takes a lot of flack because of the negative connotations attached to gambling. But in 2019, she was the single biggest personal tax contributor in the Uk. Her company paid more taxes in 1 year than Amazon has in 20 years. She doesn't hide all her money in offshore accounts and fiddle the system. And Stoke were one of the first to assure all their staff they will receive full pay for the next 5 months. And, as I understand it, they won't take a penny from the Government. Very impressive stuff.

Oh dear! You've made a grave error of judgment...... ????? File this one in the dictionary under "mid life crisis" Are we off topic enough yet?! ??

No worries K-Hod, next time I'll post someone to try cheer you up. ? Now then, I've got Chris Evans, Chris Moyles, or Piers Morgan. Any preferences?

So Barca players all take a 70% pay cut, and our mob manage to stretch to 30%. Well bravo lads..... seriously....take a bow....

Forget struggling, how many family members are going to die! Which fans are going to be turning out to cheer on their "heroes", after Auntie Ethel has suffered a painful death. All whilst these greedy twats have been sat in their mansions counting up the pennies like Scrooge McDuck. It should be very easy to sort for me. Just set some parameters and blanket apply them: Example- everyone in the top 2 leagues who earns over 10k per week to take an immediate 50% pay cut for 3 months. The money to be used to support non playing staff, the lower league clubs, and local charities/initiatives. Then review it after 3 months. If you're on half a million pound a year, you can afford it. Turn a negative into a positive. Hope something like this comes out on Friday. Anything short of that could do irreparable damage as you've said. Football "community" my arse. Feels more like us and them.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/27/james-mcclean-fined-by-stoke-balaclava-history-lesson-post-instagram