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I thought the ending was deep, poignant and gave some meaning to an otherwise meaningless film. Don't read this if you've not seen the film yet. I thought it tried to show that crime doesn't pay and after a life of operating on the outside of the law, he was left broken and lonely. The personalisation and characterisation of gangsters was best done in the Sopranos to the extent that they all lived and breathed like real people, albeit in an underworld that the vast majority of us know exists but thankfully we don't experience directly. Despite one of the world's best actors and a massive budget, I don't think Scorsese got close to getting the audience to empathise with, far less love any of his characters in this film including de Niro. The director is yesterday's man and his final (surely?) "epic" or magnum opus was a failure.

Good post Tom. Totally agree. Trying things is always healthy. However the real draw, the only thing to guarantee putting bums on seats and increasing revenue is to make the product attractive to the potential consumer. Under this manager, that's never going to happen and I'm not sure that AFC America Inc. know enough about football to understand this. The missing thousands, of which I'm now one aren't missing because of stadium designations. That never even came into the equation.

Any of you see The Irishman? I thought de Niro was outstanding but there was nothing Irish about him. Scorcese tried too hard to produce an epic and it failed in my opinion. Good entertainment and worth watching but not the classic they hoped it was. The Golden Globes gave it nothing.

I just did. Thank you for the rec. Brilliant. Anyone in the audience offended by him is an arsehole. I doubt that many were but there would've been one or two. His irreverence is wonderful and he's been VERY funny in that role.

I watched Kingsman; a secret service last night, a total random selection off Netflix. I'd never heard of it but it had a big cast and I thoroughly enjoyed it despite the most preposterous of preposterousness going on. The boy who played Eggsy just won a Golden Globe for his Elton John. A very good young British actor. Taron Egerton has a big future.

If Harry Maguire was worth that much, McKenna is worth a helluva a lot of money. I wouldn't have paid half of what Man U paid Leicester for Maguire but I'd bite Burnley's hand off for £7.5m for McKenna.

Never heard of sparkling sake. I had warm sake in my first Japanese restaurant three years ago. Never had anything as good since. I actually asked them at SooShe if they had this first, before having the wee bottle they recommended, which was served with a glass of iced water.

There again last night. Only the Ramen left on the menu to taste now. Must try the Miso. Couple next to us had it. Cute wee bowls of piping hot broth. Would go well with the sashimi and Guncan and seared nigiri etc. Had my first sake. Well first there. Pretty tasteless actually. Still best restaurant ever.

The assassination of Soleimani may prove to be the game changer. Trump is a fool who surrounds himself with sick sycophants, the most dangerous of combinations. Our prayers for world peace continue to go unanswered.

In seven seasons, who are the talents that McInnes has developed? It's not just him of course, the scouts are responsible for finding the raw talent and it's not like any of these cunts have the same work ethic, passion and enthusiasm as the most successful do in that they live and breathe their jobs 24/7. Plus, he's getting paid too much anyway. Give a useless charlatan midget tink a load of cash and you'll soon see his desire diminish. "Rebuilding" never involves youth under AFC. There's something broken.

Aaron Cresswell got sent off for West Ham and then VAR reduced it to a yellow, totally correctly in my opinion. That was an infinitely worse challenge than Sam's.

I don't watch much on TV. Football is most of my screen time. Followed by news as I like to keep an eye on how the corrupt media shape the sheeple's minds. I should read newspapers too in this aim but that's not feasible.

The 70's were 1970 to 1979. The 80's, 90's etc. Year zero was the start of the new century when Y2K would've wrecked the economy but for all the clever IT guys who saved us all. At a cost of a few billion.

Nothing happy about it. You're lucky you avoided Hogmanay TV. Jonathan Watson has been getting worse year on year to the extent that it's now embarrassingly bad. If we thought Jackie Bird was bad, the new BBC effort was fifty times worse than that. Someone should tell them that fireworks don't work on TV. The first EIGHT MINUTES of the new year and decade was broadcasting the Edinburgh tourist trap pyrotechnics and the boy Des just isn't right. They got Travis to play their old "hits" and boy were they shite. There's a reason they've faded to obscurity and they should be left there. That lead singer boy isn't reet in da heid. The patter and the banter between Scottish actors was cringe. Purely as an academic exercise of course, we were flicking between BBC and STV. Sean Batty was just as bad, the two worst productions in the history of Scottish broadcasting. Whoever thought going to some shit castle owned by some weirdo couple with their unfortunate kids and their vacant friends was a good idea was terribly misguided. The "music" on that show was just as cringe. The only decent Scottish artist on show was on Jools' Hootenanny. Eddi Reader did the first song after the bells and an excellent version of La Vie en Rose half an hour after that. What is it about Scottish homegrown TV productions? You couldn't make it any worse. Bah humbug.

If that's true, it's the first and only time I give Freddo respect. Christie deserved a serious fucking hiding after that nuts grab. Fucking faggot looking gimp.

Ferguson wasn't home-grown. A good manager develops youth. Ferguson (SAF) was a master at developing youth. Even the guy at Hearts is going down the youth route and totally reversed the tide, against a shit AFC. Every good manager sees merit in developing youth. McInnes isn't a good manager. But of course there are feeble minded ignorant cunts who cling on to hope that he might turn into a competent one. Our former chairman, a midget charlatan knew fuck all about fitba. He gave a big contract to another midget charlatan.

A bit of a myth? Are we forgetting about his mismanagement of Maddison and Ross? Do we think Scott Wright was given a proper chance at the right time? Did we ever get to see what Harvie might have been made of? Was it right to not play the boy after he came on and equalised in the 93rd minute in the opening game of last season? Was Dean Campbell given a consistent run at it as a teenager? Do we agree McKenna only got a start at Fir Park because the CB's in the previous game there were so shite, and he took his chance and bust down the door, having not been considered good enough before? Lewis Ferguson has been the only successful young player and it is arguable that he only got his encouragement because he's a "Rangers man", like the manager is, according to our newly fucked off cunt of a chairman. Anyway, what's the debate? That McInnes is fit for purpose? He's fucking shite and he has zero ability to inspire teenagers to express themselves and do what confident young men always do.

I've never had Sushi at SooShe. The Seared Nigiri would be the closest to Sushi and that's excellent there. Must try the Ramen soon as that, plus the Nigri are the only things we've not tried. Agree with Buchanan's Bistro. Superb place. I always have the Spanish board there.

Interesting management by the new boy. He binned and benched experience and threw on the kids and given they had most of the possession, more shots on target than AFC and more shots off target too, it was a risk that paid off. That Japanese kid was brilliant and fellow teenager Irving seemed to be loving it. Aye AFC, you couldn't get close to beating the worst-performing team in the country. It's not working. Change the fucking record.

18 year old Jason Knight ran the show and scored the goals that won 10 man Derby the 3 points last night, watched on by Wayne Rooney who of course got his senior debut at 16. Dear McInnes and Docherty. What is it specifically that you don't like about youth? Is the fact that you are both thick cunts a handicap in that you don't have the width of personality to be able to inspire the young or are you bitter and resentful of their potential?

Possibly indeed. In our experience, nothing comes even close. Not just in this city, not just in Scotland but anywhere in the world. That's a big shout given that I've not been to well over 99.9% of eateries planet-wide but I dare anybody, I double dare to recommend something better. Attention to detail. It matters. Product and service, that's all, the "environment" I include within service. Their Uramaki (rolls) are as much a visual feast but for something heavenly and unique of taste, the Flying Fish caviar Guncan is just awesome and less than a fiver for two.

This is a very sad statement. And 100% true. It's been very painful viewing for a very long time, spanning three decades and the effect it's had on AFC International Inc. or AFC Ltd. or AFC plc or however the fuck the business gets managed these days is detrimental for one very simple reason; the product has driven away long-standing customers and isn't of sufficient quality to attract new ones. As we enter a fourth decade of painful viewing, surely the new management team at board level are going to act upon the obvious and effect the necessary changes before the first year of the new decade is out. The old chairman did a lot of damage to AFC, not that anyone can admit this. Many of the sheeple can't even see the damage he did.

Pellegrini, and Ancelotti's predecessor at Everton, had the unfortunate disposition of looking stressed under pressure. They weren't fit for purpose because they looked, and were, stressed under pressure. We only find out how effective people are when the going gets tough. This is when we find out how confident they are in their own abilities. Both had been given long enough to do their jobs without excuses. Both were binned later than they should have and it's questionable whether either should have been employed at all. That Villa manager could be next. He's a fucking idiot. I like Farke and Norwich have been unlucky this season but Watford and Brighton are great examples how good management can turn things around with the existing players. I just don't think Norwich have a strong enough squad. I'm also starting to wonder if Jose can do anything with Spurs. At least he dropped Moura yesterday and gave Eriksson his first EPL start but there's something missing there. Hope Southampton can thrive. Like their manager. Steve Bruce is a poor specimen. I can't see him lasting too long at Newcastle. Would be surprised if Arteta makes a success of Arsenal. Love the Sheffield Utd. and Wolves managers. Two shit managers go head to head at Tynecastle today.

VAR ruling out Teemu Pukki's goal there is a fucking disgrace. The technology is good but it's only as good as the people using it, who are fucking idiots in the EPL.

All over now. Staggering lead for Liverpool with more than half their games to play.