Hooiveld's Hangout - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

120 odd apparently....

 

Thanks, meant to include the wiki link -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parma_F.C.#Players
though as it's wikipedia traditional pinches of salt should be taken.

End of season party must be a hoot.

 

Great show on SS1 - Pierluigi Collina's refereeing masterclass.

They're analysing PL incidents and discussing refereeing incidents, and using audio from the headsets of match officials for the first time.

 

Pretty common in Italy. The majority of lower league teams are made up almost entirely of loan players.

 

Do you know the reason why Parma are getting excluded atm?

 

Don't think so?

 

That's obscene. And wasn't Big Vic's brother there recently on loan? They have a squad that size and they still loan players in. Although maybe in that instance it was a classic Italian co-ownership thing, but still, 120...Jesus.

 

Yep, watching it now. Came here to alert people as they've gone to adverts. Quite an eye-opener.

Suppose I should have known you'd get there first, DTLW.

 

[nsfw]Oberyn's such a bro. I love the new Mountain as well, and the scene in which he was introduced was rather ghastly. I get a feeling he won't be around long, but who knows. Oberyn telling Tyrion that story was probably the best part. Peter Dinklage is going to get so many awards.

I'm totally with Dan now that the new Daario is just plain and boring. I'm glad he's been sent away. The last one had so much more character. It was largely just another "oh **** I don't entirely know what I'm doing" episode for Dany, with very little movement in the plot. I was at least hoping she'd remove some clothes.

Baelish is mad. I can't predict where this **** is going at all, but I love it.[/nsfw]

 

Right I'm out of here as I'm just about to watch the latest GoT and the urge to press the "show" button is too tempting. See you in an hour.

 

My usual place is down so I'm still without it.

 

I'm sure there's something else to put in your locker.

 

GoT:

[NSFW]Well you just knew what Baelish was going to do at the end. Not the most unpredictable endings to an episode. And Arya has turned into a right ruthless little bitch but hardly surprising given who she is travelling with and the fact most of her family has been murdered.[/NSFW]

 

[NSFW]It's been reported that Emilia Clarke has refused to do any nude scenes for season 4 which makes sense as there was an obvious moment where she would have done a nude scene otherwise. [/NSFW]

 

Pierluigi Collina's Masterclass was an excellent programme. If you missed it you missed being educated.

 

[NSFW]All I will say if you think the Mountains scene was ghastly. I don't know what you will call the fight.[/NSFW]

 

Watching a car race of BT Sport 2 [yes I am], for the single reason that it is a rare opportunity to watch Brands Hatch being used as it always should - using the Grand Prix course. It's a great track when it is used to the full.

 

A far superior Grand Prix track than Silverstone. It was a travesty when they stopped using it. I have fond memories as a kid watching Grand Prix at Brands. Used to sit on clearways (?) the bend before the home straight; loved it.

 

Yes, I agree. It's a great track when they use the Grand Prix distance. The Indy track is woeful. Silverstone has improved greatly over the years, but the GP Brands track is superb.

 

I only don't like Silverstone because if you go, you only see what goes passed you. At Brands you can see several sections of action if you take up the right viewing spot. I used to love watching them disappear up Hawthorne straight into the woods and then having to wait with eager anticipation, to see who can down under the bridge first. Happy days.

Hampshire's own Derek Warwick was coming second in a Toleman one year until it died on him.