Tag Archives: Covid-19

Greed? Sure. But our indifference to UEFA’s decadence makes us equally complicit for the European Super League proposal existing.

Posted on 27/04/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Though we’re loathe to admit it, Gordon Gekko was right. The proposed European Super League captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit and clarifies how we feel about greed in its most brazen form. Europe’s biggest and wealthiest clubs attempting … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged AC Milan, Ajax, American sports soccer franchise twats, Apathy and Pessimism, Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, BT, Champions League, Covid-19, Disingenuous soapboxing, European Super League clubs, Everton, ex-playing pundits with their lips suckered on the Sky Sports teat, fait accompli, Financial Fair Play, Finland, Gordon Gekko, Greedy fucking bastards, Gullible, Inter Milan, Largess, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Meritocracy, Porto, PSG, Real Madrid, Sky, Sky Sports, Slovenia, Soccer - YEAH!, Spurs as a founding member - laughable, Swiss model, UEFA, Wolves | Leave a comment

Football Manager 2021 has proven an excellent distraction during lockdown, but it’s missing a certain something

Posted on 28/02/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Still on furlough then? Or having to work from home? Aww diddums. This spuriously designated key worker says fuck the lot of you. Have you finished Netflix and Amazon Prime yet? Gone down too many YouTube rabbit holes? Finished your … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged 4Chan shitposting, Amazon Prime, Billy Butcher, Brexit, Covid-19, Destroying Millwall FC, FM2021, Fucking diabolical, HYYTS, John Lambie, Kick It Out, Maxim Tsigalko, Mugshot, Netflix, Online Poker, Partick Thistle, Remainer, Sports Interactive, spuriously designated key worker, Steam, T.H.I.S.T.L.E, The Locust, Ugly SOB, YouTube | Leave a comment

The NFL – a safe space for Trumpism?

Posted on 31/01/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

In a moment of serendipity, I went straight from witnessing the unsettling and remarkable, Trump supporters occupying and attacking Congress, perturbed by said scenes and the pedestrian hyperbole of the news, I sought out some real football, only to accidentally … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Sports | Tagged Ah the stereotypes - there must he more to life, Bills Mafia, Black Hole, Blitz!, Brexiteer gammon, Colin Kaepernick, Congress, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Cult, Donald Trump, Erasure, Exploitation, Fake news, fantasy football league, Flex in yer Spandex, Gazzetta Football Italia, Joe Exotic mullet, John Wayne, Kap's Angie Davis afro, Last Trump related thing I'm doing, Leonard Cohen, LGBT, NFL, Oakland Raiders, patriotism, Renault, Rob Halford, Rooney Rule, Safe Space, shooting vests, trucker hats, Turd in your Superbowl punch bowl, Twitter, Washington Redskins, WWE, WWF | Leave a comment

Sekiro – too good to rage quit

Posted on 29/06/2020 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Thanks to the lockdown I’ve been whittling down my backlog of games, films, books, and TV. Mostly Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Not playing Sekiro until a year after its release invariably leads to a number of questions, conclusions even: that … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged Bloodborne, Cheesing bosses is for losers, Covid-19, Dark Souls, Demon Bell, Dragon’s Homecoming, Ending snafus, Hidetaka Miyazaki, I didn't kill The Headless by Wednesday bedtime, Isshin The Sword Saint, Japanese, Kuro’s charm, Navy Seals basic training, Overly complex lore, Purification, Purple Ninja bastards, Rage quitting cunts, Sekiro, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, SERENITY NOW!, Shinobi, Shura | Leave a comment

Coronavirus can be lethal, but all it’s done is place me in an anti-social, nihilistic bubble

Posted on 29/05/2020 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Initially I was blithe about Coronavirus, ‘Oh what’s this, another strain of that bird flu or that Sars thingy? So what?’ For a layman such as myself underestimating Covid-19 at the start was defensible. Doing so now is absolutely fucking … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends, Politics | Tagged Alan Bennett, anti-social, Bird-Flu, Boris Johnson is a cunt, Bubble Boy, Covid-19, Defo not sorry for not applauding NHS workers, Disappearing Homer, Dominic Cummings, Frankie Boyle, George Orwell, Homer hiding, Ignorance is Strength, Japan, Morrisons, Neo-con vampires, New Zealand, Nihilistic, Sainsbury's, Sars, Sars and Covid-19 is a family affair, South Korea, Stinkeye, Trips to Barnard Castle, V-day melts, We'll meet again - Carsick version by Limmy, Zumba moves in the aisles | Leave a comment