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Even with Mourinho not being able to spend £400m in the summer on a couple of players; they should have beaten the likes of Brighton regardless with the team they have. Pogba has gone from being a world cup winner to getting slapped around by football league veterans.

Pre-orders are 'weak' apparently and well down on Black Ops 4 and Red Dead Redemption 2.

Football League highlights are now on Quest at 9pm which is channel 37 on Freeview. They are also doing the Carabao Cup and Checkatrade Trophy like Channel 5 did last time.

Arsenal v West Ham should be an interesting bottom of the table clash next week. Too early to call it a relegation battle though😎

RIP QPR

I hope Leeds can maintain this positive start as it would be good to see them back in the Premier League but after the way they faded last year, it just goes to show what a long and demanding season it is. I think they are in much better hands with Bielsa than Christiansen and it's clearly showing already. I have a couple of friends playing for Brstiol City and Middlesbrough so I always keep an eye on those teams and the play-off race is always interesting as is the relegation battle. Nottingham Forest have to make a big push this year especially with the amount of money they've spent and Aston Villa who are in deep financial shit have to get promoted without fail else they'll have more overriding debts than their overall assets which could see them do a Sunderland. I will also follow Ipswich closely for Dave's sake as they look to cement their 56th straight mid-table finish and I also hope Reading get relegated in which all their supporters will go back to following Chelsea😎

1st leg Dynamo Minsk 4-0 Zenit St Petersburg 2nd leg Zenit St Petersberg 8-1 Dynamo Minsk The insane thing is that the game went into extra time at 4-4 on aggregate with the home team down to 10 men! Five goals in extra time (4-1) minus a man to win 8-5 on aggregate after being 4-0 down in the first leg is pure insane. Match report https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45216364

Some B****e R****e shit at the end

This is why you shouldn't challenge the internet

ROFL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45194443

For those that haven't seen also; Blackout will likely only support 50-60 players rather than the 140-50 they were hoping for. If this mode is underwhelming, it will certainly be hugely embarrassing for the franchise but hopefully the focus will then revert back to pure COD multiplayer rather than just a BR cash grab. A lot of the COD cocksuckers seem unmoved by this and will just stick to Fortnite so that already doesn't bode well for Activision.

More cards to add to the confusion https://www.pcgamesn.com/nvidia-rtx-2080-release-date-specifications

Celtic out of the Champions League before it's even begun. Another bad defeat to Brendan Rogers - he could even be in line for the chop at this rate.

Starting with PS4. Not sure if it's closed or open but expect Xbocks and Pee See to be a weak arfter. RIP Forknight.

The beta ends today but anyone with it still installed should keep it on their system because it will just convert into the Blackout beta with a small update in the 3rd beta phase. Saves uninstalling it and then having to reinstall the entire package next time at an ever greater gb cost.

They will lose more in overall sales restricting the game to their own platform than if they sold it through the Steam Store and that's even after Valve's 30% revenue cut. I will never install the Bugthesda Client - it's bad enough having Steam, Battlenet, Origin, uPlay and a load of other standalone launchers for individual games without having another one especially one from Bethesda. I bet it's just because they want to push paid mods for their future games and as Valve abolished this shortly after implementing it ages ago after a huge backlash; they realise that they can only make money from base game sales and most Bethesda games are 50% off barely 6 weeks after launch now and that's sod all after Valve have also taken their share.

I'm playing the PC version which is thankfully in open beta. Hopefully the next 'beta' phase will be open for all. That'll probably be the Blackout beta.

I've noticed that headglitching is becoming more and more prominent the more I play and there seems to be plenty of spots on all the maps. There are just so many boxes and windows dotted around and the fact you literally need 3 perfect headshots to kill someone just makes it so difficult and frustrating especially if they can duck and insta-heal. It's particularly bad with snipers who can overlook corners for one hit kills knowing that 90% of their body is in cover.

Big improvement from Arsenal today losing 2-0 at home to Man City. If this was under Wenger, it would've been 0-3! Chelsea next for them...

It's another TmarTn-style apology minus a dog

Played a few matches so far and I'm really happy with the beta as it's so bad that I've just saved myself £40. Even 5v5, it's so erratic and convoluted - there is just so much going on that unless you are part of a team who are communicating; tactics just go out of the window and everything is a mess. + The movement feels fluid albeit still leaning towards advanced rather than BOTG - TTK is a joke - Spawns are horrendous - The HUD is littered with shit - The interface is a fucking mess - Maps are ok but it feels like it's just lane 1, lane 2, or lane 3 - Manual regen/insta heals just ruin ranged combat - Gameplay is a bit exhausting, frustrating and boring - Visuals are very dated as is the engine - Too many needless changes for the sake of it that didn't even need changing - Mini map is confusing as hell - Snipers are OP - shoot someone 3 times in the head and they live to kill you in one shot to the shin! - Headglitching is rife on some maps The TTK is probably the biggest dealbreaker as I shoot someone for ages, land plenty of hits, finally kill them yet before I can heal or gather my thoughts, someone else kills me. Every engagement is tiring and long-range battles are pointless as players can heal in comfort sending shootouts back to square one minus a shitload of bullets. If you use an AR to combat this; SMG rip in CQC so it's just a waste of time. If the enemy isn't within a certain radius you may as well not bother. I'm going to give it another shot tomorrow but I can't see my experience improving as the fundamental problems are set in stone and are just too prominent. There's just so many unnecessary changes and bizarre inclusions that are ripped out of more appropriate games that look so out of place here. It's like Treyarch have just got carried away stealing innovations from other games that they've lost sight of what COD is and why they want to include such changes. This is not a game I'd expect from them in a 3 year cycle and for me, they've gone from the franchises most trusted and reliable developers to a bunch of poachers who are out of ideas and don't even know what the fuck they are doing anymore.

Blimey, they've got so desperate they are having to resort to copying Battlefield Hardline!

Weekend 2 details https://charlieintel.com/2018/08/10/black-ops-4-private-beta-changes-for-weekend-2/

Oxford have signed a player called Tsun Dai. Wonder if he'll play Satur Dai? Tottenham have also spent less money on players than Forest Green Rovers.