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Danny Welbeck to Arsenal for £16m. Not quite the massive signing most Arsenal fans were expecting but reasonable enough with the right players around him.

One to watch indeed

So Hernandez to Madrid Falcao to United Didn't see that coming yesterday!

Anyone following this tragic story? Basically the parents of a boy with a brain tumor discharged him against medical advice from an NHS hospital and traveled abroad to seek alternative and potentially better treatment for him. They took the necessities to help him for the coming days but the police and Europol issued international arrest warrants for them. They were captured yesterday after being arrested in Spain and are now involved in a extradition process for their return to the UK. I am absolutely mortified at the reaction by the police who have been far too heavy-handed in this situation. It's a complex and sad situation for the boy and his parents but treating them as criminals who are on the run on the backdrop of a massive manhunt is just disgraceful. They haven't really done anything wrong. They felt the NHS wasn't offering the best available treatment and decided to discharge him on this basis which I believe they have the right to do. They also took steps to ensure his welfare for the trip into Europe and were selling their home in Spain to fund special cancer treatment in the Czech Rep whilst maintaining his health to the standard of the NHS. It is a risky move and perhaps they weren't thinking straight but they obviously felt it was the best option and it's a much higher level of care that the UK hospital could offer. The reaction by the police and authorities and the way the family have been treated is fucking shameful. As if it wasn't already a very traumatic and delicate situation; I am staggered at the way the family have been perceived and now dragging them through a legal system and not allowing contact with their dying son is just sickening. If the parents get charged with any offences after this; the public all over Europe will be unified in pure disgust. I think what the parents did was in the best interests of their son and they took the adequate care in maintaining his health whilst willing to do anything to secure the best possible treatment that cannot be delivered to this standard in the UK. Some may say they were stupid in their actions but the bottom line regarding the reaction of the international police is beyond belief. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29009883

Man Utd's best potential line-up Still need more players as you can see!

Great signing for Man Utd! I did not expect that one bit. I really thought it would be a battle between Arsenal, Man City, QPR and Greenock Morton for Falcao but that's a good bit of business from United for a solid and proven striker at all levels. This window is going to be mental later! I'm in the same boat as Rich about Sky so I'll be spamming the refresh button til midnight

You trooper!

Falcao to QPR You heard it here first

Everton 3-5 Chelsea Not over yet either!

I think they're planning to offload him at the end of this transfer window to QPR for £9.5m so they don't want him injured

COD Online also has Robot Zombies which looks interesting

I'm toying as to whether I'll put the Man Utd game in my accumulator tomorrow. May make a retarded bet and win like this chick did http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2735670/Cheshire-girl-wins-1250-accidentally-betting-MK-Dons-beat-Manchester-United-4-0.html

Sod it, I just bought MW2 on Steam for a tenner in the sale and it's just bloody brilliant. No hackers so far, plenty of newbies and legends having fun and it's just fantastic to sample the UMP, Predator Missle and all the classic maps again. Haven't played this in about 3 years since the 360 but it kinda makes me sad about what Call of Duty has become. I am buzzing for Advanced Warfare but the last few years of COD have been all about the commercial side, shitty gameplay politics and dour connections. MW2 for all its problems was just and out and out fun game regardless of the bullshit. It's good to be back and it'll take me comfortably into AW

Why we no have dis? It's COD, F2P and combines COD 4, MW2 and Black Ops and all the weapons, killstreaks and content all into one game. It's like my dream Call of Duty but online available in China. If this was available worldwide; Advanced Warfare can fook rite orf.

0-0 written all over it!

I definitely think Assassins Creed is up there too. I had ACII, Revelations and AC3 and they were all really weak in mechanics and gameplay terms. I am interested in Unity as it looks more vast and spectacular but the hype surrounding the whored series so far has been seconded only to Call of Duty. There seems to be multiple AC games coming out at a time now. We've had about 4 last year already across multiple systems. It's a bit tiresome.

Two other games I have to add are Gone Home and The Stanley Parable. Gone Home is a narrative-driven indie game set in a house in which you explore to unravel a story. It received massive plaudits from the media and the devs; The Fullbright Company were given the utmost praise. This 'game' is a complete bag of cockshit. You can finish it in less than an hour, the story is weak and completely rushed, most exploration is pointless and it costs 15 fucking quid. £15 for less than 1 hour bland gameplay and the likes of IGN give it 9.5/10!? I've never felt so ripped off in my life. I've read so many media publications on the devs and the game in the past year and I think there is a certain level of corruption. So many random articles pop up on the same day from several sites all outlining the same seemingly scripted positives. Lots of rumours suggesting the devs also pay media sites for promotional space and it wouldn't surprise me if they are paying for the review scores too. There's something not quite right about the whole situation but this game is utter garbage of the highest order and even if it was F2P; it wouldn't be worth your HDD space. The Stanley Parable is a mod from Half Life 2 source. It got huge praise from the media but it's barely a game. You play a guy called Stanley who works in an office and you can either follow the story how it's told by the narrator or simply go your own way to confuse him. It has its humor moments and there is a few endings but you can finish it each time in a few minutes and for £9.99, it's a disgraceful price. It should be free. The media and a bunch of Half Life fans think it's the greatest thing ever to hit mankind but it's exceptionally poor even for a mod. Having a price is just a kick in the teeth along with the generous and unfounded praise. Both these games can be watched in full on YouTube anyway!

I can't believe Wayne Rooney is the new England captain. There isn't many choices but fuck me. Also the England v Norway game is heading for an embarrassing attendance http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2735695/England-set-play-Norway-half-Wembley-FA-prepare-record-low-37-000-attendance.html

CL draw in full Group A: Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Olympiakos, Malmo Group B: Real Madrid, Basel, Liverpool, Ludogorets Razgrad. Group C: Benfica, Zenit St Petersburg, Bayer Leverkusen, Monaco. Group D: Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Galatasaray, Anderlecht Group E: Bayern Munich, Manchester City, CSKA Moscow, Roma. Group F: Barcelona, Paris St-Germain, Ajax, APOEL Nicosia. Group G: Chelsea, Schalke, Sporting Lisbon, Maribor Group H: Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Athletic Bilbao, BATE Borisov

CL draw is on around 16.45 GMT Pot One: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Arsenal, Porto. Pot Two: Schalke, FC Shitklub, Dortmund, Juventus, Paris St-Germain, Basel, Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester City, Zenit. Pot Three: Bayer Leverkusen, Olympiakos, CSKA Moscow, Ajax,Liverpool, Sporting Lisbon, Galatasaray, Athletic Bilbao Pot Four: Anderlecht, Roma, Apoel Nicosia, Mastur Bate Borisov, Ludogorets, Maribor, Monaco, Malmo

I thought I'd create a thread for any games you deem overrated past and present. I can think of a few off the top of my head that have achieved a ludicrous level of plaudits which I think were undeserved. The one game that really sticks out for me is Grand Theft Auto IV. I absolutely love GTA and to this day; SA is still one of the greatest games ever produced but IV really pained me. I desperately tried to get into it and enjoy it like past games and despite the huge graphical jump at the time on the 360; the more I played; the more I disliked it. The story was reasonable and a bit different from past games but the characters were more irritating than humorous. The side games with your cousin where extremely weak and annoying especially when he plagues your phone with calls. The missions themselves were really forgettable apart from the Three Leaf Clover bank job which was a brief highlight that landed you £250k in which you had little to buy with. The character mechanics were very cumbersome particularly in combat and the driving physics were far too heavy and just zapped of all fun. Liberty City did look stunning at the time but it's just a shame the vibrant city was bland and empty. You could get into a few buildings like shops but most were just scenery fillers. There were no gang territories or any extra gameplay layers to hold long term appeal and bringing back the girlfriend aspect just killed parts of the game as they desperately tried to add features aside from the main story. It didn't feel like a true GTA title which was redeemed years later with GTA V but even back then; I expected more as most positives from the series were not taken forward. The Ballad of Gay Tony added some colour and humour to a dreary and bland backdrop and was very enjoyable for a separate DLC narrative but the core GTA IV game was exceptionally poor IMO. I wouldn't say it's one of the worst games I've played but certainly one of the most disappointing. Even as an early gen game; it was exceptionally bland and didn't exceed the expectations or depth that San Andreas delivered.

Champions League draw today! Funny how a select few of the teams in it are still breaching the FFP rules but it's all gone quiet in that respect

Easy win for Burnley

I've had a reasonable play-through of The Crew and it's a bit meh to be honest. It's a cheesy arcade racer with a lame story and really confusing interface. Very ambitious title but it's hard to follow what's going on and what you have to do between races. Go here, go there, go fucking everywhere, do this, do that and try and keep up else you just get confused and enraged. It may be an alpha but I can tell the optimisation is going to suck along with uPlay as expected. £49.99 on Steam is also extortionate.