nuggsy

nuggsy, 12 days ago

Liking it! Appreciate the effort :)

nuggsy, 24 days ago

Ahh, you’re gunna miss it, just like me xD

But I know exactly what you mean, haha

nuggsy, 24 days ago

Taken the fun out if it for sure.

I’m just trying to focus on us and how far we’ve come and how there feels like a future and a goal for the club.

nuggsy, 24 days ago

City winning a title is like a windmill in the Mariana Trench.

What a season. The lads finished strong. They’ve improved so much and still have more to give.

COYG

nuggsy, 18 days ago

I don’t know why, but I feel like I’ve seen/read something similar to what you proposed… maybe because of ‘The Island’ to a degree?

I agree though, it would be a fascinating story for sure.

nuggsy, 20 days ago

Ahh… that’s kinda sad. Still a momentous effort on their part

nuggsy, 22 days ago (edited 21 days ago)

@ronsboy67 I didn’t even see that, haha

Managerial Russian roulette anyone?

nuggsy, 22 days ago

I think we got lucky with Arteta. This potentially could have been us with a revolving door of managers.

I do think we are run better overall, but who knows what rash decisions the club makes if the team aren’t performing to the standards expected.

McKenna is apparently linked with them. I hope he doesn’t take it if that is the case. But he’s probably going to get a much better contract if he dies.

nuggsy, 17 days ago

Leeds play-off curse is back? xD

nuggsy, 19 days ago

ETH to finally get the chop. Not surprised, tbh.

nuggsy, 19 days ago

And he has/is linked with City. Who would have guessed xD

Would have been the perfect fit

nuggsy, 24 days ago

Felt like that for a couple of games

nuggsy, 24 days ago

Yeah, I’m liking what I see

nuggsy, 24 days ago

This excites me

nuggsy, 24 days ago

Post is a traitor… I never liked him

nuggsy, 24 days ago

You’re slightly ahead of me, and you’ve saved me a minute of pain

nuggsy, 24 days ago

Do a Ted Lasso-esque cleanse

nuggsy, 24 days ago

Saliba pretty much the only player since Dixon to play every minute of every PL game

nuggsy, 24 days ago

Sounds about right… I recall 2 games in a row where a player got away with only a yellow when it should have been a red.

nuggsy, 5 days ago

I can see where you’re coming from and I agree at times it feels like it’s being used for the marketing since it’s easier to say, using the article as an example, “Bullfrog-like”. They could have taken an extra moment to be a bit more descriptive, such as with your example, and say “Management Sim inspired by Theme Hospital/Bullfrog”, for people who may not be familiar with “Theme Hospital” or a Bullfrog game.

Just to circle back to your initial comment, “I got to the word “Bullfroglike” and stopped reading”, I can definitely see where you are coming from, but I did disagree with your approach.

I also just wanted to add that I hope this isn’t taken as an attack upon yourself.

I do like the alliteration for “Boomer Shooter” but I don’t think it’s the right demographic xD. I think it’s still somewhat common, but I also don’t think it’s as mainstream as say your Battlefield or CoD.

RetroSlayer FPS? I have no idea, lol

nuggsy, 6 days ago

I do take your point and it’s a fair criticism. It can almost feel like a marketing ploy to piggyback off of the popularity of another game, such as Stardew Valley-like, considering a lot of the time those games have since developed a genre, like for FPS instead of Doom-like.

I would also add, though, that using Doom-like/Doom-lite would still be appropriate to define games that are closer to a Doom type game than your CoD or Counter Strike. You could make a similar argument for the style of play Stardew Valley offers compared to literally Farming Simulator 20XX.

But you could also argue it gives the reader/consumer a quicker understanding of what to expect from the game. Especially in the case of this article where there isn’t a way to clearly define/ label what to excpet from the game.

nuggsy, 23 days ago

Absolutely agree. He hasn’t looked all that convincing and I think injuries have played a part in that. With consistent game time that could change, but it may be worth more selling him if the right bid was made. Kinda why I was in two minds about him.

I also agree with ESR, I just don’t want it to happen xD

nuggsy, 22 days ago

You have so much to catch up on xD

Welcome, BTW! :)

nuggsy, 23 days ago

Ramsdale as well, I guess? There’s only one team in the world who can have 100’s of millions of pounds of talent on the bench and have them be content to sit there.

These would be a lot of outgoings for one transfer window. But, I suppose we need to be ruthless if we want to maintain the same level of competitiveness against 115 FC.

• Soares and Elneny’s contracts expire next month, I think. So, I think they’re both gone regardless.
• Tavares and Lokonga should probably be moved on as I don’t see how they fit into Arteta’s plans.
• Nelson and Nketiah I think can still improve and are possibly first team members for other teams. But we need upgrades in those areas and I don’t see what they bring to this current side. I think they would benefit from a move for their own development.
• Tierney I would love to see continue playing for us, but I can’t see it happening. He’s also had availability issues which is a pretty bit issue.
• ESR and Ramsdale are interesting. I would love them to stay, but also have the talent and skill to be playing consistently for a PL side. So, I could see them wanting to move on and it would probably be beneficial for their development. Please don’t go 🙁…
• Vieira is talented too, but I don’t know if he has or is capable of what Arteta is after.
• Partey is a tough one. I’m split. Half of me thinks it would be better to cash in on him if we can. The other thinks he could be a game changer. Availability I think is the biggest question mark for him. Consistency is also an issue, however I feel it’s more secondary. But only because I think it plays into the first issue.

I feel like there was more I wanted to add but I don’t remember. This is also starting to blow out, so I should stop before I start talking in circles.

nuggsy, 23 days ago

That’s a fair point. I haven’t kept tabs on his loan. So, you may be onto something