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northernangel acting like an authority on if and when someone should tour. Thankfully it doesn't actually work like that.

There was a period in the middle of last season where he looked quite decent, but it did seem curious to spend a superstar budget on potential. Particularly given Atalanta seem to have reinvested the proceeds very well, having won the Europa League last season and now being Serie A leaders.    Saying that, for all that I'm not sure about if it was worth it, a striker can only be as good as the supporting infrastructure in any case and if the chance creators just aren't doing the business, they're going to feel a bit of a passenger. It's like how Haaland has looked in some games of Man City's recent malaise - barely any chances created means its not a surprise he's been struggling to score. Even if Haaland did miss a penalty against Everton.   Mason Mount being permanently injured probably doesn't help, given he would arguably be one of the players suited to the AMs in a 3-4-3 as he played in that system with Tuchel at Chelsea. But hey. We're debating the incoherence of Man Utd both on the macro level of the post-Fergie era and the micro level that is just since Ineos brought a stake. We could probably carry on until the 2025/26 thread is needed at this rate.

It was something looking at the Hootenanny acts in days of yore and they did seem to once be able to book quite zeitgeist of the time acts. Now, eh.   Even if it something to note quite a few people still thought it was done live. Same with Ellis-Bextor on the other side, although hers did kinda look like fun when I saw bits of it.

if Babymetal are booked, I'd invest in good walking boots or  a lot of sun cream because every time they seem to be booked for a UK festival the weather is at either end of the extremes

This where I reel of many things, pity I'm in the naughty corner. 😃