I won’t dispute that union rules came first and that people will often refer to rugby union as simply “rugby”. However, “rugby” has two codes: union and league, so you can’t really just play “rugby”.

Pedantic correction: If you’re playing a rugby game, but it’s not rugby league, then you’re playing rugby union, not simply “rugby”. Technically the author is correct, as he’s being non-specific about the code and you’re correct that South Sidney are a rugby league club.

“string of popular groups, such as KinKi Kids, Tokio, Arashi, KAT-TUN, and SMAP.”

*whoosh sound followed by sirens*

Are you British though? People from Newcastle (Geordies) are a peculiar people, with the cold-resistance of a Scotsman and voices like whale-song. The city and people itself are well-regarded (if perhaps condescended a bit), and the club has nearly always reflected this attitude. The Keegan and Bobby Robson years…

I’m not a Newcastle fan, but I know of nobody (aside from Middlesbrough and Sunderland fans) who dislikes them as a club. I hope for their sake that Mike Ashley fucks off to whence he came.

Well, he does have the propensity to dish out some red-blooded tackles. I can see some similarities with Scholes, but I feel as though Scholes was better the further up the pitch he was; for me, Shelvey is an all-action, central midfielder.... I think a balder, shitter Gerrard is a decent comparison.

“Islam is a religion of peace, but some people won’t listen. Their cities will be conquered and their religious artifacts destroyed.”

I’ve always liked Shelvey, though I agree he can be quite frustrating. I think Newcastle have done well to highlight him and make the signing.... he can be a match-winner and that’s not something Newcastle have in abundance.

The whole system is fucked and not much can be done about it. If you apply time for calculable things only (1 minute for a goal, 30 secs for a substitution, etc.) then time-wasting would beThey're advantageous. If you include all the subtle things like time-wasting, treating injuries and whatnot, then injury time…

I didn’t mean any offence; I’m sorry if it came across that way.

“Stealing is bad, but sometimes you don’t own something. This shit was particularly cool, so I regret nothing.”

Ohhh I know what it means, but as that’s the anthem of Liverpool FC, Everton’s hated local rivals, it's akin to playing the Russian national anthem at a Kiev town hall meeting.

I'm more inclined to blame the defensive efforts to be honest...

YNWA?!?!

... Not to mention that injury time is a minimum, not a maximum.

I've not seen the game yet, but so many minutes is only ever in the event of badly injured players or a United side that's losing, so it must have been an injury?

Oh no, I am very familiar with the horrors. Those barbie pink kits cause me considerable anguish.

That’s an awful away shirt.

As a Liverpool fan, I kind of hope he doesn’t progress much; we act like we have a Southampton loyalty card and want to do all of our shopping there. We need to ween ourselves off.