#Also rip missing the fa cup game...

[bsaka7]

me and my mom in a one room apartment together for 5 days what could go wrong...

[fmlfpl]

Lineup Lamentations - GW31+

Our Transfers, Captains, and Starting 11s for the week!

—

WALSH

TRANSFERS:

OUT: Pukki and Grealish

IN (for -4 points hit): Richarlison and Connolly

I'm having a real fucking clunker of a season, worst of my FPL career by a lot, so I am feeling pretty loose. I'm backing what I saw with my eyes this weekend which, among other things, was that Grealish is an FPL non-option and Norwich are completely incompetent. The idea that Villa and Norwich would come back from the break revitalized and with a new fire burning was maybe too steeped in fairy tale than real life upon reflection, so, here we are. I'm not going to sit here and hope that either player turns it around and just fix the problem.

Rich looked really good against Livp, gets to play Norwich, and I guess I'm backing Everton and Carlo pretty hard here for the run in as he joins DCL in my team. Not the best fixtures but I am feeling them right now so we'll see how this goes. They are on a short break but DCL and Rich both seem like they could go 90 every day so I'm not too concerned with that. No FA Cup game so I'm not worried about Rich missing out.

I did spend more than a few minutes thinking of Alli in this spot but felt a bit too cute and leap-of-faithy with more question marks while Rich feels more of a sure thing with a similarly high ceiling.

Connolly is just cheap fuckboi who I will bury on my bench. Could've gone Necktie or something but figured that I'd rather have the extra change in my bank for what might be in my future.

GK:

de Gea (SHU)

DDG is a bit shit but he's gonna be between my sticks for the duration. Sheffu look like a beer league team right now so this clean should be extraordinarily easy.

DEF:

Maguire (SHU)

Slab makes it the double on their clean so depending on the way the wind blows here will have a big impact on my GW.

Doherty, Saïss, and Boly (BOU)

Speaking of wind and blowing, Wolves v Bournemouth. Woof. Treble Wolves D with the Dock, Saiss, and Boly get their second roll out.

Bournemouth looked holy shit all kinds of fucked up and bad against us last game and it seems like they will have an extremely difficult time finding a goal in this game. Clean feels like a pretty good shout here and I feel good with these three.

That's it for defense lol. It's just these two fucking teams. Eggs and baskets...

MID:

Mané and Salah (CRY)

Mane and Mo against my team. Whatever. Dunno what Livp will be up to or what XI he will pick after a very lethargic and shit performance against Everton. Feel like it might be enough to get them into gear before they face City the following gameweek, and with no FA Cup to distract them, they could disassemble us.

Richarlison (nor)

Rich is in against Norwich...ready to bang ok Richy let's go Rich.

Fernandes (SHU)

Lastly is Bruno. Don't really need to say anything about him. He's decent.

FWD:

Vardy (BHA)

Pretty fucking nervous about Leic and Vardy tomorrow in the early game with FA Cup for them this weekend and only two days off from the Watford game which was honestly pretty intense. Dunno what kind of XI Br0dge will select, but my hands are tied here. Much like my aggression in removing Pukki and Jack...if Leic don't pull it together quickly I could see Vardz being on the chopping block for Jesus or something soon mayb.

Calvert-Lewin (nor)

DCL looked really good to me against Livp - did his very difficult job well and nearly banged a worldy at the end of the game. Get in there lad.

BENCH:

Armstrong (ARS), Connolly (lei), and Egan (cunt)

It is harsh on Stuy that he's dropping to my bench, to be honest. It really was the biggest factor in my head towards saving, but realistically, he was always supposed to be my first shield on the bench and not someone who I rely on to start. Wouldn't be surprising if he came off anyway, but just wanted to give Stuy some words of encouragement because I love him so much. I love you Stuy, don't be mad at me kthx.

CAP:

Calvert-Lewin (nor)

I'm going to stick with DCL as shouted on the pod.

Hopefully he just like plays Bernard and Siggy with fucking like Andre Gomes and they just go into assault mode on Norwich. It'll certainly feel bad if/when Rich outscores DCL but its hard for me to justify going away from the tip of the spear for cap here.

—

ALON

TRANSFERS:

OUT: Mahrez

IN: Son

Planned switch and I made the move on Friday after Sonny boy looked good to me and came out of the match unscathed.

Mahrez is honestly one of my favorite FPL guys of all time and a true darling for me and he came through for me one more time but it’s time to go. Not really interested in Pep Roulette with him and Son to me is an easy and automatic pick from this moment through end of season. He will bang in loads of points. Simple.

GK:

Ederson (che)

Well this was supposed to be Leno but big RIP there.

I still back City to clean against like... every team in the.. world? Except Liverpool :).

So Eddy goes and will just be back there for the rest of season for me. If I need money at any point Leno down to a 3.9 might be where it comes from.

DEF:

Alexander-Arnold (CRY)

As good a clean fixture as there is in the league. Should be an easy job with upside of attacking returns and bones. Hopefully Trent’s shaken the rust off.

Maguire (SHU)

Blades are missing a lotttt of guys and they’re looking horrible so this will be the type of game where United need to just be mistake-free and not concede the oneish chance that Sheff U create and other then that should be an easy clean in complete control for 90′.

Doherty (BOU)

Doherty what a treat. No King for Bourney makes this an even tastier fixture... Hopefully Solanke starts and it’s just a shredding from Wolves. Also fingers crossed for Walsh’s treble to work out come on Wolves.

MID:

Son (WHU)

Go the fuck off Son it’s time.

Praying that Jose doesn’t maintain the Jose tactics and allows Son and Berg and Alli to run free in front of a passing midfield of Ndombele, Lo Celso, and Kane... I mean I can dream right?

Fernandes and Martial (SHU)

Plzplzpzplzplzpzplzlzplzz give me a Pogba start. I need a Pogba start so desperately... Otherwise we know what this will look like which is a dickless red devil humping a concrete wall for 90 minutes. Ugh.

Martial turnt up at the end of the Spurs match so I hope he can carry that momentum forward. Go on lads.

Traoré (BOU)

Adama! Was so thrilled when he came through for me. What a great lad. Love him. Now start him Nuno please sir.

FWD:

Aubameyang (sou)

Redemption arc begins here. No way he’s rested for FA cup right?????? (I’m terrified).

Jiménez (BOU)

Good ole Jim keeps Jimming it up. No problem gaffer.

Calvert-Lewin (nor)

Agree with what Walsh said above still love the look of this lad and think he’s got so much energy in those legs to go do it again against the by far worst defense in the division. Rip their hearts out and stomp on’em big Dom.

CAP:

Son (WHU)

I felt like I had at least 4 really good captaincy options and 2ish more then that still good sorta rogue ones too. So many good players with good fixtures in the team you love to see it.

I went to Son because Spurs must win and they have no FA Cup and he’s the best player of the group. All of those boxes being ticked swung me to Sonny boy and then for funsies I looked up his record vs West Ham which just further hammered (hehe) it home for me. This season he had a thirteen pointer goal and assist and in his seven career matches vs the bubble bois he has four goals and five assists... Absurd numbers. I usually dismiss these kinda stats but also, they’re not bad to have around, ya know?

Let’s go Son. Huge risk of ruining my week on the first day of the GW but fuck it I love the pick and loved the way he looked vs United. Cometh the hour cometh the man.

[wxnhvs]

                ♚◞  𝑨𝑺𝑲 𝑴𝑬𝑴𝑬  .  »   scarlett choi  &  red gangmoon .  ˎˊ˗       @seosoojae​​

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 ?  :  

          once upon a time, when the big bad red gangmoon caught sight of lil red riding choi - he didn’t waste time in asking her out on a date. he’s always known what he’s wanted from the get, you know. after taking they went to a PHO spot for dinner, he took her to get some ice cream ( which ends up being their go - to spot in the future ). naturally the night doesn’t there folks as they had back over to his place, climbing up onto the roof with some blankets to do some good ‘ol stargazing.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ( 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 ) 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 ?

          they RARELY ever fight, usually always on the same page. HOWEVER -- when they aren’t ?  two alphas going at it ? you best believe there’s a lot passion & frustration when the other doesn’t see their point of view. it’s also because they feel so deeply for each other & really can’t stand anything come between them. he’s probably slamming his fist against tables or walls while she’s yelling and throwing her hands up in the air to emphasize her points. unsurprisingly, they’re also the ones to get caught up in the heat of the moment and really just get it on, ripping clothes off and shit -- as soon as its over though, she’s kicking his ass out of their bedroom. even if he ends up on the couch, essentially so will she because she’s one weak heaux for that man.           any other point in the week, they’re finding any excuse to rile each other up. if you think they’re just getting under each other’s skin to get under each other’s clothes, YOU RIGHT.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫’𝐬 𝐮𝐩  :  

         it doesn’t take much for scarlett to cheer him up ; she does what she always does. sitting down beside him, she pulls his arm around her frame, interlocking their fingers as she curls into his side. she doesn’t have to voice that she’s there for him, because he knows. they’re basically each other’s person -- she knows that if he wants to talk about what’s on his mind, he will on his own time.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 ( 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ) ?  :

            SCARLETT ; red is more of a handsy type meanwhile she’s pressing kisses against his shoulder before leading a pathway up to his neck, simply lean up to nuzzle her nose into the crook of his neck before dropping kisses along his skin, all the way up to his jaw and to the shell of his ear, whispering a “ wake up.  ” red gonna wake up READY TO GO. IF YOU FEEL ME.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐮𝐩 ?  :

            NEITHER ; i can’t see either of them pouring water over the other unless they’re already wet. so like, it could either be the shower or if they’re taking a dip in the pool & she splashes him with water. 

.    *    ◜  𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫’𝐬 𝐮𝐩  :

            she’s falling asleep in his clothing -- whether its his t-shirts, racer backs, wife beaters, sweatshirts, he’s slipping one hand beneath the fabric to graze his fingers over her smooth skin, while the other is slipping between her thighs. she’s stirs awake, hot and bothered and he insists it’s because her skin is so soft & because he really can’t help it. we all know what they boutta do next pls.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 ?  :

           BOTH ; scar is prolly attempting to whip up some red velvet cupcakes with red not too far -- he’s not bothering her really, he’s offered to help but he’d distract her if he did. but his gaze keeps flickering & when he spots her lick some batter off her finger, he can’t stop himself from reaching over and dipping his own finger into the bowl of freshly whipped batter. she’s staring at him as if he’s lost his goddamn mind & then he goes ahead and drags the batter - covered finger over her lips in an ‘ X ’ & instead of scolding him for CONTAMINATING THE BATTER, she closes the distance and rubs her puckered lips against his cheek. nobody’s having cupcakes lbr.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐣𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 ?  :

          NEITHER ; we all know red would never do such a thing, considering he takes such pristine care of his body. she’s really not the type to either, EXCEPT -- there’s probably been an incident where she’s decided to have some weed brownies with callie & ness. she most likely didn’t wanna go home until she came down from the high but all she could think about was getting her hands on her man and demanding cuddles ( and probably more tbh. )

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 ( 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 ) 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 ?  :

            SCARLETT ; the two have been infatuated with each other ever since their first date. she’d been lamenting over it for what felt like forever but the night of a big game when it all ties in for her. she’s standing amongst the cheerleaders, he quickly jogs over to her during the team’s warm - up, just to drop a lingering kiss against her lips & remind her that she’s his lucky charm. -- she’s SWOONIN’. so after the game, rather than joining the rest for the after - party, she insists on separating form their friends. do they find themselves on his roof top with her uttering the three words under the stars ? YOU BET.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 ?  :

          BOTH ; pre & post- apocalypse red is definitely the type who’d destroy anyone who ever tried disrespecting his girl. he’s the type to protect the ones he loves fiercely, so i can’t imagine any other reaction from him. it’s safe to say chad is gonna get his ass beat when he finds out that not only did the loser try to make a move on his girl, try to have her killed by ghoulies, but also FRAMED her for the ghoulie - incident.

         pre & post - apocalypse, scarlett is more the type to have a war with words. it’s more than obvious that her & red are openly obsessed with each other, so if some trick ass heaux really tried coming on to her man, she’ll have to assert her authority on her.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 ( 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐭 ) ?  :

            SCARLETT ; she’s literally gonna show up to their place with a whole ass house for their new pet guinea pigs, without giving him any sort of heads up. he’s really not gonna have any choice but to adopt them with her. 

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐫 ( 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐝 ) ?  :

           IN BED ;  they’re both loud & they don’t really care either. she’s always calling him ‘ baby ’ in breathy moans & he just goes wild. they’re always letting the other know just how well they’re doing. if anything, they’re really trying to see how far they can go, both being quite the talkers -- always challenging each other. similarly,           OUT OF BED ; if they’re not getting it on -- they’re always on some clown behavior with each other. red never fails to make her laugh, even when he’s trying to get under her skin ( on purpose ofc. )

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 ( 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐝 ) ?  :

            IN BED ;  they’re actual freaks. literally always trying something new in bed & surprising each other with it. scarlett is always shook with how breathless he leaves her every time -- though, it’s the same on his end when she decides to take charge.             OUT OF BED ; being that they’re leaders of their own respective factions, taking risks comes with the title. they have to decide on what’s most ideal on behalf of their entire tribe. let’s forget red put his entire relationship on the line for the sake of the jocks, if that’s not a risk idk what is.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 ‘𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲’ 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 ?  :

           NEITHER ;  she’s never seen him as the ‘daddy’ type when he’s her baby -- it just ain’t their cup of tea, fam. the one kink they’re not about.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐤 ?  :  

           okay, first of all -- what isn’t a kink for these two ?  flexibility -- her being a cheerleader has lead to more pros than she ever imagined. she's performed splits and stretched her legs out in ways she never thought she would. manhandling -- even though she’s small and strong, he’s bigger & probably stronger. he’s really just grabbing her & throwing her around, pressing her against the wall, the counter, the sink, bed, ANYTHING. they both end up doing a whole ass workout & end up with bruises by the end of it. NO REGRETS. they’re really getting it on anywhere and everywhere. in public ? you best believe that even if they’re with their friends, she’s sitting on his lap, pressing into him with the most innocent smile, probably in a candid convo with her girls, like she’s not trying to drive him insane. pls. she lives to do the exact opposite. also, hickies will 10/10 be a thing, even more after they get back together. although, she’s lowkey annoyed at ever seeing one from another girl on him. so, it’ll take time for that one to come back in full swing.

.    *    ◜  𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬  :

           it’s safe to say their pda is pretty out there -- if they’re ever parting ways, she’s starts with just a peck which ends up turning into five of them as they whisper promises of staying safe. i can also see him randomly dropping against her shoulder blades whenever they’re exposed. in private, their kisses were a culmination of all the times they hadn’t. he’d kissed her as if to stop would be to asphyxiate ; as if by standing as close as possible and holding as tightly as possible, scarlett might be absorbed into him, to become that missing piece he’d always known her to be. and while red’s mouth pressed hard and desperate and sure against hers, his hands cradled her head like it was the most precious thing he'd ever held.

.    *    ◜  𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫’𝐬  :

           even though he’s known as the badass jock leader, scarlett loves to coddle him when they’re alone. being a leader of the chearmazons, she knows how overwhelming it could become. she becomes his confidant and his ally, offering him any type of support he could need. even though he’s stubborn as hell & always wants to be the one protecting her -- she forcefully plants the idea of  “  i can take care of you, the same way you take care of me,  ”  in his head. she’ll beat a ghoulie’s ass if she needs to.

.    *    ◜  𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧  :

           i think it’s safe to say that their favorite ways to give affection is pleasing each other intimately. even if there is room for two, she’ll end up on his lap with his arm around her waist & her fingers playing with the hair by the nape of his neck. even though they act like two alpha heauxs on the field, in private they’re completely opposite. he likes coddling her just as much as she does. he’ll straight up lift her into his arms so she can wrap her legs around his torso and rest her chin onto his shoulder. i think they really just try to find excuses to touch each other at all times, whether it’s her hand on his knee, his hand on her thigh, her hand on his arm, or his hand grasping the back of her neck.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 ?  :

           umm, is this a question ? it’s more like, who isn’t dominate ? they’re both dominate af whether it’s in or out of bed. they’re both about going for what they want & what they feel like is right.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 ?  :  

            SCARLETT ; that’s if she’s alone & it’s really more humming than anything. her showers are usually long & there’s always something on her mind that has her distracted. red can tell when there’s something on her mind & will probably end up joining her -- they’ve had some pretty serious talks in the shower t b q h.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 ?  :

            BOTH – scarlett has introduced the male to the wonders of conditioner, training him just how or when to use it. it always started off with him massaging his fingertips into her scalp, attempting to brush her hair even though it was wet. she elbows him and insists on at least waiting till after he conditions it !! considering their dramatic height difference, she will all but climb on top of him & he has no problems holding her close as she leaves gentle pecks while rubbing shampoo into his hair.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐱 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 ?  :

            BOTH ; if he’s already holding her with her legs wrapped around his torso while she’s massaging shampoo into his dark locks, you best believe they’re about to get it on right after it’s all washed out. they’ll show up late to brunch, THEY DON’T CARE.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 ?  :

            BOTH ; the way scarlett will not hesitate as she runs her foot up his leg if he’s ever sitting across from her. it’s the same way he won’t care that his little brother is sitting at the table, when his hand accidentally slips his fingers past the waistband of her shorts. they really got a get a room, i hate them.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 ?  :

       SCARLETT ; you can’t really pinpoint it -- she’s either listening spanish music, old pop, or hardcore rap ( preferably eminem’s rap god ). it doesn’t really make sense, but prideful over it. majority of her playlist is filled with maluma & ozuna.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 ?  :

       RED ; though it’s not really dancing what they’d do -- the rain begins to come down on them as she begin to jog back towards their base, it really just becomes red chasing after scarlett with the two laughing. do the two ever get out of the rain without getting completely soak ? probably not.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 ?  :  

       NEITHER ; well, red was already planning on purposing before the entire chad incident -- a fact she was unaware of. though, it wouldn’t have changed anything. scarlett most likely would’ve said ‘ yes, ’ regardless of how young they were. after patching things up & she caught wind of his intentions, she 10/10 would be the one to propose -- y’know, surprise him. she’ll ask him to sit down before getting down on one knee bc he’s too tall, you know. she’ll barely finish the speech she prepared before he joins her on the ground & finishes it for her.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 ?  :  

       this is the story of how NOBODY expected red to become a father of three girls & HE DID. but what they did expect from this oh - so - colorful family is for them to name their kids just as colorful ( their friends probably have bets on it ). they named their three girls :  violet, pinky & olive.

.    *    ◜  𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 ?  :

       lbr, their children will be just as chaotic as scarlett & red. bad bitches brigade, you feel me. they're 100% daddy's girls, the man spoils them senseless. meanwhile, they’re scared of their mom -- but then so is red. if they’re trying to ask someone for permission, they’ll go to their dad first, who simply goes for the whole, “  ask your mom.  ” they don’t even both asking her because she’s most likely gonna say no. it’s gotta be red who convinces her into giving them permission.

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headcanons; Kyo Shiranui

big thank you to both @pale-blossom-demon & @kyotowinds love you frens <3

We all know this boi has the ego the size of Jupiter and gets bored so so fast and if you are ok with that then??

#goals

He’s also that “#weird flex but ok” tag

Most inflexible person you will ever meet

Like its actually laughable

You would think that with all his strength and power he could at least bend over halfway but yeah no

Ok ok but imagine:

Taking a stroll around the marketplace, holding hands 

Laughing and picking out little knickknacks and finding ones that remind you of each other

“This one looks like you!” *holds up the ugliest statue ever*

“No way this is definitely you” *holds up an equally as ugly one*

And then you buy it as a joke and?? it becomes one of those special items that you cherish forever

Tripped over something he meant to put away last night but forgot 

Tore a giant hole in his pants and doesn’t want to admit it

So he just acts like they always had that rip 

Even when people are like “??? no?”

Likes shiny objects

Has a million pieces of jewelry that he never wears

If you question him about it he’s just like

“I’m a demon lord I can do what I want”

“??? ok”

Might give you some as gifts

Progressive in a lot of ways but also?? is very stubborn on his own beliefs which gives him this weird blend of “yes but no”

“You fight like a girl”

“Is that supposed to be an insult?”

“No girls are great”

“I...ok”

B i g tease

Will tease you on the daily

If he doesn’t 

Somethings v wrong

He doesn’t try to be mean and will 300% backpedal if a joke goes too far

But he also likes to get you all riled up so it’s a 50/50 chance he’ll apologize

Unless it’s really really bad then he’ll cup your face and kiss your nose and be more sincere than you’ve ever seen him be before

Honestly?? 20/10 will diss you about anything

“I can’t believe you lost this game 7 times in a row but also?? can believe it”

“sHUT UP”

Or

“Your music taste sucks”

“Yeah well so does yours fck off”

Mildly offended but also touche

Or even

“Those pants do not flatter you” 

“Well what do you want me to do about it”

“I have a pair that will look way better”

“Of course you do”

He has a good taste in clothing

Flirts a lot when it’s just you two

Probably goes on runs in the morning

Gotta stay fit n healthy n whatnot

But also?? equally as likely to roll over and hide from the sunlight

Blasts music at 3AM when he’s angery

Easily distracted and/or bored

Always always down to do something new

Likes to travel

He has a small collection of souvenirs from every place he’s gone to

Like small trinkets or useful things like colorful ink or clothes

Will loudly declare his appreciation when you dress up/look nice

probably gets handsy too

Sometimes late at night when he can’t sleep he listens to slow music

A decent dancer but gets super flustered if you notice

Likes paintings & he’s very traditional in that sense but also?

Not above getting funky and going a little neotraditional

Ok ok listen

He has a poster of Kazama in his room that he throws darts at

It’s heavily graffitied with the classic mustache and glasses

There’s a bunch of tiny holes around the poster where he’s missed

And one giant hole where he missed and punched a hole in the wall

Not the most family orientated person

Just? not the biggest fan of kids

Will 300% show off in front of anyone who’s watching, kids or not

Likes any kind of attention

Prefers cats over dogs

Sometimes gets moody

Give him some space and maybe some tea or something to hit and then he’ll be A-OK

PDA is usually just when he’s feeling possessive and/or wants to show you off

“Look at this person aren’t they great I picked them out myself”

“?? No you didn’t I asked you out”

“shhhsHSHSHSHHHH NEGATIVE THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN”

But behind closed doors? hoooo boy

The type to be irrationally upset if you asked him out first

“I wanted to be the first one to ask you out take it back”

Always has warm hands

Deep laugh that’s somehow cute and makes other people but also? somehow sexy and it's not fA I  R

Can make simple things in the kitchen, nothing amazing but he’s not in danger of burning the whole house down like some people

TL;DR dating Kyo sounds like a wild ride

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England's run down to Southgate, players breaking away from the past

12:10 PM ETAfter nearly a quarter-century living in England and covering the national team for much of that time, I can tell you that this run to the semifinal feels different. (In a good way, I hasten to add, though obviously that does not mean they will win Euro 2020 because, history shows, they usually do not end up with a trophy.)Make no mistake about it, some things are the same. Few countries, at least among the "bigger" nations," have the ability to go from ecstasy to dejection based on a single result, for example.Win and you will hear pundits and fans -- at least those who make the most noise -- talk about how, deep down, England can beat anyone and how everyone with Three Lions on their shirt is "world class" or, as they like to say, "thereabouts." Lose and they are inept no-hopers at best, a spoiled, ungrateful bunch of disinterested stains on the national character at worse.This is not to say media and supporters in other countries do not get carried away when they excel, or turn into angry villagers with pitchforks and torches when they underperform. They certainly do; it is just that there is not normally the 180-degree turnaround from game to game.But while that part has not changed about England, what has is a lot to do with the man leading the team, Gareth Southgate, and a little to do with the sort of players who comprise his squad. Here are five ways in which this side is different.- Euro 2020 on ESPN: Stream LIVE games, replays (U.S.) - European Soccer Pick 'Em: Compete to win $10,000 - Euro 2020 bracket and fixture schedule

1. Southgate is likeable and humble and normal

England's manager is probably more relatable than any of his seven permanent predecessors. Let's remind ourselves that the list includes a guy who lost his job after saying he believed in reincarnation and that the disabled were being punished for sins in a former life (Glenn Hoddle), a guy who quit out of the blue in a post-game interview at Wembley (Kevin Keegan), a guy who had an affair with an Football Association employee and who was duped by a man dressed as a wealthy Sheikh (Sven Goran Eriksson), a guy who quit because the FA forced him to strip his captain of the armband (Fabio Capello) and a guy who had to leave after a single game because of an undercover sting that saw him talk about "by-passing rules" to register players (Sam Allardyce).Now, there is context and another side to all of the above and none of it means the aforementioned were worse managers than Southgate; in fact, from a purely footballing perspective, most were arguably better. But it does mean that the current England boss has managed to avoid controversy and drama to a degree that others did not. Moreover, he has done it while being humble and earnest, traits that folks find appealing.

2. Southgate is not unduly influenced by the media

Whether it is playing Kieran Trippier at left-back (and not playing Ben Chilwell at all), sticking with Kalvin Phillips in midfield, making Raheem Sterling a fixture or starting Bukayo Saka against Germany, Southgate has made a series of decisions that most might describe as well outside popular wisdom. The same popular wisdom, that is, which compelled previous managers to shoehorn Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and, occasionally, Paul Scholes into the same midfield.Nor does Southgate freak out when performances leave critics unsatisfied, like the 0-0 draw against Scotland or the second half against Czech Republic in the group stage, the latter of which saw England contrive to register 0.0 Expected Goals (which is frankly difficult to do).He has a plan, he sticks to it and he knows that, while short-term he might be judged by how well his teams play (and therefore risk a media battering), long-term he will be judged by how far they advance in tournaments (and, so far, so good).Southgate gets a basic concept that others seem to miss: Club football -- with its 38-game league season -- generally rewards teams that attack and play well, creating more than they concede. Tournament football, on the other hand, is a different animal, where risk-taking is discouraged.France won at the last World Cup by essentially sitting deep, not conceding and waiting for superstars at the other end to do something special. England have not quite gone that far -- and may not, given Philips is no Paul Pogba, Declan Rice is no N'Golo Kante, Sterling is no Antoine Griezmann and there is not a Kylian Mbappe in sight -- but the concept is not dissimilar.Gareth Southgate's approach has resulted in a squad that is at ease in tournament situations. Getty Images

3. England's players look like they want to be there

After most tournament disappointments in past years, the English media would run their inquests about what went wrong. This would be a familiar process. The coach's decisions would be criticised (always) and, usually, there would be a grand theory, sometimes involving an individual scapegoat, like David Beckham in 1998 or David Seaman in 2002 or Wayne Rooney most of the time, and sometimes noting a collective dereliction of duty.Inevitably, another of the sub-themes to come up was whether these players really wanted to wear the Three Lions and whether there were internecine rivalries that ripped the group apart. Eriksson famously remarked how players would eat and hang out with their club teammates, other managers have talked about how players felt "less protected" with England than at club level and others still noted how players felt it was a "chore," given the environment around the national team.And when things went awry, there was, punctual as ever, a story making its way into the national media. Maybe, if England get beaten by Denmark on Wednesday (3 p.m. ET, LIVE on ESPN), the cycle will be repeated.I don't think so, though, because there were none after the World Cup semifinal defeat to Croatia in 2018 and every indication is that, unlike past expeditions, there is no poison in this England camp. Credit for that goes not just to Southgate, but also to this group of players.

4. This group has the right blend of leaders and foot soldiers

2 RelatedThere is no question that, in terms of strength in depth, particularly in attacking positions, this England is as strong as any non-French speaking team in Europe. But there is also humility to the players Southgate has entrusted most over the past few weeks. There are very few alpha male, eyes-on-me, superstar types among the regulars, compared to yesteryear.Rice, Phillips and Jordan Pickford watch the Champions League on TV. The three Man City players are important to their club side without being indispensable, partly because of Pep Guardiola's strong collective ethos, partly because of the talent around them. Mason Mount is not an A-lister yet. Luke Shaw plays for Man United, but has had his share of setbacks. Harry Maguire is a natural leader, but was at Hull City until the age of 24.The one exception is Harry Kane, who has been carrying Tottenham on his back for many years, but in terms of ego and personality, he will not be mistaken for Zlatan Ibrahimovic any time soon. It is a blue-collar team for a blue-collar style of play, with plenty of talent and game-changers rotating in and out from the bench, whether it's Jadon Sancho or Phil Foden or Jack Grealish or Saka. This is not a side built around two or three individuals -- arguably, Kane apart, though even then you saw him go for long stretches with no service and he did not complain -- and that makes it different.

5. Success breeds success and confidence

This also feels different for the simple reason that many of the players know what national-team success looks like. England have reached the semifinals of major tournaments just six times, with Southgate and much of this this squad having done it twice, just like Sir Alf Ramsey and Co. in 1966 and 1968.England had gone more than 20 years without reaching the last four of a competition, before Southgate took them there in Russia. It does not mean the pressure is off, but it is not insignificant, because once a cycle begins, it is hard to slow down.Once you have experience actually achieving something meaningful, it becomes easier to do it again. This England team does not play with swagger, but the players do seem to have a quiet confidence. And that can be even more important.Southgate's England have managed to break the feedback loop of drama and disappointment. Not by necessarily playing better football or by having better players -- at least in terms of the ones who actually make it on to the pitch -- but in the way they carry themselves and the way the environment in the camp projects beyond them.It may not be entirely down to the manager. It may be the players. It may be the fans and the media who, after 18 months of pandemic, are just a little more chilled out and happy and wanting to highlight the positives.It also may or may not be enough to win the Euros, but it is a darn sight different from the past. Read the full article

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Monster Christmas PT2 (Monster Roommate AU)

Ice skating Penny! I’ve been so excited to post this guys you have no idea. He’s basically Bambi during that winter scene but a giant killer monster trying to hunt. Its so pure. Also two monsters having a bloodly snow ball fight and making horrible macabre jokes like two giant NERDS. I love them they’re OTP. 

Monster Christmas Part 2 

Pennywise the Figure Skating Clown

“Oh there you two are I was about to come look for you but I got caught up having a lovely conversation with your Uncle Bob! He's going to show me around town tomorrow so you two can go to work!” Leech’s mom smiled happily at them. She really was the cutest mom.

“Yeah we ran into him on the way back from our um… smoke break…” Leech pulled at the bottom of her dress.

“Ugh Lucy darling you know I detest that habit of yours.”

“Its a hard habit to quit.” Robert gave her a wicked grin and she elbowed him hard.

“‘I’m calling a cab. Well drop you off at the hotel mom we’re uh we’re going to…”

“Grab a drink?”

“Oh look at you two! Finishing each others sentences! So adorable!”

The two monsters both blushed. “Mom! D-dont”

“Well you have to come up to my room I brought my home made lemon cookies the ones you loved when you were a kid!”

Leech whined realizing she cant indulge in her favorite treat. “We’ll take them to go.” Gray smiled

———

“Wull eh offishully loff your mofer” Robert popped the last of an entire box of cookies into his mouth.

“You're just saying that because she fed you”

“You never feed me!”

“I bring you snacks all the time”

“Yeah as bribes!! And then its “Penny don't eat Randy he tips well. Pen will you help me make food I can’t even eat for some dumb holiday that worships a bird. Oh Penny never mind eat Randy for me he's tipping Sandy more. You were perfectly capable of eating Randy yourself you know!”

“The “Randy incident” does not need to be brought back up” she growled shuffling her feet in the snow.

“Do you know what he was afraid of?!”

“Are we really doing this?”

“VAMPIRES LEECH! I literally just turned into you!”

She paused and turned to him.

“Wait why me specifically?”

“I don’t know….. maybe I like the way you look when you get, as you say, hangry”

“Aww really?!” her face lit up like a christmas tree.

“Yeah yeah enjoy the compliment……lazy bloodsucker…”

“Awwww Penny” she stopped and hugged him tight. Robert rolled his eyes and pulled her into him.

“Don’t let it go to your head.” he smiled into her wig

———-

He brought her to the town square and paused to look at the giant tree in the center. They saw other couples drifting around the ice rink together, blissfully unaware of the monsters watching them.

“You know, I bet you'd be killer at ice skating.” Leech gave him a sly grin

“Why’s that?”

“Its like dancing but on blades.”

“Go on…”

“Not the kind you're thinking of….. but I suppose you could kill someone with them if you got creative…”

“Hmmm… we should try it.”

“Ice skating or murder with ice skates?”

“Both!”

“Yeah because that would go over so well.”

“Fine! We’ll just do the boring part” he grabbed her hand and rushed to get in line.

—————-

“Ok so I haven't actually done this in years. Last time I did was with Adam and I nearly broke my leg…”

Robert growled at the mention of her ex. Leech gave his arm a shove “Oh stop you got to rip him apart be happy. If it makes you feel any better I'm already having a way… better.. time….” they both paused to watch a beautiful young girl drift by with hunger.

“Dibs! I call dibs!” she elbowed him.

“You already ate tonight!” he hissed “You know I’ll just take it from you anyway.”

“That’s not how dibs works”

“As if I care. Alright lets make it a game then, who ever lures her first wins.”

“You are so on.” the nosferatu licked her lips and grinned.

“Um sir I don’t think we carry your size skate…” the attendant pointed at the disguised clowns massive feet. Leech snorted and Robert gave her a shove.

“Its ok I brought my own” he smiled

“Hey! Hey Rob! Robert! Brobert!” she elbowed him over and over till he turned to look at her.

“What!?”

“You wanna know why people are terrified of clowns?”

“I’m going to regret this aren't I?” he sighed “Fine, why?”

“The bigger the feet, the bigger the dick!” she snorted again and banged on the railing.

“Did you- did you just compliment my dick size?” his face became slightly pink

Leech wheezed at her own terrible dick joke. “Hey, I aint wrong big boy!” she gave him a flirty wink Robert turned bright red in embarrassment. “I cant take you anywhere.” he grumbled.

They sat down and Gray materialized skates onto his feet. Leech snickered as she laced hers up.

“What?” he glared.

“You're so going to fall on your ass.”

“Am not!”

“Have you ever skated before?”

“How hard can it be” she saw him put weight on the blades under his feet and watched as his knee wiggled off balance.

“I'm going to totally win”

Robert stood up attempting to intimidate her only to wobble and catch himself on a ledge. Leech snorted with laughter.

“D-dont laugh at me!”

“Oh my god you're like a baby deer trying to stand!”

“S-stop I am the alpha predator! AAHH” he fell to the side and opened his legs wide to stabilize himself.

“This is golden and we’re not even on the ice yet!”

She left him to go skate around on her own. He sneered and giggled when Leech wobbled a bit as well but as soon as she got the hang of it she was gliding around with ease. “You coming Bambi?”

“Why are you calling me that? Don't call me that.”

“Because I know you’re going to spend half the time trying to stand the fuck back up.”

He growled and attempted to enter the ice rink watching the girl they were both competing to lure. He instantly slid sideways and latched onto the wall in embarrassment hearing an all too familiar cackle from behind him. “How are you so good at standing on ice! Tell me!” he snarled

“Good? me? Pleeeaase they always picked me last for hockey when I was a kid.” she frowned at the memory and sighed. “Come here ruffles I’ll help you.” The vampire drifted over to the wall and hoisted him to his feet. “Hang on to the ledge for a bit and watch my feet.” she showed him the way to push forward and he watched her movements. “Go slow. I know how you like to rush things” Robert nodded and copied her with eyes trained on those pretty little legs. She turned around so she was skating backwards and started showing off “Not too bad! Still awkward as hell though!” Leech teased, suddenly she fell back when she hit the wall and Gray unable to stop crashed on top of her. They both looked at the compromising position they were in and Leech let a slight blush creep onto her face before they both burst out laughing. “Oh god we’re terrible at this!” she wheezed “I bet that chick is laughing her ass off at us” Gray’s laughter died down and he lovingly placed his hand on her rib cage. The young vampire’s lips parted and her breathing deepened. Everything around them seemed to just melt away.

“It seems like I'm ill equipped to hunt in winter.” he chuckled. “I’ll need to practice”

“You accidentally caught me though, that good enough?” she gripped his coat and pulled him closer.

“Mmm I’d say its better” his eyes changed color as he leaned into her, his cold hand cupping her cheek. Leech closed her eyes and craned her neck to meet him their lips inches away from one another until they were interrupted by an angry female voice. “Hey Romeo and Juliet! Get up or get a room I'm working on my routine here” they both turned to find the girl they were trying to hunt standing over them with her hands on her hips. Robert gave Leech a sly grin. “Time for you to lose little hunter!” he hissed “How rude of us to get in your way miss! My apologies!” he turned and attempted to hoist himself up the girls eyes grew wide when she saw the handsome man before her leaning on the wall for support. “Say I'm quite bad at this and you seem to have great skill care to help?” his eyes flashed hungry yellow. “Wh-what about your girlfriend?”

“What girlfriend?” he grinned making the memory of Leech and him disappear from the girls mind. His victim smiled and beckoned him to follow her.

“Oh you dick!” Leech growled “PLAY FAIR ASSHOLE”

“Like you were ever going to play fair in the first place darling.” he smirked awkwardly pushing himself along the wall away with her target.

“Ok you may have a point…but still!” she snarled and stood up fine if he wanted to play dirty she’d be more than happy to get dirty. Leech buttoned her coat up tighter and scraped the ice with the blade of her skates making a pile of white powder. She grinned and looked over at Robert who was leading the girl to an exit his eyes glowing bright like candles. The vampire stood up and skated over to him as fast as she could manage she skidded her skates so a spray of powder hit him on the back. She heard the disguised clown snarl and turn, thats when Leech nailed him with a ball of ice on the side of the head. “YOU LITTLE BRAT!” he roared and the vampire howled with laughter. Robert scooped up some of the ice shavings around him and lobbed a giant ice ball at Leech’s face. He grinned triumphantly while the vampire shook the ice out of her wig.

“Um hello?” the girl asked as the two disguised monsters glared at each other.

“Not now Ashley” Gray snarled preparing to wipe the sly smirk off his lovers face.

“H-how did you know my name?”

He paused and looked over to his victim. “You must of mentioned it on the way over here or something.”

Robert turned back to Leech but she was gone, vanished into the other skaters.

He grumbled something to himself and pushed his victim away from the crowd “Hey careful! I’m a finalist in the skating competition!”

“You think I care?” Robert arched his brow and pulled her behind a store where he backed her into a corner.

“Oh mister you’re too rough~”

“You have no idea” his eyes began to shine.

“I bet you like it rough too.” the girl grabbed at his belt buckle. Robert raised his brow unamused. He was about to mock her when he heard a familiar hissing from above him, his golden eyes trailed up long black gnarled claws till they locked onto two terrifying orbs of moonlight. They watched each other with intensity as the girl fumbled with his belt. He knew she was getting jealous and seeing his vampire get so worked up made his eyes shine even more. Robert gave Leech a victory smirk and a white gloved hand grabbed the girl by the throat. He began to squeeze the life out of the poor girl while practically eye fucking the vampire watching from above. Ashley screamed and his other hand covered her mouth. “That wont do you any good little miss Muffet. No one can hear you right now” his disguise melted away into the clown she screamed again “That was your favorite rhyme when you were little wasn't it? Little miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and way! hahahahaha!” he sang in a demented voice as horrible black claws creeped down the side of the building and a low churr filled the air. The clown removed his gloved hand from her mouth Ashley was hyperventilating now and tears streamed down her face. A new sickening voice whispered in her ear dripping with venom “then along came a spider who sat down beside her” The poor girl turned and was met with the face of skeletal bat like creature. The beast opened her fang filed mouth to let a long raspberry colored tongue drag along the girls face. Pennywise purred with delight. “And frightened miss Muffet away.” He sang his is mouth opened up and thousands of black spiders poured out of it onto his victims face and chest. The girl let out a primal screech of sheer terror.

The spiders on her vanished into shadowy smoke. Pennywise charged forward and ripped at the girls body creating a hole so big it nearly tore her in half. Leech sat on her wall and watched the life fade from her eyes as blood fell turning the white snow beneath them red.

“Sometimes I forget how dangerous you can be” she mused while she observed him rip the body into pieces tossing some in a pile to save for later. Penny looked up from his meal and grunted in approval. The vampire crawled off the wall and sneered at the corpse.

“You got jealous didn't you” the clown grinned face covered in gore.

“Shut up you won the game don't rub it in.”

“Aww my little hunter is a sore loser!”

“I just didn't like the way she touched you” Leech grumbled.

Pennywise chuckled a bit digging in the torso of his victim till he found what he was looking for. “I got something that will make you feel better!”

“What?”

He held out the humans heart in one large gloved hand dramatically dropping on one knee mocking a human proposal “Take my heart love!” he let out a burst of laughter at his macabre joke. Leech snorted and put her hands on her knees gasping for air while the two of them had a giggle fit over the warm mangled corpse. “You fucking nerd” she scooped up some blood stained snow and threw it at him. It hit Penny in the chest and the clown growled. “Oh naughty naughty little hunter! Now you've really done it!” he grabbed a much bigger snow ball and lobbed it at her laughing when the force of it nearly knocked her down. The vampire hissed and threw one of her own hitting the clown between the eyes. He shook the snow off his face while his ruffles jingled like sleigh bells in the night.

Leech walked over to him and picked up a strip of meat from the carcass. “May I?”

“Hmm you may. You might be earning it in a bit though.” Pennywise grinned wickedly.

“Thats a win-win for me.” the vampire rolled out her tongue and sucked the flesh, making sure the clown could see. he huffed “Dirty little thing, trying to tease Ol’ Pennywise”

“You already teased me plenty in that other alleyway.” she said mouth full of meat.

“I never planned on stopping.” he grumbled, turning to the corpse

She finished her last bite and silently stalked over to him her footsteps light and soundless like an owl’s wings. She tried to creep behind him but the clowns eyes were already shining gold in the night. When her arms snaked around his torso he switched their locations suddenly they were in the sewer and Leech had fallen off of him with a thud the corpse from their dessert landing next to her.

“Ow hey Pen!”

“Look who's falling on their ass now!” he laughed at her. “Shoulda known better than to sneak up on the likes of me little hunter.”

“There a reason you brought me here? Or are we just going to chit chat all night”

“So eager I love it!” he chuckled reaching out and pulling her into him. “don't worry little one you'll get me soon, I want to have some more fun first.” Leech smirked at him and snaked her hand up his chest.

“Such as?”

“How about a little role play hmm?” he leaned down to meet her gaze and smell her arousal.

“Oh you kinky bastard~” Leech snickered as he nipped the top side of her face.

“You be the fox little hunter and I’ll be the hound.” he chuckled darkly “If I catch you I get to tear you apart”

“And if I get away?” she nipped at his nose

“You’re not going to love” he growled. “I always catch my prey.”

Leech kissed him with a snarl “Come and get me then.” she whispered against his lips.

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LOOK AT THESE TWO CUTE ASS DORKS! They're having such a good time being fluffy af and dismembering people! Also people tend to forget that Pennywise tore Betty Ripsom in half, he didnt just bite her once he probably ripped her apart while she was still alive man. The clown is fucking brutal. I want to explore that a bit more since Leech is a lot more like a paper shredder that will strike up a casual convo while torturing you (she’ll be breaking an arm and go “Oh hey thats a cool shirt what size are you? I think I’m going to keep that when I’m done!”) while Penny’s more like a grizzly bear wood chipper that will dismember you alive while giggling to himself. They both get off on it though, its their shared hobby. 

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Neymar returning to Spain would be an ego trip by Barca or Real. PLUS: Chelsea exposed at Man United

It’s back! After a summer of international soccer, Gab Marcotti returns with his weekly column reflecting on the big talking points. It’s the first edition of Monday Musings for the 2019-20 season.

Jump to: Is Neymar really on the move? | Man United vs. Chelsea | Juve’s squad issues | Stop complaining about VAR | Are Man City deep enough? | Bayern get their winger

The latest on Neymar’s transfer saga

So now it’s apparently just a question of making the numbers work. PSG sporting director Leonardo confirmed that the club are in talks to sell Neymar, with Real Madrid and (possibly) Barcelona the likeliest destinations. But when you put a $210m Euro price tag on a guy, it’s far from straightforward. Particularly since whoever signs Neymar will also be on the hook for some $300m+ in wages over the next five years.

The depressing thing here is that this seems to be driven more by ego than footballing logic on all sides. Sure, Neymar is a hugely talented player and, possibly, still one of the heirs apparent to the Cristiano Ronaldo/Messi duopoly. But Barcelona have just added Antoine Griezmann to a front line that includes Messi and Luis Suarez (not to mention Ousmane Dembele). Real Madrid have just spent $110m on Eden Hazard and have big plans for Vinicius and Rodrygo, plus Marco Asensio won’t be injured in perpetuity. (And that’s before we get into Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez).

Where does he fit at either club, except as a an ego-trip and commercial roll of the dice?

The answer is he doesn’t. Signing Neymar would require a dismantling of the team that has been built (and, presumably, planned, though with Real Madrid you’re never quite sure how much planning is involved). And is his contribution, especially at that price, big enough to justify tearing up the blueprint?

I’d suggest the answer is a resounding “no,” not to mention the numbers. I know some treat Financial Fair Play as a joke but hey, it’s real and it’s still around. Barcelona can’t find a few extra million to land Matthijs De Ligt but they can commit half a billion to bring back Neymar, the guy who left so he could write his own story away from Messi’s shadow? Really?

Real Madrid, already stuck with two guys (Bale and James) whom they’re struggling to sell because of the absurdly onerous contracts they gave them, happily go and lavish another mega-deal on a guy who started less than half of his league games at PSG in the past two years? You sure?

Neymar’s time at PSG has failed to live up to expectations but it’s not stopped Spain’s two biggest clubs from trying to get him back in La Liga. Why?

It’s a sign of the modern game, and the way big clubs are straitjacketed by massive contracts, that if this deal happens, it won’t be a cash deal. The only way it works is by throwing in makeweights, which is why you’re likely to hear plenty of talk of Philippe Coutinho or Nelson Semedo, or James or Isco going the other way. Sticking a player in as part exchange not only saves you cash, but it allows for some neat accounting slight of hand because you can put almost whatever valuation you like on him and then let the magic of amortisation do the rest.

Stay tuned.

There’s also the distinct possibility that he doesn’t move at all, which would mean that sanity prevailed. Thomas Tuchel hinted at it after Sunday’s Ligue 1 opener for PSG. Of course, if he stays it will be curious to see what the reaction of the PSG fans will be. On Sunday night, during the 3-0 win over Nimes (Neymar was nowhere to be seen), he was invited — via banners and chanting — to get the hell out of the club.

Will it be the sort of thing that gets forgotten after a few good performances and some winning runs? You hope not, but you fear yes, just as you hope that if Florentino Perez or Josep Bartomeu break the bank one more time for this guy, they will be held to account.

There’s nothing wrong with spending big if you think you have the right guy: Kylian Mbappe is Exhibit A, B and C here. But to do it out of ego, in the waning weeks of the transfer window, while ripping up the script, smacks of irresponsibility. This is a good time as any to remind Florentino and Bartomeu that they don’t own their clubs. They are presidents with a responsibility for stewardship.

Breaking down Man United vs. Chelsea

Frank Lampard is playing with house money this season. As one of the more analytical and reflective football men out there, you could picture him in the summer playing the scenario game.

Best (realistic) case?

The combination of youngsters, loan diaspora and holdovers coalesce around his brand of football (which, lest we forget, is far closer to his predecessor’s than any Chelsea manager since Andre Villas Boas), Chelsea break into the top three, go deep in the Champions League and he gets a big, fat transfer budget next summer.

– Ogden: Pulisic must hit ground running at Chelsea

Worst (realistic) case? The kids’ inexperience costs Chelsea dear, the likes of Mason Mount, Reece James and Tammy Abraham offer further evidence of the gulf between the Premier League and the Football League, there’s a massive Eden Hazard-shaped hole that Christian Pulisic can’t come close to filling and they slip down the table, missing out on the Europa League.

But guess what? Between the transfer ban, the Hazard departure and the fact that he finally tapped into Chelsea’s vaunted Academy, there are enough mitigating circumstances there that he gets a pass. And he has another go in 2020-21, except with a full year of Premier League experience under his belt and a chance to actually acquire players next summer.

Frank Lampard, left, and Chelsea have a lot of work to do following Sunday’s heavy defeat at Man United. That said, it’s not all smooth sailing for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, right, either.

It’s worth bearing all of this in mind when evaluating Chelsea this season, in particular the opening 4-0 smackdown at Old Trafford. Despite leaving N’Golo Kante (who was unfit) on the bench and being without Antonio Rudiger, not to mention the long-term injuries to Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Callum Hudson-Odoi, they hit the woodwork twice and looked bright and sharp on the ball for most of the first half. But Kurt Zouma‘s sloppy tackle gave United a penalty, which Marcus Rashford converted, and as the saying goes, goals change games.

United were able to play on the counter and they did it very well, though, again the second and third goals were the result of individual errors by Cesar Azpilicueta (not something you can chalk up to youthful inexperience) and the fourth was a deflected effort to crown a fast break that began with Zouma on his back and Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire asking the referee to stop the game for what they thought was a head injury.

In other words, a healthy dose of misfortune, individual errors and happenstance, though that doesn’t gloss over the fact that there is plenty of work for Lampard and Chelsea to do. The individual blunders loomed large but there was also a serious lack of balance in the side, which isn’t surprising when it’s the first game of the season and more than half your starting XI were either elsewhere or on the bench last season.

As for United, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Harry Maguire hit the ground running and gave Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the perfect platform upon which to counter-attack. For all the venom he gets from some quarters, Paul Pogba popped up with two assists (one of them, as delightful as you’re likely to see this weekend). And yes: when it comes to flat-out pace, United have plenty.

The test, of course, will come later, as Jose Mourinho (not that he has an axe to grind or anything) pointed out on TV: what happens when they face teams who park the bus? Speedy strikers are great if they have space in which to run but when the opposition sit deep, you need either creativity (that’s on you, Paul) or the physicality to punch it in (and both big Belgians are gone).

That’s where Solskjaer will earn his bacon and in that sense, he faces a far more daunting task — at least as far as 2019-20 is concerned — than Lampard.

Can Juve resolve squad issues before it’s too late?

It’s rare that you get a manager speaking with the sort of honesty we heard from Maurizio Sarri over the weekend, when he admitted Juventus need to shift six players between now and the end of the transfer window or risk having to cut them from their Champions League squad. A lot of the focus has been driven by the transfer window, with speculation about the likes of Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain and/or Mario Mandzukic moving or, in midfield, Sami Khedira or Blaise Matuidi. But there ought to be a bigger concern: how did we get here?

Juventus can count and they knew that because they have just one homegrown player in the squad, perpetual third keeper Marco Pinsoglio, they can only register 22 players. So what kind of planning is it to find yourself in mid-August being forced to give guys away?

This situation is aggravated by the fact that most of the players they want to shift are older and with hefty contracts. What’s more, with the Premier League window closed, there are only so many potential destinations and there won’t be any late-August panic buys from mid-table English sides.

It’s pretty basic stuff. You hope that sporting director Fabio Paratici has some sort of plan up his sleeve, one that won’t cost the club too much money. Otherwise, for all his success in landing the likes of Matthijs de Ligt, Adrien Rabbit and Aaron Ramsey, he will have dropped the ball big time.

Enough complaining about VAR already!

There were no VAR screw-ups in its first weekend of Premier League life. Of course, this doesn’t mean there was no controversy, mainly because — despite the fact that it has been around for nearly three seasons and fans, players and media would have seen it in the World Cup, Champions League knockouts and FA Cup — some observers seemed to act as if they were seeing it for the first time (witness the Raheem Sterling offside) and others seemed unaware of the changes to the Laws of the Game that came into effect on June 1 (Philippe Dendoncker’s disallowed goal in Wolves’ win over Leicester).

– VAR in the Premier League: Big decisions explained

My colleague Dale Johnson has written about this at length if you want to go granular but put in its simplest form: offside is offside and it doesn’t matter how close it is. It’s frustrating to have to repeat this. And while, I’ll grant you, offside VAR is more of a by-product of why video replay was brought in to begin with (which was to correct major, aka clear and obvious, errors), the fact that we have the technology to apply it to offside calls more accurately than human assistants means there’s no reason not to use it.

Whatever you think of the margin of error that exists at the junction of frame velocity, human velocity and the brains of VAR operators, it surely is more accurate than a sprinting linesman asked to look in two directions at once while determining the exact moment boot strikes ball.

I’ve heard some suggestions that it would be better to only use VAR on blatant offside errors. OK, fine. So how do you judge what is blatant? And, while we’re at it, when it’s that close, even the very best human assistant referees are left to guess. With no VAR, Sterling might have been flagged offside or he might not. It would have been a coin flip.

Does that really sound more reasonable?

The Wolves incident actually has nothing to do with VAR but simply with a rule change that came into effect on June 1. If you handle the ball, even accidentally, and then gain an advantage from it that allows you to score a goal, that goal gets disallowed. Why? Because IFAB figured it’s against the spirit of the game to score with the help of an arm or hand and they want to standardize officiating, with more consistency. Making refs decide on the spot what is accidental and what is not when a goal is scored is, according to them, unnecessary. Which sounds reasonable enough, though it was somewhat jarring for Wolves fans on Sunday.

In the Dendoncker goal, the Belgian midfielder struck a ball that hit his teammate, Willie Boly on the arm. It was clearly accidental and had it just rolled away, everything would have been fine. But the ball sat up for Dendoncker to hit cleanly into the back of the net, and that’s why it was disallowed.

Would the goal have stood if there had been no VAR? Not unless the referee didn’t see the ball hit Boly’s arm. In which case, it’s a good thing there is VAR.

There will undoubtedly be mistakes and blunders, either with the VAR protocol or technology or implementation this season. But Week One went smoothly and whatever “controversy” arose feels mostly down to folks needing something to talk about.

Once the VAR novelty wears off, hopefully by the start of September, we can all move on.

Is Man City’s squad deep enough?

Manchester City raced out to a resounding 5-0 victory at West Ham in week one of the Premier League season and most have them as favourites to three-peat as champions. Rightly so, perhaps, but you wonder if they aren’t a little bit thinner than you’d like them to be in central defence.

In central defence, Vincent Kompany is gone and, effectively, City’s fourth central defender is Eliaquim Mangala, who hasn’t actually played at all in 18 months (and was nothing to write home about before that) and won’t be stopped from leaving should the right offer appear. Nicolas Otamendi is a year older and coming off a Copa America. John Stones had a poor season last year. He may bounce back, he may not.

The next option, presumably, is dropping Fernandinho into defense, but he’s 34 and has had injuries. Plus, if he’s at the back, he’s not in defensive midfield, which leaves only Rodri and Ilkay Gundogan (whose injury record isn’t great) in the middle of the park.

You can only assume Guardiola has a ton of faith in some of the teenagers populating the development squad, like Eric Garcia and Joel Latibeaudiere. Otherwise, a rough patch of injuries and suspensions could cost them dear.

Bayern get their man (and it’s not Sane)

Having missed out on Leroy Sane, Bayern seem set for a band-aid solution to the wing by bringing in Ivan Perisic from Inter on loan. If the reported numbers are correct — $5m loan fee, plus a $25m option to buy — it’s a cheap-and-cheerful way of adding some experience and quality in a guy who already knows the Bundesliga well.

It may be one of those rare moves that helps all those concerned.

Perisic wasn’t part of Antonio Conte’s plans at Inter and from their perspective, getting his wages off the bill and a little bit of money back makes sense. He’s been frighteningly inconsistent but has his moments and perhaps Bayern, a far more stable club than Inter, can ensure he gets some continuity to his performances. He ought to his seize this opportunity with both hands, because this is what you call landing on your feet after falling off a skyscraper.

As for Bayern, if he performs the way he did most of last season, no biggie: they can just send him back in the summer.

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It’s clear to everyone that Liverpool will win the Premier League this season, they’ve been so much better than everyone else and it will be thoroughly deserved.

One thing that has gained momentum in recent weeks is speculating over their ability to finish the season unbeaten. Clearly you would fancy them to win any game when they play well, but to do that for 38 games in notoriously difficult.

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Every team is capable of having an off day, the pressure may build on them and other teams will be desperate to make sure they were the side to end the unbeaten run, so it could get more difficult.

A look at their fixture list does show plenty of tricky ties. Here’s a look at the five toughest on paper – if they come through these without a loss then you would fancy them to gain the “invincibles” tag:

Away to Everton -16th March

Carlo Ancelotti has turned Everton into a much better side since taking over, and he will fancy this as a chance to get a true marquee result to hang his hat on. The Toffees have been dreadful against their city neighbours and couldn’t even beat their reserve team in the FA Cup, but the derby atmosphere will come into play here. Everton will need to keep it tight but they do rank well in teams who score from set pieces, and they may find a way to grind out a victory.

Home to Crystal Palace – 21st March

On paper this shouldn’t be a problem at all, but Palace do have a decent record against Liverpool and Roy Hodgson knows how to set up a side to spoil a game. There’s always the prospect of someone like Christian Benteke having his one good game of the year to get one over his former side, and Palace have taken points away from Old Trafford and The Emirates this season. Expect this game to be tight anyway, and Palace might just find a way to get it done.

Away to Man City – 5th April

This should be the toughest test for Jurgen Klopp and his men, but it might depend on how much focus City place on the Champions League. It’s worth noting that Liverpool will take the title from City, so Pep Guardiola and his men should see this as one final act of defiance to at least inflict defeat on Liverpool. City may also be the only team capable of going toe-to-toe with this Liverpool side, but they are also woeful at the back and mistakes could allow Salah, Mane and Firmino to rip them apart.

Away to Arsenal – 2nd May

This is more judging Arsenal by their history rather than their recent form, but they do have the players to hurt Liverpool if they actually turn up and concentrate. The Europa League loss to Olympiacos has clearly shaken the club, but this always felt like Mikel Arteta had a few months to settle in before building to next season. A win over Liverpool would give them a lift going into the Summer, but this could easily see Liverpool going three goals up by half time.

Could he find a way to beat Liverpool?

Away to Newcastle – 17th May

Listed as the last game of the season, there will be a lot of pressure going into this one if they are still unbeaten. Newcastle are completely hit or miss, but they have shown an ability to deliver some astonishing results when nothing is on the line for them, so you never know. The crowd would be well up for it and they tend to keep things tight at home, you have to think it would mean a lot to Steve Bruce too.

Looking through the list it’s clear that the Man City one is the biggest hurdle just now, but there is always the potential to slip up in the other fixtures too.

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Stay away or we will get relegated

WEST HAM legend Sir Trevor Brooking warned West Ham thugs: Stay away or we will get relegated. Saturday’s 3-0 loss to Burnley saw supporters run amok at the London Stadium in a day of shame.

Club chief David Sullivan was hit by a coin, players fought pitch invaders and young families were forced to leave the toxic atmosphere.

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Sir Trevor Brooking was sat in the directors' box when fans turned against the West Ham board

But Brooking believes the Hammers WILL drop to the Championship if the poisonous mood remains. He said: “Before Saturday, they had six home games out of nine which to a certain extent looked like an advantage. “When you’ve just lost 3-0 and had people coming onto the pitch and a lot of people venting their frustrations to the directors, that means the next five at home look pretty bleak.”

Brooking, 69, was left alone in the directors’ box on Saturday after owners Sullivan, David Gold and Karren Brady were all moved for their own safety when about 500 fans gathered to protest.

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Mark Noble believes West Ham is being ripped apart by infighting

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Noble fears West Ham will be relegated unless everyone pulls in the same direction

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Mark Noble found himself at the centre of the trouble as he was forced to confront pitch invaders at the London Stadium

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West Ham captain Mark Noble argued and tussled with a pitch invader

Sullivan was struck by a £2 coin but was back at work yesterday reporting no long-term ill effects.

Brooking added: “There’s no way the team is going to be able to play and get the points to stay up under that sort of atmosphere. It’s impossible.

INVADED West Ham fans invade pitch as David Gold and David Sullivan are told to leave London Stadium

“That atmosphere must never come back in the last five games otherwise the club is in serious trouble and the players won’t be able to deliver. “So the fans have to understand — just don’t come to the games at the moment until you try to allow the players to get the points to stay up. “Between now and the end of the season, anyone who has that aggressive frustration, just don’t come. We need everyone, all the fans and the team working together to try to get sufficient results, particularly in the five home games which we all thought was going to be the strength but on Saturday became a massive weakness. “Some of the aggression was so strong, it did go back to the bad old days. They are not your genuine West Ham fans. “I saw a few young families leaving because some of the youngsters were frightened.”

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West Ham skipper Mark Noble clases with a fan during this afternoon's pitch invasion at the London Satdium

West Ham fan 'dubbed' Jesus punched by fellow supporters after invading pitch

The FA “strongly condemned” the violence, have asked West Ham for their observations and are awaiting the referee’s report. Sanctions range from a fine to the club being made to play behind closed doors. In an effort to stop a repeat, West Ham bosses will today tackle the stadium operators in crunch talks. Club insiders say the Premier League feels “let down” by the way management company LS185 is running the 57,000-seater ground. The club wants to replace the vast green underlay surrounding the pitch with a claret one to make it feel more like home and make the playing surface more distinct. There are also ongoing battles about increasing capacity to 60,000 seats. Fans want unofficial traders allowed to sell programmes and merchandise directly outside the stadium too and want the whole arena to feel more like it belongs to West Ham.

West Ham fans turn and sing ’sack the board’ to David Gold and David Sullivan during home loss to Burnley

Sources at the club are also frustrated at the fans’ constant chanting about ‘missing money’ with one saying: “They can bring in a team of forensic accountants any time they want.”

The Hammers posted a record £43million profit in their latest accounts. Bizarrely, before the match, the Hammers had insisted their stewarding is IMPROVING. But two-time FA Cup winner Brooking said: “The number of stewards wasn’t sufficient and they couldn’t really cope. “The stewards were quite young and couldn’t deal with the aggression.” The FA and Premier League will want to know why police did not arrive inside the stadium until 20 MINUTES after trouble had started. That was despite dozens of officers being on duty outside the ground.

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Tommy Lawrence: Tributes are paid to former Liverpool goalkeeper who died aged 77

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Tributes have been paid to former Liverpool goalkeeper Tommy Lawrence, who has died aged 77.

The Scotsman, who won three caps for his country, was Bill Shankly’s first-choice keeper during the 1960s.

He only missed four league matches in six seasons as the Reds won the First Division Championship twice and claimed the FA Cup for the first time.

Lawrence signed professionally for Liverpool in October 1957, a few months after his 17th birthday.

Ray Clemence, Roy Evans and Michael Owen are among those to have paid tribute to Lawrence.

Lawrence made 390 appearances for the Anfield club before making the switch to Tranmere Rovers in 1971, where he stayed for three years.

He was given the nickname ‘The Flying Pig’ because of his ability to dive around the penalty area despite weighing more than 14 stone.

Tommy Lawrence (back row, third from left) played in the 1965 FA Cup-winning side

Lawrence kept a clean sheet for 90 minutes in the FA Cup final against Leeds United in 1965, before Liverpool claimed their historic win in extra time thanks to goals from Roger Hunt and Ian St. John.

He returned to prominence, accidentally, in 2015 when a BBC reporter was asking people on the streets of Merseyside for their memories about the 1967 derby at Goodison Park.

Lawrence told Stuart Flinders: “I played in it… it was a great game, Alan Ball scored the winner.”

Tributes for ‘great guy’ Lawrence

Liverpool chief executive Peter Moore was one of several high-profile football figures to pay tribute.

He tweeted: “A boyhood hero of mine. A great goalkeeper, a great member of the Liverpool family and a wonderful human being. He will be missed.”

Former Reds boss Roy Evans, who was a player during Lawrence’s time at the club, told the Liverpool website: “He actually worked it out for himself that if we were going to push further up the pitch and close people down. Tommy was alive and alert to that.

“He was a guy who was so humble and he didn’t think of himself as better than anybody else. Tommy never thought about himself and he was just a really happy-go-lucky lad, and that’s the way I will remember him.

“We will all miss him. I just hope people realise just what a great servant he was to Liverpool for many years and what a great guy he was.”

Goalkeepers who played for the Anfield club and Merseyside rivals Everton also paid their respects.

Former England number one Ray Clemence said: “A gentleman who I had the privilege of training with. I learnt so much about being a sweeper-keeper from him.”

And ex-Everton keeper Neville Southall tweeted: “RIP the brilliant goalkeeper. Tommy Lawrence.”

Phil Thompson, who was a centre-back at Liverpool between 1971 and 1984, said Lawrence was one of his “heroes”, adding: “You were a trailblazer for our club, a true gentleman.”

And ex-Reds and England striker Michael Owen said Lawrence “was of the original Shankly greats”.

Former Liverpool striker John Aldridge was one of the first to pay tribute to Lawrence

The first sweeper-keeper

BBC’s chief football writer Phil McNulty

Tommy Lawrence was one of the Scottish cornerstones of Bill Shankly’s great Liverpool side of the 1960s that established the platform and the template for the Anfield successes that followed.

Signed by Shankly’s predecessor Phil Taylor, Lawrence was part of the great spine of Liverpool’s side from north of the border along with captain Ron Yeats and striker Ian St John.

A bulky figure, he was still remarkably agile and reliable and was one of the first to operate as what is these days described as a “sweeper keeper.”

Lawrence was one of the great characters of a golden era on Merseyside as Liverpool, led by the extrovert Shankly, battled for supremacy against Everton, led by the secretive, media-shy Harry Catterick.

The Scot helped Liverpool win the FA Cup against Leeds at Wembley and also two league titles, as well as losing a European Cup Winners’ Cup Final to Borussia Dortmund at Hampden Park in 1966.

Lawrence played 390 times for Liverpool between 1962 and 1971 and remained unchallenged as Liverpool’s first-choice keeper until the emergence of future great Ray Clemence.

He may have continued his career across the Mersey at Tranmere but this popular and humble man will always be best remembered as one of Liverpool’s legendary figures.

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Arsene Wenger And That 3-Man Defence

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Arsene Wenger And That 3-Man Defence

How Arsenal’s switch to a 3-man defence transformed Arsene Wenger’s fortunes

Something happened to Arsene Wenger on the 10th April. The Frenchman was on the brink, having just seen his side ripped apart by Crystal Palace in the Monday Night Football. With a 10-2 defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich still fresh in the mind there could surely only be one outcome – the axe!

However, it never fell….maybe Big Sam had a quiet word in his ear or the Arsenal manager stumbled across our earlier column in which we clearly pinpointed where he was failing! Whatever it was, it certainly acted as a catalyst as something finally snapped inside Wenger. His stubbornness subsided as he made the switch to a 3-man defence and Arsenal were suddenly a transformed side.

Wenger would be rewarded with, not only a new contract but also by clinching another FA Cup, making Arsenal the standout performers in the history of the competition, with 12 victories to their name

Wenger had chosen to ditch his tried and tested 4-2-3-1, opting instead to go with the in-vogue 3-man defence, in a new 3-4-2-1 formation for the last 10 games of the season. The Gunners saw off Manchester City and Chelsea in the cup as well as notching up 7 wins from 8 Premier League games. Even though they missed out on Champions League qualification, Arsenal scored 16 times in those 8 league games, conceding just 5 goals in the sequence.

With that contract extension signed, one would imagine that the 3-man defence is in for the long haul so what are its implications for the fantasy football manager?

Who will occupy those wing-back positions?

The big question that fantasy football managers need to address ahead of the new season revolves around those wing-back positions and more specifically, who is likely to fill them?

Chelsea’s Marcos Alonso showed just how priceless a full-back deployed in one of those advanced wing-back berths can be, chipping in with 6 goals and 3 assists on top of a plethora of clean sheets during the Blues stroll to the title and it has not gone unnoticed.

This makes Wenger’s recent capture of Sead Kolašinac all the more intriguing. Despite scoring for Bosnia against Argentina at the 2014 World Cup finals, it’s unlikely that too many fantasy football managers, let alone Arsenal fans, will have remembered him so Oulala have taken a look at how he stands up against Nacho Monreal and Kieren Gibbs, the two players that are likely to be in direct competition for that left-sided wing-back role.

Kolašinac displays some impressive stats and he looks like exactly the sort of player that could accrue his fair share of bonus points. Versatility seems to be one of his strong suits, having played around half of his games for Schalke last season at left back, in a back four and the other half as a left-sided midfielder, which obviously contributed to his eye-catching goals and assists tally.

Nacho Monreal could be utilised as one of the 3 centre-backs, with the Bosnian looking more likely than Kieren Gibbs to nail down that left wing-back role.

Even though Alex Oxlade Chamberlain started at left wing-back in the cup final, question marks remain about his long-term future at the Emirates and assuming he does stay, it would seem more likely that he plays back up to Héctor Bellerín for the right-sided spot.

Wenger faces some big challenges over the summer – he needs to build a squad that can compete for the title, by strengthening his team in key areas and hanging on to his prized assets but a fascinating sub-plot during the pre-season fixtures will be how he sets up his formation, specifically in those wide areas.

Could we unearth another piece of fantasy gold?