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14 hours ago, Todd_is_God said:

At 5pm on a Sunday good luck finding a pub showing any live sport that isn't Man Utd v Fulham or Leverkusen v Bayern Munich.

Lazio v Roma is on too.

You might get lucky if you ask nicely in Walkabout or the casino but that's likely going to be your only options.

 

13 hours ago, The Golden God said:


The Ark just off George Square would have it on a couple screens probably, maybe Waxys and The Merchant as well. It’s definitely much more popular for being on the tele these days. Saw a guy in an Aston Martin t shirt in the pub on Sunday night. You’ll defo get it somewhere if you check their websites or go in a half hour before it starts. 

Cheers - much obliged.

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Due to the BBC sport situation and 5 Live regular shows being taken off the air, I enjoyed the first few episodes of the Spygate show. Very detailed.

English football fans must have been seething when tuning in for the latest scores and so on, only to get a blow by blow account of the 2007 season.

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That’s the opening statement from Mercedes to the inevitable “he left by mutual consent”. In reality Merc got fed up with him because, like he was at one time, there’s a better prospect for the long term on the horizon. Happens to them all. Todays headlines tomorrows chip wrappings as my mum would say. And he’s a fud who Wolff will get fed up defending now he’s proven (repeatedly) he can’t drag extra performance out of a bad car in the way Senna, Prost, Schumacher and Alonso did. 

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19 hours ago, Boo Khaki said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/64992935

Bit strange to imply Hamilton should be worrying about winning world championships in a couple of years' time when he's facing the more immediate problem of slipping into 'clear #2' status in his current team. The denial is off the scale. 

It's hard to know who Lewis Hamilton could realistically go to who would be a better bet. Ferrari seems unlikely, Red Bull and Aston are both presumably off limits leaving...who, exactly?

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I wouldn't be surprised to hear the usual corny 'as a young boy I dreamed of racing a red car...' stuff eventually, but yes, that seems unlikely given Ferrari's recent move to younger drivers and the fact Hamilton has never once shown any inclination towards the team. I don't see how it would be realistic unless it was a Vettel/Kimi situation where he's nothing more than a reliable but ultimately non-threatening support act to a title-chasing Leclerc, and that doesn't seem remotely likely.

I think he signs on with Merc, and if they don't put a car on the grid that is at least the equal of RB next season then he'll do the Damon Hill thing of flouncing off into retirement while blaming absolutely everyone and everything else and refusing to acknowledge his own age and decline. There doesn't really seem to be any other viable option given that the apparent motivation is 'winning championships', there is no obvious existing avenue to  achieve that, and none of the rumoured new entries are remotely likely to "do a Brawn".  

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20 hours ago, BigBo10 said:

That’s the opening statement from Mercedes to the inevitable “he left by mutual consent”. In reality Merc got fed up with him because, like he was at one time, there’s a better prospect for the long term on the horizon. Happens to them all. Todays headlines tomorrows chip wrappings as my mum would say. And he’s a fud who Wolff will get fed up defending now he’s proven (repeatedly) he can’t drag extra performance out of a bad car in the way Senna, Prost, Schumacher and Alonso did. 

Hamiltons 8th title swings on Mercedes pulling a decent car out of the hat. No other team capable of winning would have him now.

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