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Oh, one last thing before we launch into the list. Just to confirm that all points ties will be decided by the number of voters, and then the maximum points awarded by a single voter. Okay then.

Alright, we're ready to hit the town.

Oh crap, they're onto me!

I've come to view most managerial appointments through the prism of "will he make more or less punditry appearances on TV?" these days, which is why I was secretly quite pleased when old Pontius Pardew went to West Brom. Giggs becoming a fully fledged international manager will probably see him sought out by both the BBC and ITV to give us the benefit of his analysis at the World Cup. Therefore I'm dead against it.

Thanks for the offer Pretty. The scores are tallied and about two thirds of the pics prepared, it's just that I hadn't been feeling too well this past week, so BZ time has been mostly off the agenda. I'll be good to go in the next day or two, tops.

That's quite a lot of pressure.

When I catch up with that guy, I'll kill him.

Apologies for keeping you waiting, everyone. This show will be on the road soon.

McGeady has been a bit of conundrum all season really, even seemingly to Grayson who had previously gotten him motivated at Preston. The lad clearly has ability to burn and we don't have enough craft elsewhere in the squad to consider sidelining him for too long, but we also don't look capable of carrying anyone who fails to deliver consistently. Ultimately, I suppose you'd have to say it’s the reason he never played for one of the elite clubs during his peak years.

Sadly, getting off to such a bad start meant that our only realistic goal for the season was survival, and I do believe that Coleman is up to the task of making sure that happens. In the long term, as awful as it makes me feel to say it, I think it could be a long time before we're seen again in the top flight.

Only ever heard this guy a couple of times, but I feel like I can hear whispers of both Gilmour and Harrison in some of the guitar work.

At the risk of sounding pedantic, I would suggest that this particular line of reasoning is more akin to the alcoholic voluntarily walking into a bar and asking its staff to stop serving alcohol.

It's quite alright if you no longer wish to be a part of our forum, but we don't delete accounts.

It's interesting to note the mention of Ridley Scott there too, because you can certainly set your watch to the kind of rinse and repeat cycle that many Alien fans have seemingly been stuck in recently ("I hope Prometheus isn't just more xenomorphs running around" (Prometheus is released) "Where were all the xenomorphs?" (Alien Covenant is released) "That was just more xenomorphs running around"). The same thing seems to be happening with Star Wars at the moment, only we're not quite as far down the rabbit hole just yet. Give it another two years until the build-up to Episode IX, we'll have probably circled back around from "Last Jedi was adventurous and different and I hate that, give me the Star Wars of old" to "I hope Abrams doesn't play it safe like he did with Force Awakens, give me something adventurous and different".

I hereby declare the voting officially closed. Once again, to all who took part, thanks ever so much. I'll start posting the results in the next couple of days.

Last year, it was probably about mid-afternoon (GMT) on January 1st when I declared the voting closed. I do my best not to be too strict about the deadline though, just as a concession to the timezone differences.

I didn't see a result like that coming if I'm honest, but we bounced back well from Boxing Day's rancid showing. Here’s hoping for a happier new year on the football front.

Officially, there's a day and a bit left until the deadline, but I could just as easily hang fire for a bit longer if people feel like they need a little more time.

Very possibly, but it's still quite alright if anyone wants to submit new lists before the final deadline. I'll make sure there are no mix-ups. Also, @Stormbringer and anyone else struck by an urge to edit, fear not. You can either drop me a line in the usual way and bring me up to speed with what you want to change, or just create a new post. I'm more than happy to adjust the scores accordingly.

1. Sarah Stephens 2. Bregje Heinen 3. Gal Gadot 4. Sofia Reynal 5. Bella Hadid 6. Camilla Morrone 7. Tanya Mityushina 8. Lais Ribeiro 9. Hannah Ferguson 10. Robin Holzken 11. Josephine Skriver 12. Daisy Ridley 13. Rita Ora 14. Melissa Benoist 15. Nina Agdal 16. Dua Lipa 17. Bo Krsmanovic 18. Karlie Kloss 19. Charli XCX 20. Cara Delevingne

What's interesting is that the box office performance of a franchise movie will quite often live or die by its hardcore fans and whether or not they're prepared to come back for multiple viewings. In this case, many of them will probably be coming back just to try and make their minds up about it. I personally loved Last Jedi, but looking around at some of the initial reactions online, I can't help thinking that a lot of people (not necessarily here, just in general) are forgetting that they saw the original trilogy as children and are seeing the new one as adults. Two scenes in particular stood out for me...

The plot was cumbersome and very disjointed, which I suppose you'd have to say isn't that surprising when you have two directors whose approach to this kind of material is so different. By and large though, I just don't think the DC movies have understood the characters well enough (Wonder Woman notwithstanding). Tone isn't necessarily the problem since Nolan's Batman and the Russos' Captain America sequels have shown what can be done with stories touching on darker themes.

Honestly, it still reads to me like it has to be proven that consent wasn't given for a conviction, as opposed to the previous legislation which asked for proof of the victim saying no and the assailant understanding it. So all that's really changed is that the "she didn't say no" defence isn't going to wash any more. The problem is that the story has been reported so irresponsibly that a reasonable idea has been made into fuel for the usual fake provocateurs to claim that innocent men are being persecuted somehow.

This is quite literally the only scene from Pirates 4 that I can remember.

I dunno, there's a pretty big disconnect between the headline and the content of the article, which doesn't seem to support the notion that this represents a shift in the burden of proof. The change they're referencing sounds more like a broadening of the definition to match the accepted one in the UK, US and elsewhere, where affirmative consent is quite rightly the standard and innocent until proven guilty is still the law of the land.