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Old 22-07-2015, 13:19
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Is anybody else enjoying Michael and Eileen? I'm finding both of them a lot more likeable in the scenes they have together. It was really highlighted for me in the painful scene between Michael and Gail with her simpering over the battenberg cake and him reverting to drip of the year. Eileen squashing the stupid thing in the pub really made me smile and she seems to be bringing out a less pathetic side to him.

I know there's the whole "BUT HE'S A MARRIED MAN" thing but he is separated ... I'd like to see the two of them get together as a happy Eileen is a lot more entertaining than when she is in woe is me mode.

Also I quite enjoy Gail when she's miserable, as I'm evil like that!
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Old 22-07-2015, 13:22
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If Eileen goes from Greg Shadwick to Des Lennis the world really has gone mad!!!!!
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Old 22-07-2015, 13:24
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I like their interaction just to piss off Gail, but I find it hard to take Eileen seriously with any man, she gives me big lesbian vibes and I think it'd be much more believable if they turned her into a lesbian.
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Old 22-07-2015, 13:27
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Eileen could suck the life out of any bloke she gets with.
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Old 22-07-2015, 13:30
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Eileen could suck the life out of any bloke she gets with.
Given that Michael is possibly the most drab and pathetic character ever to grace the cobbles, I wouldn't imagine there's much life left to drain......lets hope Eileen finishes him off and we can be rid of him!
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Old 22-07-2015, 13:32
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Eileen is too much of a sly, conniving woman to be involved in Michael - she'll eat him up and spit him out without a second thought.

She's only got involved with him because he belongs to Gail - just being a classic bi*ch.
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Old 22-07-2015, 13:37
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Eileen is too much of a sly, conniving woman to be involved in Michael - she'll eat him up and spit him out without a second thought.

She's only got involved with him because he belongs to Gail - just being a classic bi*ch.
I'm genuinely waiting for Gail to get her mojo back, and sling Michael, Eileens way telling her she's welcome to him. I bet Eileen wouldn't be so keen once she realises Gail ain't so fussed anymore.

Would love to see the strong, maternal Gail back, dragging her family into line and sneering at the likes of Michael and Eileen in the street.
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Old 22-07-2015, 13:39
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Given that Michael is possibly the most drab and pathetic character ever to grace the cobbles, I wouldn't imagine there's much life left to drain......lets hope Eileen finishes him off and we can be rid of him!
How anyone can think that Les Dennis has any acting ability is beyond me - I totally agree with the above.
I know that soaps are all about suspending reality but you would have to be delusional to understand any rationale for not killing this character off immediately!
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Old 22-07-2015, 13:48
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How anyone can think that Les Dennis has any acting ability is beyond me - I totally agree with the above.
I know that soaps are all about suspending reality but you would have to be delusional to understand any rationale for not killing this character off immediately!
I would actually have commended the writers if Michael had lost his rag and actually died of heart failure on Gails rug when Gandy revealed the truth! At least then we'd have seen something worthwhile happen....instead it was used as a plot device for him to have him leave Gail and shack up with Eileen.

Gail needs to man the f**k up and kick that loser to the kerb! Get her self respect back and leave him and Eileen to it. Good luck to 'em is what I'd say, they deserve each other! Him the dull and dreary, pathetic loser and her the screeching, shouting, bitter old bag!!!
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Old 22-07-2015, 14:58
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Michael's a boring drip and Eileen's irritating.

Not exactly a compelling match.
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Old 22-07-2015, 16:09
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Michael and Eileen are both pretty unpleasant so they're suited in that way. I agree that Jacomo only wants him because it'll piss off Gail.

I really hope Gail washes her hands of the pathetic little creep if he gets properly involved with Eileen though. I'm pretty sure once Michael gets to know the horrible one he'll realise (too late I hope) he would have been better off with Gail - tough shit Des, you had your chance
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Old 22-07-2015, 17:32
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Eileen has such a strong presence that she tends to overshadow most men she's with. That pairing with tiny fireman was just cringe. I actually wish the writers kept her with Tony as he seems man enough to handle her
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Old 22-07-2015, 17:36
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If Eileen goes from Greg Shadwick to Des Lennis the world really has gone mad!!!!!


Totally agree. Greg shadwick totally hot; the only hot thing about Des lennis is his dodgy tick
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Old 22-07-2015, 17:43
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Totally agree. Greg shadwick totally hot; the only hot thing about Des lennis is his dodgy tick


OOps, read that last word as beginning with a D! Sorry.

Gail went all stupid and cringey when the bratty Sarah Lou got pregnant, she hasn't been the same since, just gets stupider and stupider. Eileen is not a very nice person, but she does entertain me I have to admit, much more than soppy Gail does! As for Les Dennis, please, just get rid of the irritating little snot.
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Old 22-07-2015, 17:50
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To be honest I prefer him with Gail. This is an unpopular opinion but I like Michael and don't think Les Dennis is as bad as people make him out to be. Not every character has to be high octane drama. You need quieter characters like Michael to balance out the bigger personalities.
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Old 22-07-2015, 17:51
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Totally agree. Greg shadwick totally hot; the only hot thing about Des lennis is his dodgy tick
I've absolutely no idea who greg shadwick is, but I don't remember it as the name of a character.

However, when I see eileen and michael together I'm reminded of what the commentator said about the Queen of Tonga and the diminutive ruler sharing her carriage at the 1953 Coronation : "she's brought her lunch with her".
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Old 22-07-2015, 17:52
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I've absolutely no idea who greg shadwick is, but I don't remember it as the name of a character.

However, when I see eileen and michael together I'm reminded of what the commentator said about the Queen of Tonga and the diminutive ruler sharing her carriage at the 1953 Coronation : "she's brought her lunch with her".
Greg shadwick was a brookside character played by the lovely mark moraghan who played Adrian in corrie.
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Old 22-07-2015, 18:11
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He's better with Eileen than the eyelash fluttering, squirrel resembling Gail!!
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Old 22-07-2015, 18:15
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OOps, read that last word as beginning with a D! Sorry.

Gail went all stupid and cringey when the bratty Sarah Lou got pregnant, she hasn't been the same since, just gets stupider and stupider. Eileen is not a very nice person, but she does entertain me I have to admit, much more than soppy Gail does! As for Les Dennis, please, just get rid of the irritating little snot.
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Old 22-07-2015, 18:27
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Perhaps there is a real man out there in soap world, who could become Gail's new love [ I mean - what's one more! ]
Eileen seems to have a habit of wanting whatever Gail has - and Michael really is not much of a catch. She forgives him for breaking into her house, looks after him thru all his medical problems, keeps the Andy saga a secret only because she thinks it benefits Michael.....then the stupid, selfish and small minded excuse for a man refuses to even listen to her explanations? Gail needs to wake up, realize what a looser he is and move on. The moment she does that the other two will loose interest in each other.
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Old 22-07-2015, 19:00
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I think it's the worst pairing ever.
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Old 22-07-2015, 19:18
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I prefer him with Eileen he's more of a laugh and isn't so simpering and annoying.
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Old 22-07-2015, 19:25
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I see them more as friends
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Old 22-07-2015, 19:31
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Eileen was absolutely horrible to Michael when she first met him she looked down her nose at him and then mocked Gail for dating him when she found out they were a couple. Yet now we're meant to believe she wants him? Even when Steve and Michelle were teasing her about liking Michael she couldn't even bring her self to say it. He should be with Gail at least she's genuine and isn't embarrassed to be seen with him.
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Old 22-07-2015, 23:04
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Greg shadwick was a brookside character played by the lovely mark moraghan who played Adrian in corrie.
Thanks, I'm terrible at the names of actors, especially those who are in for only a couple of episodes. Hang on, though, I've just realised it was the name of a character in another soap, not the actor!

I wish people wouldn't do that; how are those who don't watch that soap to know who's being referred to?
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