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Thread | Wolves
at 20:22 14 Dec 2024
There's something clearly wrong there apart from them not being very good this season. When they scored it looked like Cunha didn't give a toss, and there was no running back to get the game started quickly again.
In the last 8 minutes or so they looked spent and we went through them pretty easily with them leaving spaces everywhere, notably at the corner but in midfield before that too.
The scenes at the end of the match were the same as their game last week. No discipline at all.
O'Neill you imagine has to go but hard to imagine them turning things round very quickly with whoever takes them on. The attitude of the players and a crap defence makes me think they're stuffed. |
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Thread | Midfields
at 20:19 24 Nov 2024
There can't be a more pedestrian, limp and lifeless midfield pairing than Casemiro and Eriksen. They were everything that Morsy and Cajuste weren't, the gulf there today was huge.
Just about the whole United team lacked any sense of urgency, standing off us and very rigid in the first half and completely ineffective with their possession in the second. I can't remember seeing Rashford after the goal, Garnacho seemed more interested in trying to win fouls than properly beat players, Fernandes was completely absent and only Amad from the outfield players showed any ambition.
Mid-table flatters them. We perhaps ran out of a bit of steam in the end but 3-1 would have probably been a fairer reflection of the game. |
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Thread | Lamine Yamal's Dad stabbed
at 22:44 14 Aug 2024
Just came on the news here. His Dad is in a serious condition after being stabbed in a car park. Seems it came after a fight earlier and 3 people arrested. Bit of a shocker. |
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Thread | Spanish / Catalan political farce
at 20:24 8 Aug 2024
I don't suppose anyone here follows Catalan or Spanish politics but the story of the ex-president returning today after 7 years exile has been bizarre.
After the unofficial independence referendum in 2017 many politicians were imprisoned and others escaped to Belgium and Switzerland. Last month the Socialists passed an amnesty law but the judges in Madrid contested it didn't apply to Carles Puigdemont, the Catalan president in 2017. He's been in exile in Waterloo since then.
Today was the day of the crowning of the latest President, socialist Salvador Illa and this week Puigdemont said he would be there knowing he would be arrested.
Mid-morning today he appeared at the Arc de Triomf in Barcelona and gave a 5 minute speech. Then he disappeared. Two Catalan police officers have been arrested, one of them allegedly lent him his car to get away.
The Catalan police then set up "operation cage" stopping cars all over Catalonia looking for him...but probably not looking very hard. He's probably already back in Belgium or watching Catalan tv in downtown Barcelona.
The Spanish right and far right are apoplectic, the socialists in Madrid are embarrassed and the Catalans are loving it. As I write nobody knows where Puigdemont has gone |
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Thread | Planet Blue etc.
at 19:37 23 Jul 2024
My daughter is popping over to Ipswich this weekend and just wanted to ask if they have any of the training tops available there yet. Anyone been there in the last couple of days? Do they have the black out shirt or is that online only?
One other thing, can she get Fortuna tickets on the day as she's not arriving til Friday evening? I assume there won't be a huge crowd. |
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Thread | England...
at 20:54 10 Jul 2024
...making Netherlands look like England.
The Dutch build up is slow, 2 attacks have finished back with their keeper. Foden's had his weetabix and getting plenty of support. Hope for more after half time. |
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Thread | Pleased for Saka
at 19:57 6 Jul 2024
Great to see him step up and score the penalty.
Does Kane miss the next match, anyone else? Spanish commentators ignored most of the match and were discussing Heidi and Sherlock at one point, and who was better. |
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Thread | Ronaldo
at 20:50 1 Jul 2024
I think Portugal might now be better off without him. Seems too desperate to score and teammates have chosen the wrong option twice now looking for him specifically. The free kick shooting from a ridiculous angle was just daft. |
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Thread | Amazon
at 12:47 28 Jun 2024
I bought a Samsung mobile from Amazon just under a year ago and recently been getting a moisture in the usb port warning. It means the phone can't be charged until the error is cleared (restart, clear usb cache)
I called Amazon they said send it back and they'd fix it, refund or replace it. I was expecting they'd say it was my fault for getting the phone wet or similar but they couldn't have been nicer.
I sent the phone back on Tuesday, received a message it had arrived on Wednesday and today, Friday, it arrived back fixed.
I know there are serious issues with working practices in warehouses at Amazon but that's probably true of most large online companies. What left me gobsmacked was the turnaround time and customer service. I really don't know how they do it. I live in a relatively remote location and in exactly 4 days the mobiles was sent, fixed and returned completely hassle free. |
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Thread | Dani Alves
at 12:38 22 Feb 2024
Found guilty of rape and sentenced to 4 years 6 months. The private prosecution was asking for 12 years, the public prosecution, 9 years. Because he deposited compensation of 150 thousand euros the judge gave him a near minimum sentence.
This is despite Alves changing his story on multiple occasions, he denied it, claimed it was consensual, claimed he was drunk. The judge said there was no doubt the girl's account of events were correct, corroborated by witnesses, cctv and doctors.
So this lying scumbag predator will probably spend another 18 months in jail having ruined the life of this young lady, and her family. In addition Alves' mother identified and posted a photo of the victim on social media. And Alves is likely to challenge the sentence. |
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Thread | Mbappé to Madrid
at 18:38 19 Feb 2024
No surprise there but I just don't get how Madrid can keep signing players on huge wages (an estimated 20 million euros a year) yet they rarely sell players for serious money. They already have big earners in Alaba, Kroos and Modric, and that's without including Vinicius, Bellingham, Courtois, Camavinga, Tchouameni etc.
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Thread | Woolfie, my motm
at 15:24 6 Jan 2024
Oozed class again today and was excellent all over Xmas too. He really is a top top defender. |
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Thread | Order notifications
at 17:58 6 Dec 2023
There's a guy at work who I've just reported to the manager. When an order comes in from someone wanting double cheese on their burger a notification is sent off automatically to the cheese section so they know to add an extra slice.
Well the guy there never acknowledges the double cheese order but I know he's seen it as the burger always comes back with the two slices.
Was I wrong to report him or should I have just sent him a whatsapp saying that he'll never get onto the salad section with an attitude like that? Thing is he never reads his whatsapps, the ticks never turn blue.
He's been here for years and still has just the one star on his badge. He looks like an ageing gothic type, maybe that's why he's never managed more stars, the uniform is something to be proud of not to be bypassed with drainpipe trousers and a thin leather tie. |
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Thread | Superb support
at 19:42 6 Aug 2023
Came across loud and clear all match, so loud the Spanish commentator mentioned it a few times, except he thought it was the Sunderland fans. |
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Thread | Spanish general election
at 21:08 23 Jul 2023
Most were predicting a clear win for the right / far right but it's looking like a draw between the 2 coaltions. So the next government is going to depend on who can win over the Catalan and Basque regional parties, and that's unlikely to be in favour of any government including the far right Vox. |
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Thread | Pochettino to Chelsea apparently
at 21:07 13 May 2023
That's a big shame as I really like and rate the guy. They should have gone for Mou or tempted Big Sam from his 4 match contract. |
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Thread | We absolutely destroyed them
at 21:56 25 Apr 2023
That was some performance, absolutely nerveless from the lads from start to finish. We could have scored 5 and wouldn't have been flattered and so solid in defence. |
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