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Thread | Late to party I know...
at 16:34 20 Dec 2024
But I was sad to see Russell Martin sacked. He was genuinely challenging Derby's 11 point record, and it would have been interesting to see how far he could push it. They were on track to get 11.875 points this season. |
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Thread | I woke up...
at 16:10 10 Nov 2024
And it was 1-0. We then scored a second and I made the decision not to watch or listen to the game. Didn't dare jinx it. Some risks aren't worth taking in life people. You are welcome... |
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Thread | Whitecaps
at 01:57 3 Oct 2024
Going to a game tonight. Apparently this is a song of theirs...
SWEET DREAMS (Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams)
Sweet dreams are made of these
Blue and white on a field of green
We travel the world and the seven seas
To cheer on the Whitecaps to victory!
Sub Whitecaps for Town and we are golden. |
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Thread | A point
at 18:19 15 Sep 2024
I know a point against any team away from home should be savoured. But I really, really hope we can get three against Southampton.
Even though we have had the toughest fixtures out of the bottom six, it currently looks like we are in a fight amongst those teams and it would be great for confidence if the team can get a win there |
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Thread | Post Fulham thoughts
at 05:53 4 Sep 2024
Just watched the Fulham game on TownTV. Some impressive stuff. Interesting that our xg was low, but you could see that we'd do a few good passes and movement and then someone would be slightly behind in thought and movement. I think players will get better and things will sync a bit more. Really happy with the performance.
For me the player of the season so far is Delap. His goal, whilst excellent, was also somewhat fortunate. Leno should have done better. It was all the other stuff he did. If he continues improving he will be awesome for us.
Seeing Phillips and Cajuste on the pitch, knowing they can both get better is a crazy position to be in. Knowing players like Phillips have come here because of KM. But the real marvel is seeing that Morsey is more than at home next to the two of them. Morsy is the best captain since...? Holland? I'm not so sure maybe it goes back further. Who was the previous captain who was definitely better for us?
Anyway, sorry I'm late to the party. Can't wait to see how we get on against Brighton. |
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Thread | My luck...
at 05:00 15 Aug 2024
I transferred money to my international account so I can pay for my Town tops in £. The money ended up in some sort of limbo where they could see I transferred it and it was to me, but it wasn't clear whether it should be placed in my £ or CA$. I had to get proof of the transaction. This took time. The bank in question then sent me instructions that were impossible to complete, so I had to set things up on their end again to complete it. Finally get my money in the account and... the away kit is sold out in a large. *cries*
Anyone ITK got any intel on when it will return?
EDIT: I should have scrolled down... "Further stock arriving mid-August" [Post edited 15 Aug 2024 5:29]
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Thread | A disappointing & frustrating month
at 05:15 12 Aug 2024
It's just a week to the big Premier League kickoff, with us in the early Saturday game. I think it is fair to say that we expected more 1-20 predictions. Enter now, before it's too late!
TDS's 1-20 Prediction competition by Kropotkin123 4 Aug 2024 6:04The Premiership edition! Feels good. Hope you've all had a great time worrying about transfers this summer. First tier problems, hey?
I've made a radical change this year. I've decided to reduce the teams from 24 to 20. It's now the 1-20 prediction competition.
The scoring system is the same as last year. You predict every team’s position and get one point for every position that team finishes away from your prediction. For example, if you predict Ipswich to finish 2nd and we finish 1st, you will get 1 point. All the teams are added to the total so the objective is to get as few points as possible.
Any tiebreakers will be decided first by who predicts Town’s position most accurately, because we are the most important team in the EPL (apparently that's what people have called it our absence) and then by whose 1st placed predicted team finishes closest to the title, then 2nd place, then 3rd... and so on.
I track this in a spreadsheet, so please follow these rules
Don't:
• number teams as 1,2,3 etc
• put champions, relegated
• put spaces between teams
Do:
• Copy and paste the team names below. The spreadsheet imports the TWTD table, so we want to use the same names.
• Feel free to edit up to the deadline
AFC Bournemouth
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Brentford
Brighton and Hove Albion
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Everton
Fulham
Ipswich Town
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest
Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
The closing date is 16th August at 20:00 (first kick-off)
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Thread | TDS's 1-20 Prediction competition
at 06:04 4 Aug 2024
The Premiership edition! Feels good. Hope you've all had a great time worrying about transfers this summer. First tier problems, hey?
I've made a radical change this year. I've decided to reduce the teams from 24 to 20. It's now the 1-20 prediction competition.
The scoring system is the same as last year. You predict every team’s position and get one point for every position that team finishes away from your prediction. For example, if you predict Ipswich to finish 2nd and we finish 1st, you will get 1 point. All the teams are added to the total so the objective is to get as few points as possible.
Any tiebreakers will be decided first by who predicts Town’s position most accurately, because we are the most important team in the EPL (apparently that's what people have called it our absence) and then by whose 1st placed predicted team finishes closest to the title, then 2nd place, then 3rd... and so on.
I track this in a spreadsheet, so please follow these rules
Don't:
• number teams as 1,2,3 etc
• put champions, relegated
• put spaces between teams
Do:
• Copy and paste the team names below. The spreadsheet imports the TWTD table, so we want to use the same names.
• Feel free to edit up to the deadline
AFC Bournemouth
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Brentford
Brighton and Hove Albion
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Everton
Fulham
Ipswich Town
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest
Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
The closing date is 16th August at 20:00 (first kick-off) [Post edited 16 Aug 2024 18:16]
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Thread | Educational Reform
at 03:29 6 Jul 2024
First thing Starmer needs to do is invest in more maths teachers in Inverness. They still haven't counted all their votes. [Post edited 6 Jul 2024 3:29]
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Thread | Apoliticals! Ye be warned, fer there be politics lurkin' within this thread...
at 06:32 2 Jun 2024
Most elections I come on here and give my two cents worth regarding democracy in the UK. Specifically taking votes from one party and adding it to another. It is a system that favours the leading party, but often the second place gains at a slightly lesser rate.
This time I come with the same warnings, but also some simpler solutions than what’s been suggested before.
Before we get into that. I want to say that first past the post served us well for a time. I’ve gone back and assessed the last 50 elections and here is what I found out. The last time the leading party did not steal votes from another party was in 1910. Before then it was pretty common fo rvotes not to be stolen. Indeed 7 elections in a row, no votes were stolen by the main party.
In 1874 the Conservative government of Benjamin Disraeli won the election as were under-represented by 1.40. So for every one person representing them in parliament, they should have had 1.40. Nowadays it has flipped on its head, the ruling parties have inflated majorities. Tony Blair’s 2005 election victory was the worst offender. They had a misrepresentation of 0.64. So for every 1 MP, they should have had 0.64. You can see these peaks and troughs represented clearly on this graph. 1 is fair.
The small numbers can give a distorted view though, that it isn’t that bad. But we can be talking up to 6.3m people’s votes being unjustly transferred to the ruling party, out of 31m voters. It is theft, and it translates into a mandate that these 6.3m people did not give.
Here’s the full list:
We have a strong liberal tradition in this country that goes back to the days of John Locke. Modern liberal thought is being suppressed. When Tony Blair came to power in 2005 he got 55% of the seats, with 35% of the vote! The lib Dems got 9% of the seats, from 22% of the vote.
It is the same today. At the last election the Lib Dems got 11 seats, when they should have had 75. The Green Party got one seat, when they should have been represented by 17.
We need a shake up in politics, but we are likely to see the same pattern of over-representation at the next election.
A simple fix would be to weight the MPs votes. So, using the last election as an example, when the Green MP votes, they should not vote with the power of 1 point, they vote with the power of 16.97 points. When a Conservative MP votes, they should not vote with the power of 1 point, but with the power of 0.78 points. This brings the MPs representative power back into proportion with the votes. It will make people think more about voting for the people they want to be running the country and representing them.
As I’ve said in years gone by, I do not give this opinion as a request. I do not recognise the leading party’s right to take away the vote from people and unjustly add it to their pile.
EDIT: If you'd prefer to look at the spreadsheets directly, DM me and I'll link you. [Post edited 2 Jun 2024 6:35]
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