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Thread | Was shopping in ASDA today and got a complaint almost immediately
at 16:32 28 Apr 2025
Bloke saw me in my suit and school lanyard and came striding towards me. Demanded to know if I was the manager and what I could do about something out of stock. He thought I was the manager it seemed.
Poor fella looked so embarrassed when I showed him my ID badge and said I was just trying to sort my tea out. He tried to laugh it off but was clearly wanting the ground to swallow him up. I couldn’t help him find what he was looking for either as it was the veg aisle, not electronics.
I used to get it when I worked in retail years ago, if you went in a shop on your break and people saw the uniform, they’d just assume it was for the shop you were in. Never had it when dressed like a grown up though.
Anyone else been harassed for just going about their business? |
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Thread | Championship again
at 20:42 26 Apr 2025
Very little went right for me today. But I was pleasantly surprised by how much fight there was in a threadbare Town. Injury, injustice, infamy whatever has sent us down this season, it was pretty crystallised today.
I thought Johnson played really well, then he got sent off. The first was baffling as he looked clean through, the second so obvious it was Axel at Villa again. Before that Clarke had threatened, Delap had been ready to rhumble, and Town were scrapping for inches.
Tonali was a monster at Portman Rd, but today he seemed a bit moany. I did laugh when Taylor slipped, skittled him and he acted like a wuss. Given we had VAR for all sorts, from Morsy cleared of assault, to a penalty so soft they’re going to rate cotton by it from next week. But the most farcical decision was booking Burn and Delap, the soon to leave strike having the temerity to try and mark the goon from the toon.
We don’t like people with out ten fingers as a rule, and when he lumbered in an aggressive header from a corner, Burn proved himself no exception did he? It said a lot that even the barcodes were unhappy with the ref, stirring from their slumber to chastise him too.
If Will Osula wants to score goals every week, then he did a good audition in front of McKenna today. A tad over the top and excitable with the celebrations but I’d have him here next year if he’s bored of the bench.
Godfrey emerged from the death sentence the gossips had given him a few weeks ago. Had we had 11 and not been defending for all we could, he had some space as did a few others do still get at Pope. Ultimately, we never had enough, we were knew we were down and at full time let the players and manager know we weren’t out of love with a single one of them.
It’s been humbling, but knowing it’s never been a fair fight makes the blows somewhat easier to take. I don’t buy conspiracies, but with the conversation about all three teams heading back down again, it’s clear there’s an in built bias at this level. The drip, drip, drip of every small decision going against you is a horrible way to be flushed back down the pipe.
Que sera sera we are going to Coventry then.
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Thread | The clubs Vaisakhi message on Facebook
at 16:09 14 Apr 2025
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HX6Ab5y2M/?mibextid=wwXIfr
I made the mistake of reading the comments. Good crikey, we have some arseholes on our socials don’t we?
In a weird coincidence we parked and went through the most densely populated Sikhi part of the UK. I’m not sure if that explained families out and about or not. I doubt any were converted to Town fans by the few dozen of us headed that way.
However, it was brilliant to hear the scum booing the knee rather than just ignoring it, drowned out by the thousands of us chanting. A mate said someone near him was ranting about it being “a Christian country” when a Chelsea player performed an Islamic prayer at full time - bet they sang the Morsy song we belted out during the game though. |
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Thread | Hope the players enjoyed that send off at the end
at 17:14 13 Apr 2025
Bit cliched or whatever, but that first half was excellent - celebrating both goals… chefs kiss and all that.
Johnson and palmer can duke it out for Motm today, both had moments that defined the game, both went about their jobs really well. If Davis had the cover from Clarke that BJ gave Axel we’d have had an even better day today.
We are really going to miss Delap, and we know Hirst if he’s fit will be great. His ball through to create the goal was a brilliant bit of intelligence.
Chelsea for all the diving, pushing off the ball and moaning were godawful. It’s a pleasure watching Cole Palmer in the flesh, but he was outshone by Ipswich players all too often. If anything it was Cajuste who looked more likely to be the £100m man out of the midfielders out there. If Morsy had the legs to make better passes and not switch off we’d have shut them down completely.
Sancho produced a moment of class, but that first goal right after the break is why we are not staying up. They made a sub, went straight down our weak side and scored. We just weren’t switched on.
A shame to see so many tourists, empty seats and silence from the home fans. Like City, Liverpool and United it’s hard to stomach when you go there. What the pre abramovich vintage must make of it now, god only knows. Maybe they’re all old enough to appreciate the calm?
There’s a bit of fight about us, a bit of pride and plenty of reasons to hope. It’s just be nice to go down close to the drop line, not miles away. |
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Thread | Abuse of Foden’s Mum today
at 21:20 6 Apr 2025
I see Pep has come out and condemned it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c045nxw2yz5o
Apart from the obvious misogyny, are we at a point where chants are moving towards more and more things being off limits? I know racism was at one time rife and open, and it still can be in many countries, but with the ongoing rise in prices and gentrification of football is one of the upsides we see more intolerance towards this sort of stuff?
The Delia chants are long overdue being retired, they make us all look a bit simple. Or is this sort of public discussion via Pep only going to harden blokes to thinking this is some sort of hill to die on now? |
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Thread | Is that the first time we can say
at 17:28 5 Apr 2025
McKenna looked out of his depth / rabbit in the proverbial etc ?
I’m not looking to dig him out, more that it just felt like we had the lead, we had the crowd, this was our chance to at least take a swing at survival and we then produced that second half.
The lack of belief, the subs, the way we played all felt like a collective choke didn’t it? That’s probably what hurts the most for me. We just don’t expect that no matter the gap between us and the opposition. |
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Thread | Praise for Morsy, because I feel he's been eays to criticise lately.
at 15:55 5 Apr 2025
That block off the indirect free kick was brave and what you want from the captain. Launched himself without thought and destroyed the move. What Palmer was doing God only knows. Looked like he completely missed it to me.
Also that VAR check on Delap's goal was baffling. You could see immediately he was on, they spent ages zooming and swiveling the view and there was no hint of offside. I was expecting them to penalise O'Shea despite the fact he was being backed in on. Showed exactly why VAR needs a time limit or tightening up somehow. The movement from Delap who got there ahead of Johnson was excellent too.
Cajuste and O'Shea have been magnificent for me. Those long balls from the Swede and the block off the line from O'Shea were pivotal as Palmer was nowhere near the ball. |
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