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Thread | Graham Souness.
at 11:08 5 Jan 2025
Was just reading an article by Souness on Man Utd. What he say's applies to many a young professional footballer in that in a lot of cases too much too soon turns their heads. Their status is often overblown. They are legends in their own lunchtime. Why this is so important is that as we have seen so often in the past and will no doubt in the future see these so called "Superstars" come and go just as quickly. Players like our own such as Delap and Hutchinson need nurturing and guidance so they don't become the next superstar that disappears just as quickly. A good professional can have 15 years at the top, but many fall by the wayside a lot sooner. Obviously a club cannot chaperone a player 24 hours a day and then it's down to the individual to not allow bad influence from outside to sidetrack them. Which admittedly is a harder thing to control given the excess time and money profession players have. One reason why we have to be grateful we have a manager and CEO with their hands on the pulse and whilst you can have set agendas laid out for the type of player you sign it's never going to be 100%. |
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Thread | Just another manic Monday
at 13:52 23 Dec 2024
Went to Tesco in Stow this morning. Talk about heaving, everywhere was chocca you had to literally fight your way down the aisles. Wouldn't have been half as bad if there wasn't so many of these internet shopping trolleys blocking every aisle. Why don't supermarkets do this at night. Not the youngsters fault who are doing the job, but it's just crazy that every aisle has three or four of these trolleys plus other cages replenishing stock. Well, I will answer my own question as to why they don't do it at night. Because they may have to pay a bit more to the staff, so sod the inconvenience to their customers. |
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Thread | Just a thought
at 19:48 10 Dec 2024
Having bumped into an old friend today he told me he had lost his wife to cancer a few years ago. He said he was o.k. and that he wasn't letting the grass grow under his feet. Amongst other things he had a Town season ticket. It's just that I'd like to bring it home to everyone that there are many out there who's Christmas's will be a bit empty due to having lost loved one's and whilst it is a great time for the kids let's not forget those that are left behind and those that have departed. |
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Thread | Two things I'd like to highlight.
at 22:18 4 Dec 2024
There were two instances in tonight's game between Newcastle and Liverpool I'd like to highlight. The reason being the vast difference in refereeing going on in the Premier League. The first was where a Liverpool player deliberately barged a Newcastle player over, similar to where Chappers was barged over in our penalty area. On this occasion the result was the Liverpool player was yellow carded and a free kick awarded where as we got nothing. The second was where a Liverpool player stuck out his foot in exactly the same manner as Szmodics did giving away a penalty. This time absolutely nothing. There is far too much of this going on where the same type of incidents in different matches are given totally different outcomes. If the rules are there then the outcomes should be exactly the same. |
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Thread | New Productions
at 10:04 4 Dec 2024
Apparently the the producers of Mr Bates v the Post Office and Master Chef have joined forces to produce an entirely new programme. It's called Master Bates. |
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Thread | Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything.
at 13:32 20 Nov 2024
Inflation up and rising. Costs to businesses up. Energy prices going up again in January. Not long ago I paid £68 per month for gas and electricity. In the winter I was able to have my heating on 1-1.1/2 hours in the morning, then again 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. I now pay £85 per month (Just increased by my supplier) and I have it on for two hours at night. Absolutely bonkers. Whilst I admit and I was just as p*ssed off as most people with the Tories, Labour have steam rollered in like a bull in a china shop and now costs are and will keep increasing by more than they needed to. Companies will cut costs by cutting hours or even laying people off. Will put prices up whilst giving lower wage increases. This in turn will lead to workers striking for higher pay. There's a saying "You can't burn the candle at both ends" Labour are trying to put all the ills made by the previous Government in one go. It is too much all at once and is already leading to many sections of our community taking to the streets or totally feed up with a Party that has only been in power a few months. |
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Thread | MA & KM
at 09:18 6 Nov 2024
Mark Ashton has said "It doesn't enter his thoughts about getting rid of McKenna" It has been suggested that from wherever McKenna isn't up to the job. Whether this be paper talk or rumblings from fans or people just stirring the you know what it's absolutely insane that this subject should be anywhere on anyone's agenda. Yes we are in the bottom three and maybe things haven't gone quite according to plan. But let's not forget the journey we have been on and still have to go. Oh course there will be those that will wish us to fail. You don't have to go that far up the A140 to provide us with just one of those. Jealousy is a horrible thing. Just because someone has better than you doesn't give you the right to wish them ill. We all have a little bit of envy but that should never go so far as wishing that they fail. KM should stay as long as he want's to. He is currently the third best person to manage ITFC behind Sir Alf and Sir Bobby. Of course it's debatable he will overtake either of those two as things have changed so much. In Kieran we trust. |
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Thread | VAR, What's the point ?
at 16:31 4 Nov 2024
The major question I have to ask is VAR what's the point ? It costs money to employ officials sitting in a room surrounded by tv screens with the technology of replays in slow motion. It cost money to install and yet the controversy being caused virtually every game is no better than having two line officials and a referee and it definitely hasn't done away with the claim of bias. It's still the same old situation time and again with absolutely no advantage to the game of football where goals are scored and then the excitement taken away by VAR. Where a card is or isn't given and VAR interferes. Where a pen is given then overturned. Just go back to how it was with it's faults and biases because all you have is an expensive load of technology being overseen by officials with faults and biases. |
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Thread | Commonwealth calls for reparations.
at 16:44 26 Oct 2024
Give in to this we may as well pack our bags and move out of Britain. We cannot be held accountable for everything that happened in the past otherwise we leave ourselves open to everyone claiming something for what happened to their forbears many years past. As was pointed out on the radio last night Britain were at the forefront of abolishing slavery and whilst it was abhorrent Britain wasn't solely responsible for it happening. |
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