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Reply | Their second!!!
at 17:18 30 Aug 2025
I just never think 3 exclamation marks after every sentence is a good sign |
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Reply | Philogene
at 09:17 24 Aug 2025
My thoughts exactly. The reason I have faith it will work long term is because he is so hard working and effective off the ball, its the on the ball confidence which is letting him down.
This is kind of how Omari started - his off the ball work was the first thing to stand out. Philogene's pressing work against Southampton was hugely successful - must have won the ball in their half 4 or 5 times. He just needs to take his man on now when he has the ball
To say he lacks effort is clearly wrong |
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Reply | Davis
at 16:05 17 Aug 2025
He was put in a tough position. Regardless though, his general performance and commitment to the club today are massive positives. Such a top player and professional, been a pleasure to watch him play over the last 3 years and hopefully for many to come! |
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Reply | Hope we use Tuesdays game to our advantage
at 12:26 10 Aug 2025
Not quite sure how this is relevants to what I'd said - I was merely replying to the claim that "half the players' looked unfit which seems unfair given how we ended the game. Whilst I agree with what you say, Birmingham's intensity in the first half and their substitutions in the second half (which I think were in response to them running out of energy a bit) don't seem linked to this point. If you are suggesting half our players looked unfit that's another matter and one I would challenge |
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Reply | Hope we use Tuesdays game to our advantage
at 10:32 10 Aug 2025
I must admit I didn't think we looked unfit Friday - we ended the game on top and with lots of energy, and it was Birmingham who looked less well conditioned. I would be very surprised if we don't see a heavily rotated team on Tuesday |
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Reply | So who else will be tuning in to watch Cam Humphreys tonight (n/t)
at 22:49 11 May 2025
I fear he'll come back with a bad neck from watching the ball go over his head so much. Genuinely one of the worst games I have ever seen. He looked fine when he did (rarely!) get on the ball, but impossible to judge him from playing in a game like that which is so ill-suited to him |
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Reply | The FA have banned trans women from women’s football
at 21:23 1 May 2025
Yes, I think so. And also in terms how being gay was often treated as a mental health issue or something which correlated with mental health issues. This is now widely accepted as having been wrong then, and it's wrong with trans people now |
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Reply | The FA have banned trans women from women’s football
at 21:15 1 May 2025
You're moving to a different area of discussion here - which I do disagree with you on, but I don't think it's what the original post related to. You said "you make choices in life". I think that's a really damaging framing in this area |
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Reply | The FA have banned trans women from women’s football
at 20:55 1 May 2025
As a gay person myself I really hate the use of the word "choice" here. It's not a choice to be gay, it's not a choice to be trans. Growing up I wish it had been a choice as I would have chosen otherwise - now I wouldn't say that, but it illustrates a point. The starting point for an empathetic discussion about trans people is dispelling this myth of "choice" |
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Reply | Net Zero and Tony Blair.
at 16:57 30 Apr 2025
The 'need to innovate' idea suggests that solutions have not been found yet - but they have, largely. Renewable technology - at the mass or utility level, at least - has advanced hugely and become far far cheaper than fossil fuels over the last 20 years. The reason they have not been applied at the scale needed is political choices and how energy markets are institutionalised and organised - things which reflect the interests of certain actors, of course.
That's not to say that a significant mobilisation of resources and infrastructure investment isn't needed - it does - but a shadow of what would be expended if we carry on on the trajectory we're on. |
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Reply | Net Zero and Tony Blair.
at 13:44 30 Apr 2025
Again this reveals a total and complete lack of understanding of how the UK energy sector works and renewables, but if the thread the other day is anything to go by you have no intention of engaging with people on the substance of this |
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Reply | The purge has started in Spain & Portugal
at 11:22 29 Apr 2025
Yes absolutely - and yeah, an important clarification you make about the base load requirements being why gas ends up always setting the price in spot markets |
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Reply | The purge has started in Spain & Portugal
at 10:51 29 Apr 2025
Sorry but this just fundamentally misunderstands the UK energy sector and renewables.
Renewable energy is far far cheaper and less capital intensive than fossil fuels. However, the price of energy in the UK wholesale spot market (which is where the action is) is set by gas/fossil fuels about 98% of the time.
The obstacle I believe to the expansion of renewables is the profit motive and marketisation of the sector. Renewables are cheaper but the costs are spread differently - more up front - so have to be funded by financial institutions/banks. Because energy prices are so volatile (because they're set by gas and gas is so volatile) banks are less likely to take a risk. The situation is different for fossil fuels because guarantees are returned in a way because gas prices are the fundamental driver.
Another key fact is that companies are not vertically integrated - that is to say a different company retails the energy to that which distributes it to that which generates it. Combined with how spot markets are organised, this is why savings from (far!) cheaper renewables are not passed onto customers.
The argument that net zero/renewables contribute to higher energy costs is a complete fallacy and reveals a total lack of understanding about the sector and how it works |
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Reply | Eustace wanting to move to Derby
at 21:44 10 Feb 2025
It's always an interesting discussion re the "size" of clubs. I tend to think in terms of size of fanbase more than anything, though average position in the pyramid has to fit it somehow.
Even then it's important to note attendances don't capture fanbase size at any given one time and you have to think in terms of where clubs are in a cycle (attendances tend to go up with a promotion/success and gradually fall away). I think Derby are very much in the 30k+ crowds at good times (like us, Leicester, Forest, Wolves, Sheffield clubs etc etc) whereas Blackburn are more like 20k at good times (more like Burnley, Huddersfield, etc). I'm sure everyone has their own picture of this in their heads though! |
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Reply | Eustace wanting to move to Derby
at 21:26 10 Feb 2025
Well their average attendance is around double that of Blackburn's and has been for years so I think you'd have to say that |
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