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Reply | Has Zambia been done yet?
at 13:03 9 Feb 2021
Sadly wasn't from there, just had a Grandma who was.
I think the OP needs to clarify whether he counts. If so, do we lose Terry Butcher who is from Singapore but played for England, or Zondervan, from Surinam but played for Holland. Although we have other Surinamese in reserve... |
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Reply | 1981 Squad comparisons 40 years on
at 12:49 9 Feb 2021
John Terry is a c*** (pick your own gender of genital as insult). Not fit to be mentioned in the same breath as Butcher.
Lampard always had others doing his work for him: Makalele or Essien, Ballack alongside. Wark played centrally in a midfield three with Muhren and Thijssen who, ahem, weren't known for their tackling. |
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Reply | 1981 Squad comparisons 40 years on
at 12:46 9 Feb 2021
Muhren is closest to Xabi Alonso
Thijssen to Iniesta (ok, he hasn't played in the Prem, so if Prem only maybe Fabregas)
Wark is Lampard and Makalele rolled into one.
Maybe Fernando Torres for Mariner?
Butcher is difficult. Quicker than you might think when a youngster and classier, too. As well as being the bravest footballer of his era. Maybe Jaap Stam with a dash of Matty Elliott thrown in? |
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Thread | Don't Panic!
at 17:57 9 Jan 2021
They still have Zeki Fryers in defence, so we have to have at least a chance.
Oh, and a puffing, overweight, Brett Pitman tribute act leading the line up-front. |
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Thread | Lol!
at 17:49 9 Jan 2021
Just lol!
How do we keep on doing this whenever we are on Sky? |
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Reply | 1.565 or better 1.717
at 10:27 3 Sep 2020
It was a teaser. It worked. He got you and I to open the thread.
And then contribute to it.
Sneaky. |
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Reply | Mysterious Missing Managers
at 22:13 2 Sep 2020
It was Ridsdale who talked up Seth Johnson's contract negotiations to £37,000 a week.
Allegedly. [Post edited 2 Sep 2020 22:14]
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Reply | Plout
at 15:55 29 Aug 2020
As in:
1. "Under Paul Lambert's management, Ipswich Town became a plout team."
2. "Paul Lambert's management had the same effect on attendances at Portman Road as a plout on Southwold beach."
3. "The plout of Ipswich Town's descent into the depths of the third tier under Paul Lambert resonated throughout the footballing world." |
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Reply | The collateral damage from Cornoavirus
at 16:54 13 Mar 2020
Edinburgh Airport has just warned that it may receive no flights for three months.
No regional airports anywhere in Europe will survive that. They are mostly privately run, and have debts and ongoing liabilities.
Which low-margin budget airlines will survive? Flybe has already gone.
Just one industry. |
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Reply | Herd immunity
at 16:25 13 Mar 2020
Here's my take, having watched all of Boris' emergency press conference live yesterday, and having had a chat with a member of the House of Lords who has read Department of Health briefings:
They want 60 to 80% of the population to catch the virus, but as gradually as possible.
They want the fittest 60 to 80% of the population to catch the virus, and for the most vulnerable to avoid it altogether.
They don't want to make people make huge changes to their lifestyle if those changes will only have minimal impact.
They don't want to shutdown completely, slow transmission to almost zero, then come out of shutdown with everyone thinking it was a fuss about nothing, then have a second outbreak and people be "precaution fatigued" and no longer follow advice.
So schools are to stay open because, in the main, those children and young people and their parents are best able to catch the disease and recover. So, bit by bit, the 60 to 80% figure required for herd immunity will be built up. As said elsewhere, if schools close and grandparents care for children who may have the early stages of infection, when they are contagious but may not be displaying obvious symptoms, then a higher risk group will be exposed than if schools stayed open.
This is a percentages exercise. Some children and young people, and some parents, will be seriously ill, and some will die. But that would always be the case with a virus which we have no historic immunity to. The hope is that by trying to minimise infection of those in higher risk categories, the number of people who develop severe complications will be minimised, and so the NHS' capacity of ventilator beds and specialist staff will not be overwhelmed, so the number of seriously ill people who die will be minimised.
Now wash your hands. |
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Reply | Covo-19 isolation TV watch list
at 19:12 12 Mar 2020
Anyone who hasn't watched Giri/Haji yet on iPlayer must do so! The most original piece of tv in years.
And I'm jealous of anyone who hasn't yet discovered the joys of Taskmaster yet.
And the simple life-affirming pleasures of Parks and Recreation.
I'll be watching The Sopranos, Game of Thrones and The West Wing, which I've somehow never watched.
And lots of Stand Up comedy on Next Up. |
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Reply | The Stock Market
at 19:09 12 Mar 2020
But would also decrease trading volumes massively, and therefore commission for the interested parties, and as a result will never happen.
But stock exchanges were originally set up to promote investment in businesses in order to spread risk (and share reward). Imagine if they were rebooted to provide that service, rather than serving the purpose of providing as much reward as possible as quickly as possible, often with minimal commitment. |
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