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Reply | Amorim for the sack?
at 12:44 15 Sep 2025
Exactly this, it would be dumb for them to go for another reset. It's just the usual media pick on a target as all the other managers look secure for now and spend all the time undermining them.
Doesn't help of course the Man utd allegiances of most of the media who enjoy being the centre of attention. |
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Reply | Hope that third kit gets launched this week.
at 23:07 14 Sep 2025
not at the North stand end display for the past 3 seasons it hasnt as Ive sat there every match in those years and been calculating it based on 90 shown on the clock + whatever the 4th official shew.
infact I remember a particularly memorably game 2 years ago where I was looking forward to the clock breaking 100minutes, back when the refs were told to actually apply the proper added time for a while, because they hadnt put enough space for the clock on the board to show it actually happening :) sadly the ref blew up before time in the 99th minute.
but now it has a helpful clock + whatever timing, albeit still misleading as the clock obviously carries on ticking so its not the clock time + anything. ok you can argue its like how they do the television graphics, but Im not sure it really helps :) |
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Reply | As a fan of town
at 22:56 14 Sep 2025
hmm, Newcastle v Wolves tested that to the limit this weekend for sure.
the PL is where we want to be though, for all the talk about Championship games being proper football, there will be more games like Derby this season than there will be games like Sheff Utd. |
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Reply | Hope that third kit gets launched this week.
at 18:48 14 Sep 2025
It might have been me but I noticed the Halo ads on the digital ad boards around the ground were in the 3rd strip colours this week.
Also the game clock shows the additional time now. |
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Reply | Sh1thousery and anti-football - surely something needs to be done?
at 14:48 14 Sep 2025
but thats the problem, players with real injuries, including head injuries, would carry on playing to the detriment of their health, possibly even longterm health.
and theyre the least able to judge how injured they are for themselves
really the solution is to do exactly what the ref did for the Derby game, even if he was the worst ref Ive ever seen with timewasting, you add all the time players get treatment onto the game time.
its simple, its effective, players who are effectively just wasting game time will soon realise theyre not, but it needs to be done consistently all the time, for every game, not when the ref gets bored of it. |
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Reply | Why can West Ham v Spurs
at 22:48 13 Sep 2025
the reality is it wouldnt though, because there are enough idiots supporting both teams thesedays, who'd likely get very over excited about the game and then do something very stupid,that the police then have to deal with.
whereas when we play the game at the stupid time, the police get to report very few incidents happen, which to them is a success, and everyone goes home happy.
and ultimately thats all that counts, as in the modern era of football, after Portsmouth our next home game at 3pm isnt until nearly the end of November against Wrexham
3pm Saturday is no longer the normal KO time, so stop clinging to the past. |
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Reply | The Emergency Alert test thing
at 19:28 7 Sep 2025
you can turn them off, why wouldnt you ? people forget there are a whole world of people out there who maybe are in abusive relationships, who have "safe" phones hidden away, that they use to communicate with friends and support groups.
I mean I was more annoyed my phone had somehow turned it back on, clearly a software update resets your choices.
and as I said on the previous thread on this earlier in the week, theres absolutely no need to really test this system like this, its just for show, for effect, for security theatre. |
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Reply | When's this new third shirt out then?
at 11:08 7 Sep 2025
before Christmas, but maybe when sales of the other two kits have advanced enough that dropping a 3rd wont completely wreck their sales. |
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Reply | England v Andorra
at 11:02 7 Sep 2025
arent Coldplay there this week ? maybe they need more than a few days to get the kiss cam angles setup properly or something.
equally it stops all the northerners complaining they have to go to London all the time for games, and then the FA can point out that none of them bother to turn out when the games are held outside of London.
though I guess shows how many tourists go to those games. |
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Reply | The Portman Road car park price hike
at 10:56 7 Sep 2025
only if you assume the objective is to make more money.
and not reduce congestion and queuing around Portman Road on match days, which reduces pollution in the area.
or to try to encourage people to choose other forms of transport on matchdays
because of course if the car park was free to park, it would be full all the time and theyd make even less money...so money isnt really the point here, which alot of people seem to miss. |
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Reply | What’s your funeral song?
at 20:11 5 Sep 2025
I frequently flip between what songs I find uplifting, shall we say for want of a better description and what songs I find are the most emotionally devastating for a funeral
Depends what mood I'm in. |
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Reply | Omari blow
at 13:21 5 Sep 2025
But thats still saying he's not in their top 22 players at the club. Top 22.
That's not oh he isn't first team pick or just an impact sub bench pick that's barely making their second XI.
Nuno clearly doesn't rate him as much as this is about a power struggle |
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Reply | If you’re happy to risk…
at 19:04 3 Sep 2025
The aliens are already here fwiw, but my phone is set to block these things, I still remember sitting in the Fat Cat...Sheffield the OG, when it went off and half the pub hadnt a clue what was going on, it was just funny the 30 sec delay everyone had so it went on for about 3mins.
And It's worse to handle with aged parents who dont understand these things and will panic when it happens even though you've told them its happening. That's the part I question why a live test is needed its not necessary imo
Telcos test all kinds of live network scenarios all the time and prove things work, without it affecting real users at all. |
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Reply | Third shirt already on sale in Thailand…
at 18:54 3 Sep 2025
Totally agree, I mean its literally a case of when actually do we need it this season ? Maybe we'll draw Palace in the cup...
That said I think it looks the best of the 3 designs though I'm against changing the badge |
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Reply | Hey Jude pre match..
at 23:20 2 Sep 2025
did you see any flames on Saturday... ?
also I cant say I heard the Derby fans singing hey jude, maybe you sit nearer them, but it actually sounded like the whole ground was singing it, because its that kind of song, anyone knows the words to it
as opposed to a handful of people who will sing EEJB, or any other dirge from the past people suggest. because sorry theyre not crowd atmosphere songs, its like Everton playing Z cars, they only do it now because people would moan if they stopped, but it barely has any appeal to people who were born 50 years ago. how is it supposed to appeal to the current generation of fans let alone the next.
and if EEJB was such a popular song, it would be sung on the terraces all the time, and its not is it ? so why should we play it pre match.
as an example I went to see Boston Red Sox last year theyve a tradition of playing Sweet Caroline during the 8th inning stretch, so what according to your rules everyone plays Sweet Caroline dont they, so they shouldnt because everyone does it, its tired, its cliche, and yet everyone knows the words and they had 36,000 odd fans singing along to it and it created a great atmosphere.
fwiw Id prefer we went back to Two Steps from Hell or Ninja tracks pre match, but Im liking the early naughties flavour Chemical Bros segueway into Fat Boy Slim.
I also think the PA does a good job too. but its easy to criticise. |
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Reply | Right, is that window firmly shut, check the door too
at 21:15 1 Sep 2025
well I watched Look East and they didnt mention anything about Ipswich & transfers, mentioned Norwich in great detail, and every other club in the region, but not Town and they even had a transfer window countdown clock graphic...so clearly they are and the fax machine at the EFL ran out of paper again... |
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Reply | EADT quite pathetic.
at 21:13 1 Sep 2025
there is a kind of 4th way though, you put it behind a pay wall, but what you give the reader/subscriber is the quality writing, photography & journalism to go with it. Ive seen it with motorsport and cycling, there are journalists producing content you have to pay for, sometimes it seems alot sometimes its not, but they give you really indepth details and its well written and theyre knowledgeable about the subject, and thats what you want really.
I think alot of the issue in newspapers, is newsco's devaluing what content they produce to the point it has no value, and then stuffing it behind a pay wall anyway.
I mean the EADT/EDP/Star group has been doing that for decades frankly, to the point their news articles are either written by interns, or some weird AI, and the sport is the only thing left that has any value for them. |
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