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Reply | Incidentally, if that was Muric he'd be slaughtered for it.
at 16:45 3 May 2025
Yes, because Muric was criticised for every goal he conceded, even those he had no chance with.
Either we do it fairly to all our goalkeepers and all our goals, or we acknowledge people were just picking on Muric for their own agendas.
Which is it going to be? |
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Reply | Pub for tomorrow?
at 19:30 2 May 2025
Roscoe Head, only pub in Liverpool that's a must visit. |
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Reply | Ticketmaster seems to suggest
at 11:11 2 May 2025
Why would they ?
Did they do ones for Tina Turner, Elton John, Red Hot Chili's? As I don't recall it being the case. |
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Reply | Just climbed Snowdon
at 19:01 1 May 2025
There's a train you know, much more agreeable way to get up there ;) |
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Reply | A little var conspiracy theory
at 23:49 30 Apr 2025
tbf in LWB the hawkeye ball hitting the stumps part is a prediction, it cant show you something that hasnt happened, so it cant be described as an objective assessment |
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Reply | Most confident going into a new season?
at 23:46 30 Apr 2025
I remember back in 2002, after getting thumped 4-1 by Bolton, hearing lots of Town fans saying oh well we will come straight back up again.
first games of the next season we won, even first game at home beat some team from Leicester 6-1, wonder what happened to them next...and yet by October we'd sacked the manager, by February we were in administration, we finished the season in 7th and the next 20 odd years werent that much better.
so lets not say were well placed next season till we know what our team and squad will look like and whether we can start winning games consistently again. Remember to get promoted its got to be an average 2pt per game minimum, so if we win the first game but lose the next two, which could happen if we're still finding the confidence again and seeing out games, we're already behind on the promotion form we need to maintain all season. |
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Reply | Another CallMeTed banger!
at 23:35 30 Apr 2025
thats exactly what I was thinking too :) not a bad inspiration but... |
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Reply | Is that dog sh1t at 0.36?
at 21:16 30 Apr 2025
just have to remind yourself how many projects in & around Ipswich had planning permission, and nowt happened :)
Tescos supermarket by the waterfront, Mint Quarter, Snoasis, the casino, the multi storey carpark on the bit theyre now building on...
of course it got planning permission, the local councillors will now spend the the rest of this decade telling everything how great they are by investing in local facilities, all the while arguing over who actually pays for the latest white elephant theyve concocted. |
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Reply | Mad amount of empty seats in the City end
at 19:15 27 Apr 2025
It's bigger than ours I'd bet, plus they're often at Wembley, often have bigger games during a season their fans would prioritise
Ticket prices are the classic it's only 30quid...for a fraction of seats available, most will be paying 70quid at least, plus train travel another couple of hundred and Sunday is a total pita to travel anyway
It's like a 300-400 quid per person day out, to watch something you can stay local and watch in a pub as you've been the last umpteen times your team did the exact same thing,and spend a fraction of the money.
Wembley semi finals serve no fans of the game. The final should be special. |
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Reply | If you needed proof that PL refs are inept.
at 17:59 27 Apr 2025
One thing I've noticed this season alot is the assistant refs are little more than someone who simply holds the flag for the game, they might as well give it to the ballboys instead for how little decision making they actually do. The ref decides everything for them the assistants just seem to be there to agree with it. |
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Reply | The ref consistency is the most infuriating thing
at 12:15 27 Apr 2025
I think thats the thing the people who think the argument is about whether its a yellow or not are missing.
if thats a yellow fine, modern games gone, but fine thats a yellow, so lets apply it every time it happens.
because thats consistent and fair isnt it ? those are the rules arent they ?
and yet just from our own games this season, let alone the rest of the Premier league games, its not is it, thats never applied consistently, weve had opposition players in games go down like theyve shot by a sniper with no contact from ours.
there was one I think recently, think it was Spurs at home could have been another team though, but the oppo player was expecting a tackle to come in as they ran into the box with the ball, our defender checked up for some reason or stopped to try to block the angle of the expected cross, yet their player still threw themselves theatrically to the ground rolled around as if theyd been taken out at knee height, they might even have appealed for it, yet there was no one within a yard of him, ref just waves play on.
and thats just the most memorable one, half the teams weve played would have had multiple players on yellow cards for simulation, some might even also have been sent off as well.
so its not consistently being applied, and thats the real beef with Johnsons yellow card, and why it feels Town dont get the rub of the green with these decisions. |
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Reply | Joe Hart's comment about Johnson's yellow card
at 12:05 27 Apr 2025
of course it is :) unless you think they magically say just enough words to match up with the specific clip highlights.
some of its taken in game, but theyll do ADR style over dubs to get it so it looks vaguely professionally put together and prescient for the moment. |
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Reply | Introduction of VAR has lowered the quality of refereeing.
at 22:08 26 Apr 2025
with the EPL/FA implementation of it absolutely imo (other leagues in Europe and UEFA games etc it seems to work better for some reason and doesnt seem to impact the quality)
but weve seen that when some Premier league refs end up officiating games without VAR, they look a bit lost and dont know what to do anymore, because theyve come to use VAR as a crutch to their decision making and arent able to take make the big calls themselves.
as they know if they make a big mistake, VAR will step in and make them look stupid, so theyre less likely to make those calls if they arent sure,as equally they know if they dont make a decision, VAR can step in and solve the doubt part for them and they can blame VAR for it if fans dont like it.
so like last week before the Davis red card, there was a foul that everyone was waiting for the ref to make a decision on, but the ref wasnt sure and was almost certainly waiting for VAR to intervene if it needed to, when Davis made his foul. Which is why Howard Webb who didnt ref under VAR said the match ref should have made a decision on the first foul immediately, then the Davis foul doesnt happen.
its a bit like in cricket how hawkeye changed umpiring decisions for a long while with umpires relying on the tv umpire instead of making their own decisions, though we seem to be going back the other way now with umpires taking more accountability for their decisions.
but if there was questionable catch, LBW decision, the umpires were always giving decisions based on the fact they knew the teams could immediately challenge it in a review, they werent giving their honest view of the decision, it was well I might be wrong but the technology is there to fix it if so. and if the tv review showed it was really in or out, well the right decision was made and there wasnt any comeback on them.
I think thats the attitude alot of premier league officials are using with var, their decisions are more hesitant because they know the technology is there and can make the decision for them, and theyre more likely to as in cricket they call it a soft signal decision, make a decision in the understanding if its wrong VAR will fix it.
instead of what I think they should be doing which is just pretending VAR isnt there at all and making the decisions regardless, if theyre wrong so be it, VAR might fix it, but you shouldnt be playing the percentages of well if I call that a penalty and its wrong I look stupid, so I wont, and then let VAR call it instead. |
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Reply | What a rubbish season
at 21:41 26 Apr 2025
we werent poor this season, our previous relegations from the Premier league were far worse, but I guess you had to be there...to remember it. |
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Reply | Fair play to the Newcastle supporters
at 21:39 26 Apr 2025
absolutely, how the game should be.
and I mean wth is that with all those other fan bases larging it over us about relegation, Im struggling to see why they care so much, and Im ignoring the budgies, Im talking about the seemingly random fans from a number of premier league teams, and other championship teams gloating, who as far as I was aware we've had no beef with. |
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Reply | Ian Wright/Eni Aluko beef
at 21:34 26 Apr 2025
Ive always thought, and they used to do this with the red button, there should be a simple ambient stadium noise only no commentary option, so that then you dont have to listen to any commentators.
because actually nearly all of them are terrible thesedays, there isnt a single football commentator I hear and think fantastic theyll be a pleasure to listen to whilst watching this game for 90mins anymore. |
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Reply | Milan Travel Advice
at 13:21 25 Apr 2025
Just the once, around 2001, December, if you know you know ;)
There was a pizza place in or near the shopping arcade around the Duomo area, sat outside kind of an alleyway, not cheap, but much of Milan isn't cheap. |
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