spudski

1 hour ago, redsquirrel said:

im actually going to ask him that next time i see him 

He jumped into a thorn bush to avoid being attacked. 

Can't go wrong with B&W. Love mine. Had em for 20 odd years. Sound awesome. 

Using separates. Dual, Marantz and Denon.

SL was jizzing relentlessly at what Madjeski had achieved and wanted to replicate it.

Coppell chosen and David James made headlines which put City in the Red Tops. 

I remember people gushing about us being ' recognised'. 

4 minutes ago, phantom said:

I just got forwarded this 

That's it, picture 7 on the eBay advert. Expand it...you can clearly see the stitching.

Just now, 1960maaan said:

To add some balance , apparently hamstring problems after ACL surgery is fairly common. Hamstring pain is common and I read part of a report that said ...

Persistent hamstring contracture ( shortening or hardening of muscles) after ACLR is associated with an increased risk of subsequent Cyclops syndrome.

Cyclops syndrome is caused by a scar tissue nodule adjacent to the tibial tunnel of the anterior cruciate ligament graft after surgery. These lesions result in pain and loss of extension with impingement of the lesion.

There is also no difference from a study, between age, gender , time of injury or proportion of professional athletes .

No good news in there, but at least it's necessarily not down to being injury prone or bad post op care. 

@spudski I also read that if they did use part of the Hamstring, it can grow back shorter, which you would think could cause problems stretching or twisting.

 

I've heard the same. I also know people who've had the operation and had hamstring issues afterwards. Cycling makes it worse apparently.

5 minutes ago, phantom said:

Difficult to compare to this picture as the red line isn't the outline, where as the pic on the eBay account is

It is odd though that they have no picture of the actual number

If you expand the photo showing the number 4, you can see it's hand stitched and not on straight. The last bit was common back then though. 

Did they use part of his hamstring to repair the ligament?

I know this is common practice. 

Taking away part of your hamstring is bound to make some weakness surely?

So Cotts will be manager and head of recruitment for non league FGR next season. They'll also be leaving Chippenham for training and moving to the new facilities at Eco park Jnctn 13, M5.

Going to interesting to see if he can offload the cross. 

4 minutes ago, TheReds said:

That must be a rarity, and guess it is pot luck who receives the complaint their end and removes a listing?

I used to go on an art forum and loads of the eBay fake stuff got highlighted on there, multiple listings got reported and I never seen a single thing get taken down. One seller had made thousands selling the same fakes multiple times, and even got reported to Action Fraud for months on end by multiple people, still nothing was done about it.  

Yes I've seen it before with other collectibles 

1 hour ago, TheReds said:

People claim what they want on eBay and eBay don't care as they will take their slice of the pie after an unsuspecting buyer has basically been ripped off. You only have to look at all the Banksy fake stuff that gets sold through there (and plenty of "auction" houses"). Even if you report something that is 100% fake they will rarely remove it.

There is truth in that...but the opposite also happens.

I inherited a vast collection of signed vinyl and memorabilia. 

I had people report that it was fake...only one person, and it was taken down immediately. Even though I provided evidence of the autographs being signed in person.

There are a lot of self proclaimed experts in collectors circles, that often haven't got a clue. 

And sometimes people are just spiteful as they can't afford it and want it in their collection. 

The semi final against Hereford was great fun. 

Used to stand in the lower Williams nearest the East End. Always boisterous. 

Maybe the shirt was from a game in the lead up to the final. Season 85/86. 

5 hours ago, SecretSam said:

My point about nostalgia was wider than just footie.

Regarding Italian grounds, most of them are owned by the local authority, have running tracks, and aren't well maintained.

Pretty much. I've had the good fortune to visit loads of them when I regularly watched Lazio play. 

Genoa was my favourite.

5 hours ago, SecretSam said:

So, basically, all grounds pre-the Taylor report? 

Not really. 

4 hours ago, SecretSam said:

News of Portsmouth's promotion, and comments about 'a proper ground' lead me to wonder: exactly what is a 'good ground' these days? There's still apparently a lot of love for old grounds, despite drawbacks (legroom, facilities, accessibility) because they are deemed to offer a better 'atmosphere'. Or maybe it's the classic British disease of nostalgia?

For me, I like a ground where I can see, there's reasonable comfort (I'm paying solid money, so expect my 173cm frame to be accommodated), the loos are OK and the stands are tight to the pitch. I'm genuinely not bothered about standing at my age (55) unless the tickets are very cheap.

What are your thoughts?

It's not a British thing about ' Nostalgia '. 

I have many friends in Italy and other European countries who all said we are nuts for pulling down old stadiums, like Highbury and parts of Villa etc. 

Anything designed by Archie Leitch defined British football. 

https://footballgroundguide.com/stadiums-archibald-leitch-design#:~:text=Archibald Leitch biography,-Born in Glasgow&text=He would go on to,lives on to this day.

I want a Stadium with history, bang in the centre of the community. Each stadium with it's own identity. 

Surrounded by pubs and places to socialise. 

Free parking on match days and good public transport connections. 

An away end, home end, good acoustics. Both with Terracing. 

Sides with seating. 

No electronic advertising around pitch. 

Lights turned off in stadium on night games. 

Stands close to the pitch. 

I don't want violence, but I want an edge to visiting the ground. An atmosphere. ( Which the Club say they want, but do everything to deter it )

I don't want it to feel like I'm visiting a shopping Arcade or Cinema, which it does now. 

Lastly...I'd crack down massively on drug use in the Stadium. More respect shown to fellow supporters. Look after, the kids, elderly, infirm. Respect and look after them...don't abuse them. More 'Policing' by the 'elders' of the ' tribe'. 

1 hour ago, italian dave said:

I’d never heard of it either, but this article suggests a link.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-dubai-uae-saudi-arabia-british-b2530005.html
 

And a Google comes up with quite a few references, from apparently reliable sources, to the UAE making a concerted effort to test this technology during 2024……….

I'm gob smacked you've never heard of cloud seeding. I thought everyone knew about it. It's been going on since the 40s. 

It's been used to control weather in both good and bad ways. 

Disrupt the weather of an ' enemy ' country, destroy it's produce, manipulate their export and profit. It's all documented. 

In the same way people try to debunk chem trails. You've only got to look up in the skies to see it now. Water vapour vanishes. You get what are dismissed as thin veil clouds fogging the skies like a white mist. 

We had blue skies, clouds and planes water vapour trails in the past. We now get that...as well as the Criss cross of trails that don't vanish, just spread into a white dull mist in the sky. 

I've been in some countries where I've woken in the morning to be seen a criss cross pattern in the sky...not on any plane routes...white trails that just turn into one big thing white veil in the sky. 

Happened in California a lot. 

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On 15/04/2024 at 11:34, cidered abroad said:

Well if he was, perhaps he realises that a significant number of us are sick fed up with the backwards and sideways game plan that is so boring. And if that is the only method that Manning can coach into the squad, we all might as well go up the Downs on a Saturday afternoon for our weekly fix!

Well he does love his Rugger...all sideways and backwards.

Surely we should have more than that, bearing in mind we are a Top 6 Squad

This has always been my favourite tapas spot. I know it's Bath, but it's a no brainer on the train. Looking forward to trying the new Chefs work, to see if it's good as the previous one. Anyone else been and rate it? La Perla.

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6 minutes ago, Lew-T said:

I think the issue is, the fans sing the song too fast. Hence why it flatters out pretty quickly. The YNWA, Delilah’s etc are all belted out slowly and it comes across so much better.

Even the blue few belt that ‘song’ out at the right tempo.

That'll be all the coke being consumed. Same goes with the National anthem at Internationals. Always sang way too fast. 

2 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Excellent post @spudski (I sound like Robbored!)

True - it’s a bit poacher turned game gamekeeper isn’t it?

That's very much how I see it Dave. 

It'll be interesting to see over the summer who we recruit, who we release and what academy players are included in the first team. 

And whether any ' pathways' are blocked. 

Also if any words of truth are given by either the club or player re Mbude. 

We've been blessed in a short space of time, with academy players who were Championship ready and some now Prem.

Under NP I think he included some academy players, even though they weren't capable of playing well consistently at this standard. But then he wasn't given money to bring in players that were considered any better. 

At this present time under Manning, he's being given money to spend. To bring in loans. 

Imo, what we have in the academy right now, isn't Championship ready. 

Let's be honest, we've been very blessed in recent years. 

I also really believe that BT would push for players to be included in his previous role. In his new role, imo, it's no coincidence that inclusion has fallen off, regardless of whether they are good enough or not. 

Previously he was judged on the academy. Not now under his new role. 

Land of hope and glory seems a bit random...

5 hours ago, fgrsimon said:

Top 6 at least L2 budget this season. I think increasing that by 50% for National League would be insane but this is Dale Vince. A fool and his money are easily parted.

Their biggest problem will be getting rid of the vast majority of overpaid and disinterested players.

Mad agents fees.

50k more than the Gas.

In fact only 7 teams in league 1 had higher agent fees than bottom of League 2 FGR.

Shocking. Especially when you look at the disinterested players. 

Cotts after defeat