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29 minutes ago, luke_bristol said:

Redcliffe flyover lasted 30 years!

And sadly missed....

Awesome, what a talent

20 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

 

 

Fair play, maybe he's not going to be a flash in the pan.......

4 minutes ago, Lew-T said:

Nice try.

Wrong game…..

Pie in the Sky 1 - “Let’s be having you” 3

1 hour ago, Cowshed said:

How would you have it? 

Footballers brains react differently to the general populaces to football. Not a remarkable statement, but what occurs is that footballers use differing parts of the brain in reaction to football. Highly skilled players brains react differently to footballing stimuli, and thus display different vision and thinking x performance v lesser skilled players. 

Players at the very top can use executive function - Parts of the brain switch off dedicating more space, and more function to faster football thinking and vision. Elite players, display elite levels of ability to process information. 

None of that is a just have, its learned, and to a very high degree taught.  

I wonder if there is some truth in that some people have a ‘natural talent’ that can’t be taught.  In my field of work I see people who with very similar training and career paths, produce very different outcomes to problems, in this instance I am talking fault diagnosis, some people have “it” some don’t and I don’t believe you can teach or train those that don’t have “it”, to the same level as those that do. (“It” being some natural or intelligent logical thought and understanding of system that not everyone achieves, even with training and mentoring)

Could not the same be true of footballers, I’m sure there are some players you could put with the best coaches for months and they’d never achieve the results of a player whose talents and thought processes come seemingly naturally.  

As ever interesting thread with some well thought out posts and I enjoy reading those who have a far more nuanced understanding of the technical aspects of the game than me (I just like open attacking football - I think my most enjoyable season ever was 89/90).

My point to add, is we seem to do this forensic examination several times a season, we see the owners blamed, managers, players unable to adapt and more - of course, I only touch the surface with a summary like that.  But it’s not just this current period, it’s not the change of Manager, it’s the story of the last nine and a bit years…. See the table below, at least we are consistent in disappointing the fan base, should we be surprised?

Bang average, or even just below average with a 14.5 average finishing place since being promoted, I’ll admit my enthusiasm has waned, I’ve gone from season ticket and seasons where I didn’t miss a game home or away, to now mostly watching on a fire stick and then not being too bothered if I miss a game.  There doesn’t seem to be any hope of improvement in sight.  I’m critical of the parachute payments, they obviously have some detrimental influence on the Championship, but they aren’t the reason we are so average.

I’ve pretty much remained in the supportive camp for Steve Lansdown, but I do wonder what the endgame is now, what’s the goal?  If it’s not getting promoted, then why is he bothering?  I’m cautious and worldly wise enough to be careful a wanting a new investor regardless of their background and motives, but for us to have been so consistently inconsistent, to end up as one of the leagues mid table no hopers, then there must be a deeper root cause than players, Manger and coaching.

51 minutes ago, italian dave said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67955757
 

Annie Nightingale. RIP

83 - Oh my, where is the time going!!

5 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

They are, and again, the job they do is appreciated. But that is whataboutery.
 

This is simply mods stating there would be a trial of a forum (after it was implemented with no consultation), that trial now having results confirming it’s not wanted, and then asking the mods to either remerge in line with their statements or confirm they don’t want to. And again, either is fine.

I volunteer unpaid. It doesn’t make me unaccountable.

The poll you put up has been responded to by less than 13% of the members who have visited the forum since you posted it, so less than 10% have voted to reinstate the posts to the main forum.  We are discussing it, we all work and have lives away from here and whether or not 145 members have voted in favour of your POV, it will take as long as it takes to get a decision.

1 minute ago, 2015 said:

Keeps tempting fate all the time

He’s like a hyper active kid on speed posting extremes on the City match day thread……..  About time Sky found a replacement!

25 minutes ago, bearded_red said:

This is incredible entertainment.

Apart from Mardles absolute nonsense……

I used Enterprise in Germany last year, good service, no idea what it cost in the end, it went through expenses.

5 minutes ago, Northern Red said:

Could be an epic tomorrow.

I confidently predict that Luke will be World Champion tomorrow night

Wow, this is quite stunning.

3 minutes ago, redkev said:

Off to watch the post office thing , ******* scandalous how they got away with that , 

just goes to show how corrupt large cooperations are - people should be going to prison for what happened , massive cover up I also now know the women running the post office at the time got honoured you couldn’t make it up 

I’m recording that, watching this game…..

On 11/11/2023 at 11:37, Slippin cider said:

I think it’s something to do with the oil temperature, they’re part cooked a couple of times and then finished on a high temperature thus triple cooked …..I think .

Only just catching up on this.

Chip the potatoes, not too thin,  put them in a bowl of water for an 30-45 minutes to remove starch.  Drain and rinse.  Boil until soft, but not at the point of breaking up, put in the freezer of fridge until cold.  Heat oil to 130°C and cook the chips until they start to go golden.  Remove from oil, drain on kitchen paper, chill again, when you need them heat oil to 190°C and cook agin until the perfect colour and crispy, drain in kitchen paper and serve straight away.

This will give you a lovely, fluffy, crispy chip, you’ll never achieve the same by frying a raw potato just the once.

Worst I’ve seen MvG play, can’t believe how many doubles he missed.

Oh my…..

41 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

Poor lad,the scouse brigade have been out in force on twitter showing their true colours 

He needs a good Manager for the press and SM and nutritionist to ensure he doesn’t do an Adrian Lewis - for anyone who doesn’t remember Adrian was Phil Taylor’s protege, who looked nearly unbeatable winning two world titles, then turned into a fat sweaty slob.  Fair play to Adrian, he has stepped back from Darts, lost weight, looks so much healthier, whilst looking after his wife who has been unwell.

9 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

I understand your thinking here but personally I think this would a) push the anti-competitive element of the pyramid elsewhere (maybe down to L1, maybe somewhere in the middle of the Champ), b) make Championship clubs even more dependent on sugar daddy owners, and c) further inflate wages and transfer fees paid by Champ clubs.

I just don't think the answer to money ruining football is "more money".

PPs are ultimately a mechanism for the PL to try and ensure it's a 23 team league spread across two divisions. 

Yes, it was probably an ill thought out post, borne of frustration at the ridiculous situation, why do the rest of the clubs just sit back and take it, there must be something to be done and yes, I agree, reducing costs or sharing the pot is the way forward, not clubs incurring more debt and running unsustainably with surely at some point in the future an implosion or huge financial disaster.

9 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

In the simplest terms:

Parachute Plus Solidarity.

Then split evenly by the divisional weighting for the current EFL deal adding it to that. Gap of £35-40m whatever, eradicated.

Something needs to be done, it’s definitely caused my interest in us being in the Championship to wain, it’s like letting Max Verstappen race the RB19 in F2.

3 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

How come BS can post 6 posts in a row, if I post two in quick succession they usually get merged?

That’s interesting, flood control for members is enabled, should be off for Site Supporters, I’ll dig into it tomorrow.

3 hours ago, And Its Smith said:

He needs either very savvy, protective parents or a manager. Someone in his life to protect him.  Gary Anderson says behind the scenes he is doing loads of zoom calls and interviews….someone should be stopping that from happening.  This photo of him holding up the sun and a kebab, crazy that’s allowed to happen.  Hopefully his parents start getting advice. 

I suspect it’s cash they’re getting……. Fair play to Gary Anderson for coming out and telling it like it is.

Looks like Luke Littler is having a harsh introduction to the world of the press and SM.

3 Strong matches from the winners tonight, right darts at the right time, I wouldn’t know who to put my money on for the title.