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6 minutes ago, italian dave said:

Sagrada Familia. But book it in advance. Absolutely stunning. 

It is incredible isn't it? Supposedly finished in 2026, which is when ill go and see it again.

Id also recommend Casa Batilo, and Parc Guell if you like Gaudi architecture. Even if you don't, they are incredible to look at. The gothic quarter is a good place to get lost in. I suppose you have to visit La Boqueria, about halfway down the tourist trap of La Ramblas. Then there is the seaside, the Olympic stadium on the hill, the cable cars and the football stadium, although as that's being done up there would be no tour. The trophy room is impressive! All of this before you even talk about the food and fantastic weather.

You can't go wrong really. I love the place

Written by Sid Waddell, amazingly. Just learned that myself. 

17 hours ago, MyBrotherErnie said:

I always think about this graphic with VAR. Seems pretty intuitive that the system shouldn't be used for decisions that are closer than the margin of error inherent to the technology. If the call is too close for the system to be certain that the player is offside, then surely it isn't a clear and obvious error by the lino/referee. 

 

My bigger problem with VAR is that it's part of a culture making football more like a science, rather than something entertaining. I guess ultimately the only way to escape that is to reduce the sums of money invested in the game (which I can't see happening any time soon). 

Great post. Ive always wondered what margin of error there was. This post explains it very well. Cheers

23 hours ago, 1960maaan said:

Realistically thinking , most of that budget will go on just getting a squad together, let alone one to challenge .

"12 permanently contracted players have deals that are set to expire this summer while there are also six first-team loanees"

So possibly losing 18 members of your squad and wanting to recruit one to challenge ? I thought Taylor was a good appointment, but he has his work cut out. 

What a way to run a club. Basket case

What a crock of shite

Omg 

28 minutes ago, petehinton said:

1 more point needed to improve on last season

64 points was where Pearson had us heading, according to his website, so 2 wins needed

Its going to cost a fortune to fix Dubai and the other emirates - the number of cars alone underwater / with water damage must be huge

2 hours 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 thought seeding only effected small areas - the storms yesterday stretched from Bahrain to the UAE - nearly 1000KM

Sounds a bit conspiracy to me 

Where did you get the cloud seeding from? All ive read is it was a severe rainstorm, that effected most of the UAE and also Bahrain and Oman.

Climate change.

There is not a chance Southgate is dropping Saka, which likely means Palmer on the bench. Bellingham at 10 is a shoo-in.

Nice problems to have !

I wonder if their is such a device we could plug into @Robbored to turn him Smart ?

2 hours ago, reddogkev said:

Will he mention his time here?  Could be worth a listen, amazing to think we binned him off and he's now top scorer.

He is 28. This is the first season he has got over 20 goals. His previous returns were:

0,4,2,5,13,14,14,4,16,7,7.

Good on him, but he clearly wasnt showing the form he is in when he was here.

15 hours ago, joe jordans teeth said:

Incredible night of boxing that 

Indeed - also extra motivation for the Boxers to put on a good show or they will get a good whipping from the locals...

18 minutes ago, Selred said:

I believe you mean a firestick?  But a special one?

Jailbroken with IPTV.

They are dodgy.

His previous interviews haven't been that insightful to be honest. It'd be the usual babble.

1 minute ago, The Fat Controller said:

Nah, you spread it thin like marmite rather than peanut butter. It's salty, but no overload. 

1 hour ago, TV Tom said:

Can’t beat Bovril on a cold winters day

40 minutes ago, The Fat Controller said:

Or on toast

Bovril on toast? You mean undiluted? Salt overload.

I once had a Bovril at AG when it was really cold. I think it was a Sheff Wed game a few years back - absolutely disgusting stuff. 

On 04/04/2024 at 22:47, frenchred said:

Littler really is from another darting planet!

Aka Wigan.

It does have it own unique ecosytem from memory

2 minutes ago, 2015 said:

I am not anti-Manning. 

I want City to win every game, but something has just felt different lately around Ashton Gate (maybe for a few years), I don't feel excited to go and watch us anymore.

Not changed my mind on renewing my ST, I'm just content watching us from home on Robins TV and I'll go to more away games from next season where the support is more vocal.

Something about the club has been lost over the last few years. 

Still a great win last night, but I don't wish I was there to see it in person, seen it all before.

I hope you get your Mojo back.

I always try to look at positives, although that's not often been easy with a lot of the negativity on OTIB : I agree Blackburn were poor last night, but you don't win 5-0 unless you play well. We did, what we have wanted to do for ages - and that was actually play decent football at home against a poor side. The kind of games you normally dread if you are a city fan. We have proven we can do counter attacking against the bigger teams, and last night showed something different.

NP says on his website he left us on course for 64 points this season : 7 points from 4 games achieves that, so 2 home wins and an away draw. 64 points, btw would be our 3rd best points haul in the 9 seasons we have been in the champ.

1 hour ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

But it clearly was. 

Nope, I fully expected us to compete in the games I mentioned. 

Not that long ago he was dogshit.

Ill be in my bunk

31 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said:

Was it really that good? Blackburn gifted us every goal and our final ball was poor as usual along with second half majority. Thrilled to win 5.0 but I’m still not convinced by Manning. Give him the summer to see what he can do. 

Wow. Some supporter you are. Pathetic post tbh. 

Just now, Davefevs said:

Sunderland last Saturday was bloody poor, despite the 0-0.

I dont think we are alone in that. Apart from the top 4/5 most teams are steaky as ****. Its a weird league and anyone can beat anyone else.