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  1. Never feel alone, It's good to talk !!

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    24 minutes ago, Toffee dog said:

    This is very hard to write but my beautiful partner was hit by a van as she walked to the hairdresser in Downend on Friday  morning & sadly died of her unserviceable injuries Friday evening thankfully I was by her side.

    Her ward was turned into a Covid ward early on & she was terrified that she would pass it onto me, I am a community nurse pretty sure we both got Covid but it was very early on & so before testing. We spent weeks living in different bedrooms so don’t go there re: PM.

    I miss her everyday & we had so many plans, luckily I have lots of support around me.

    I am so sorry for your loss, I can't imagine the pain you are going through. 

    Just remember that every single person on this forum is thinking of you in this difficult time and we would all offer you love and hugs in this difficult time 

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  2. Derby County

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    THE EFL JUST RELEASED THIS STATEMENT

    The EFL Board met today and received an update in respect of Derby County FC.

     

    Over the last few weeks, the EFL has engaged proactively with the Club’s Administrators and other key stakeholders including the local authority, MPs and the Rams Trust as we seek to assist the Club in its efforts to exit from administration in accordance with the requirements of the League’s Insolvency Policy.  

    The EFL’s Insolvency Policy is designed to offer guidance to Clubs on how the board might seek to deal with any Club in administration. That policy, which has been accepted by all 72 Clubs, describes how the Members agreed ‘that the starting point is that no Club should gain (or seek to gain) any advantage within the context of professional football over other Clubs by not paying all its creditors in full at all times.’ 

    In this case, Derby County is seeking to use insolvency legislation to avoid having to defend the claims of Middlesbrough FC (which commenced initially in January 2021) and Wycombe Wanderers FC. Derby County considers those claims should not be treated as football related debts and that it would be wrong for the EFL to require the Club to have to continue to defend the claims as a condition of continuing membership in circumstances where they have been compromised by way of a restructuring plan. The EFL does not agree with that analysis.

    At the request of the Administrators, and in line with commitments given at last week’s meeting with local politicians, the EFL has provided a further clear statement to Quantuma of its position on the application of the Insolvency Policy, so as to enable them to apply to the High Court or engage in Arbitration to have that issue determined. It is now for the Administrators to determine how they wish to move this matter forward and we remain willing to expedite any process, as necessary.   

    The fact remains that the Club is suffering from critical legacy debt issues that reach into tens of millions, all of which need to be resolved if a solution is to be found. That also includes monies owed to HMRC and the loans from MSD secured against Club assets and the Stadium. 

    The EFL has previously requested mediation between the two Clubs and the Administrators and is today inviting all relevant and associated parties involved to enter formal collaborative negotiations to actively seek out the compromises and solutions required to ensure that Derby County has a long-term future. 

    For the avoidance of any doubt the EFL is requesting the attendance of Administrators and the following stakeholders to participate: the current highest bidder(s), Middlesbrough FC, Wycombe Wanderers FC, Mel Morris, MSD Partners and HMRC. 

    The EFL will endeavour to provide updates on any progress achieved as a result of this request and any subsequent discussions in due course, whilst also continuing to maintain our commitment to transparency in our dealings with the politicians and local authority officials that make up ‘Team Derby’ alongside direct engagement with Derby County Supporters’ groups and the FSA.

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  4. Coach 1

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    1 hour ago, Redandproud said:

    Well I've made up my mind, I'll sit where I want , I've paid for my seat,if the regulars don't like it tough,roll on Saturday

    Like I said before. What would say if the same thing happened to you?

  6. Thank you Ian Wright

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    6 hours ago, Major Isewater said:

    Seems that the message from Mr Wright has got through to our players, Semenyo in particular.

    Oh , for those who don’t know , his advice to Antoine was to get into the box as often as possible. 
     

    Thank you Ian Wright.

    If only we had known it would all be that simple

  8. Coach 1

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    4 hours ago, Redandproud said:

    But what happens if I sit in a regulars seat, do I get ask to move?

    I guess the answer would be, what if you were that regular person and you found someone in your seat? 

  15. Wordle

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    20 minutes ago, TonyTonyTony said:

    Rude word wordle is the best version. Use as many crude 5 letter words as you can to guess. Mine is far to rude to share today.

    What is the link for that?

  17. They're cleaning the roof

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    2 hours ago, Sleepy1968 said:

    For those of us disgusted ( :) ) with the state of the Lansdown Stand Roof Truss, I noticed yesterday that the were a couple of "exterior cleaning" company vans in Marina Dolman way. Hoses were attached to the water mains and extended up over the Lansdown Stand roof. I couldn't tell whether they were cleaning the Roof Truss or just the main roof (or both) because the hoses just disappeared over the top of the stand, and being a couple of inches under six feet tall, it wasn;'t possible for me to see what was going on beyond.

    When I walked through today (they were still working on the Lansdown Stand) I noticed that a man on a large fruit picker had been hosing down the South Stand roof truss. So probably the Lansdown Stand Roof Truss is also getting cleaned.

     

    About time it has looked awful for a long time

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  18. 2022 Winter Olympic games

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    1 hour ago, Midred said:

    Any thoughts on why the Olympic committee would award the winter games to somewhere that rarely has any snow?

    At the 2022 Winter Olympics, No Snow Is No Problem for the I.O.C.

    It’s a sad day when the International Olympic Committee cannot even clear one of the lowest bars for choosing the host city for the Winter Games: snow.

    Yes, snow — the element that most would say is crucial for holding events that are contested on it.

    But the I.O.C. on Friday still went ahead and chose Beijing to host the 2022 Winter Games, even though the mountains in those Olympic plans have “minimal annual snowfall” and the Games would “rely completely on artificial snow,” according to an I.O.C. evaluation report published in June.

    The vote over the only other bid, from Almaty, Kazakhstan, was closer than expected, 44-40. But those tough-minded I.O.C. delegates weren’t wooed by Almaty and its picture-perfect setting or its longstanding tradition of winter sports. Or, of course, by its mountains, which Almaty organizers pointedly — and repeatedly — noted were covered by snow that actually fell from the sky.

    While the Almaty bid’s slogan was “Keeping It Real,” Beijing’s could have been, “Keeping It Impractical.”

    The skiing competitions will be held in two different areas, one 55 miles from the Chinese capital, the other 100 miles away. There is a plan for a high-speed railway that would cut the travel time there to just under an hour, but no mention of the cost of it in a proposal that was supposed to be transparent. The estimated 1,500 people who will lose their homes for the ski jump and the Olympic Village were apparently dismissed as collateral damage.

    The most obvious consequence of Friday’s I.O.C. vote — eliminating the annoying hurdle that the Winter Games host actually has natural snow — is that it has created a precedent for holding a Winter Games almost anywhere. Imagine the possibilities.

    A St. Tropez Winter Games. (Grenoble is, after all, just 140 miles away by air.) Slogan: Forget Snow, We’ve Got Sand.

    Or Phoenix, where the luge track can run right down the side of the Grand Canyon. (It’s only a few hours away.)

    Or Dubai, where the organizers have enough cash to fly everyone to the Alps for the skiing events. Then again, I take that back: People are probably skiing there as you read this, albeit inside a giant building. So bring on the Winter Games! Slogan: Keeping It Completely Indoors.

    Already, Beijing gave us a glimpse at an Olympics held not as part of the city, but in a far-off corner of the city, devoid of an atmosphere that would reflect the world’s biggest sporting party. In 2008, the Olympic Park was miles from downtown Beijing. Instead, inside high gates, it was held in a massive Olympic Disney World, with brilliant venues and stunning architecture, but without the buzz and joy of the four Olympics I’d covered before.

    Even in that manufactured sporting bubble, though, the organizers couldn’t manufacture real fans. Sure, they said, they had sold all of their tickets to the competitions, but — in a city of nearly 17 million residents — where were all the people?

    There were so many empty seats that those organizers had to bring in “cheer squads” to fill stadiums and act happy. And that was for the summer sports. What will happen in 2022, when China is faced with trying to fill seats for winter sports, which have almost no history in that country in the first place?

    But then, the I.O.C. obviously isn’t aiming for authenticity. Just bring back those cheer squads, Beijing, this time not in the bright yellow shirts they wore in 2008 but in bright yellow ski parkas that will never be worn again.

    I’ll give Beijing this: Its 2008 Olympics were a marketing coup for the companies eager to court China’s 1.3 billion residents. Now how about 2022? There’s even more to be made, considering the huge commercial upside.

    Yao Ming, the basketball player who was involved in the Olympic bid, saw the potential. At the news conference after Beijing won the bid, he joked that he might start a winter sports company. An associate on the bid team laughed and said she would join him.

    It sounds funny, but it’s not.

    There are serious problems — again — to having Beijing play host. In 2008, those who projected that bringing the Games there might open up China saw nothing of the sort. Potential protesters were detained, some sentenced to “re-education through labor.” Websites were blocked. A day after the closing ceremony, thick, yellow pollution returned to the city’s sky. Seven years later, the only use for most of the dusty, unloved venues from 2008 was as a lure for another chance at the Games in 2022.

    Yet back to Beijing the world will go — somehow, some way.

    The I.O.C. didn’t demand that the Chinese fulfill their promises in 2008, and in the interim the country’s human rights record has gotten worse, not better. It’s hard to expect change this time around.

    President Xi Jinping of China, in a video statement before Friday’s vote, said, “We will honor all the commitments.” And something made the I.O.C. actually believe that, even though it had heard that pitch before and been burned by it.

    Now Beijing’s second Games will test Thomas Bach, the I.O.C. president, in a way he has not been tested before.

    Last fall, he announced that he would include an anti-discrimination clause in future contracts with host cities. But will he stand by that rule, in the face of a Chinese government unwilling to bend to outside influence and the corporate sponsors who have begun to drool?

    If Beijing does not follow through on its guarantees, what can Bach do? He could always ask another city to jump in.

    How about Boston?

    It shot down a chance to host the Summer Games this week, but it does have at least one advantage over Beijing: It snows there in winter.

    TAKEN FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES IN 2015: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/01/sports/olympics/at-the-2022-winter-olympics-no-snow-is-no-problem-for-the-ioc.html

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  19. Barnet players threaten to go on strike

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    Barnet’s players threatened to go on strike for last night’s game at Southend amid a row between captain Jamie Turley and a member of staff over an alleged racist incident.

    Turley missed the Bees’ 2-1 defeat at Roots Hall, and Barnet owner Tony Kleanthous this morning confirmed the centre-half and a staff member had both been suspended on full pay, pending the outcome of an ongoing club investigation.

    It comes after Stockport County’s Ryan Johnson alleged he was called “a monkey” by a Barnet employee during the north London club’s 5-0 home defeat on Saturday.

    The FA this morning confirmed they are aware of the allegation and have launched an investigation.

    Some of the Barnet players are said to have asked the club to ensure the member of staff at the centre of the allegation was not present at the club on Monday morning.

    However, the employee, who is not part of the coaching staff and has been described as an employee of Barnet’s stadium, the Hive, nonetheless arrived on Monday.

    Turley is understood to have confronted the staff member, who reported the captain to the club, leading to both their suspensions.

    The rest of the squad effectively went on strike in protest and discussed refusing to play against Southend during a series of tense Zoom calls on Monday afternoon.

    The coaching staff were said to be entirely supportive of whatever the players decided but the squad was reminded of the potential implications of not playing, which could include fines or even being sacked.

    The squad eventually decided to play without Turley, and Kleanthous says he plans to speak with the squad tomorrow, along with the safety officer from Saturday’s game, who investigated the alleged racism at the time.

    Kleanthous this morning told Standard Sport: “We take the matter really seriously and we’re trying to do everything properly.

    “Someone has heard a comment they believe is racist and that they believe has come from a member of staff. That was all investigated on the day, no one has escalated it to me as chairman and I’m not aware that situation is ongoing.

    “On Monday morning, I’m confronted by an issue between two members of staff and I have no choice but to suspend them both.

    “We’re still waiting for statements from witnesses. These are suspensions on full pay to allow things to be investigated properly. It does not mean someone is guilty.

    “It is the correct thing to do. I’ve arranged for our safety officer who did the investigation to meet the players tomorrow and I’ll meet with them tomorrow to explain the process.”

    TAKEN FROM: https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/barnet-players-strike-racist-comment-b980201.html

     

  20. Cardiff's chavs kick off

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    1 hour ago, Harry said:

    Surely they should just get those arrested to pay the damages? 
    I’d certainly not be happy as a supporter if the situation was reversed. 
    You’ve arrested the people who did it. Get them to pay the bloody money. 

    Though the mention of three arrests mention within the stadium and not mentioned as being part of any criminal damage, very feasible they were nothing to do with the vandalism either

  23. The Tourist

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    2 hours ago, OneTeamInBristol said:

    Thought the first 2 episodes were painfully slow, but it got a lot better once the action started.

    Ending a bit odd, did he actually OD and die or did the text make him rethink?

    After his release from the hospital, Elliott drinks a bottle of vodka and swallows a handful of pills, while Helen speaks to her coworker, who tells her that while she can't forgive Elliott for what he did in his previous life, everyone deserves a second chance. Just as Elliott has resigned himself to death, he receives a text from Helen, an emoji of a burrito that represents a private joke between them, and he smiles.

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