Bas's perfect hattrick

Towler lucky not to get sent off there. That was really poor

Shame that. Towler's looked very decent so far

Just now, Super said:

Chance there for Semenyo 

fantastic pass to set him up

Just now, billywedlock said:

passing, movement, pressing, short passes, quick release. Huge step forward in football compared to a lot of games this season. Very impressed so far. 

it's def a lot better. If I'm being greedy, I'd like to see us reduce the errors - missed passes, dribbling out of play etc. We make a lot

YESSSSSSS ANDI

Just now, Lanterne Rouge said:

Was that Millwall fans booing the knee?

I hope so

1 hour ago, VT05763 said:

Will will be in lockdown in January post everyone spending their money for Xmas and New Year.

Even if (as seems likely) Omicron is milder than the previous variants, the increased rate of infection and therefore the numbers infected in a short period of time will lead to thousands needing hospital care, less people needing oxygen and dyeing probably but still needing to be admitted and cared for in hospital beds.

When they say "we currently have no plans for a lock down" you can be sure they are planning to do just that.

Football will not be operating in January - IMO

 

You may be right. Just imagine how chaotic football in 2022 will be! If there is a lockdown in January, that's realistically no football til end of March at the earlier, when the weather starts getting better and traditional flu season passes. Then you'll have to squeeze in the remaining matches from this season. Then in November/December, we've got the world cup. It'll probably mean that elite players won't get any time off in the summer

39 minutes ago, EmersonsKev said:

I had this chat with a friend earlier this week. 

 

Did anyone see anything from his loan spell to think he was worth spending a rumoured £3m/£4m and sizable wages on? 

 

A total head scratch signing for me. 

I thought at the time it was a weird one. I think he had a relatively poor loan spell

Almost like we needed to take him, to put the Kalas + Dasilva moves through.

1 minute ago, The dastardly red said:

Hopefully by now you recognise our logo on the back of the lads' shorts.

I'm so f-ing bored of that advert...

Our defensive positioning is appalling. How many times in the last matches have we let opposition players in behind on the flanks? 

Just now, JonDolman said:

Martin has had a bit of a shocking first half so far

How many times have we heard that?

ay Semenyo pleaseeee, have a shot

1 hour ago, RedRaw said:

Is marv’s underground network included in that utopian bubble of yours. 

We don't need to get an underground to improve public transport - simply an integrated ticketing system would be a start. In any case, I accept there will be some journeys that you need a car for, but I know there are many times that people drive when it's not really necessary. I worked with someone in Weston who used to drive the 1/2 mile to the office. When you consider the time to park and traffic, it'd be quicker to go by bike/about the same time to walk - and reduce congestion. As @Red-Robbo mentions, if more people who are able to get out of the habit of taking the car everytime, it'd make life easier for the people who really need to drive

17 hours ago, Blagdon red said:

There have been limits in place in most German states for most of this season. And in all cases admission to stadia has been subject to showing proof of vaccination, recovery or a negative test (within the past 24 hours). Masks in all queues, on concourses etc. have also been mandatory.

Sensible precautions IMHO. And at the games I've been to the procedures have worked well and fans have adhered to the rules.

Along with the reduction in capacity, the government has also introduced '2g plus' rules - meaning you have to be vaccinated/recovered and have a negative test. Unvaccinated people are now completely excluded. 

https://www.dw.com/en/bundesliga-stadiums-to-restrict-attendance-amid-germanys-covid-19-spike/a-59999526

1 hour ago, myol'man said:

Not anymore, traffic is encouraged to use the A370/A38 Link Road 

I think Marvelous would like to do away with those pesky motorcar contraptions. 

The city would be much nicer with much fewer cars - more space, cleaner air, fewer accidents. Certain people need to drive (people with disabilities, tradesmen with van loads of tools, delivery drivers etc.), but many journeys can be made walking, cycling or with public transport. 

Granted the public transport system at the moment is not fit for that purpose, but with improvements it could happen. 

41 minutes ago, Super said:

Yes 

Taking Croatia's group as an example. Fifa rankings:

Croatia 15 - England 4

Russia 34 - Poland 27

Slovakia 42 - Hungary 39

Slovenia 65 - Albania 66

Croatia's group is clearly easier

12 minutes ago, Super said:

Why are they lucky? You could say England are lucky with the piss easy groups they seem to get.

Was England's group any easier than Croatia's, the Netherland's, Germany's... in fact any group, other than maybe Portugal's?

I've got a west ham supporting mate and they can get the home/away shirt without the sponsor on the front. I would love that option with city, and would def buy a shirt more often as it looks a lot better

7 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

You’ve found a stream ?

I’m outta here. 

Nope unfortunately not. There's normally one tho, on those dodgy websites

Totally f-ing annoying really. In Germany, its not on any channel, so impossible to watch it without illegally streaming

SNAKE!!!!!  

Why isn't Snake starting tonight?

13 hours ago, WessexPest said:

That doesn’t happen in any cup competition. There’s a reason why teams like Ottery St Mary have to jump through many, many hoops before they can even have the “privilege” of facing abject dogs**t like Bristol Rovers.

European teams have won each of the past four WCs and nine of the past 14 so it’s not unfair they get more Finals places than Asia and Africa, who have amassed a big, fat lonely zero between them. 

Agree that expanding the WC is stupid - 32 teams is optimal; both in terms of quality and the mathematics to get down to two finalists with a just round by round exit. But of course FIFA cannot leave it alone just like UEFA with the elephantine European Championship - so hey presto a more drawn out, uninspiring tournament and a qualifying campaign that is like watching paint dry.

The mathematics of the expanded 48 team WC is the worse for me... The group stages are the best part - where the upsets are made, 3 matches a day and the chance to see some fixtures that aren't normally played. 

If FIFA really have to expand it, I'd rather they went to 64 teams. Quality will be shit of course, but at least we'd keep the logical format

4 minutes ago, IAmNick said:

"Other people do bad things so why should I stop?"

Bringing out the secondary school level arguments I see

Agree with this. Ultimately, everyone has to make their own decision on what steps they take to reduce their environmental impact. I personally think we are facing a very serious problem, so I have reduced the amount of meat I eat along with the things I was doing before (cycling, not owning a car etc.). 

I totally agree with the arguments made above about China's huge impact, and the hypocrisy from the rich + famous pisses me off too. However, I can only control my own consumption. I suspect that most people who use the China/elites argument to continue as normal don't really give a toss about climate change and are happy for the excuse

1 minute ago, Banjo Island said:

We are looking like a bottom three team gutless soft and just going through the motions i dread to think of the implcations of a return to div one i honestley cant beleive what iam watching

it's depressing that we're only like a 1/3 of the way through the season.... We'll be lucky to survive. I think Derby's points deduction might save us, but we are really really poor

The player ratings won't be pretty for Vyner, Bakinson, Wells and Martin