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If anyone gets the chance watch tonight’s panorama on bbc iPlayer. It covers last seasons champions league final and some of the footage is shocking followed by the French trying to blame the Liverpool supporters 

Also there was the usual arrogance showed by uefa to cap it all off 

I know lots out there think Liverpool bring things on themselves but there’s no excuse for kids being tear-gassed and the authorities were very very lucky nobody was killed 

4 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

He’s done quite well to recovered his hacked account in an hour hasn’t he!

Let’s be fair the Puyol bit was kind of a clue. Would’ve been a very weird way to come out 

Well this has aged well. Apparently his twitter was hacked and he’s apologised to his family fans and more importantly the LGBT community. So as you were 

28 minutes ago, Midred said:

They've managed to make up the rules two years in a row now!

All this year did was delay the inevitable, the best driver won 

Last year however…

17 minutes ago, WarksRobin said:

Max Verstappen, World Champion again. A bit of an odd end to the GP with no one sure why full points were awarded but there you go

Only F1 could replace rules that made sense but weren’t properly applied with ones that don’t make any sense 

40 minutes racing but stopped by the clock is full points but 40 minutes racing stopped early isn’t

Somewhat predictably the announcement has been delayed 

What’s absurd about the whole situation is half the ground is going to be empty. If they were getting decent crowds it would’ve made more sense 

1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

McKenna, Cook and Johnson.

Yates came on at h-t, Worrall and Surridge unused subs.

So 14/20 newcomers, still means 9 new signings (minus any injuries) aren’t even getting kitted up.

Can only imagine squad disharmony looming, if not happening already. Who’d have guessed?

Its ok getting promoted using loanees, but it leaves a big gap on promotion, unless you’re Wolves / Mendes, where you know the loanees will sign on again.

Easy to criticise recruitment, so I will!!!  One, it’s just so many. Two, they paid over the odds for some. Three, how many were ready for the Prem?

And 4, some like Lingard clearly came for the money 

On 29/09/2022 at 12:49, Magger1 said:

Easy to go online at reading for tickets Y26 next to city allocation loads of tickets available 

Seems they’re onto you aka cutting your nose off to spite your face 

For risk of sounding like an infamous poster on the football side, all this cost cap stuff is just rumours so maybe we need to wait for something more official before making assumptions 

I’m pretty meh about the whole thing currently 

1 hour ago, gazza1982 said:

I was in line with that today and 100% the ball was handled outside the box 

Agreed it was definitely outside but what should the ref have given?

4 hours ago, Sandhurst Red said:

I'll be driving back to Berkshire. Can drop you at Reading or Wokingham if that helps?

It’s alright but thanks anyway 

Later start time means only way to get train back to London means missing most of the second half 

So not offering to match Readings £20 offer only added £5 to the ticket 

So Derby couldn’t pay their debts but can pay compensation for a manager when they already had someone competently getting on with the job

1 hour ago, petehinton said:

Don’t think Sala was aware it wasn’t safe until they were already in the air, hence the voice note 

A friend of his was interviewed who said she told him if he didn’t feel safe not to fly on it which implied this was before they took off 

So neither pilot or passenger thought it was safe and yet both pilot and passenger went anyway

Reappointing Pearson would just be a sentimental choice and therefore for the wrong reasons 

I suspect if they do replace their manager they’ll have loftier ambitions 

Who did we miss out on on Saturday?

41 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I hope so.  Still have this sneaky feeling he will hand over the reins (reigns, rains - cover my arse for spelling police) to someone else and it will be them who actually gets us over the line.  If that does happen, I hope he’s still here in some capacity.

Ranieri is known to appreciate taking over from him

21 minutes ago, redsince82 said:

Really? is this actually a fact?

 

It has been widely reported that the 2 high profile strikes, that were planned, were subsequently cancelled out of respect to her majesty. No mention of any laws being broken due to the period of mourning. 

Exactly it’s a gesture of goodwill that’s hopefully reciprocated 

Finally we have an example of what should’ve happened in Abu Dhabi. Alright the ending was kinda boring but it had sporting integrity 

2 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Saw an interesting poll the other day, albeit briefly not checked veracity or if it an outlier so treat with caution.

However public consent for thecurrent system about 60 pct whereas a decade ago it was listed as 75 pct. Granted the 40% was split between indifference and desire for change.

Thought this was interesting as didn’t realise it was quite so many. Can only assume the majority full into the don’t care category 

1 hour ago, robin for life said:

Providing people followed protocol.

By reading this thread and the levels of anti monarchy, it's no wonder the FA did not trust the fans.

Not so much this thread but social media in general people defending the idea of having a monarchy have been more abusive. The favourite one being ‘go live somewhere else then’ to anyone who dares question whether a system of hereditary monarchy is in keeping with 21st century society 

2 hours ago, Nogbad the Bad said:

There is no public clamour whatsoever for what you suggest.

Ironically, as they have lost the best of the best, it appears to me from the public mood that if anything the monarchy is only likely to be strengthened by the death of our beloved Queen.

Renewed and reinvigorated by her son who is looking increasingly like he's matured in to a chip off the old block.

God save the King.

It’s a bit difficult to accurately gage anything when no descent is allowed on the mainstream media. 

I know twitter brings out the worst of a lot of people and it’s easy to be a keyboard warrior but there is plenty of descent to be found there whether that could be called a public clamour or not I’m not sure 

Incidentally there’s a video of Liz Truss doing the rounds on there when as a Lib Dem she was denouncing the idea of a hereditary monarchy and now here she is trying to proclaim herself as mourner in chief