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16 hours ago, Out of his pie crust said:
Did they serve a decent pie in the grandstand out of interest?
I don't know as this guy Rand Tand was the only one who got to eat.
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On a side note, Premier League clubs have voted by 12 to 6 with 2 absentions to tighten the rules on associated party transactions (sponsorships and transfers).
One club is rumoured to be threatening legal action. You guessed it, it's Man City.
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My abiding memory of the crumbling Ayresome Park was the sign on the outside of the stand that read:
RAND TAND EATS.
Quite a symbol of the trouble they were in that they couldn't afford to replace the missing letters.
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I see Cardiff have settled their claim against Willie McKay but their negligence claim against Nantes goes on.
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1 minute ago, TV Tom said:
Hate to be pedantic but if it was Blockbuster being played it would of been Herbie Gillam from the City Ground !!!
Apparently using a baked bean tin and a very long piece of string.
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15 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:
I never thought more people would get the Vampire Weekend reference than the Dexys reference today. You’ve restored my faith!
Though Come On Eileen came later their first album Searching For The Young Soul Rebels is a classic imo.
And who can forget The Nabob of Sob? Well most people actually apart from you, me and Kevin Rowland!
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1 hour ago, Silvio Dante said:
I did think he sounded particularly sad tonight - I was listening in mono and my heart was broken as I expect were those of millions of others. My mum was even crying - normally she sings along and I can’t blame her.
Poor old Johnnie Ray ..
... as in the lyrics of this song?
Top post if so. Bravo!
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5 hours ago, Countryfile said:
I wouldn’t go so far as to accuse BT of craving attention, rather that he isn’t trained or has sufficient knowledge to deal with matters that require a modicum of discretion and discipline when answering questions.
Absolutely. There's plenty of interviewing skills training available (though most interviewers in the media don't seem to have had any).
But what BT and JL both need is training for interviewees. That might at least stop them blurting stuff out without thinking like Tinnion did, as you say.
It might also have stopped Jon saying this was the first time in 20 years that they knew exactly what they wanted from a head coach, apparently unaware that he was admitting they had been getting it wrong for 20 years!
Hard to believe I know but it's just possible though that they would not be up to the job even with training.
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10 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:
Matt Hughes, who was a bit of a Chelsea specialist in the Abramovich era.
A column from Jonathan Wilson that gives more detail on Chelsea's finances (sourced from Swiss Ramble).
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/05/todd-boehlys-chelsea-are-a-1bn-mess
It's hard to see how they can avoid sanctions in due course.
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46 minutes ago, Merrick's Marvels said:
Imagine having a player in the building who knows what it takes to win promotion from the Championship and who knows what it takes to play in the Premiership. In short, a player who's already achieved precisely what we're trying to achieve.
But a player too closely associated with Pearson and who, because of his experience and knowledge, is seen as a potential obstacle to one or more of the hierarchy perhaps?
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1 hour ago, 38MC said:
It 100% is protectionism to protect their currency. Money spent in India stays there
As I understand it a relatively recent law means the Venkys would have to apply for emergency permission to transfer money out of the country. Though I imagine greasing the right palms might help.
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4 minutes ago, TV Tom said:
Sorry CP, don't know if i'm coming or going
No worries, you are not alone!
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25 minutes ago, TV Tom said:
Personally think this has been a decent window certainly compared to a year ago, who had the bright idea of brining Cornick in and wasting a million on Memheti last January?
Your reply seems to be a response to somebody else since it has no bearing on what I actually posted.
For the record I have no problem with the latest window but that is not what I wrote about.
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9 minutes ago, luke_bristol said:Tins was talking about summer transfer business on RB last night, when 3 months ago the squad apparently was fine. This season is already written off, I’m sure ST holders are delighted.
Yes, the best squad in 20 years was underperforming because of Nigel and his staff we were told.
All that we needed was a progressive young coach to make the most of that top end squad.
Now the people who made those claims have written the season off, presumably thinking we will have forgotten what they said. There are all sorts of adjectives that apply to them but for me it boils down to them not being very bright.
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12 minutes ago, Fpcity said:
I said on another thread after Scott had been sold that SL was probably keeping the funds back for the next manager.
Yes it was so obvious at the time that we were lied to when we were told there was no money and we had reached the limit of our wage budget.
It's bad enough that they are liars but worse that they think we are so dumb that we will believe their lies.
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20 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:
He’s Dire.
Do keep up, he joined Bayern Munich on loan.
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Just now, Redtucks said:
Conveniently not mentioning Sunderland, Hull and Watford!
That was rather my point. I responded to cherry picking by cherry picking alternative games to suit the opposite argument.
Picking games and excluding others to suit a narrative, whether positive or negative, invalidates the person's case.
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1 minute ago, Davefevs said:
It’s aspirational bullshit! Should be about way you play, not formation.
When I hear Tinnion say “we are now gonna play the same way all through the ages”, my first thought is - why are you starting now?
There should be an identity, not formation.
It's not yet clear what the "way" actually is. Though perhaps we're telling 8 year olds they should play this mysterious "front foot football" and building from there. Europa League in 15 years then!
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13 minutes ago, AshtonGreat said:
Well, they are champions of a European competition
Granted, but it seems an odd time to start berating the bloke after a run of impressive performances and results
I'm not one to berate Manning as it wasn't him who made ludicrous claims when he was appointed.
But I would disagree that we have had a run of impressive performances and results in the league. There are differences in how we play but no improvement in either.
The cup run is fun but he wasn't brought in to win the FA Cup!
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11 minutes ago, AshtonGreat said:
I thought we just beat European champions West Ham, drew with Forest and almost beat in-form Coventry away from home...?
What about Birmingham, Millwall, Preston, pretty wretched stuff eh? See, I can cherry pick games to make a spurious point too.
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9 minutes ago, petehinton said:
Seems like the rumours weren’t rumours after all!
I blame Dave Rennie.
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1 hour ago, Curr Avon said:
Squires at his satirical best.
Jürgen Klopp edition. Featuring Troy Deeney!
Yep, the chart with RAGE on the y axis with the scale from MEH to WTF?! and BANTZ on the x axis.
Beat that @Davefevs !
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58 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:
Not saying it should be, just a gut feel. Don't think the Premier League handled the original case particularly well and should have had rules in place indicating what the points deduction would be per £5 million of breach (as per the EFL). They seemed to be making it up as they went along.
The Premier League Board proposed a sliding scale of sanctions. The clubs, including Everton, rejected it.
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49 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:
If true, this could help to return some sanity to the game or begin the process.
I'm no accountant but I thought expenditure had to be allocated to the accounts for the relevant financial year. So if a player is paid a sum next year that in respect of this year that sum should appear in this year's accounts.
If that makes any sense!
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Only the other day Gary Neville said Ferguson did very little coaching but employed the likes of McClaren and Queiroz to do that.
But what does Sir Alex know compared to Jon and Brian eh?