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Totally agree. As much as I don't like the bloke, it's not Max's fault though. Ultimately, and I know he has 7 WDC's, this is so harsh on Lewis. He already has a huge amount of hate aimed at him, all he has to do is look the wrong way and he has an army of people turning on him. But were it not for this (possible) cheating, and 2 huge **** ups back in 2007, he could not only be the most successful driver of all time, but by some distance too. I'm certainly not a Lewis fanboy, but nothing would make me happier than for him to get his win this year (so that he's won in every season he's raced), and then to go on and get an 8th title. The guy is a machine and IF he's been toppled through blatant and substantial cheating, then he deserves some sort of success from the effort he's put in, as do Ferrari and Leclerc. As said above, the atmosphere and attitude of Red Bull stinks, and (again IF it's true) they deserve sanctions that hold them back throughout the whole period of these rules, which is the time period where they will reap the benefit of the cheating.

I could see them potentially excluding the team, but no chance they exclude the drivers imo. Ultimately it's not their fault, and it would become too much of a farce.

Streamja - Simple video sharing Wolff is fuming, this could really mess up the Championship for a good few years. And I think it's pretty clear that the team that's gone over is Red Bull.

Another big fat asterisk next to Max's title for last year then.

With the Stone Roses he was actually great, the crowd tended to drown him out. But playing his solo stuff without a backing band is just asking for trouble.

Saw them once with the Happy Mondaze, both were great.

I really wouldn't rely on this being the case RoD, if your daughter wants to see them, 100% make sure she gets a ticket for the tour! I have no insider knowledge either, but I have actually heard the opposite, that there is a gap in their tour but that they're probably not playing Glasto next year. If I had to guess either way I'd say that they probably are playing given the gap, but I'm not certain on it, so please don't rely on it. Bands announce tours all the time with a gap that looks like it could fit Glasto in, and it turns out not to be the case, and there are probably 5 or 6 acts in the mix for those 3 headliner spots, so it's anyone's guess. Definitely don't listen to the Mail or the Sun, they get things wrong every year. That said, Glasto is never about who's playing. If your daughter manages to get tickets, she'll have the time of her life!

Jimmy Glass on the Under the Cosh podcast is great. Talks about his whole career as well as this moment, funny guy (and extremely unlucky), highly recommended.

Yep, his was the first City goal I ever saw at AG too. That was after witnessing 7 go the other way across various games that season first

Based on some news I heard earlier, I'm 99% certain it's Arctic Monkeys.

It's actually an interesting discussion regarding how those players compare to nowadays. For example, if you were somehow able to strip it all back so they all had the same diet, physio, support, etc across generations, is there an argument to be had that players of today would still be considerably better purely due to humans simply getting better? For example world records in Olympic sports being continually broken over the years, etc. Or could we put that down to simply better coaching / wider talent pool, etc? Either way, I do know it's a moot point, you can only play what's in front of you, but I'd be interested to know the opinions of people who may be more clued up than me scientifically.

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No. It wasn't. The atmosphere at the end of that near-promotion season was great, even the Preston game before the play-offs. The EE kept being opened to accommodate crowds if I remember rightly, it was all decent. To try to attribute any atmosphere or lack of to the manager at that time is absolutely ridiculous. For the love of god how on earth have you managed to steer a conversation from away fan segregation to GJ-bashing. Have a day off.

Agreed. Everything is super accessible once you get there too. Yes the cities are some distance from each other, but once you're there they're pretty easy to get around. You could easily have 'hubs' for the various groups, and they have great stadiums too. A World Cup final at the MCG would be quite something. Yes we can feel a bit mugged off having lost to Russia but Australia losing to Qatar for 2022 was outrageous.

I was in the concourse, watching the game on big screens in there as the bar had filled up. Quite annoying that we missed out on being in a viral video, it's probably been shown tens of millions of times on the Internet in various guises

Could be that your account details have messed up. Have you changed your password lately? Perhaps delete the email account within Outlook, and re-add it again?

Absolutely, it's uncanny. Criminally underrated sport over here, maybe we need a GAA thread for next time.

Great part of the world. If you haven't heard of the 'curse' on the GAA team of Mayo, check it out. They've reached and failed to win 11 finals since it was supposedly placed on them.

Only in Robbored-land could a man with 6 promotions not be a 'proper' manager . Imagine preferring to make yourself look like a tit rather than admitting that a man who utterly rinsed you is good at his job.

Rather coincidentally, this video has just come out, from a presumably unbiased YouTube account: They literally describe the achievement of getting Yeovil to the Championship as being similar to Leicester winning the Premier League title. Crowds of just 4,000 and the lowest wage budget in League One of just £1,000,000 - roughly what we were paying Kasey Palmer alone if rumours are to be believed. This is after bringing the club up to League One from the Conference, and winning the FA Trophy. So even the neutrals seem to think GJ is a 'proper' manager - it seems the only one to disagree is one with a massive chip on their shoulder, whatever reason that may be

Got to admit, with us playing the way we are, and with Leicester fans saying they can see the similarities, it's quite exciting. I'm not sure we're quite there yet for promotion, but 14/1 at Bet365 is looking tempting.

I find it brilliant personally. The mere fact that the guy is willing to go to such bizarre lengths purely because he got told off by someone, outstanding.

Oh my post wasn't a dig at GJ at all, it was praising him! I'm a huge fan of his and without him we wouldn't be where we are as a club. But I still stand by what I said about Pearson - ex-Premier League with a Championship under his belt. Gary Johnson was a top manager for us but he's not of the same calibre as Pearson imo. Along with Cotterill, probably our best manager since the 80s. My respect for him is absolutely there.

Shades of Gary Johnson here as well to be fair. Pearson is lightyears ahead of GJ, but we shouldn't underestimate the culture change that GJ implemented, and one that we desperately needed. Filtering out the crap and replacing them with good eggs that put the club in a better position than before. Exactly the same as Nige is doing. Wilson was a good bloke and a good manager, but ultimately what cost him is probably that particular skill which both GJ and NP exhibit.

The g-forces will be considerably higher nowadays than back then. Though these days they're rarely going flat out, due to the annoying rules meaning it's essentially more beneficial to just look after your tyres.