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Reply | Deafened by Speakers in Upper Loft
at 09:51 25 Sep 2024
They're not working well. Not only were the music and announcements too loud (for my sensitive ears) in Ellerslie last week, the sound was horribly distorted as well, as if the speakers were blown and the volume was turned to max. |
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Reply | Our little hovel in W12
at 09:12 25 Sep 2024
I like the fact that Durham has chosen his top ten grounds purely from a football fan's personal perspective, but even so, The Valley at no.8?? I hate that ground. Nice for us to be his no. 1 though. Away fans tend to romanticise our place, as do we, once we've forgotten the pillar blocking our view, the lack of leg room, the queue for something to eat and the Ellerslie bogs. |
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Reply | The midfield hole
at 14:19 22 Sep 2024
Got to say I think the OP is completely wrong to single out Varane as a problem, if anything, the reverse is true: for me he's one if the few players who came out if that game looking good, and we were a much better team second half with him in the side. The real conundrum for me is Madsen: what does he offer? As others have said, he looked like he was hiding half the time; no link up play, no line-breaking passes, and certainly no tackles or interceptions; for such a big bloke, he has all the presence of a powder puff. I get that he has technical ability, but he seems scared to use it. With the featherweight Saito to the left and Andersen flanning around in the centre, and another lightweight in Dembele on the right, we had no midfield presence at all. It was a massive problem. That changed when Varane replaced Madsen and Smyth replaced Saito. Because although Smyth is another lightweight, he's also a tenacious terrier snd retains possession better. Varane is one I'm really excited about; I think he's the real deal. |
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Reply | Koli
at 09:49 21 Sep 2024
Well.... it was inevitable we'd have a Kolli wobble at some point in the season. |
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Reply | Celar
at 09:09 18 Sep 2024
I was at the game. It looked like we were playing with 8 men in the first half: Celar, Madsen and EDB were all dreadful. Amazing that we only conceded one goal.
So firstly, a genuine question: what have people seen that gives them any faith whatsoever that Celar can score goals? I've watched every game this season, either online or at the ground, and so far I've seen absolutely nothing from him. His press is weak, he doesn't tackle, his positioning is poor, and he can't finish, either with his head or his feet. So all I've got to go on is the fact that he was apparently decent in the past. I'd love to see some sign, a hint, that he's got what it takes. A cheeky back flick, a goal-bound shot, setting up someone else to score.... But so far.... nada. And so what if we were playing Premiership opposition, that shouldn't stop him doing something positive.
Secondly, Madsen: he was awful too. Poor decision making, poor passing (nearly all of it backwards), zero press, zero tackles. He's like a giant powder puff.
So for me, those are two black marks against our recruitment policy. The big positive for me was Varane. I could see he had quality from his first outing, and last night he was very good. Positive passing, strong in the tackle, great interceptions; I really think we've got a rough diamond here, who with some more polishing will really sparkle. So that's one excellent signing, versus two poor ones. Dembele is obviously another great signing and Saito is... ok. So that kind of makes it even on the recruitment side. Oh, Nardi is excellent too, so it's +1 for the recruitment. Too early to tell about Ashby.
Sorry to have changed the subject from the OP, but thought I might as well put it all in one post, and so my other main gripe is that I'm with Brian (McCarthy) - putting out the B team properly pissed me off. We had an excellent opportunity to progress in the cup last night and Marti threw it away with that line-up. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's saving it for Millwall. What's the point of competetive football if you don't compete? Isn't that why we go to games? To see us try and win? |
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Reply | Today i am mostly eating......
at 10:16 10 Sep 2024
Does anyone remember the Embassy cafe just down from Latimer Road? In the 80s and 90s all their food was homemade, their pies were absolutely delicious! If I had a job near there (back in days when I was P&Ding for a living) I loved going there. But I think the people who ran it back then are long gone.
There are still some decent greasy spoons in the area, the Station Cafe next to Kensal Rise station was good last time I went there. |
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Reply | San Marino
at 10:26 6 Sep 2024
We just lost to San Marino...
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Reply | When you realised there was no meaning to life and no God
at 08:16 6 Sep 2024
A family of magpies has lived and bred in the back gardens where I live for as long as I've lived here. Sometimes the entire brood gathers on the roofs of the houses opposite, I've seen as many 15 of them at one time. They've never left the area in 30 years. Their variety of calls and mannerisms is incredible and sometimes we have a chat. They've got an interesting perspective on life and we sometimes discuss quantum physics and the magical nature of the universe.
For me, it doesn't matter whether there is a god or not, life is still miraculous.
Afterthought edit: Although I do think there is something at the heart of it all that loves us, loves everything, unconditionally, without any human overlay of judgement or moral. [Post edited 6 Sep 8:20]
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Thread | Jack Draper storms into semi-final of US Open
at 22:24 4 Sep 2024
Feels like this came almost out of nowhere, but apparently he's been hotly tipped to break through. Now he has. Amazing tennis, powerful and graceful. The girls are gonna go wild for him.... and all other denominations, of course.
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Reply | First Cinema you saw a film in?
at 17:43 4 Sep 2024
Just think: you, me and Cyprus Mel might have all been there at the same time, ducking from the flying sweets (or throwing them), blithely ignorant of the fairly bizarre future that has unfolded since then....
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Reply | Another Michael Caine Moment
at 17:40 4 Sep 2024
Yeah, I did think it might be a joke, but the educator in me couldn't let it stand, just in case some people thought he was serious! |
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