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Reply | Moving to the USA?
at 13:51 18 Dec 2024
Off topic from this lovely Christmas romance, but the last two immigration experiences I've had at JFK are downright embarrassing in terms of how long its taken, and that's just the US citizen/green card line.
Total mess, 1 person at the desk, no working e-gates (do they even still exist?). What is it, $200 for 'global entry'? and they were just as stuck.
Near the end of my 1 hour wait in October the guy behind me mumbled to the beleaguered official if armed forces can get priority - this is after him standing there the whole time for some reason. He gets asked if he's got proof and pulls out his police ID to which he got a LOAD of colourful push-back from all of us around him - was the most enjoyable part of the experience really.
And the foreign passport holder line/queue is far too often 3 or 4 times longer. People arriving in the richest country in the world waiting an age just to get through to their bags. Embarrassing. |
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Reply | Moving to the USA?
at 13:01 17 Dec 2024
Nah I'm leaving it...
Strongly agree with half of that Thame - good luck man [Post edited 17 Dec 13:04]
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread
at 21:53 13 Dec 2024
I've got a terrible memory for the detail of games, but even I can remember how bad Portsmouth were. A that point it felt like a relegation fodder type loss. |
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Reply | QPR v Oxfoooooord match thread
at 18:01 12 Dec 2024
Kolli is far more suited as a player to Smyth than Celar though - only seen it once but at the time I thought he'd overhit it a touch, again.
But Kolli had the aerial ability to stretch for it and turn it back into danger - which is exactly what Smyth needs. Those two together could actually work. |
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Reply | i'm gonna hold my hands up.....
at 14:54 12 Dec 2024
Ok but, first half of that second half at least, we weren't playing on the break - we had them penned in like a half court press and Varane was monstering every attempt they made to try to get out.
Changed a bit later on granted, and passing accuracy needs to improve. |
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Reply | i'm gonna hold my hands up.....
at 14:34 12 Dec 2024
Really was. If he'd taken just a touch off it. He's getting used to the physical stuff too it seems.
On those stats Bri, isn't the possession pretty similar to Saturday? Am guessing.
No idea if this is tracked, but I'd love to see how much of our loss of % possession is down to the big decrease in passing back and forth among our defenders.
I'd speculate it's most of it. Definitely going more direct, with less emphasis on that 'sucking them in and springing the trap' lark which sadly only seems to work less than a third of the time for us. |
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Reply | i'm gonna hold my hands up.....
at 14:09 12 Dec 2024
I only saw the last 5 mins of the first half (thankfully) and the second half, but I actually thought we were excellent in that second half.
Getting the ball back quicker than we have done for a while, attacking and defending in numbers, a decent mix of flair and toughness. And that move from Saito when he picked it up, moved forward, took 3 players out with one jink before shooting - that's what you want to pay to see.
Last 15 mins was not really an issue, in fact we were a lot closer to their goal near the end.
No idea what they must have been trying to do in the first half, but they didn't concede and were able to make meaningful adjustments. Found that very encouraging to be honest. |
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Reply | Norwich losing heads, ref good and Morrisson lucky
at 10:28 9 Dec 2024
That lino had an interesting game I thought. He looked a bit older than average and missed at least a couple of obvious fouls and frees early on. But he was good with the old flag!
Also noticed him talking to Ashby on the throw in after his yellow for time wasting - he seemed to be saying "Hurry up or he's going to send you off" - the concern on his face was quite unusual. All around a bit of a character who I would welcome back.
Smyth really got to Sainz too - they are definitely not on each other's Xmas card list. Seemed to amuse Jimmy at least.
The handball not given caused a couple of grand mal seizures in the Norwich ranks, and they definitely had all of their toys out of the pram by full time. |
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Reply | Jimmy Dunne
at 10:15 9 Dec 2024
Thought he did really well to hold it together on Saturday. A measure of the man.
RIP Eamonn Dunne |
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Reply | Mel Johnson Interview - now on the Patreon
at 17:37 8 Dec 2024
Listening now finally.
I love the humility and straight forwardness Mel has in describing it all: keepers that can catch the ball and keep it out of the net, defenders who can head and kick it, just having a sense that Cureton wouldn't work for us. Things often seem so overcomplicated these days.
Great memories.
I took liked Santos - remember him scoring against his old club Burnley with a header from a corner when we beat them 3-0. You could see it coming a mile away but nobody was able to block him. He used to go through strange inconsistent periods were one week he couldn't trap a bag of sand or head it at anything other than a bizarre angle, and the next week he'd have the ball under some strange spell. That was how I remembered it anyway. |
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Reply | Storm
at 15:32 8 Dec 2024
Was supposed to be going to Belfast at 9.45am today.
Last night BA cancelled it and the only option they offered was 7 am on....Tuesday.
Seems a bit much to have some flights take off on time, or with an hour or two delay, while some other travellers are getting a full two days of a delay.
That'll teach me for only being a blue level member...
Watched a big A380 go overhead earlier and it was certainly moving about a bit. |
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Reply | Chair
at 09:41 8 Dec 2024
Agree you do loose that height, to the extent that Madsen manages to use it (a bit better yesterday I thought).
With Kolli in and Michi hopefully coming back you do have more of a focal point though, than Celar.
And what's going on with Colback? Thought he might have been on the bench yesterday but no sign still. |
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Reply | Chair
at 08:51 8 Dec 2024
I'd leave Saito where he is and start to introduce Illy in Madsen's position.
Keep him central and let him link up with Saito, which I think could be great. |
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Reply | Just Woke Up
at 00:06 8 Dec 2024
It was indeed very nearly 4-0, so fair play there my 6 fingered friend |
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