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Thread | 2034 World Cup
at 14:29 11 Dec 2024
If there weren't already enough reasons to ignore International football, today's announcement is the killer. After a secretive and opaque "bid process" Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup. There is something entirely appropriate about FIFA's "Bribes-R-Us" chairman Infantino handing the crown jewels of world sport to a totalitarian and literally murderous regime.
The national associations have been warned not to voice objections unless they are prepared to walk away from the tournament. They should. Let Azerbaijan, North Korea and Russia join Saudi in their desert sauna kickabout. |
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Reply | Mothers Milk
at 15:22 5 Dec 2024
I was told during a visit to St James Gate Brewery that Guinness for domestic consumption is brewed differently from that made overseas. The domestic stuff takes much longer to pour but tastes smoother when done, but Guinness drinkers outside Ireland don't have the patience. I do remember when I lived in Dublin there would always be a dozen pints ready on the bar when they opened the doors. |
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Reply | i am in japan
at 12:07 30 Nov 2024
Went to Japan with my train-mad son in 2019. Fabulous place. |
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Reply | Nottingham Forest
at 15:23 4 Nov 2024
Was going to post what hantssi said above but he/she got there first. [Post edited 4 Nov 16:11]
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Reply | QPR are Shyte !!!
at 09:46 22 Oct 2024
Mediocre? I'd kill for mediocre! Oh for those blissful, carefree days of mid-table mediocrity. Instead of that gut-wrenching feeling when we concede yet another soft goal. Make it stop! |
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Reply | An AI 'podcast' discusses Loft for Words!
at 13:05 18 Oct 2024
Impressive and hilarious and....deeply weird. You run LFW through an AI and - hey presto! - there's "hope for mankind"! [Post edited 18 Oct 15:16]
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Reply | Tuchal. England!
at 12:11 16 Oct 2024
Agree with this. Carsley was probably told "sorry old chap but you're not getting the job. We've appointed this German cove but you can't tell the media that. Just keep it vague, say nothing that might make us look bad and then fck off quietly". |
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Reply | Kris Kristofferson
at 11:36 30 Sep 2024
...and then went on to be a writer, an Army captain, a helicopter pilot on oil rigs, a singer, a songwriter and an actor. What a life! |
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Thread | Midweek European Football
at 16:49 19 Sep 2024
Following the Rs on the radio on Tuesday I caught the headline "young boys thrashed at the wänked-orf stadium". Put me in mind of Dick Emery. |
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Reply | Today i am mostly eating......
at 12:03 6 Sep 2024
While a student in 1976 I worked at Geales in Hillgate Street 4 nights a week. Ate cod & chips every night and never tired of it. Best memory was the Geales Christmas Party that year. There was a sudden burst of excitement when some guests arrived late. In walked Rodney Marsh, Gerry Francis and George Best. Honest. I've got a photograph somewhere. |
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Reply | Over-rated books
at 12:56 21 Aug 2024
What other football club forum could generate this level of interest in an "over-rated books" thread? Brilliant!
I like crime fiction but cannot stand Agatha Christie. Twee, contrived plots set in bucolic English country towns peopled by one-dimensional stereotypes. Much prefer the worldly, hard-boiled cynicism of Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett or George V Higgins.
Chandler once memorably said that in his novels "people kill for reasons, not just to provide a corpse, and they use the means at hand, not antique duelling pistols or tropical fish"
(PS: thoroughly agree with those who nominated "The Alchemist". Self-help drivel) |
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Reply | Daley Thompson
at 23:16 17 Jul 2024
I remember listening to Daley Thompson decades ago on one of those retrospective radio programmes - might have been Desert Island Disks. The interviewer asked "you've been so successful, won so many medals, is there anything left that you would like to achieve?" Daley said "Yes - I'd like to be able to touch my toes". He was serious. |
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Reply | Rory Gallagher
at 14:16 10 Jul 2024
I love the idea that Rory Gallagher "constantly giggled and toured". He must have been great company.
I remember sitting in my friend Pat's bedroom shaking our heads to the eponymous first album. Happy days. |
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Reply | England vs some other team. Euros Semi Final match thread.
at 14:42 8 Jul 2024
"we're pretty embarrassing on the global football stage so far, as my work colleagues from various countries are quick to point out."
Is one of those countries France? If so, you might want to remind them that France has yet to score a goal from open play in this tournament. |
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Reply | Family
at 17:53 17 Jun 2024
Don't know this album but I played Bandstand until it wore out. Burlesque was down and dirty. Great band that broke up too soon. |
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Reply | Life changing moments
at 16:17 7 Jun 2024
This thread has been fascinating. Many contributors have been very open about the experiences that have changed their lives. It has made me realise how lucky I have been. Sure, I've had significant moments (relationships, births of kids etc) but they have overall been positive. Three things stand out:
(1) I became an adult at a time when good jobs were much easier to come by. Anyone with a modicum of talent and the ability to work hard and learn could be successful.
(2) I met and married a perfect woman and we are still married 41 years later.
(3) Nobody from my generation in this country has ever had to go to war.
Uneventful maybe, but generally life has been good and I'm thankful for it. |
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