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Reply | The Beatles were a bit crap...
at 16:48 5 Mar 2025
One of my favourites. I saw it done by a brilliant house band in Cafe Hua NYC around the late 80s. They were brilliant. |
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Reply | Time to play our own
at 16:22 4 Mar 2025
I'm pretty sure that I remember Lee Hoos, a few seasons back, saying there wasn't any money for position in the Championship.
The TV money was the same wherever you finished.
It could have changed in more recent deals. |
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Reply | Time to play our own
at 16:06 4 Mar 2025
Fox came on because we switched to a back three and he is an experienced left sided, left footed defender.
As well as Morrison played, he always looked uncomfortable on his left foot and on the centre left of a four he had to keep switching the ball to his right foot.
Edwards does it a bit but is better at it and more comfortable using his left. |
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Reply | Traditional cafes
at 15:19 3 Mar 2025
We travel up from the south coast so are pretty hungry by around 1pm for a 3 o'clock ko. Cafe Louche on the Askew is ok. Friendly service, medium priced and reasonably smart appearance for a cafe. Workers breakfast is for big appetites.
It's opposite the Orchard Tavern and about a 15 minute walk to South Africa Rd. |
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Reply | Trump v Zelensky
at 13:27 3 Mar 2025
I haven't read all of this thread, so I hope I'm not repeating a history fact made by anyone else.
There is little doubt that Putin is an expansionist dictator and that
Trump and the USA want to remember what happened in the 1930's with appeasing a dictator and an isolationist mentality.
Britain and France eventually had to go to war, too late for France.
The USA was eventually drawn in after being attacked by Japan and having Hitler declare war on them. The war which eventually ended with two atomic bombs forcing a surrender.
An option which won't work in future. |
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Reply | Sheffield United Reflection
at 20:53 2 Mar 2025
I think Fox came on because we moved to a back three and he is a left footer in that left of three, with Saito playing LWB. |
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Reply | Sheffield United Reflection
at 13:42 2 Mar 2025
I thought Varane played well. Much improved on the last game. Yes, he still has a way to go with passing forward and be quicker moving the ball, but a lot of the time there was no one free to pass too. |
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Reply | And breathe... - Simon Dorset's annual deep dive into the accounts
at 10:22 27 Feb 2025
Thank you Simon and well done to the owners and Noury.
Those creative mainly owner sponsorship deals seem to have been the difference, just as we thought and hoped they would be. Just done in the nick of time too.
Nobody appeared to want to sponsor the ground etc so the owners put their hands in their pockets, again, and saved us from the wrath of the EFL. |
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Reply | The pïss stain coloured kit
at 10:29 25 Feb 2025
I'm not sure what the league's rules are or what say the ref may have on the day. However, 'wall's kit is a problem. It's such a dark shade of blue that it may be considered to clash with black.
Are we allowed to wear blue and white hoops against any team that wears a shade of blue?
When I was doing minor officiating, I would call blue ball or red ball etc. That causes confusion, as well as delays on play, when there are light blue and dark blue kits on the pitch. |
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Reply | Paal/clueless Rs players post-match
at 10:16 25 Feb 2025
For God's sake SE, nobody is saying he is a liar. Club interviews are PR exercises. That's why you are not going to find anything in them that you don't already know or they don't want you to know, for whatever reason.
Interviews with outside sources are also limited as they are mainly built on friendly relationships, so you won't get much from them either
I thought you would have grasped that by now, after being steered in that direction by plenty of other posters. |
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Reply | The pïss stain coloured kit
at 10:37 24 Feb 2025
I accidentally upvoted this meant to just hit reply.
No one is fixating on kit over performance. It's a separate thread, separate discussion. We can comment or fixate on performance on several other threads.
We are passionate about our club and passionate about our kits. |
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Reply | Known knowns – Report
at 09:57 24 Feb 2025
You may think you know nothing Clive but a copy of your report should be sent to Marti (tactics and performance) and Noury (kit).
Btw Marti seemed to be having a right argument with their coach, in the presence of the 4th official, about their 'robust' tackling and probably the lack of control of the official in the middle.
Appalling refereeing. One think I do generally believe, in slight contrast to you Clive, is that referees let far too much go on, partly due to instructions on the interpretation of the laws of the game.
I totally get the letting the game flow desire but it has got totally out of hand.
I watch all our games home in the stand and usually away on a club stream (I'm overseas a lot) and I regularly watch MOTD etc.
I am amazed at some of the things that are considered 'not enough'. For me every shirt pull is a foul (cheating) and should be an instant yellow. Every push in the back is a foul and should be a free kick or penalty. Shoulder to shoulder is fine but not if the shoulder lands anywhere else. Blocking shouldn't be allowed, we are not playing American football.
I could go on with offside, handball etc but start with the above and we will ensure fairer play and help the skilful players and stamp out the cheating and thuggery. |
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Reply | The pïss stain coloured kit
at 17:59 23 Feb 2025
Not sure if you have seen it live, Brian but I saw it pre season on some of our fans and maybe the team wore it as well.
I think it looks worse live than on a stream. If it was a better shade of yellow or gold it would be preferable. I agree on the hoops, yellow and white?
Can't have yellow and black as we can't be wasps, bees or hornets😂 |
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Reply | OK own up
at 10:12 21 Feb 2025
I think Nobby would test the patience of refs in the modern game, just like our dear friend Samba Diakite did.
If Nobby was allowed to tackle in his usual style the likes of Zidane and Drogba would have retired much earlier and we would have been at war with France and a few other countries. |
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Reply | Development side .
at 09:32 18 Feb 2025
Thanks for the links, Nix. Very interesting, seems a hit as a player and comes over as a lovely young man. Hope he goes all the way in his career. |
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread
at 09:58 16 Feb 2025
In 2018/19 Villa were 11th on 44 points after 33 games.
They drew the 34th game and then won ten on the spin, drew game 45 and lost game 46.
They finished 5th on 76 points, 3 points clear of 7th and went on to win the play offs.
It can happen and we can dream.😁 |
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Reply | Charlie Kelman’s Leyton Orient
at 09:32 16 Feb 2025
I think as of this moment he is worth considerably more than that.
I hope he carries on scoring till the end of the season. The value should be assessed then. Marti says that other clubs are enquiring about him. |
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