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Reply | Migration into the UK July 2022 - June 2023
at 09:36 1 Dec 2024
Interesting. Apart from the cobblers about Brexit of course. The doors were thrown wide open by Blair and New Labour. Many of the problems society is dealing with currently can be laid right at Tony's feet.
Caveat that it might be AI, but if it is, it's a good one. [Post edited 1 Dec 9:38]
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Reply | Derby County v Swansea City : Match day thread UPDATED ⚽️
at 11:32 30 Nov 2024
He may not be. The point I'm making is that nobody can say with any certainty because the poor sod keeps getting sent out for execution every game. If he had it in him to begin with the confidence will be at a low ebb by now. He's been appallingly handled.
Fulton is a decent enough option in the right midfield, albeit very much a squad option these days than a first choice. He's often been an easy target for some over the years but his plus column is significantly higher than the minuses for me. What we must never do if we can possibly help it is pair him with Grimes because they bring the worst out in each other.
People thought that losing Eom would be a huge blow, but results and performances have actually been pretty good in his absence. I don't think the squad is anything like as weak as a lot of people are claiming that it is. In comparison to some we've had in the past perhaps. In comparison to the rest of the division other than the likes of Leeds? I'm not so sure. |
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Reply | Derby County v Swansea City : Match day thread UPDATED ⚽️
at 11:03 30 Nov 2024
Well no. The primary thing most people (other than the usual haters who I believes that we both have equal contempt for) complain about is that he brings Abdulai on out wide instead of an actual winger. Putting a player so obviously unsuited for the role he's being asked to play is detrimental to the team and he keeps doing it. Game after game.
We're not in a position to have two first team options for every position on the pitch, which makes it important that the coach maximises what he does have. He's getting there now, albeit with a couple of blind spots. He was nowhere near in October/November, and it's baffling to me that people are still pretending otherwise.
We're well past the point where anyone should be claiming that the squad he has isn't capable of being competitive because it quite clearly is as recent results and performances have demonstrated. What it needs is to be used properly. Round pegs, round holes. Players in roles that work to their strengths, not to fit some pre-planned tactical idea. [Post edited 30 Nov 11:11]
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Reply | Live music?
at 15:00 29 Nov 2024
There's no accounting for taste.
I don't mind Sheeran though, or at least I don't loathe him like a lot of people do. |
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Reply | Live music?
at 12:28 29 Nov 2024
Went to see Newton Faulkner at the Patti in the week. Wasn't expecting much. I liked his first album but hadn't heard much of his stuff since. What a show though. Superb live performer.
The PA packed in temporarily just as he started doing one of his bigger hits, so he came to the front of the stage and started playing acoustically. After about a verse the crowd just took over from him and he just played along with a big cheesy grin on his face.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/MYUUjnVww1n93iaV/ |
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Reply | Derby County v Swansea City : Match day thread UPDATED ⚽️
at 22:25 28 Nov 2024
It's a fair question. I am, on the whole, only partly enthused by Luke Williams.
After an iffy start he's done reasonably well. The defence is nice and tight, which is important as if you're conceding goals by the shedload you'll never get anywhere. In that at least he's smarter than his mentor.
In recent games performances have improved markedly. Improved enough to make some wonder how it was possible to be so poor with the exact same players in October. To others the answer is obvious in that the team wasn't being sent out to play in a way that in any circumstances was able to get the best out of them. I think we can comfortably lay to bed the idea that he's been given an incapable squad. It just took him perhaps longer than it should have to work out how to use them.
In any case, we're doing well now and with a couple of additions should do even better. We just need him to stop playing people out of position, substituting Franco just for the giggles and make use of his full squad and we can get somewhere. |
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Reply | 13 years today since Gary Speed 😔
at 21:39 28 Nov 2024
I get that. The demons in the head make people do terrible things sometimes. Most of the people I know who committed suicide did it totally out of the blue and yes, in many cases left themselves for family to find.
I do however question why we need an annual reminder of this event. Gary Speed had no connection to our club yet for some reason we seem to feel the need to commemorate this. I cannot recall the last time the OS made any mention of Alan Davies. |
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Reply | Electric vehicles
at 21:30 28 Nov 2024
I did enjoy the long sermon about how electric cars are great from a guy who makes a living from selling electricity.
Seriously though, battery technology is nowhere near replacing internal combustion engines which is why car companies are pleading with the Govt to change the targets. If the furthest I went was Tenby then absolutely I'd consider having one. As it isn't, then I won't. Hybrid maybe. That's about it.
When the time comes and batteries can be recharged in five minutes with no adverse affect on their long term viability then more people will change. Until then they won't. [Post edited 28 Nov 21:33]
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Reply | Meanwhile in London….
at 21:22 28 Nov 2024
I enjoy visiting London.
Yes, it's a bit of a tourist trap and you could come out of there after a week having easily spent thousands, but if you're smart there's plenty of free or reasonably priced stuff to occupy yourself with.
I certainly wouldn't want to live there though. |
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Reply | Time to move Key?
at 20:22 28 Nov 2024
Edit: read it wrong.
£2m for Cullen would be a good deal based on what we've seen of him in his career so far. Maybe he could develop a bit more where he's been playing in recent weeks, but it's unlikely that he'll ever be as good as a specialist in the role. [Post edited 29 Nov 7:19]
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Reply | Electric vehicles
at 20:21 28 Nov 2024
Electric cars are basically useless unless you've got parking outside your house and only do short trips.
If you cover (even occasionally) long distances, want to haul anything, or maybe turn the heater on in Winter, forget it. They're useless. |
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Reply | Asylum Bill hits £5.3 Billion
at 19:06 28 Nov 2024
Immigration is claimed to boost the economy. I've seen figures that suggest otherwise when you factor in the ultimate cost. We also apparently need migration to support an ageing population. What happens when the migrants themselves get old is a question that has yet to be answered.
Bottom line is that there are too many people contributing too little (including the home grown), and continuing to cram more in will not help the situation. |
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Reply | Is Europe turning ?
at 19:02 28 Nov 2024
"This means that if you are in a position where you cannot afford supplemental insurance you are in the lower tier of a two-tier healthcare system. - you are on a lengthy waiting list"
That's basically what happens here isn't it? |
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Reply | Derby County v Swansea City : Match day thread UPDATED ⚽️
at 11:47 28 Nov 2024
You seem to think that opposing teams should just lie down and let us do whatever we want. The idea that they have their own game plan and can make tactical changes just doesn't occur to you.
Newsflash. We're not going to win every game 3-0. Sometimes we will lose. Or draw. Sometimes we will play poorly and win. Sometimes we will play well and lose. The sooner you accept this the less tedious you will be for the rest of us. |
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Reply | Time to move Key?
at 11:37 28 Nov 2024
Mate of mine at the last game suggested trying him as a central ball carrier in a Ntcham style. I could see the merits of that. |
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Reply | Derby County v Swansea City : Match day thread UPDATED ⚽️
at 11:34 28 Nov 2024
Would we have given the ball away as often without Derby players constantly snapping at our heels? Hard to imagine that we would if we'd been given more time and space.
Sometimes you've just gotta give credit where it's due. We weren't at our best in possession, but our job was made harder. |
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Reply | Swansea City turn the tables on their bad luck & beat Derby
at 09:57 28 Nov 2024
Last night we "won ugly". Against Leeds we played much better and lost. I'd prefer the former.
Derby are no mugs and I think we're doing them a bit of a disservice by focusing so much on our own performance. If we looked edgy on the ball it's mostly because they worked so hard at not allowing us to settle.
Yes, there are things we could and should have done better and it's even more obvious that the supply line to our forwards needs beefing up. Some genuine pace on the flanks would have given us an out ball and them something to think about rather than being able to press at will. |
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