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Reply | Who was this disaster down to tonight....
at 13:22 13 Aug 2025
Some great and opposing views on this thread. I'm not sure which side to bat on as both have sensible views/comments. However, as an "old fart" I am really reminded of this wonderful quote from the legendary Bill Shankly which I think is apt for where I see the club today.
"At a football club, there’s a holy trinity: the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don’t come into it. They are only there to sign the cheques". |
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Reply | Carabao Cup Winners thread - victim one - Plymouth Argyle
at 21:33 12 Aug 2025
Let’s give the U23’s some massive credit here. Plymouth have literally thrown the kitchen sink at this and have most of their first team squad around and after 80 mins they have nicked it 3-2. For many of the lads on the pitch this is their first experience of men’s professional football.
Great experience for them. |
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Reply | Papa Dame Ba (Daim Bar)
at 14:14 11 Aug 2025
Clive -how are you going to explain that we’ve managed to sign a player who’s apparently injured and was going to cost €500K?
Now said player is still injured and we’ve got him on a free. Can’t wait to hear what our wonderful fitness team have to say about it.
Prime-time R’s.
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Reply | Papa Dame Ba (Daim Bar)
at 13:57 11 Aug 2025
Apparently now coming on a free transfer according to Patrick Berger on X. |
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Reply | If Celar is the answer what's the question 🤔
at 13:55 11 Aug 2025
If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck - it’s probably a duck.
Celar is so far off Championship material it’s embarrassing. We don’t have the luxury of carrying him and hoping he hits 10-15 goals this season because it’s not going to happen.
Our esteemed CEO states that if a development players isn’t knocking on the first team door by 18 then he’s never going to make that transition and it’s time to move on.
By that simple measure Celar has to be moved out either on loan or on a reduced transfer fee. He’s not worth a place in the starting 11or squad. |
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread 25/26
at 22:05 8 Aug 2025
Typical Championship fare. Both sides looked well ordinary but play like that the rest of us will fancy it.
So ordinary but that’s ghe Championship. |
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Reply | Webinars
at 16:29 9 Jul 2025
I’ve been retired 3yrs now and don’t miss work. I did work for an incredibly forward thinking corporate (not a tech giant) who had brilliant governance on these types of meetings.
Essentially, no Teams or Web based interactions could be longer than 45 mins and no more than 10 members of staff could attend.
We were encouraged to call-out poor management of these meetings if the host exceeded the rules. The approach was based on fixing issues quickly and not loitering to discuss mistakes - that could wait until the projects or work was completed.
Generally, the company was stellar at delivering very complex projects, working to budget and having incredibly accurate debriefs. |
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Reply | Marti to Leicester…maybe
at 14:41 9 Jul 2025
Well you can see why they might be interested in Marti. They are facing some tough financial issues even with their parachute payments.
Marti knows the Championship and won’t get them relegated. Will be interesting to see how he performs with that squad and more resources albeit slim - it seems. Good luck to him.
The compensation is business and nothing more - let’s move on. |
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Reply | Ziyad Larkeche contract extension
at 09:44 1 Jul 2025
Well, if you can’t defend in the Scottish league you have no hope in the Championship. Surely, he’s going to be on the bench as a backup to a more seasoned defender in that position? |
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Reply | AC/DC tonight
at 08:41 27 Jun 2025
First saw them in the Red Cow in Hammersmith and then watched them move through the gears to play four nights on the HTH tour at the Hammersmith Odeon - 1979. Bon was the Master and Commander and in that period they were untouchable as a live act - just a sonic assault.
Last saw them in 2001 in the US and they were still pretty good. Having watched some of the recent tour via YT they seem to have played around with the tuning and Brian can hardly hit a note.
Off to see the mighty Maiden tomorrow! |
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Reply | Marti Officially Gone
at 21:27 24 Jun 2025
Marti has been class in very difficult circumstances.
Even his farewell message is classy. It’s beyond belief that one of the best managers we’ve had for sometime has essentially been thrown under the bus for non-footballing reasons.
Nourry made that clear in his message. Whilst I want the new manager to be very successful I can’t help feeling Nourry is going to regret what seems a very spiteful and personal agenda against Marti.
I hope Marti goes on and continues to be successful. |
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Reply | WW3 on its way
at 19:51 22 Jun 2025
The Chinese are patient-Taiwan can wait.
The Chinese have all the main technology and a huge build up of their military. Difficult for the US to wrestle back control of all the industrial manufacturing it outsourced to the Chinese over the past 30yrs. They literally handed over their tech IP.
The only ingredient the Chinese lack is actual military engagement with an adversary either by proxy or head-on. They’ve will have learnt from the mistakes of the US and Russia in their foreign wars where they have failed miserably. Iran must be an enormous opportunity for the Chinese.
Name me one major US foreign policy mission that has worked since the 1960’s? |
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Reply | WW3 on its way
at 18:42 22 Jun 2025
Brilliant and accurate post.
Worth watching the Netflix documentary series - Turning Point - The Bomb and the Cold War. The undermining and overthrowing of Iranian democracy by the US and U.K. covered in brilliant detail. |
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Reply | WW3 on its way
at 14:47 22 Jun 2025
Fcuk me! What is factually incorrect? As for hysterical look in the mirror.
The point of Israel using ambiguity regarding its nuclear arsenal is a well-worn mantra used by Israeli politicians and commentators who hide behind it. The fact is Israel has nuclear weapons-end of.
It’s a historical fact that Israel prepared to use nukes in 1973 should it be over-run. It’s fact that Israeli scientists stole the uranium to start its own nuclear weapons programme. Yes they stole it.
Of the three countries currently involved in this conflict the US used nuclear weapons, Israel was prepared to use them in 1973. Iran doesn’t have a nuclear weapon and the fact is it wasn’t currently building a nuclear weapons programme. Facts matter. |
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