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Reply | Finally saw a win!
at 20:30 1 Sep 2025
My brother only gets to 2-3 Tottenham away games a year, and once managed to go 18 years without seeing an away win. Which is a long time to wait. |
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Reply | Have you ever caught the ball at a game?
at 11:37 31 Aug 2025
I caught the ball at an Aberdeen v Hibs midweeker at Pittodrie when I was about nineteen. I panicked, quickly threw the ball straight into the hands of the Aberdeen player who was asking for it, he took a quick throw, they raced up the pitch and almost scored. The bloke sitting along from me said, "Lucky for you they didnae score then, you stupid cun t". Which was fair enough.
Caught the ball at Llantwit Major v Enfield Town last year. Stayed composed and didn't instigate a quick counter attack for the opposition. |
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Reply | Treating Cup Competitions Seriously
at 14:33 28 Aug 2025
Fulham v Man Utd at the weekend had VAR giving a debatable penalty for Man Utd (Bassey was grappling with Mount, but was wrestling free from him). They then followed that up with VAR failing to highlight the obvious two handed push on Bassey which cleared him out the way and gave Utd a free header which led directly to the goal. VAR in the PL just seems to be someone in an office getting things wrong rather than the officials at the game. I would sooner just have the officials at the ground get it right/wrong and save everyone the complete buzz kill of having to wait around to find out what's happening. Especially when VAR seems to get as much wrong as it gets right. |
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Reply | Teams called Rangers losing 5-0 by half time
at 14:15 28 Aug 2025
Watching them blame the "diddy" clubs that they have to play in Scotland, for not giving them enough competitive matches is the usual whinge, but Rangers can't really claim that this year having failed to beat Dundee, Motherwell, and St Mirren.
It's a funny world where you spend decades poaching the best players from the competition, often to just sit them on your bench, and then complain that no-one can give you a decent game.
Once you get away from the Old Firm, there's a lot to like about Scottish football. Some great, atmospheric, and quirky/dilapidated grounds, that are a nice break from Stoke/Saints/Boro etc. |
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Reply | Teams called Rangers losing 5-0 by half time
at 11:24 28 Aug 2025
I'm sure Russell Martin is a lovely bloke, but I'm really enjoying just how shi t Rangers are at the moment. Partly because his footballing philosophy is boring, but mainly because it's funny watching a club which has 'Simply the best' as it's anthem, struggling against Dundee and getting smashed 6-0 after 50 minutes in Belgium. Hopefully we may be returning to a time when possession stats aren't the number one thing taken into consideration when appointing a head coach. |
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Reply | Looks like Armstrong is available
at 10:36 28 Aug 2025
Armand Traore and Sinclair Armstrong on the same pitch. Wow. The two least composed finishers in English football, facing off against one another. Armstrong blazes one over the bar, then Traore almost clears the roof of the Hammersmith with a similar effort. It's a strange experience to watch a forward bearing down on your goal and to just feel totally relaxed.
Lots of support for Armstrong last night, but a few singing, "If Armstrong scores, we're in the Thames " by the end. Looked better playing out wide in a two - never a central striker to me. Did a good run and ball across the six yard box late on but that was pretty much it on the positive side. |
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Reply | Looks like Armstrong is available
at 17:03 27 Aug 2025
The City crowd have been very supportive of him and he gets his name sung because their supporters can see that he's struggling/struggled. When he fu cks up, no one even gets angry - the whole ground just sort of silently looks at the floor.
Heading to our game v City at the Cottage tonight. Absolutely nailed on that Armstrong will score the winner. |
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Reply | travel advice for Krakow
at 16:48 26 Aug 2025
Completely agree with this. It really is an incredibly emotionally difficult place to visit. I would book tickets in advance and do the trip on your last day. It really does stay with you - as it should. We did a private driver which worked well for our group. A great city for mooching around and having a pint. |
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread 25/26
at 18:12 20 Aug 2025
He was at least busy when he came on against MK Dons, but of 3 good positions he found himself in, he blazed one miles over, smashed one wide from a difficult angle when he should have squared it, and I think the other one went wide too. Plays with his head down the whole time, lacks composure, and just doesn't look a footballer. Too on, the City Technical director's thinking was that Armstrong could be the next Semenyo... it could happen, but it seems unlikely. |
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Reply | Hulk Hogan
at 11:13 25 Jul 2025
I always found wrestling a bit odd/daft, but Hulk Hogan dying reminded me of this Sheff Wednesday (?) fan being spoken to by the Old Bill, which makes me laugh a lot.
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Reply | goodbye to another one of us, RIP Dad
at 17:10 15 Jul 2025
That's a lovely tribute - he sounds like a great dad and husband. Hope all your shared experiences and memories are a comfort to you. Very sorry for your loss. |
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Reply | World Club Cup Final
at 16:18 14 Jul 2025
The Saudis have bankrolled the whole tournament through investing $1bn in DAZN, which then spent that $1bn for the rights to the tournament, and made all games free to air. Infantino makes a complete transparent mockery of the World cup rotation and bidding process to award Saudi the World cup in 2034, and in return, they finance Infantino's project and get their clubs access to major European clubs in competitive football.
To me, this looks to be partly about normalizing intercontinental club football, probably as an opportunity to get Saudi clubs playing big European clubs rather than pi ssing about in a league that no-one in the wider world cares about. If a European Super league were to happen, then I would be very surprised in the Saudis didn't try and get involved. That would solve the issue they have with players in their prime opting to stay in Europe for 1/10th of what they could be earning in Saudi.
Unfortunately, money talks, and the Saudis have more than most, and are happy to pay whatever, to whoever, to get their way.
Also interesting that of all the properties in NYC, FIFA make the politically-divisive decision to open an office in Trump Tower. |
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Reply | So what's the new song ?
at 10:32 14 Jul 2025
He's Breton, he's French,
He smokes Gauloises on the bench,
Julian, Julian
He's Breton, he's French,
He reads Sartre on the bench,
Julian, Julian
You can have that for free. [Post edited 14 Jul 10:33]
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Reply | Annual flying ant day
at 10:13 11 Jul 2025
What people don't see or appreciate, is the amount of effort that goes into planning the event. |
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Reply | Chelsea fined £27 million
at 09:43 7 Jul 2025
I've heard they've sold a table and 4 chairs from one of their executive suites, to one of their former hotels, for £40m, and a box of crockery for a further £8m. Currently in negotiations for the sale of some old carpet.
They are the spawniest fu ckers in world football, so they will no doubt win this tournament and get about £6bn in prize money. |
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Reply | How optimistic are you now?
at 13:34 2 Jul 2025
Fulham tickets are so expensive that we've even managed to price out the posh kids of West London. If we're not careful, we could lose out on the next generation of local fund managers, corporate lawyers, and property developers. Sad times. |
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Reply | "The Project"
at 16:15 30 Jun 2025
That's the sort of passion I'm looking for. Worst case scenario, we're sacked by November and we just update the slides and go again. When we're presenting, we just need to emphasise how much we're planning to align the fu ck out of everything and instil an identity at the club. What will our legacy be? Good question... a team full of local lads playing in an exciting, instantly recognisable way, and winning every game 10-0, in front of a packed house chanting the name of the club's owner. |
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Reply | "The Project"
at 13:32 30 Jun 2025
It doesn't matter who you are, you need to put a slide deck together that highlights a masterplan that involves:
* winning a lot more games
* losing a lot less money
* signing players for £400 and selling them to Chelsea 12 months later for £2bn
* fielding 10 academy players every week by the 27/28 season
* establishing an identity that sees all sides from U6 academy to first XI playing suicidal balls out from the back
* increasing social media followers to at least 85% of the global population by Christmas
* winning the Champions League within 3 seasons, even if you're currently playing at Step 6.
If you produce a PowerPoint deck with the above goals on it, I guarantee a club at some level will appoint you to be their CEO, DOF, or first team coach by the end of the season. Whether it's a PL club or someone in non-league will depend on how passionate you sound when talking about the project. Football without projects is nothing. [Post edited 30 Jun 13:46]
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