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aggi

I'm surprised that Marney isn't way out ahead given the impact that he had for us. I'm also surprised that Barton is out in front. He did well in the Championship for us but he was definitely past his best when he returned from Rangers.

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boatshed bill wrote:If it stops most of the cheating I'm all for it. Goalkeepers have been cheating on penalties for years.

One of the commentators made a good point, this is how keepers have been training to save penalties for years. Expecting them to suddenly change is a bit tough.

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KRBFC wrote:Scotland would have qualified with a win too, I think?

I think either team would, they were both complaining to the referee that there should be more time.

aggi

A bizarre end to the Scotland v Argentina match. Another penalty (awarded by VAR) that was retaken because the keeper came off the line that took nigh on ten minutes, finally scored in the 94th minutes, referee blew full time in the 95th minute and no-one realised it was full time as obviously there...

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With the next PM being the one whose decisions will potentially direct the future course of the country for the next couple of generations it's a particularly uninspiring selection.

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Hi aggi I can find two concrete examples within your first two links (which appears to be pretty much the same story) and both Conservative members were suspended. There's no more word on specific instances that may relate to Conservative members. There are plenty of quotes (some of which are undou...

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It is relevant here because the anti-semitic tweets were made by the man who posed the questions about "Islamophobia". I thought the link was evident but I'll spell it out to you - it raises the question of whether there is a link between questioning (or accusing) the Conservative Party of "Islamop...

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When people excuse these kind of crimes by saying it is because pf police cuts, it is because of austerity, it is because of youth centres closing I would say that is defending their behaviour yes. If I had told one of my kids they couldn't go somewhere should I have been expecting them to go out a...

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COBBLE wrote:Related question for the football account analysts on here. Does the income from loans get added to turnover, and could there be a benefit from this?

Yep.

Some clubs, Chelsea being the best example, make a lot of money from loan fees and it's part of their business model.

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There used to be an offence known as jaywalking There's never been a jaywalking offence in the UK which is a good thing. It only came about in the US due to the motor lobby, an interesting read on it here https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history" onclick="window.open(this.href);retu...

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TheFamilyCat wrote:Does that then mean, as someone above stated, that the cyclist could claim compensation from her? And as a judge has already ruled, feel that he'd be guaranteed to get it?

It would have been possible but as it happened more than three years ago it is too late to do that now.

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In terms of the police cuts element, an article in the New York Times about it
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/worl ... erity.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Here's some specific examples for you though: We have the story on the conservatives not being willing to adopt the working definition of Islamophobia (I'm not convinced that this is Islamophobia but if the labour equivalent was anti-semitism then I guess it would be classed as such). These 14 membe...

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I've been suggesting this thread for many, many weeks now but nobody has started it so I'm going to go ahead and start it myself. This is the thread to post allegations of "Islamophobia" in the Conservative Party. Let's start off with the incident from the debate last night where a Muslim iman ques...

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Ok I get that, but there is a difference between lying and changing one’s mind, or failing to deliver. I was on about lying, recently. I don’t include the bus by the way, His approval rates were 50%-70% from the day he arrived to the day he left. The ticket office thing most people felt was the rig...

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In fairness Aggi, I've never been to MK , but I have done the Amex with the Clarets and although the special matchday trains are frequent and it's all very well organised, there was bugger all actually out there aside from the ground and after the game we caught the train on to Lewes. I'd generally...

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Sorry aggi, you have no idea about stadium MK if you think it’s well out of town - it’s well serviced by good transport links and has plenty of local parking for everyone. Also used at full capacity for the rugby World Cup and I was shopping in Ikea next door while the game was on - I had no idea u...

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What has Solanke ever done in his career to warrant playing for any England side, can anyone enlighten me? In May 2014, Solanke was part of the under-17 team that won the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. He was the tournament's joint top scorer with four goals in four appearances. Solanke ...

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So far as I'm aware the cyclist wasn't turning but even then a pedestrian has priority in that vehicles should be aware that someone may step into the road and be going at a speed to enable them to avoid the collision (although realistically this isn't the case). The fact that the cyclist had time t...

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Elland Road would probably be on the list, but (as mentioned) not The Amex as it's well out of town. If i remember correctly the people who were seriously robbed when Qatar got the gig were the Aussies who had an excellent bid which came runner up and tbh that would have been a great shout, so if i...

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I'm out of the country so following this on the guardian website. This line summed it up for me:

The questioner says none of the panel has impressed her.

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There seems a lot of talk about Boris not keeping his promises, but I have to say, apart from having a chaotic personal life and being secretive about it, I struggle to recall much in recent years to back up these accusations. I guess the 3rd runway construction for Heathrow hasn't started yet so t...

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Are you just being silly or have I over-estimated you aggi? I mean, obviously you are correct in the sense that nobody has actually said the exact words I posted. But to suggest that 6 or 7 contributers to the thread only care because it's a thread about other races (I know, suggesting that its "ot...

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boatshed bill wrote:Violent crime in London is nothing new, is it?
The Krays did some naughty stuff, and Jack The Ripper was handy with his knife.

They were good British murderers though, not like those murdering foreigners.

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There's the even weirder contradiction that there aren't any rules about what has to be checked at the border or elsewhere, but remainers are confident that the technology doesn't exist to follow those rules. The "backstop" exists until the EU says it ends. Would you be willing to sign up to any so...

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Damo wrote:The best way to combat all of this is to not talk about it. And to label anyone who does as racist/nazi/Hitler etc

I wonder if Damo's been holding on to that line for a while and, when realising that no-one is suggesting not talking about it, has just decided sod it?

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I've given it a bit more credibility as it's from the editor of the Spectator/Telegraph columnist so I imagine has plenty of links with Johnson. Plus of course this is still a few stages from the final, he can end with a convincing majority still. Although the latest theory is that some of Johnson'...

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I've been thinking about this, how is it proven that the death penalty doesn't act as a deterrent? We will never know how many would-be killers were deterred by the possibilty of being hanged Well you can compare murder rates in places that do and don't have the death penalty. This is particularly ...

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That, I think, is on a par with the "Burnley to sign Dawson for £15m" rumours. Apart from anything else, if Boris is already up to a majority of the MPs' vote, then why wouldn't he want to go to the menbership with the backing of a convincing majority of MPs? I've given it a bit more credibility as...

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Or maybe more Police? I was walking down the street near my office the other day and saw a couple of police who just appeared to be on patrol. It made me think when was the last time I'd seen a similar thing (rather than at a train station, event, called out to a crime) and I couldn't actually reme...

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The EU are already changing aren't they? Irish border had to be hard apparently but reports are they're looking at tech to avoid it.... That's no change from what has always been the case. The border has never had to be hard, it's just that the technology doesn't yet exist to avoid it. Obviously th...

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And more on that YouGov survey of Conservative party members: https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/inlineimage/2019-06-17/Con%20party%20members%20june%202019%20farage%20leader%20happy-01.jpg It looks like Brexit is eating the party. Cameron's magnificent ploy of having a referendum ...

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Rumours that Johnson may lend some votes to Hunt to keep him in the race as a safe, low-energy opponent.
https://twitter.com/FraserNelson/status ... 49122?s=19" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Personally if I was strongly pro-Brexit I wouldn't be that keen on Johnson getting the leadership. Most of the others are ideologically driven to get out of the EU but I think most would agree that Johnson's ideology is himself first and the rest of it down the list. He's the candidate I see as most...

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Who'd have thought that the Laffer Curve would be such a hot topic on a football messageboard? Personally I think it is somewhat true for very large changes in tax rates but not so much for smaller ones. I'd agree that increasing taxes by 5% may not give a 5% increase in tax revenue but it does resu...

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I'd certainly agree with you on him being such a gifted footballer. France had some great players at the time but he stood out as the very best of them. I always wonder with current footballers when they are demanding more. Surely a time must come when a pay rise doesn't really give you anything be...

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You forget that your fingerprint or iris will be converted into digital information once stored in a computer, thus it's therefore still possible for someone to get hold of that info. In theory once it's digitised it should be salted and hashed. That should mean that it's impossible to go from the ...

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I see May apparently voted for Rory as did her lapdog Liddington. No surprises there. Like Rory they are both remainders and this confirms that she was never serious about a free trade deal. Rory has no clue how to get a deal through the HOC other than a no doubt rigged Citizen's Panel. Farage woul...

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If there is one single document/card that proves who you are for all purposes, then the thieves only have to steal, clone, or copy one card, and they're into everything. And for anything containing biometric information the issue will be much worse. You can't change your fingerprint or iris or what...

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Shackell doesn't get the credit he deserves because of the way he left, but people conveniently forget Ben Mee spent all last summer angling for a move away. Shackell is akin to Coyle. Did really well for us when he was here but because some didn't agree with the way he left they've tried to gloss ...

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Imploding Turtle wrote:How could it be in any way useful as a form of ID if a copy of your fingerprint isn't held by the government?

Realistically it'd more likely be held by Capita or someone ...

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You never know JM; something has to give somewhere and faced with no deal or May mark 15 maybe just maybe enough of the sheep will go into the Government lobby. Of course it would only take 7 Sinn Fein to come over and vote against the Government and scupper this Parliament irrespective of the DUP....

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An interesting (but lengthy) profile on Stewart in the New Yorker from just after he was first elected in 2011
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010 ... ian-parker" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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JohnDearyMe wrote:No, was sat in the away section

There were possibly some empty seats due to the late switch from Saturday to Sunday but it was definitely sold out. (There's a thread on here somewhere about it being sold out, I remember suggesting people buy tickets in the neutral section.)

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As mentioned previously, it would be better to try and get a player in the deal, then the fee we need to pay Brentford would reduce I think. If Coady is available, it might be worth enquiring as he's a good defender, captain, northern lad and is a defender who defends ( sounds obvious, but not seen...

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JohnDearyMe wrote:Loads of empty seats in the away section at Fulham last season

The away section definitely sold out. The empty seats were probably in the neutral section next to it.

aggi

Though as has already been pointed out, right footed players have little trouble playing on the left so we wouldn't need a left sided centre half. It's having no right footers that is the recipe for failure. That's not quite true. Right footed players who are used to playing on the left have little...

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It's weird how Johnson is viewed as the the saviour by many. He's basically another Diane Abott. Academically very bright but has no control over the details.

Johnson blags it as he's very establishment but they're very similar

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And yet the Total Wage bill to Jun'17 was £61.2m compared to £81.6m to Jun'18 when we came 7th. I'd guess part of the difference was that we signed more first team players than we released and some of our existing players had a boost in wages. I'm sure that the squad players we brought in like Bard...

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Ok you might be right - but all of what you are saying would happen whether we finish 17th or 7th. I’m pretty cynical too but everything I have seen or heard points to a big part of our bonus payments and increased wage bill relating to where we finished in the league and whilst we can argue about ...

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