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distortiondave wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 20, 2022 5:19 pm
Twas ever thus.

All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.

The same is true of toads and frogs.

I've been told I'm a square but no-one's ever called me a rectangle.

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bfcjg wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 20, 2022 3:17 pm
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/growing-numbe ... 55618.html
Perhaps he will be taken out from within.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61163546

Or just wishfull thinking on our part.

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..... but you could have a pitch where each half is a square.

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sox8595 wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 20, 2022 3:05 pm
A square has four sides of equal length a rectangle does not.
Therefore it is not possible to have a square rectangle.

According to this dd is right!

And they are both oblongs and parallelograms!!

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/teaching-wiki/rectangle

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I think you could have a square pitch if you had the maximum width and minimum length, it would be 100 yards square. (Obviously under the laws of the game, not Premier rules.) The touchline must be longer than the goal-line. https://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/lawsandrules/laws/football...

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Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 18, 2022 6:08 pm
I suspect you are being naive.

General rule of thumb, if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck. It’s usually a duck.

This is part of the problem. It may not be a duck and it would be naive to think it is.

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Sorry for yet another idiot question but can one presume that Moscow's comments a week back (?) about shifting the focus towards the east were the usual lies or did they indeed leave a reduced force there. I ask this following the bombing of Lviv and Kiev. How far away could these missile-launchers...

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Well done. I don’t think many are questioning the actual sacking, nor the timing of it. If it was down to the results as the club statement said, then why wait 5days after the Norwich game? But many are! Perhaps the wait was to remove emotions from the situation and to discuss with the various part...

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Why was it a penalty?

I looked at it on Match of the Day and I saw no contact and Cornet intent on going down - diving. I felt he could have stayed up and perhaps scored.

By the way, Brownhill played the ball out to him - I mention this because he gets criticised for his passing.

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Never a red and no retake as offences on both sides. Simple fact is Jay should have told him to do one and Cornet should have put it away when Jay bottled it. Actually that's not true about 'offences from both sides' - two wrongs don't make a right. The advantage was with West Ham as Cornet missed ...

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Bailiffs generally don’t get sent in for £11 million debts. To have any value a bailiff or sheriff would have to levy and look to remove 3 to 4 times the value of the debt. And there simply isn’t anything there approaching that value - other than the players. It’s a nonsense suggestion. I have this...

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Until recently I didn't know that Dyche had less or even no say in recruiting. That is not the right way to manage a team. I can see an argument that says he should be more open to overseas players say, but as his team was about 'togetherness' and Dyche's framework it's even more important that it s...

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To digress, The Times in 1819 is different to todays Murdoch paper. As far as I'm concerned anyway it is just another paper these days.

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I can't help thinking the reason the 'Dry Powder Store' was inflated, at the expense of buying players and perhaps keeping Dyche happy (he may have known what was going on, hence his hissy fits), was in order to make the club attractive to sell - or even just sellable. The other thing wrong with the...

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Long and short of it, open to be corrected Alan Pace took out a loan from MSD (Michael Dell) to buy Burnley FC off Garlick and JB. His team (ALK) put up some of their own money but not a lot, maybe 10/15 million. He also used our own money (The Dry Powder Store) which was anything between 60 to 80 ...

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See CP's post 185 on this thread timed at 12.31pm. Chester interprets the situation in exactly the way I do, rightly or wrongly, that under the current curcumstances ownership will necessarily revert to the original ownership of Mike G and John B. Of course matters may change in the the ensuing fou...

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HunterST_BFC wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 15, 2022 7:07 pm
How can they sack him --- there is a war on !

Well there could be worse to come for Dyche then:

https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-r ... in-2946437

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Sounds like we've got a bunch of self entitled average footballers on our hands, maybe they should actually focus on playing well and working hard before making such demands. Especially if Rodriguez is one of the entitled ones, he's been absolutely bobbins for 2 years, he doesn't have the right to ...

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Chester Perry wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 15, 2022 6:42 pm
Interesting stuff in the Mail - Just remember this is Pace's go to national publication and Jack Gaughan is his favoured writer.

So is this part of some information war that's starting up?

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Well, not really Its clearly been a catastrophic fire (for whatever reason) resulting in the crew being evacuated (so on board fire fighting clearly failed) and the fire has burnt itself out My guess is that there is nothing left but the hull, with everything topside being either completely destroy...

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Another excellent book by Dave. I am intrigued by the fact that Jackson obviously did not rate Miller, Casper and Dobson at all. Was he jealous of their popularity and thought that by shipping them out he would replace them in the popularity polls? In Miller and Casper's cases the evidence was ther...

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I used to make them the evening before, then put them in the fridge. One day in the morning, half a wake, I looked in the fridge and they were gone. I was pretty sure I had made them so shut the fridge door then opened it again in some strange expectation that now they would appear. They didn't. Puz...

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It would be brilliant if it was Ukrainian action. Only a good view of the ship would tell us.

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I think the upgrade was cancelled basically it would have taken 3 years but only added 5 years on to it’s life expectancy so was deemed not worth it. The ship is about 50 years old and they have massive issues with the fire suppression systems on board so any fire is going to cause major problems. ...

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The book was informative, but not as much as I'd hoped. I found it a bit disorganised and repetitive - just a bit. And, one burning question that I've always had - I still don't understand how Joe Gallagher passed his medical. The nearest we got was when Joe himself mentions running up and down the ...

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Don't forget the other benefits of being an old fart - your £200 heating allowance, bus pass, the £10 bonus and, wait for it, the continued opportunity to submit faeces samples to check if you have bowel cancer. Plus if you look old too, some people offer you their seats on the bus.

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More on the Moskva:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-61101906

Go down a bit.

This is a superb achievement and may well force the Russian navy to operate further away from Ukraine.

Moskva translates as Moscow. To lose a ship as important as this is a big loss of prestige.

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I don’t think that is 100% correct they are respected as one of the best but I wouldn’t think above all others Seals and Delta in the US are just as respected for instance. I would be surprised if UK SF would be involved in something like what the Russians suggested anyway, if it would be any UK ag...

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jos wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 12, 2022 7:33 pm
He seems to be wearing a Ukraine uniform- but I guess they dressed him like that for their own reasons.

It may be that he was using it to hide himself:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61089039

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elwaclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:34 pm
Well spotted, so it could in fact be some form of subterfuge by the Russians to lay blame/add credence to the outrageous Russian claims that the West are destroying Ukraine and laying the blame with Russia. Well spotted.

The Americans have arrived!

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elwaclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 12, 2022 3:49 pm
OSINTtechnical: Captured Russian T72 tank in Mariupol

https://twitter.com/osinttechnical/stat ... gsNlHyyorQ

This is a bit odd. They haven't removed the 'Z's identification markings and one of the crew seems to have a white arm band - Russian ident.

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Hidden wealth of one of Putin’s 'inner circle' revealed: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61028866 I realise these things are incredibly complicated but the rules/laws are set by our authorities. We ordinary folk have to jump through hoops to open or close a charity account dealing with tens ...

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Protesting Russian journalist accepts job with 'Die Welt':

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-61071163

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1066 - we became Norman/French.

Before that the Normans were Vikings from Scandinavia. We too already had Scandinavian blood, and no doubt Roman blood too.

And so it goes on....

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NEW YORK TIMES - Kramatorsk, scene of the Railway Station massacre is surrounded and is preparing for a siege. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1513509737165463556?s=21&t=neJEvKLARBTVSN8kW8U_lA It's not surrounded. It is preparing to be surrounded: Luhansk Battle Map Draft April 11,2022.png

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I just noticed the attendance at Maine Road/Charity Shield.

On the CM link it was 23,988 but on your UTC link it's 10,589. 23,988 is more like it I would think.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 12, 2022 8:59 am
Link corrected and have you seen who scored one of our goals?

Thanks. Yes I did see that!

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I would have thought Bournemouth should be on the list ... Spurs new ground is sort of a redevelopment isn't it like The Cherries I would argue Spurs is a completely new ground as it was moved a considerable distance and completely rebuilt. I suppose though you could argue the same for Molineux but...

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Roughly 31 - I may have miscounted. I've been to Enfield/Southbury but I don't think Burnley have played there have they? I went to Kettering for a friendly to mark the opening of their new stand. 2-2 it was. https://www.uptheclarets.com/programmes/programmes-season-197374 Third programme down. This...

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And to be petty, why not play in Claret.

Norwich played their exact same kit at Turf Moor so it's not a question of clashing.

Money of course!

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ICL wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 09, 2022 6:47 pm
I’ve posted about this in the general info thread. I’m already down here in North Norfolk and struggled to find diesel. Fortunately I’m taking the train in from Sheringham tomorrow.

Diesel trains aren't they!

(I'm sure the railway has adequate supplies)

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With all the doom and gloom we should relieve ourselves (!) with a music thread. Anything goes.

Trevor Lucas/Fairport Convention - Tears

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlcQFEDuR6c

Gary Jules - Mad World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

There's a connection with these two songs!

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-61007383

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I take issue with this statement though. The whole bloody war is rubbish and a sad state of affairs that we have to endure from the madmen running Russia, However, Folk need to open their eyes and recognise that not all allies (the good guys) wear white hats. Earlier I was responding to elwaclarets...

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Fully understand, NOT having a go. It is what posters often miss and why you will see various researchers and even the Moderator call for ‘Source’ so often… it really is just as important as what is being said, more often than not. I appreciate that. Do you think the post by Jos should be reported ...

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elwaclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 07, 2022 5:18 pm
Did you look not just at the link but at who was behind the twitter post - give you a clue IT’S A RUSSIAN COMMUNIST propaganda account.

No I didn't but I see what you mean.

No-one had mentioned this before, after it was posted.

I'm not a Twitter person, just follow the links posted on here.

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jos wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:30 pm
And here is another WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT
A Russian soldier lays on the road injured and shaking, and gets shot.

https://twitter.com/pip525/status/15112 ... 75460?s=21

One of those dead Russians has his hands tied behind his back.

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REUTERS: Gas flows from Russia to Europe slowing as customers demand non-Russian supplies https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1512067918003007496?s=21&t=ovKMsEzzoXhqR1h9bNeyMw I'm not sure if this has any significance. I understand gas flows in both directions at various times and that is perfectly ...

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Just seen the highlights. Putting aside the legitimacy of the penalties, Richarlison actually stops - at least to my eyes he does - during the half hour he spent taking the first one. That is not allowed, is it? 'The player taking the penalty kick.... offends' when: 'feinting to kick the ball once ...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L0eaSXsq4c

He took two players to the near post so giving space for Jay to score that second. Good work!

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