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CaptJohn

Cirrus_Minor wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 15, 2021 11:55 pm
I suppose he would be unlikely to get racially abused by Ghana people.

You've obviously never visited Ghana then.

CaptJohn

Both on yellow cards for the entire extra time and Southgate did not bring on Sancho to run at them along with Saka? Big mistake IMHO.

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Undoubtedly Nick would have saved that free-kick. Pickford's brains look scrambled. He can't handle the pressure unfortunately.

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I can't fault them either. Have the latest Halo router and 3 discs. I'm sitting in the kitchen on a laptop and I'm getting over 100 mbs. Decent service and the price ain't bad.

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Back four to stay the same along with midfield holding two on the mantra of "if it ain't broke don't fix it." Up front I'd bring in Foden for Mount and ask Sterling, Sancho and Foden to run at the Danes with Saka and Mount to be subs on around 60 minutes. I doubt the Danes would handle their pace an...

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Was curious as to how Pay-TV worked in the 60's. Sounds like viewers had a box under their telly to put money in! :) So for our game against Arsenal in 1967 fans would have had to put a few coins in the box. https://www.transdiffusion.org/2006/11/23/paytv_1960s_sty Correct. A good mate of mine was ...

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Bizarre decision regarding Tripps at left back. Did we ever play him there? Never liked playing players out of position unless in a crisis. Rice to sit in front of back four and with Mings and Stones starting he'd better not go very far upfield. Grealish to come on around the 60th minute for Mount. ...

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I play Royal St Davids (Harlech) each year in a golfing society 2 day event. This year it's the 24th-25th June. Lovely course and we actually stay in the clubhouse as they have five rooms available. Conwy was a warm up to get me back into links golf as my home course, Chester, is very much a parklan...

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Good luck mate. I've just played Conwy. Lovely links course but after 18 holes I'm a tad weary so 72 in one day is awesome from you. Cheers!

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Sad news indeed. Wonderful fullback.
RIP.

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Long term ST holder. I think my first ST was back in 67/68. Cancelled last year and haven't bothered renewing with all the confusion and uncertainty. I may get another ST in time but only when it's all settled down. I may be dead before that happens though

CaptJohn

It's a strange one because he is waiting on fitness with a couple of players:-

Pickford
Walker Stones Maguire (If fit, otherwise Coady) Shaw
Rice Henderson (If fit, otherwise Phillips)
Mount Foden Grealish
Kane

CaptJohn

I was in a traffic jam in Port Harcourt (Nigeria) and there are always loads of vendors dodging around the vehicles selling all sorts of stuff. One of them was wearing an old Endsleigh shirt which was in tatters TBH. I was gobsmacked.

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Turgid performance IMHO but lots of regular starters missing. If we play that tippy-tappy stuff against the top sides they will murder us as they're better at it. We need to get space behind teams for the likes of Saka, Mount, Sterling and Foden to use in fast attacks so we need to create that space...

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I guess that's the going price for a striker who can score regularly in the Premier league, in a team that doesn't score many.

CaptJohn

For me Female, softly spoken Southern Irish, East Coast Scottish and Geordie are the most easy on the ear.
The worst and most grating are Brummie, West Coast Scottish and Home Counties/Cockney.

I'm sorry but Lancashire folk sound a bit dumb

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My old maths teacher died a few years back and it wasn't until the eulogy from his son that I learned he'd been at Normandy. He was deaf as a post and it was down to him having been in the artillery. He never talked about it and I'd got to know him quite well, many years after he'd retired. Probably...

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Absolutely f**ckin priceless

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Tebay for me. Always stop there for breakfast en-route to St Andrews.

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Eric the Red talking sense about fans.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09jfnms

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Some harsh comments about a few players IMHO.
I'm not scoring it because as far as I'm concerned and a few of the players by the look of things, the season ended with the final whistle at Fulham.
Onwards and upwards.

CaptJohn

Wood. As an earlier poster stated we'd have gone down without his goals.

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Haven't watched it since Wogan left.

CaptJohn

It's fairly simple, don't listen to them. I only turn the match on when it kicks off and turn it off at the final whistle. I make a cup of tea at half time. Haven't watched MOTD for years due entirely to having to listen to so called experts give their opinions. Simples

CaptJohn

It's a funny old game. Everything Leeds touched turned to gold and to be frank they did look good on the eye but we flattered them with our wasteful finishing. Should have been 3-4. They still deserved to win but it should have been a whole lot closer. BPF 6 Didn't do much wrong and was hung out to ...

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I think that technically Jeff was a good player but he only seemed to do just enough to keep onside of SD and of course occasionally produced a stunning finish. With Brownhill we have a less talented player but someone who really puts a shift in every time he pulls on the shirt and someone who will ...

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Chester is going the same way. Debenhams closed it's doors last Wednesday and anyone who knows the city will know that it was always known as "Browns of Chester" and had a prominent position with a front on Eastgate and rear into the Grosvenor shopping arcade. It really has ripped the heart out of t...

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Pope 7 Not too much to do but seemed as though he was a tad nervous. Maybe not wanting to get injured ahead of the Euros perhaps? Lowton 8 Tarkowski 8* Very good game. Mee 7 Taylor 8 Brownhill 7 Westwood 8 Bust a gut to get on the end of Vyds cross for his goal. Cork 7 McNeil 4 Lost his confidence a...

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I just hope Vyds gets on the score sheet because that miss late in the half was a bad one by his standards. Super striking partnership though.

CaptJohn

Battled hard against a technically superior WHU side but were in it till the end thanks to sheer grit and determination. No complaints from me about the work effort and performance. Strangely enough I thought that SD may have gone 4-5-1 tonight due to how WHU are playing and the fact that we would a...

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They were excellent but we gave them too much space right from the start.

CaptJohn

Chester is much better. Old Harkers (Just off City Road on the Canal), Brewery Tap (Lower Bridge St) and the Pied Bull (Upper Northgate St) You'll get a good selection of real ales at any of them and in the case of the Pied Bull, they brew most of their beers in the on site cellar.

CaptJohn

I never agreed with his politics but whenever I've met him he's always been friendly and charismatic. I'm sure he will do fine.

CaptJohn

I see know that the clip had moved on to the next topic

Anyone else encountered an alligator on a sports field? I've had loads of encounters in South Carolina (Hilton Head Is) and Florida.

CaptJohn

Don't know if this has been posted yet but check out our young right back.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/56910637

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All 8 with the exceptions of:- Wood 10 (Brilliant CF display) Westwood 9 (Extra point for sublime strike) Lowton 7 (I was convinced after 15 minutes that he thought we were playing in our yellow away kit because every pass went to a Wolves player. He is playing with such confidence at present that I...

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I think that we need to give the six teams exactly what they wanted, a change of scenery. This season all six should be relegated to the Champ with six coming up. Then next season we revert to the normal three up, three down. That way it will take at least two seasons for all six to make it back to ...

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Strangely enough this move will undoubtedly make a lot of money from people who aren't actually football fans. This will appeal to folks who aren't die hard fans like ourselves, who are disgusted at the concept. The idea of Man U vs Real Madrid will generate TV revenue from advertisers and people wh...

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Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 16, 2021 3:17 pm
Now we can start with giving the u23 players decent time in the first team it's not long to assess full potential re new deals but we should pursue all options to strengthen our first team position

Quite right Neil. You and I think the same on this one.

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I switched from British Gas to Utility Point on 1st Jan this year using the 'Look after my bills' service. Did have a smart meter with BG but one isn't required for UP, you just have to provide a meter reading once a month on-line. I'm with UP as well. Decent company with competitive prices. The on...

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Peacock-Farrell 6 Lowton 6 Tarkowski 5 Mee 5 Pieters 5 JBG 5 Westwood 5 Brownhill 5 McNeil 7 Wood 6 Vydra 7* One of the definitions of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. We may have a huffed and puffed a lot in the 2nd half but we needed some guile not balls...

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I can really see the courts becoming involved to question VAR decisions with so much money at stake. That was a wrong call, the Fulham defenders arm looked to be playing Podence on IMHO. Diabolical.

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Redbeard wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 07, 2021 11:50 am
Newcastle for me too.

Captain, didn't you at least have the last laugh when they got stuffed in the final?

We listened to it on the BBC World Service and I had mixed feelings because I've never liked Liverpool in the first place so it was not really something to celebrate

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For me the 74 Semi final defeat is the one. That result hurt. I still blame Norman Hunter for that foul on Casper at Leeds. Casp wasn't 100% fit for the semi. With a fully fit Casper we'd have won and gone on to win the cup. I can still get angry about it all. The day after the semi I flew out to jo...

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Cadiz will hopefully be awarded the points because otherwise it will just be a charter for teams to claim racial abuse and walk off knowing there are no consequences. By all means make your point and walk off and in doing so gain the moral high ground in the knowledge your team will suffer loss of p...

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Pope 7
Lowton 4 On the beach already.
Tarkowski 7
Mee 6
Pieters 7
Gudmundsson 5
Westwood 5
Brownhill 6
McNeil 5
Wood 7
Vydra 6

Taylor 6

CaptJohn

I 'm not sure when the rule change was made but pulling the shirt of a forward when he is about to score is now allowed to prevent him from scoring. WTF is VAR for if not for blatant fouls like that. It was either a penalty or a red card for the defender for denying a clear goal scoring opportunity....

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Been a dark ale drinker for many years. Agree about Guinness West Indies Porter being an excellent tipple but my favourite is London Porter from Fullers, the makers of London Pride. Guinness is still a great drink along with Murphys and you can get a mild from B&M by a Wolverhampton brewer which is ...

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I miss it for sure. I can't stand sitting down

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Bristol Bears are top of the Gallagher English Premiership

Play great rugby and well worth a watch if you have BT Sport.

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