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I'm fine with no vaccine passports: my issue is with people who won't take the vaccine (can't is another issue). My mum has just come out of hospital and for most of the time she was in isolation and getting very down, having probably been in contact with someone in A&E where it's more difficult to control. The hospital were obviously taking the issue seriously even if a lot of other people now aren't, and the numbers still don't look good.

I'd prefer it if Pep gave him a kick in the shins before the game: or at least a lesson on shooting and not coming inside..

What about being tested: would you agree to that? Or do you not want to do anything about other people's health and their concerns? It's not surprising there were gaps yesterday if people consider others a risk. As it happens I didn't think the atmosphere too bad, and the whole ground was singing at times. The couple next to me visiting from Norn Ireland were certainly making a decent noise too. Given the moans about our defence recently, and the way we have been bullied by West Ham in the recent past I thought the approach was valid, and we certainly had the better chances: Redmond (pity it wasn't Adams or Tella) from a lovely pass from Armstrong, the shot off the post and the one off the line. The consensus in the ground was that it was a decent game, as the applause at the end testified.

I'm not sure if Turkish works hard to be the poster he is or maybe it just comes naturally. Best if you don't quote him though..😉 As with all stats they can be interpreted in different ways, but this is interesting and if nothing else is a useful pub conversation topic! Thanks..

Nothing I can really disagree with here regarding the goalkeeping situation, although smaller goals wouldn't be a solution for many practical reasons. I've played in goal, reserve keeper for one team as I was tall, and even had specific coaching from a specialised coach, but that was in another country and is unusual at our level. It's often the case in the bottom of the pyramid where I play that it is really difficult to get keepers, and you can tell sometimes that the regular keeper is not available! Finding someone who _wants_ to play in goal is a challenge, and yep, they are often quite short!

Very sensible! 🙂 One of the most tedious things on here used to be certain people boasting about their cheeky little side bet wins: but never a mention of their losses. Perhaps they fooled themselves.. I'll be there but I might double up on my blood pressure tablets..

Well, the story is still "calf" so that hasn't changed. But it does seem a bit odd, although soft tissue injuries can go on a bit, especially at that level. I imagine Sid from the Dog and Duck Reserves would be back patrolling the centre circle a lot quicker..

That's a positive then?

Caulkheads would point you to the Blyskawica.. (yep, I did have to check the spelling!)..

Wasn't he transferred somewhere? It might have been Wormwood Scrubs..

Reading that article I didn't realise he was 31. Let's hope playing on those hard pitches and a bit of jet lag do enough to blunt his edge even if he didn't pick up a knock.

Yep, I think so. Quite a number of FA cup wins too. I don't have any particular knowledge but I suspect that some of the large wins they are having at this level are due to their very professional set up and training a lot more, that makes a difference to skills but particularly fitness. Getting teams to train more than twice a week isn't feasible when players are essentially amateur, although even the time with one team I trained twice a week made a difference to my game (it was hockey at school!). But getting promotion would certainly make a big difference to the standard and exposure and they certainly seem on course at the moment.

So they waited until 25 minutes into the match to stop it.. Bit of a shambles by all parties it seems.

Thanks for that. It's been appallingly badly publicised as that's the first mention I've seen and I've just put in on my club's group chat. Nothing I can see on the OS, and you'd think the club would want a good attendance as it would (should?) reflect well on them, if they can organise it properly...

Well, having been the _only_ person in 25+ years of my being on the internet that I have ever put on ignore I can only go on the threads he starts and the threads he has contributed to, but he does seem rather interested in LGBT and racist topics. I just think 'what a sad mucker' and move on. On the occasions I forget to sign in and see some posts in which he occasionally has something sensible to say about the football it proves he's not a complete { choose yourself } but my goodness, he's hard work and an unpleasant character. Edit: what I posted was based on the little I read at the start of the thread. Is the poor fellow now feeling picked on? The "man/woman/non specific" I've just seen quoted would suggest he just can't help it.

The story I heard was that Rupert, who sanctioned his arrival, asked one of the coaches to go and find out about him. The immediate response was "He's cr*p!". How do you know?" asks Mr Lowe... "It's my job to know..". He still arrived with the outcome we all know about.

Yep, it's a concern, but I only saw the news when I read about the Ireland line-up; nothing from Saints..

Not exactly an injury but I see Long can't play for Ireland as he's tested positive for covid..

From a Newcastle fan.. "Great news I've heard Newcastle United are signing Neymar! That's Neymar defenders, Neymar midfielders and Neymar strikers."

Yep! Except Flightradar24 shows aircraft tracks and it's easy to check where they've come from. Sloppy work Jeremy! :-) Mind you, I know a two seater helicopter without the tracking equipment, just a squawk for ATC, so that would be the best bet. Or back to the ol' superyachts in the Solent..

Ooh, so they will. I was round aged mum's when the 2-0 came up on her telly, which led me to comment that their manager would be on the way soon. She knows enough about football to have given me an extra phone call about the 8-0 win! Comment on The Guardian MBM: "Poor Cedric and his utter uselessness."

I thought it might be.. 🙂 (Edit: with _that_ beard?)

I mentioned in my comment on the MU game that I wondered if that was the rationale for having KWP on the bench. I'd agree with your comment apart from the Long bit... how about Broja?

Does Factless Allen use bigger words and longer paragraphs than he does in his articles?

They probably sent them to Hell..