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Loot
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Looks like the matrix stepped in, to remove whatever the source of that was. But we are left with this entirely factual characterisation of MLG.
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I get on well with my local law enforcement. Yet here I am, stuck in a cell, for innocently saying I was off to a meeting of the very popular @trousers club. "Like a glass half empty or full," I said, "sometimes the @trousers club is up, but a lot of the time they're down.." That seems to have concerned them more. Without a Friday night VA game, I can only hope a life changing post of positive thinking appears. Crumbs! That was handy! That sounds like the bit in Scooged, where Bill Murray talks about giving up being a cynical, grumpy, sarcastic pain. Y'know, all the stuff I'm good at. And instead become a giving, warm, caring person who looks out selflessly for others, every day. Like, for nothing. Well, Mr Murray. You've not been scarred by possession football for a season and a bit! Opening yourself up to that, just leads to being in the PL gutter, hoping some other idiot, sorry selfless, well meaning soul, will take away your baggage (ABK, Fraser, Baz etc), so you can rise to your feet again. Which brings me back to @trousers club. It might be really popular, but I was on my way there to say I found Bill Murray avatars triggering, in every post, all thanks to that misplaced, and frankly wrong, speech in Scrooged. Oh, the irony. Not just a concept to be mangled by Canadian singers.
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The glass isn't so much half empty or half full, but broken against a table and coming towards your face. 🙂
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My first thought was that Boris had tidied himself up, since leaving office. 🙂
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Heavens! It's like MLG just jumped in there, without reading the post. Why, it must be...moments since that last happened. 🙂
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Hoard
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Soon we can shed a tear of pride, as SR teams in France and then Turkey make catastrophic defensive decisions. Fans of certain clubs in France and Turkey will be shedding tears of a different sort.
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Yup, and a penalty that she shouldn't need the manager giving her stick for. James is probably the squad's best player. Even with moments she's seemed a bit within herself, she's then linked up well with others. She's capable of doing the job anywhere in the final third. And doing it really well. But it's finding that balance where Toone and Mead are similar that gives her a more definite role. James dropping deep, with Russo, was key in shifting the balance of the game.
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I've found that the difference in physicality already gives it USP's. The tactics are adjusting for the differences. So, you get different passing options, positioning. Lots of intelligence being used to try and exploit the spaces, where there isn't the raw power to recover. The first USP's I remember noticing were that play had continued through a half dozen crunching tackles with no feigning injury, no endless throw ins and no lip taken by the ref.
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It's that ability to instill standards across a multi-club model that makes him irreplaceable for SR.
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Thanks Christophe! Looking forward to Friday night football and a successful season. Allez VA!
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Diane Abbott..again. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye24vjnn8o
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From the first pen, you could see what Falk was going to do. The players are told that whatever you do, make the keeper work for it. Get it towards a corner. But with placement and not the power, it made it easier for Falk. Russo's best, as you'd expect. James' was nonchalant, which was wasted considering what Falk was doing. Bronze got the power, and that made the difference. Sweden, like you said, just lost their cool. Although credit to Hampton for pushing them into that pressure.
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Just what I shouted when I saw Hampton. "Scott Sterling!" 🙂
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I've seen shootouts on the women's game where one miss at the end has made the difference. Our first had power and accuracy. But Falk still went the right way. Others went for accuracy and Falk was too good for that, making saves and forcing errors. Hampton made her saves too, but Sweden should have finished it off. Why Falk took a kick was a mystery. Great game though. England gifting Sweden an early opener, and nearly a second. Sweden nullifying Walsh, and forcing England into longer, riskier passes. One of those lost by Hemp, who had hit the bar, and with no cover, Sweden burst forward for a second. They've been excellent on those counters all tournament. It didn't look as though England were coming back. But the subs show the strength, not just of depth, but in style. Carter had been run a bit ragged, but Morgan offered fresh legs. Agyemang's first touch was sometimes lacking. But her presence, strength and running made a huge difference, as did Kelly coming on for Hemp, who had worked so hard as England's best outlook. Wiegman kept Hemp on the side opposite Bronze this time, which was a lesson from an earlier game, and that pushed Sweden back. England have fought for results before. That fitness and interchanging attack got them to penalties. Bronze's header to get back into the game and showing that power gets it past the keeper in penalties, topped a proud performance.
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Surely cheaper to put the squad through some Shouty Assertiveness courses than to pay Cap'n Jack's salary?
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The smaller size has been really good. England losing their first put pressure on the other games, and you can see the closeness of it in other groups. I have seen England leave just the sort of gaps that Sweden exploited in their group games. But will they be able to do that against England's really varied attack? Looking forward to it.
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Not at all bad.
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Arrest
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A late header gives Italy the win over Norway. There were a fair number of touches, before the cross for the goal. But the passage of play started after the ref had stopped the game, with Norway about to go over half way, in some space. The reason was because an Italy player was on the end of a fair challenge, that didn't involve a head injury, and wasn't serious. Norway got the drop ball, but Italy had repositioned, eventually leading to the goal. Lots of drama in the game, including a missed Norway penalty. But a harsh way of conceding the winner.
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Block
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Prison
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Random internet gov source says that a fixed term contract that is not renewed is classed as a dismissal. If they are between series, and contracts are negotiated per series, then it's not even renewed. But saying he's been dismissed, or sacked, is also valid.
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Unfortunately no judges around to tell us if it was well done. 🙂