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And now his production company is not renewing his contract, with the Beeb looking for them to take action. Tim Davie on saying that a line has been drawn in the sand. On the beach, behind his line in the sand, you can see all of the previous lines in the sand. Right beside all the lessons learned groves.
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Tropical
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What would be your Dull, Mediocre Super Power?
Holmes_and_Watson replied to Lighthouse's topic in The Lounge
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Sainz on a 5 year deal to Porto for 14.5 million. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c62gng6j421o
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CBs are the new LBs. π
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The Starmer Years - Can The New Broom Sweep Clean?
Holmes_and_Watson replied to sadoldgit's topic in The Lounge
To her credit, by volunteering to invite as many asylum seekers until saturation point at her own property, she's saving the taxpayer on hotel costs. -
A much quieter second half, even though England got another 2. There were different tests. To see if England could break down a reorganised Wales, and to test that the strength and depth of the squad could still produce results. Wiegman's first eleven is a balanced shape and she makes her subs well. But there were still things worth looking at. Park isn't quite at Toone's level of influence. And with Hemp off, Mead and James offered two similar outlets. Wiegman returned to the earlier balance of bringing on more direct Kelly for James, and like for like with Beaver-Jones for Russo. England push Bronze up, which isn't so useful with Kelly on that side. When Wales scored, Wiegman immediately switched Bronze for Charles. That might have been coming anyway, but brought fresh legs on to bring some solidity. The Wales goal involved an absolutely cracking run and assist from Fishlock, and a good finish from Cain. It's always a shame that we're seeing talents at the end of their careers, just as Women's football is progressing so far. Mead took her goal really well from a Beaver-Jones assist, and the two reversed for Beaver-Jones' header. Both made sure to get their efforts on target, with nothing rash. England will look to those moments when they are pressed, or caught on the counter. It asks a lot from Bronze to run the length of the park to support attack and defence, and there are gaps when others cover. That's something to watch against Sweden. They make good use of the width for passes in behind, driving runs and crosses.
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I was hoping Rowe would blast that one in before half time. A dominating performance, against the tournament underdogs. Bronze pushing forward, shifts England to a 3. But James is comfortable in that whole area to the right. So, as the half progressed, Bronze supported all over the pitch. James is playing within herself (possibly resulting in that miss before halftime) but just makes England so fluid. It's balanced with with the two excellent, but more traditional roles filled by Hemp and Russo. Toone had an early impact, but such is the dominance, has again done a quieter, supporting role, popping up with key runs and passes. It's a shame that the first goal wasn't even a free kick, and yet ended up being a penalty. While it looked initially to be a foul, Stanway tripped over herself. The VAR check had to have seen that. I can only guess they then only looked at the position of the incident, rather than whether it was a foul, and determined it to be in the box. Wales' heads didn't go down, but it had to knock confidence from them. They changed 'keepers after some defensive issues, but that continued for the second. A d their defender could have done better for the third. England created other chances, but it was Wales who ended the half well. Hopefully, they'll continue to test England. As it stands England get Germany, and if past that, Spain.
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There were 9 subs and a coaching team on that. The pic is of the investigative team making notes, after the departure of the ambulances.
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Illumination
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I heard we struggled to attract 'keepers, because we insisted on getting them in for a snip. π
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Heart
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Much like the men's football, I just skip all the hype. I'm either at a game. Or, I tune in 2 mins before, maybe get the teams without going to the Beeb, go for a tea at half time, and turn off at full time. MotD or Sky is seeing the action, and not the punditry. Even then, the hyperbole around football is irritating. All football. The massive overegging on Women's football by comparing records with the men's teams, just got people's backs up. But that's on the hacks, scribblers, pundits and broadcasters who go overboard to get clicks, views and sales. So you're right. Let's enjoy it for what it is. Those under-15's results would be indicative of higher scorelines had a Women's team played against that club's senior team, or a CL winning team, or any team (even the ones we put out to get thumped 9-0). But that's not enjoying women's football for what it is. That's done for helping the training of the women's team, in a way that football can provide where other sports where there would be a similar gender disparity can't. Leaving the hype behind, makes it much easier to enjoy it for what it is. I'll generally watch women's football for the same reasons I watch any game. Two teams at a broadly similar level, competing. I don't watch lots of lower league football, comparing it to higher leagues. I enjoy it for what it is. Women's football then has advantages. The difference in strength and power emphasises strengths in other areas. In a recent Spain v England friendly, both sides were using the extra space to put together superb passing moves. Positioning, passing and anticipation become more important, as physical power isn't the same. I enjoy seeing the game played differently. I still love the lack of feigning injury, no time wasting and zero tolerance to badgering the ref (apologies to all Badger related user names) Just making some general points there, as I know you enjoyed England in the last Euros, and said as much above. And yes, the hype became daft when it moved from embracing the game for what it was into making ridiculous comparisons. If it was like for like you'd argue why it was taking up space in the football sections of websites. But when enjoyed for what is is, like loads like women's tennis, golf etc, then it's fine.
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There's always space for cosmology puns.
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It was a sad indictment of his planning/ coaching. But not just him. He was an up and coming managers going into a club with decent tenures in the PL. That there was noone else at the club who was involved in laying down/ insisting on basic requirements for Martin to build on made everyone involved look incompetent. Lots of people happy to go along with failure.
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Very much this. Stats or not, you could see it whether Martin was in charge or not. I'd like to think the fitness, coaching and analytics team were about to mutiny behind the scenes, at how much it would impact performance against teams at Champ and PL levels. Instead, I think it just became the new culture, that other managers couldn't shift and the coaching, fitness and analytics were rubbish. Still will hopefully be benchmarking expectations on basics against the best teams promoted from this league and those that then stay up. Because, if he buys into what's been in place, he's on a hiding to nothing. Which is why... Very much this too.
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Density jokes are tough. You think you're making a star post, but instead you come across as a hole. π
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And Stephens to add to the list, and to be on that list for a couple of extra seasons too.π
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"Yes you were champions. But you weren't good champions. Not with below 70% possession." Edit: Champions hasn't applied to Rangers for a while outside their seasonal aspirations.
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Michael Sheen begins to prepare his Russell Martin beard for The Damned United spinoff: Old Firm Damnation.
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A decent percentage of people in the early days of football, would collapse from cholera, or from their lungs being unable to cope with anythng other than fetid pit air. It was just part of a normal match day. π I'd not say that people weren't bothered before. That would be callous and not remotely backed up by lots of occasions of fans helping each other. But there does seem to be a shift in people looking for a football match to continue while someone is in possibly a life threatening situation in the ground. I don't think there's been any rules changes, and no doubt there are other medical situations that are taken care of without stoppage. But when it's as serious as that, technology links up the various medical and safety teams, so that action can be quickly taken, with on site defibrillators there to save lives. It's surely easier for everyone to be aware of the situation and allow as swift and focused attention as possible to aid that individual. There's probably VAR checks that have had longer stoppages.
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Probably a good thing to have moved on from "Sure, he'd have lived. But at least he died hearing the crowd chant 'Stephens! You !*#Β£', one last time."
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In fact, you even pointed out that as long as it wouldn't impede treatment. My point was that it either always would, you couldn't afford the time to work that out, and getting to a person fraught with problems in the middle of a game.
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So vanishingly unlikely to happen. That's just the attacking and scoring bit. The BBD bit is sheer fantasy. π
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I think that a crowd of people focused on a game, is always likely to impede getting someone in ground treatment, or evacuation. Someone dying because first responders couldn't get to them as the team were attacking and looking likely to score (Saints fans safer there), opens the club and FA up to legal action. I'd be more concerned with the safety of the first responders getting through match focused selfish bell ends than the collapsed person selfishly holding up a game. Points deductions and massive fines for any club who has people collapsing right on 70 minutes each game. π