The Kraken

I don’t disagree. But for me, that alone doesn’t justify the need for a public service broadcaster. I think the Beeb has done some wonderful things down the years, and still does. I don’t think anybody is suggesting scrapping the BBC. It’s just for this particular subject, I’m just yet to be convinced by the mandatory payment of the license given today’s reality of being able to stream (and pay for) so much worldwide content by individual choice.

Why is that so important, out of interest? In this day and age I’m not sure I see the necessity but I admit I’m willing to be convinced otherwise. Other than “we’ve always had one”.

It’s really isn’t such a binary answer as that. I’m sure everybody who watches it holds some value in the BBC down the years. Criticism of the payment model doesn’t change that at all. But we’re not in 1950 any more where there are no other channels. Nor are we in the 1980s where there are 4. Television options have changed immeasurably with streaming services. It’s an entirely different market nowadays.

If AJ had come in at that weight then it invalidates the fight. He’s contracted that he can weigh no heavier than 245, he weighed in a couple of pounds under. I just can’t see a way that these two get into the ring without it being a complete and obvious parody. Even a nearly 60 year old Mike Tyson was accused of pulling punches and holding back. With Joshua it will be immediately obvious. I thought weight thing could come into it, AJ would weigh 250 and they’d say “ah shucks, too heavy, maybe next time”. Now that he’s weighed in under weight I have no idea what the pantomime will be. Find out tomorrow morning I guess.

Yep. As a kid I I used to make my own bespoke tv schedule based on the top films and programmes that would be on. Tbf Christmas Day itself has always been pretty dreadful. But can definitely remember Boxing Day being great, usually a Bind film or two to choose from plus a “latest” release,

Thats twice now, excellent work, it especially highlights your overall inability to look at situations as anything other than completely binary. 🤣

I love what the Beeb has done and indeed some of what it still does (Monday quiz night last night was particularly difficult, mind). But, in this day and age of streaming and multiple subscriptions, a mandatory license fee to fund the BBC is really something of a disgrace. It’s such an outdated model and will become abused more and more. It’s a shame, but I do think that the payment model simply has to change.

This really does reinforce your complete myopia and utter inability to look at issues objectively outside of your own bigotry.

Anyone who has seen his posts on Israel and Judaism knows exactly where he stands. Pretty sure he does too, despite the amount of deflection he employs. It’s been pointed out so many times and yet even today we have two or three more conflations of Israeli/Jew, and any condemnation of the horrible act today gets met with the likes of “yeah but what about Netanyahu and those Jews?”.

It’s not law, but one gets the feeling that it’s a club system. We know that Tonda likes it because he did it with the U21s. As I said, I’m no fan of 5 at the back. I really don’t like it. But I think, at this point given our personnel, it’s unrealistic to expect a switch to 4. Plus, up to now, Fellows has been a stand out player, so hardly like we’ve been struggling with the position. In an ideal world for me, we’d have 4 at the back which would hopefully free up Fellows a bit to play further up the pitch. I hope we will at the very least try it, but I’m not expecting it without having a de facto right back. Putting someone like Stephens or Edwards there is no solution imo.

Not at the moment it isn’t. We don’t have any fit right backs, Wellington has only just come back from injury, and Manning is poor defensively. I don’t like 5 at the back, at all, but it mitigates our lack of decent defensively cover at full back.

Atrocious.

Probably the right choice. But Fellows is a big miss.

Is this still going on?! 🤣 Farmer, your post is absolutely correct.

West Wing is an absolute classic, probably the first TV series that I binged on (via DVD). Still holds the test of time. Slow horses is very good, mostly because Gary Oldman is supreme. I’m enjoying Landman at the moment even if it is a parody of itself. I thought The Last Dance was brilliantly put together, the story of Michael Jordan at the Bulls. Only 10 episodes but very well made. Fawlty Towers for still being genuinely hilarious. Mindhunter was brilliant, I wished they had done more than 2 seasons.

I fucking hope not. Good night!

I’m still not sure you’re even real.

They. its always the same with you. “Read a few more articles”. Nothing to say yourself.

Palestine action also, seems like it’s nothing to do with right wing or left wing politics, just an idealism that we should probably stay out of.

ER don’t seem to me to be political. They have an agenda but it’s a bit different from politics.

BLM are extreme left? Really? I mean, I don’t agree with a lot of what their activists have stood for, but radical left? Not sure I can see that one.

No, still north London yobbos. However you pronounce them.

Sadly this is true. It was a good save, no doubt. It was also a save that you would hope a decent keeper would make. There are just far too many occasions when he doesn’t make a save that a better keeper would. The likes of lighthouse and whoever can whinge at other posters and pompously pontificate about the chat that comes Baz’s way all they like, but this guy is just substandard for our level. He is a poor goalkeeper. He fails the eye test, he fails the stats test, he’s well below par.

“Far right” and “radical lefties”, honestly, both of you are a pair of fuckwits who have no idea of the true terminologies you happily throw about.

Potentially something to bear in mind, James Bree’s loan spell expires in January. I think we’d assume it would be natural that it gets extended to the end the season, but it’s not been announced yet as far as I know. I agree with the above posts. Once our two right backs and Shea Charles get fit and LND is back (arf) we’re going to have even more players competing for a squad place. We’ve already got a bloated squad, and for reasons of injury or not in favour we’ve already got the likes of Aribo, Edozie, Matsuki, Edwards, Fraser (to an extent) and Downs where a place on the bench is likely the best they can hope for. Add in the youngsters Robinson and Bragg who we’d like to see nurtured, I would be amazed if we brought anyone in without loaning/selling 2 or 3 first.