Whitey Grandad

It’s not so much that he plays badly through the game, rather that he regularly makes mistakes that cost us at least a goal or two.

Thanks for the suggestion but I shall be freezing my nuts off at the game tonight. I’ll try it another day.

This was via my Virgin Media Tivo box V6. I also have a Firestick but that's on the TV out in the conservatory but that's way to cold to enter without appropriate clothing. I am also on the highest datarate bundle so bandwidth shouldn't be a problem although it was playing up a bit earlier in the evening.

I looked at it too late to see anything except the highlights. Picture quality initially was abysmal, completely unwatchable, but it improved a couple of minutes later when the highlights were almost finished. There’s something wrong with the encoding in my opinion.

I went to the away leg and I remember being disappointed that it was only 1-0.

People who get paint all over light switches or sockets. The same goes for those who tile round them leaving them semi-hidden.

That’s called damning with faint praise.

It’s not a matter of hatred. These players are paid a fortune and they’re not very good.

That’ll do lad.

Fair enough, I hear what you’re saying. In matters which are not subjective the VAR can have the definitive decision. In effect we got away with it because the ‘handball’ was not obvious. Personally I think there’s something wrong with the implementation of the system if they have to go hunting through all sorts of angles and slow-motion replays before they can find some sort of infringement. As for the new attacker’s handball ruling the least said the better. There’s an enormous difference between yesterday’s example and punching the ball straight into the net

If it puts the willies up the likes of us just think what it does to his fellow defenders

It does for the VAR to interfere.

But there does need to be for VAR to overrule the onfield decision.

He’s always a concern. Doesn’t attack the ball or dominate enough for me. Seems scared of any ball in the air and lets it bounce. Opponents must love playing against him.

A home draw please. For the first time in years I shall be around in January.

Tomorrow (Monday) evening from 7pm GMT live on BBC. Saints are number 36 and Portsmouth 46. Other numbers are here: http://www.thefa.com/news/2019/nov/28/emirates-fa-cup-third-round-draw-details-281119

Not a ‘clear and obvious’ error though, was it. When something like that goes unnoticed by everybody in the stadium and on the pitch and even most of the television shots it would be really pernickety to overrule the referee in charge.

Didn’t Benali break his arm sweeping up leaves?

Blimey. I thought he had gone years ago.

Relevance to now? Only that the world has been a lot hotter in the past, long before all those people were driving around in SUVs. I don't disagree about reducing mad-made effects but these are not the only factor.

It was quite cold in the late 1800s. What's caused the rise? A bit of everything. Solar high-energy activity, deforestation, lack of major volcanic activity, emissions. The question is by what degree? I'm more concerned about the next ice age to be honest. Has anybody predicted when that will be yet? https://skepticalscience.com/co2-lags-temperature.htm http://www.longrangeweather.com/global_temperatures.htm Be very careful where you click! Their main graph has no vertical scale. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/were-screwed-11-000-years-worth-of-climate-data-prove-it/273870/ Of course there is a massive uptick on the right hand side. That's when the measurements are less smoothed. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11647-climate-myths-its-been-far-warmer-in-the-past-whats-the-big-deal/

Not very long then. Since just before my gran was born.

Out of interest, hottest since when?

Out of interest, hottest since when?

And it leaves a hole in the middle of midfield.