Sheaf Saint

Yes, that was him! I wasn't in his set for GCSEs but definitely had him for at least one year. He had a fearsome reputation.

I recall us discussing school once before and realising we were both at BP around the same time, and I think I know which maths teacher you're talking about but can't for the life of me remember his name. If it's who I'm thinking of, he once took me out into the corridor and threatened to give me so much homework that I'd wish I had never been born if I so much as said one more word in class! I'm with you on a lot of this, and I remember very well that working out what you could get away with in certain classes was all part of navigating secondary school (which I obviously got wrong in that particular instance!). But none of it has anything to do with genuine cases of PDA, which goes way beyond just kids with few boundaries just being deliberately defiant. My wife has dealt with some cases of it in her line of work (teaching SEN kids in long term hospital care) and it's an extremely challenging behaviour that can't simply be resolved by just being stricter with them. It's more likely to have the opposite effect if anything, because if a kid is experiencing shutdown of executive function then no amount of shouting at them to do what they are told is going to overcome that.

Play the game yourself. See for yourself. It's a total fucking non-story intended to provoke knee-jerk anger among people who can't/won't think for themselves. And you've fallen for it - hook, line and sinker.

I rest my case.

I just played the game myself to see if this hysteria is justified. As expected, it's been wildly exaggerated by the DM, as usual, because in no way does it actually teach kids to promote open borders as they claim. The bit they've got themselves so apoplectic about is a tiny segment in a 'mission' that asks players to balance the pros and cons of using migrant labour to fill a shortfall. Having already decided if you want to increase immigration or secure the borders, this point in the game then asks if you want to deport some migrants already in the country or grant them amnesty to plug some employment gaps, and accurately points out that deportation could be dangerous for them and will be legally challenged. That's it. Nothing whatsoever to do with current UK policies and nobody is being brainwashed (except for the unthinking morons who blindly take Daily Mail headlines at face value, of course).

If the DWP is as under-resourced and over-stretched as the rest of the public sector then this comes as no surprise whatsoever.

A frustrating day, no doubt. But look at it this way... This time last week, who among us would have claimed to be unhappy with 3 clean sheets and 7 points from those games? Not many, I suspect.

Some tired legs out there at the end. 3 games in less than a week has taken its toll clearly. We can point to the stonewall penalty not given, but based on how terrible our finishing was today I'm not confident anybody would have put it away. Badly missed Flynn and his energy in the middle. Larin clearly out of sorts is a worry, given Spors' total failure to sign an adequate backup. If Tonda still doesn't trust Mubama in those circumstances then what a pointless signing he has been. James Bree with miss of the fucking century 🤦‍♂️ At least some of those above us also dropped points today, so it's not a total disaster, but it's still not good enough. We just need to keep in touching distance with them until January so we can get some attacking reinforcements in.

It's not like he's had to play well to get it though. We've handed it to him with some awful finishing. Only two shots on target. Inexcusable.

He can say it, but he can't follow through with it. You can't give someone a straight red for a professional foul unless they are the last man.

Now Matsuki booked for what wasn't even a foul. This ref is a fucking joker.

Fuck me. How is it even possible to miss that?

Only one team looking like they're likely to score here, and it ain't Saints. Wake the fuck up!

Edozie on for Bragg 🤨

Stats show they have had more shots on target. We're playing against Baz FFS - that's inexcusable that we haven't tested him more.