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Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER
Alex replied to Sonatine's topic in Newcastle Forum
It’s not the lino’s fault because it’s the rules that play should be allowed to continue but it’s fucking ridiculous when someone is so clearly offside in the build up. You felt it was only a matter of time before a player got a serious injury in a situation like that -
Jack Clarke has set the premier league alight with a series of stunning performances so it’s possible
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Sounds like a classic
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The ridiculous thing here is that Sherwood gets work as a pundit.
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Apart from highlighting what wrong uns they are you have to wonder what else they’ve been up to. It also highlights quite a serious issue where people just keep committing crime if there’s zero repercussions, even like here where there’s been evidence from witnesses etc. and police involvement.
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I haven’t got a clue. I was speculating as to what the PM was getting at. Ironically I see closer EU ties by stealth (which I think is what Starmer is going to do) is another ‘cake and eat it’ scenario which would be more popular if it was honest and out in the open. Trying to appeal to (or not annoy) people who still think Brexit is a good thing is bat shit crazy. It’ll be another fudge that pleases almost no one
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By ‘them’, I mean the previous government. Also, legitimate academic institutions were incentivised to attract increasing numbers of foreign students. As fees for UK students were frozen for ages (effectively reducing in real terms) whereas they could charge foreign students what they liked. There’s other stuff too. You could have prevented a lot of channel crossings in small boats by agreeing to have had a processing centre on the French side (I think the French offered this option).
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I think the student visa thing was to allow them to paper over the cracks of the loss of FoM. But it was massively open to abuse with academic institutions being set up that were only pretending to teach students and were just a route into allowing you to live here
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I’ll leave that to you, you’re more well-versed in it
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Sambuca’s deemed too expensive
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Out of form a little bit? Fatigued due to a lack of cover so having to play most of every game? A combination of those things?
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It’s a lottery with the weather there tbh, mate. Obviously the mean temps are going to be warmer but it’s a mountainous region of the UK. But probably not a bad shout at that time of year. Worth noting though that the Scots (iirc) have all of July (rather than August) off for their kids summer hols so they’re back at school early / mid August. Although you obviously get lots of English visitors. Beginning of September might not be a bad shout either. You will get A LOT of daylight in June too.
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I think you’re forgetting that it’s only the lesser clubs that need to maintain the integrity of the competition
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Life on the artisan sourdough breadline
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It’s used in The Blaydon Races which they claim is actually theirs
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Eddies play shit n win or play well n lose mags vs Cole Palmer
Alex replied to Andrew's topic in Newcastle Forum
Is that Louise Taylor’s inelegant tautology? -
If he’s referring to the farm in Northumberland then surely, given the location, there’s a fair chance the owners are heroic MLFs anyway
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Possible anyway. I do take your point. Picking him and Corbyn doesn’t say a lot about the party in terms of being able to govern and take enough people along with you. With Corbyn it was the naivety from a media and foreign affairs pov. With Starmer it’s the complete lack of personality and any sense of standing for, well, anything
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And when you do that you appeal to nobody. I actually think there’s a decent chance he’s gone before the next general election at this rate
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Ah, mate. Gutted for you. Really sorry to hear about that.
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Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER
Alex replied to Sonatine's topic in Newcastle Forum
I had nightmares about him. He was an older fella and he died as a result of his burns. In the bitterest of ironies the stand was to be pulled down after that match and replaced with a modern steel structure. To make matters worse, Bradford had already won the league (old third division was it?) so the ground and that stand was packed. Peter Jackson who subsequently played for us was the Bradford City captain. It was absolutely disgusting what happened because they knew what a fire risk it was and about the build up of rubbish underneath the seats. The roof was tar which was not only highly flammable but led to the toxic fumes which killed a lot of the victims. The bloke you’re on about was, I think, covered in burning tar which had fallen from the roof. The whole stand was alight in virtually no time. I’d probably struggle to watch a whole documentary on it tbh. -
Absolute doddle I’d say
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Can’t appeal two yellows iirc