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1 hour ago, dog said:

It's like playing with a permanent cheat mode.

That’s basically what they’ve done isn’t it. I imagine there’s a specific cheat code on football manager that gives you unlimited cash. 

47 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said:

 

My all time favourite example of a keeper own goal... Just after the 1 min mark...

 

A Chris Martin penalty and a Tomasz Kusczcak own goal were enough to give Derby a 2-1 lead over Brighton in the first leg of their playoff semi-final

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/08/brighton-v-derby-county-championship-play-off-semi-final-live

Was that the game we won 2-1 without getting a shot in target (penos font count on the stats). 

3 hours ago, Ram-Alf said:

I was at a Funeral yesterday...the wake was at Pride Park, I saw some old friends I'd not seen for 35+ years, Some I didn't recognise as age has caught up with all of us...now here's my take on the NHS

One had a peptic ulcer went into the General in Derby and on the operating table by 10pm, One was out walking and had a seizure and collapsed, Now diagnosed with Epilepsy and had his driving licence taken away, One has had a knee replacement and waiting for the other knee to be replaced, One has Parkinson's and can't stop pissing and has to take 3/4 tablets a day...and last but not least yet another funeral in a couple of weeks as an old friend died from Dementia at 66 years old 2 weeks ago 😔

The NHS was there for all of them and did a great job in trying times ☺️👍   

This sounds like Ed Sheeran’s castle on the hill, if Ed wrote it in his 70s. 😢

34 minutes ago, Tamworthram said:

I think the theory is that the money saved by no longer paying the staff that have moved over to the private sector could be used to fund replacements (after all, the NHS funding shouldn’t change). The end game would mean we’d have fewer patients (as some go private) but the same number of doctors (as those leaving are replaced). However, I see two major problems with this theory: 1) the time it would take to recruit and train the replacements and/or 2) the downstream impact on other countries if more medical professionals move to the UK because we could pay more (that’s not an anti immigration statement but rather a genuine concern for medical services abroad). 
 

Maybe the only answer would be to pump even more money into the NHS (whilst at the same time tackling it’s inefficiencies) so that NHS pay could match that offered in the private sector (and therefore staff are retained and even more attracted), and more hospitals are built, but that would mean an increase in tax or NI that wouldn’t be popular and we might still have the potential problem with medical services abroad.🤷🏻

That’s the thing. I essentially offer a private healthcare service. I take people’s blood. Why wait 2 weeks for an appointment at the gp surgery when you can come to me and get it done same day.

i can get paid £20-£30 for an appointment. Or I can work on the bank at the hospital, which I have done, for 5 hours, taking 12 bloods an hour, for just over minimum wage. By the time I’ve bought a coffee at the Costa, and paid for my parking I’m barely making £50 for the whole stressful shift.

I love the idea of the NHS, but i honestly don’t know why anyone works for them NHS.

Most of the phlebs that work for me also work in the NHS, because we can’t offer them enough work to be anything more than pocket money. But until we offered them this role, they were supplementing their wage being Uber drivers or deliverers. At least this way it’s basically Uber, but they get to use their medical skills. I employ doctors, nurses, they all earn so little that they need to supplement their wage with private gig work, one way or another.

My view is that he, and anyone who can afford it, are doing the rest of us a favour by using private health care. If you can afford it, you should almost be obliged to use it. Don’t waste NHS resources that can be used on those that really need it, when you can afford to pay for health care. Everyone’s a winner. You get faster healthcare, and the NHS has one less person to look after, so one person gets slightly higher up the waiting list. 

I think they lost faith after Black Adam to be honest. 

1 hour ago, Mucker1884 said:

With respect, this ain't the thread for using the word "lucky", regardless of context, and regardless of our personal thoughts towards "The privileged few".
Cancer is a b****** to all classes, and all peoples.

Cancer f****** sucks. And no amount of money can buy a cure. Just ask Steve Jobs.

If it’s out to get the king, then get him it will. Even James Bond can’t jump in front of that bullet for him. 

I was hoping I’d see two coronations in this lifetime, but not this soon. I hope it’s just one of those little melanoma type cancers that can get zapped off and everyone can move on. My dad’s had a couple of those. But I feel like if there was not a lot to worry about, they would have specifically said that. Not giving any specifics implies that there’s nothing good to say. 

1 hour ago, Anon said:

But by that logic, aren't the mechanics of the game the same between Premier League and National League (tier 5)? Yet, it would be unthinkable for Sky/ITV/BBC to pack a studio with guys who had only ever played at tier 5 or below.

Granted women’s football is at a lower level, but playing for England in a World Cup final, or winning a euros, has got to be worth something. The pressure on being in games like that has got to put you somewhere on a par with male England internationals. Makes me laugh that Barton, with his one England cap or whatever, has a go at women with champions medals. He’s closer to that tier 5 level than a lot of the girls he criticises. 

9 hours ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

Seen a tweet the other day suggesting that he had a tactical edge at Southampton and Spurs because he was a Bielsa disciple. But the game has progressed quickly and that edge no longer exists, which makes him pretty ordinary. 

Seems that he’s like a lot of managers that have a purple patch at one or two particular clubs, and then dine out on that for the rest of their careers. 

48 minutes ago, Bris Vegas said:

This is why Liverpool will win the league this season. They don’t need to play well and they still pick up results. When Arsenal and City play poorly, they lose. But Liverpool have something extra this season.

Also Klopp seems to be able to get fairly decent players playing like top top players. Players like Jota, Gakpo, Gomez, Jones and Gravenbach wouldn’t get games for the best teams but they do for Liverpool, and they play like top players. 

Similar to how SAF got players like Fletcher, John O’Shea, Wes Brown, Ji Sun Park, Anderson, Nani and Rafael playing like they were top top players. But put them in a midtable side and they barely stand out

That seemed a little premature. 

34 minutes ago, Gaspode said:

30 minutes 4-0

They’ve not reached our 11 points yet. What are the chances they don’t get another point all season?

Luton score 4 again. They’re picking up some great results. I think there’s a real chance they could catch Forest with form like that.

4 hours ago, Gaspode said:

But then what happens at the bottom of the table? - cliubs that were previously relegated would be entitled to stay up and so on - and they would all demand huge sums in compensation. It would ripple throughout the whole football pyramid and destroy professional football in this country (and don't forget the Champions League that would also be impacted).

I agree in principle with stripping their titles, but I just can't see a practical way it will happen - the authorities needed to sort this when it first came to light - by letting it slide for so long they've just dug themselves into a deeper hole.....

Maybe you could calculate it based on them having a 10 point deduction every season they infringed, and redo the tables based in that. That would only impact the top few clubs. 

Clubs are spending record low amounts this January, fearing they might become the next Everton or Forest. Meanwhile, Forest, who already are Forest, figure things can’t possibly get any worse for them. So let’s get a few more players on board. There might be some more room to squeeze some under the stairs. 

20 hours ago, Tyler Durden said:

Marinikas kicking his TV screen in frustration at last night's games wonder how many he's been through this season....

Can’t wait to see his reaction when they’re relegated. 

4 hours ago, Sparkle said:

All down to actual point deductions this season but Luton are mucking it all up for the premier league by trying to stop up 

The threat of points deductions has left the door wide open for Luton, to be fair. At the start of the season they weren’t given a hope. Then they’re given a glimmer of hope with blades and Burnley being absolutely rubbish. So they just have to be better than absolutely rubbish to not finish last at least. Big then points deductions mean that if they can just stay within 10pms of forest and Everton then there’s a real chance they could stop up. 

and hope will do funny things to people. 

Just now, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

Benitez didn't win them their first league title in 30 years.

Yes, but the reason that’s such an achievement is that they are specifically historically league winners. They should be winning leagues. The fact that they hadn’t was an underachievement. Winning the league is just standard to a scouser who grew up in the 70s.

Leicester are the kind of club who build statues when they win the league. But for Liverpool, winning the league isn’t enough by itself to make you a legend.

like if everyone who won the league with Chelsea had a statue, they could probably have a starting 11 of statues. For some clubs winning the league is just the bare minimum. You get sacked if you don’t win the league. Liverpool are one of those. 

2 hours ago, Bris Vegas said:

No doubt Klopp would have won numerous other trophies if it wasn’t for Guardiola at City.

Similarly, Wenger would have won a bunch more trophies at Arsenal had it not been for SAF at Arsenal.

Sometimes you are just in an era where you are brilliant, but there is somebody better.

Take two out of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic out of the equation and the other one gets 40 grand slams. In any other era they probably would have reached that amount.

Klopp in PL terms has a higher PPG tally than SAF, Wenger and Mourinho.

It’s almost unfair that he has just the one title despite finishing on 90+ points on three occasions.

For context, both SAF and Wenger never reached 90+ points in their 40+
combined seasons. Klopp has managed it three times in 7 years and you wouldn’t back against him doing it again this season.

I have no love for him. But he is a legendary manager and in the top three of his era (past 15 years) alongside Pep and Ancelotti. 

Scousers talking about building a statue to him. Everything you say is true, but the record will show he’s just won one champions league and one premier league. Where’s the statue for Benitez. Yes they’ve won the title, but this is Liverpool, past managers were winning back to back titles, winning one title is pretty much the minimum requirement. Not winning one title would have been a failure. Should he be a legend for achieving the minimum?

I know that’s unfair cos he was up against Pep and probably would’ve won more without him, but that’s the reality. You don’t get statues for coming second place.

Bit of a nearly man really. They nearly won back to back champions leagues. They nearly won the quadruple. That would have been proper legendary status. There’s some parcelled universe where those thighs came to pass. But it’s not this universe. 

Of course, if he wins the quadruple this season, we’ll see. His story isn’t finished yet. 

5 minutes ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

Another one, @Carl Sagan. I can’t figure out whether this is real or not. We’re going to be dealing with that question all the time from now on.

 

I say deep fake. He didn’t stumble over any words or slander anyone. He’s spouting nonsense, but at least it’s coherent nonsense. 

Trump could do worse than to replace himself with a robot. 

Well, the universe is clearly f****** with me. Stupid f****** universe.

My wife has forgiven me though. She says I’m a jinx.

1 hour ago, oodledoodle said:

Hi it's me, your wife. Go to the match.

That would be f****** weird if my wife had been a member here the whole time. 

Are they protesting by boycotting now? More Derby fans than reading fans here. 

51 minutes ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

 

Doh!! I bought my ticket. 

I’m in. The universe is definitely telling me to go. Even the nice lady in the car park let me in without having to pay for parking. The universe wants me here for a reason. Hopefully ti witness something spectacular.

im not sure if my wife wants me here though. I’ve got radio silence from her. I’m not sure what reception I’m going to get when I rock up at 1am.