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A guy phoned his boss and says “I can’t come in to work today, because I’m sick”.
His boss says “OK, how sick are you?”
The guys responds “Well, I’m currently spooning my Nan”

Nelson, NML and Collins are all ex-Cardiff.  Maybe it’s a good sign for Adams!
(I’m clutching at straws here!)

I fear there is too much expectation on Dejaune Brown.  Some people appear to be expecting him to walk into the side and play at a level he has never been near to before.
Yes, he’s a prospect, but when we’re looking at a very raw player, we have to nurture him and that is why sending him out on loan to Gateshead is beneficial for him in the longer term.
If he was up to the level that we’re looking at, I would expect him to have had more time on our bench, and the fact that he got 13 mins off the bench on Saturday means he’s still got some development to go.

I fear there is too much expectation on Dejaune Brown.  Some people appear to be expecting him to walk into the side and play at a level he has never been near to before.
Yes, he’s a prospect, but when we’re looking at a very raw player, we have to nurture him and that is why sending him out on loan to Gateshead is beneficial for him in the longer term.
If he was up to the level that we’re looking at, I would expect him to have had more time on our bench, and the fact that he got 13 mins off the bench on Saturday means he’s still got some development to go.

I fear there is too much expectation on Dejaune Brown.  Some people appear to be expecting him to walk into the side and play at a level he has never been near to before.
Yes, he’s a prospect, but when we’re looking at a very raw player, we have to nurture him and that is why sending him out on loan to Gateshead is beneficial for him in the longer term.
If he was up to the level that we’re looking at, I would expect him to have had more time on our bench, and the fact that he got 13 mins off the bench on Saturday means he’s still got some development to go.

I fear there is too much expectation on Dejaune Brown.  Some people appear to be expecting him to walk into the side and play at a level he has never been near to before.
Yes, he’s a prospect, but when we’re looking at a very raw player, we have to nurture him and that is why sending him out on loan to Gateshead is beneficial for him in the longer term.
If he was up to the level that we’re looking at, I would expect him to have had more time on our bench, and the fact that he got 13 mins off the bench on Saturday means he’s still got some development to go.

I fear there is too much expectation on Dejaune Brown.  Some people appear to be expecting him to walk into the side and play at a level he has never been near to before.
Yes, he’s a prospect, but when we’re looking at a very raw player, we have to nurture him and that is why sending him out on loan to Gateshead is beneficial for him in the longer term.
If he was up to the level that we’re looking at, I would expect him to have had more time on our bench, and the fact that he got 13 mins off the bench on Saturday means he’s still got some development to go.

I fear there is too much expectation on Dejaune Brown.  Some people appear to be expecting him to walk into the side and play at a level he has never been near to before.
Yes, he’s a prospect, but when we’re looking at a very raw player, we have to nurture him and that is why sending him out on loan to Gateshead is beneficial for him in the longer term.
If he was up to the level that we’re looking at, I would expect him to have had more time on our bench, and the fact that he got 13 mins off the bench on Saturday means he’s still got some development to go.

*Caveat - this is in no way aimed at folk on here who are just not keen on certain female presenters/pundits*
I think what is slightly disturbing is the sheer intensity of the reaction that you get from a very small minority of men. If I hear a male pundit whose assessment I strongly disagree with, I just roll my eyes and say "Nah, b***ocks" and if its so annoying that I really can't listen to any more then I might switch over until they've gone away and think "What a c***womble". What I don't do is stalk and repeatedly harass them on social media with the most disgusting and distressing threats. These guys seem to reserve that sort of fanatical vitriolic abuse for women and frankly it must be terrifying to be on the receiving end of because you are never completely sure whether it is just some saddo shooting their mouth off from behind the anonymity of their PC, or some absolute fruitloop who is going to turn up at your workplace with a shovel in the boot of their car 😞... all because you are a woman and you thought a goal should have stood.

The way I see it is that we’re in a game of chicken with Charlton.
They know he’s leaving and want the biggest fee they can get.  We know he’s leaving and want to pay as little as possible.  The closer we get to transfer deadline day will be the closer those two values come together - and whoever stands their ground longer benefits if the other team caved in first.  
Or both teams effectively lose out.

The way I see it is that we’re in a game of chicken with Charlton.
They know he’s leaving and want the biggest fee they can get.  We know he’s leaving and want to pay as little as possible.  The closer we get to transfer deadline day will be the closer those two values come together - and whoever stands their ground longer benefits if the other team caved in first.  
Or both teams effectively lose out.

That’s the point. Representation isn’t proportional. It’s meant to skew the balance. That’s not a mistake, that’s part of the design. 
As I said, it’s about giving the under represented communities a chance to catch up. The kids of today don’t need to see white men on tv. There’s plenty of those. They’ve been seeing those for generations.
its not that if 10% of the population are black, we have 1 out of every 10 pundits is black. That’s not how it works. It’s about flooding our screens with positive images of black people, to try to make a dent in the generations of negative images we’ve seen so far.
Then, eventually, when people genuinely don’t see colour, gender etc. there won’t be a need for things like the Rooney rule and reverse racism and box ticking. But that will take a generation. 
meanwhile, lots of white men get butt hurt because they’re living in the era when they (we, as I am one) are being represented as a minority. And guess what, it’s not very nice, and we don’t like it much.
well I think we can put up with it for a generation to bring everything back into balance again.
oo, I just thought of an analogy. So if there are 1 in 10 of a certain minority, for 100 years we should have been seeing every 10th person on tv is of that minority. But that’s not been happening. So imagine a scale where we’ve been putting 10 white men in one side, every day for 100 years. How many of the minority do we have to put on the other side to bring those scales into balance? Not so it’s even, but just so that it’s all in the correct proportion. Just putting 1 in 10 on the minority side isn’t going to do it. 

Or Jake Buxton

A guy phoned his boss and says “I can’t come in to work today, because I’m sick”.
His boss says “OK, how sick are you?”
The guys responds “Well, I’m currently spooning my Nan”

Any promotion will do me!
After Colchester, we’re the longest running team without a promotion, in the football league.

I wish people wouldn’t make such sweeping comments as James Collins not good enough for a Top 2 team. The bloke has run himself into the ground this last 10 games - which funnily enough has been top two form. Would it be great if he’d scored more goals? Yes absolutely - but has he missed a barrel load of chances in that time? Not really.  In this winning run the team is averaging over 2 goals a game - hardly poor. He’s kept himself fit - and been available for each fixture - which is more than our other strikers. His contribution in our box when defending set piece is huge too - I’m sure someone could quote the stats but I’d suggest he’s up there for defensive contributions (from a forward). 
I’m not saying I don’t want more competition in that number 9 slot - i would love us to have another option there because we are thread bare if Collo gets injured - but let’s give credit where credit is due.
 

Rooney would do what?!

A guy phoned his boss and says “I can’t come in to work today, because I’m sick”.
His boss says “OK, how sick are you?”
The guys responds “Well, I’m currently spooning my Nan”

Bout time some decent music was posted 🤣 

And I always knew Static-X wrote great choruses!
 
 

Now’s the time I roll this one out again for our current predicament…
 
 

A guy phoned his boss and says “I can’t come in to work today, because I’m sick”.
His boss says “OK, how sick are you?”
The guys responds “Well, I’m currently spooning my Nan”

A guy phoned his boss and says “I can’t come in to work today, because I’m sick”.
His boss says “OK, how sick are you?”
The guys responds “Well, I’m currently spooning my Nan”

A guy phoned his boss and says “I can’t come in to work today, because I’m sick”.
His boss says “OK, how sick are you?”
The guys responds “Well, I’m currently spooning my Nan”

A guy phoned his boss and says “I can’t come in to work today, because I’m sick”.
His boss says “OK, how sick are you?”
The guys responds “Well, I’m currently spooning my Nan”