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8 hours ago, Bob The Badger said:

Who was the woman who he said came into the room and said 'We have no plan, I think we are absolutely ducked”.

From the chief sports writer at the Tomes, Martin Zeigler,

For all you football fans out there - Helen McNamara who said 'I think we're absolutely ******' is the Premier League's new No 2!

6 hours ago, abertawe_ram said:

A friend of mine who lives in Dundee reckons Shankland (ST)  and Siegriest (GK) should be on the radar for championship clubs. Says Shankland's goal tally doesn't look great this year due utd struggling to make chances but reckons he's a better player than Dykes who has done pretty well for QPR. Both in the last year of contract

Shankland will be £1.5 -£2m minimum. I guess that rules Derby out. 

Siegriest is a good keeper but possibly £0.5m.

There's a decent crop of players coming out of Scotland at the moment but mostly youngsters, and the clubs will look for transfer fees due to the length of contracts they are on. 

8 hours ago, Rev said:

I cancelled my second appointment today, and immediately booked a quicker one far closer to home.

Just did the same, brought it forward by 2 weeks. 

1 hour ago, Mostyn6 said:

Had a proper wobble earlier. Had a few early beers to mark second anniversary of mate’s death, abandoned mates ij Birmingham, considered doing something stupid, someone got hold of my mother, she left a voicemail, i thankfully cannot ignore my amazing mum, reset my brain... need some help. Now thinking how far I might’ve gone had I not spotted the message. Sorry. Embarrassed. But confused.  

Well done on posting this ?. Keep talking and listening. 

You are not alone, there are lots of us on here willing to listen and help. 

3 hours ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

Genuine question, without agenda:

What's the reasoning for continuing restrictions once the vulnerable have been double vaccinated?

There is a fear that if they let the virus carry on at high levels it might mutate and render the vaccinations useless. 

Things looked different back in October 2020. 

Fans of the "Big 6" protest, even though their clubs are stifling competition as it stands. 

If the protesters main goal was to spread the TV money across all clubs then I'd applaud their efforts. 

The Derry City story on Iplayer is a good documentary. 

4 hours ago, BaaLocks said:

Not sure about the stoppage on the Conor Benn fight - real time Vargas looked completely sparked and out but as soon as the fight stopped he appeared completely lucid. Tell you what, Conor's Dad would have a couple more 'L's on his record if that ref had been officiating Nigel's fights.

Courtney and Bridges was a good fight.

I usually switch over when a woman's bout comes on but they threw everything at each other. 

Agree with your view about the Benn stoppage, Vargas could have possibly gone down to take a count. 

Fair play to Benn, he was sharp and accurate right from the start. 

I had this at the weekend and it's the best Pale ale I've tasted. 

It was part of a mixed box selection so only had one unfortunately. 

Highly recommended. 

Good performance by Whyte.

Povetkin looked shakey on his legs all night but still threw some dangerous punches. 

Got the AZ vaccine today at the Arena. 

Hats off to the volunteers who make it such an easy process. ?

Must admit, it felt a bit emotional going in and coming out. 

Fury from the 2nd Wilder fight has to be a favourite, but Joshua has more skill than Wilder has and might catch Fury on the chin. 

A Joshua performance like the Ruiz 2nd fight is a non starter, Fury will outpoint him. 

I don't know why, but I wonder if Fury can get himself into the same mindset and physical shape this time.  The Wilder performance was a high bar to set. 

It's a shame one of them has to lose, it's been halcyon days for the brits in the heavyweight division. 

6 hours ago, Mucker1884 said:

 

Must admit, never heard of them until I saw them on Bake Off a few years back.  I made it a mission to find one, and lo, a few months later, on the way back home through France, I found one on the menu at a restaurant in Chinon (Obviously an Italian rest.!)...

It was nice, but not up to my (very) high expectations.  Not as much wow factor as I'd hoped...  Ah well...

Italian Gelato cafe in Leicester sells them. 

You are correct, very very underwhelming. There's not enough flavour in the cream and chocolate to overpower the pastry. 

9 hours ago, MuespachRam said:

Don’t talk soft. 

You don't understand the current relationship between Scotish govt and the football authorities. Football is on its last warning after flouting covid restrictions all through the pandemic.

If cases spike in a months time, Glasgow goes into tier 4 and they won't be able to confirm to Uefa how many they will allow at Hampden. Uefa have already said the Hampden and Dublin games may be lost if certain assurances can't be made by mid April. 

Apart from that, people haven't been able to visit family for the best part of a year and are trying to abide by the rules so that things can go back to normal. Incidents like this have the potential to lengthen the restrictions. 

3 hours ago, Mr. P said:

Ibrox ?

Look for the police officer falling on his arse ?

 

Idiots. Could put the Hampden games at the Euro's in jeopardy. 

6 minutes ago, TexasRam said:

They way I read it as of the 21st it’s full grounds isn’t it? 

I suppose it depends on how UEFA play it. 

They decide at the end of April how to organise the tournament.

Would the UK govt want visiting fans coming into the country with a risk of importing different strains of the virus and potentially undoing the good work of the vaccination roll out? 

There's actually a case for the UK to hold the full tournament and have full houses after the group stages. 

However it plays out, it looks positive for the fans. 

3 hours ago, TexasRam said:

? 21st June: All this poo ends

⚽ 22nd June: England vs Czech Republic in the Euros ?⚽️?⚽️?⚽️

Brilliant news that there will be 10k inside Hampden and Wembley. 

The big question is whether away fans will be allowed to travel and attend the games. 

Surely the game at Wembley on the 18th June will have both sets of fans in attendance. 

Storyville on the BBC player.: red penguins.

American entrepreneurs try to bring capitalism to the Russian ice hockey team in the 90's as Yeltsin takes control of Moscow. 

You forget what Russia went through in the early 90's. 

2 cultures that will always distrust each other. 

And it's all over. Kelly couldn't cope with the constant pressure. 

On 19/02/2021 at 18:51, 86 Hair Islands said:

Anyone bothering with the Kelly v Avanesyan stream tonight? Steve Bunce waxing lyrical on the Beeb site about the match-up but struggling to get that excited myself. Thought his fight with Campos was dull as ditch water to be honest. Yet to see what all the fuss is about really.

5 rounds in and its a really good fight. 

All Kelly in the first 4 rounds but he was tested in the 5th. 

2 hours ago, Alpha said:

Anyone see the Zelfa Barrett fight? Dodgy dodgy

I saw rounds 6 to 10 but wasn't really paying much attention to it. 

I'm relatively new to the sky boxing coverage and Johnny Nelson is excellent. Adam Booth was good last night as well. 

Spoke too soon. He's out on his feet in r4

Josh Warrington fight has been  good so far. 3 rounds in. 

Good job he has a decent chin, he's been wide open on numerous occasions.