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PS don't listen to anyone who says childbirth is a wonderful thing. It's long, grim and stressful...and that's as a bloke..for a woman its mind-boggling any do it more than once.

That moment you get let out of the hospital on your own is terrifying. You have no clue what to do. It's normal to feel that way. Take advice, listen to tips, try them out as a first step ...and then you will quickly realise every baby is different and what works for one wont work for another. You will never know what's right ...sometimes keep going to them makes them cry more, ditto leaving them. Sometimes more milk makes them sick all over themselves and sometimes not giving them more makes them wake up 30mins later. Accept it. Don't be tempted to do everything together for fear you're doing it wrong. You need space, time, sleep. Be confident asap to say the other can get some fresh air, or use grandparents or say I'm in charge for the next 3 hours go for a bath. Enjoy what you can. Hug them when they're asleep, cuddle them rather than do jobs... that's the good bit. Good luck

I've rewatched it several times. Amazing script and acting - possibly the best I've seen. PS Marty's 'conquests'... Holy mother of god, wasn't too hard to believe he was tempted.

It was no big deal to me. I've always been on his side, especially in relation to his style of football. We were all sat in the car after the game and his tone seemed unnecessarily irritable. I was most interested in him saying 'maybe this is as good as we are'... because I'm constantly thinking we won but can play better ..but we never seem to. Was interested if he thinks certain players are under performing, if he wants money for recruitment or thinks the fans are expecting too much with what we have..

We are on a great run, have just won at home and have a few crucial games coming up. Lincoln didn't look like scoring tbh until we gifted them a goal. What was missing was a bit of a spark, a bit more imagination, less of the same (obviously dictated) strategy to go out wide constantly. No lack of effort or running. It felt like our shortcomings were more tactical and personnel than anything. Seemed a strange time to get overly critical to me. Like something had happened we weren't party to.

It was a difficult game to judge certain players because our tactics were so clear. Keep playing it from side to side across the back, push Forsyth and Ward up and have them slide it down the line to Barks and NML to drive forward. It meant that especially Bird rarely touched it first half and Fornah was isolated at times. Ward kept getting the ball but didn't take his man on and his crosses were being cleared near post. Barks was poor in my opinion, his crosses weren't great and he kept wandering offside or making the wrong run. Lincoln were happy to sit in and take the point. Terrible penalty to concede. Barks didn't give much cover and Ward was reckless. We started the 2nd half quite poorly but the substitutions gave us some momentum. Wilson's goal gave us breathing space and Lincoln came out their shells and we won quite comfortably then. Nelson and Cashin won everything, both immense. Fozzle and Hourihane worked hard and were good. Collins worked his socks off but he doesn't look like he will nick us that crucial goal from nowhere or make the run that turns the game. Warne's interview was a bit odd. Overly negative, quite awkward as well ..not jovial. His 'maybe this is as good as we are' answer was an interesting one. It's what a lot of fans are thinking/saying but seems strange for him to say it.

Botham/Beaumont best for me. Was watchable after them, Parrott was ok and McCoist Frankie moved it more towards humour... Tufnell/Mat jug-eared rugby player continued that and there became less and less questions. Until I was a very occasional viewer. Watched 5mins with McGuinness and it was a big no. Race was run.

There was really minimal contact from the angle I saw, their player just made a meal of it. NML lunged so gave the opportunity to book him though. Hourihane was a clear yellow, Bird was ridiculous, it was like he pulled him several times to make sure he got the yellow. Collins was unlucky- quiet word with both would have sufficed. Sibley - I just didn't understand. Wycombe weren't trying to take a quick free kick, he wasn't slowing the game down. He could have lifted his leg and let the ball go past him and miles into touch the other side of the pitch, made no difference. Really didn't merit a yellow and set the tone. Some really soft decisions in general that mostly seemed to go against us. John Jules made a challenge at the back post that was penalised for absolutely nothing. Taylor was walking and she almost escorted him all the way off the pitch and it looked really awkward. Not seen a good enough angle of the penalty to know for sure, but it was soft and I think you probably seem them as 50-50 decisions. All told though. Poor performance that we need to rectify ASAP.

A bit 'toys out the pram stuff' on here from a few tonight. Until the last minute it was a standard recent performance. All very scruffy, but probably the slightly better team and nicking the result... then we balls it up. Hopefully it's the kick up the backside we need because top 2 is on offer. Wycombe are a horrible team. Niggley, time wasting and just launching it every single time they could. We played down to their level and way too many players were poor. No disaster but a wasted chance to climb that table.

If you kick the ball away to stop the opposition breaking, I get its a yellow. Sibley could have stepped over the ball and it wouid have gone just as far away from them as it did. Never a yellow. Hourihane and Bird were poor tackles. NML made minimal contact, but was a lunge I suppose. Collins, just needs a quiet word. Another scruffy first half. Wycombe just launching it. Derby passing it, just slowly and badly. Derby on top but not creating much. Game there to be won.

#'She's got a ticket (downloaded to the app) to ride'.

As someone prone to saying 'It's the hope that kills you'.. I've remembered now there is also the flip side. Whereas I've been looking for positives, seeing how few points outside the top 6 were are etc... I'm now looking at Bolton and Portsmouth's fixture list and thinking they both have the easiest run of games I've ever seen!! And that only 3 points will do today...or we can kiss goodbye to top 2. NB even if we romp clear and are top with games to spare, I'd be mithering who's out of contract, that we can't compete with the Championship teams, that the new right back seems injury prone and once said he enjoyed scoring a goal against us... its just a thankless task isn't it, the life of a football fan!

I'm doing the same to my kids. I constantly come up with ridiculous 'chants' for players that dont really work. So far I've adapted 'Wooly Bully' for Willy Boly. Adam Ant's 'Dog Eat Dog' for Udogie. (The chorus : dog eat dog eat dog) sounds very similar. And to Madness 'I like driving in a bra' for Saar. Edit : actually the Willy Bully song is awesome. We're all singing it now.

What an absolute cringe-fest Mull of Kintyre is.

Apparently Gene Kelly was a huge fan of the bad weather in Derby. Sinfin in the rain.. I'll get my (rain) coat

'Very' funny is most definitely a stretch! It's a drama really. With interactions between individuals and group dynamics pushing against each other. With this ever present backdrop of 'something isn't right' gradually playing out. Some films are just plain slow and boring, by accident. This was purposely unrushed with lots of space to give you the chance to draw your own conclusions. The petty stuff that was happening seemed more important than whatever danger was impending. I mostly enjoyed it. The acting was great and it was well written, so it felt like a thriller but it kept reverting away from that. I can also see how on a Friday night when you're expecting a blockbuster it would feel quite limp. Not quite sure I understand all the directorial decisions but I did find it engaging (although not very funny!).

Saw X Hard to review really. I suppose it's a 'good' version of what you hope for. Or a particularly sick and gory version if it's not your thing. Had an understandable and relatively engaging storyline for a Saw film. All the clichés were there and the contraptions were especially horrifying. Some unwatchable for me. Gave me a headache almost, but there's a hide 'behind the sofa' part of me that kinda was fascinated by it. Not for the squeamish or anyone who didn't enjoy the others in the series. But a big improvement and closest to the first one in quality. 6 /10

If there had been one defender he'd have said its 2 on 1... so he consciously differentiated. Its a bit like the 'debate' when you score after 4mins 30seconds..its the fifth minute. Anyhow...the debate on here has definitely got a bit less heated since 6 games ago 🤣

He had a decent game yesterday. Playing much better recently in general. He did miss a very good chance but he's playing that role of a battering ram so much more effectively and confidently. Seems like the plan wasnt working so well earlier in the season but now it is ie first half we seem to use him as a hard worker, winner of free kicks, bothering defenders etc. Second half we use the options to take the game more by the scruff of the neck. Without NML - and now Wilson increasingly - I still think we will struggle to take that control though. Either JJ needs to be able to used more or we need more width/invention from the transfer window.

As someone who took on a fair amount of criticism for arguing we weren't playing that badly a few weeks ago...I thought we were pretty poor first half tbh. We constantly gave the ball away and were probably the scrappier of the two teams. One moment of magic out of nowhere gave us the lead. Orient missed a couple of good chances and so did Collins. So imo we were fairly fortunate to be in the lead. A stupid red card really put them in the cart and a sweeping move a minute into the 2nd half suddenly gave us a comfortable situation. I didn't think we shut them out as well as we could and they alnost got back into it. They eventually tired and over committed and we then could have scored 4 or 5. So a strange game really. We could have won even more easily but at times we played quite averagely and all the big moments went our way. Just as a few weeks ago I was saying we weren't that bad, I'm saying yesterday we weren't that amazing. Little moments are going our way more and we are moving into a great position with more in the tank. We can play much better than yesterday - and probably will do and not win, that's football.

Really bang average first half performance.... yet turning into a routine win at a canter with us never really out of 2nd gear.

The provisional league 1 table is looking surmountable isn't it... #hopethatkillsyou

Collins misses another Gazza style by not committing to the strike.

Fozzie spreading the ball like a prime Roberto Carlos.

Hate to say it and sound like some of the impossible to please fans.. But we've been pretty damn poor!! Yet we still could and should be 2 up if Collins could shoot on target from 15yards.