Gaspode

I caught a report last night which looked into the reasons for the vast overspend. There were various reasons such as inflation, need to build additional tunnels under the Chilterns, etc, but by far the most damning reason was relating to the original planning - they came up with the costs by using paper maps to plan the route - at no point did they send people out to actually survey where the track was supposed to go before the plan was put before parliament and the costs signed off - consequently, as the diggers moved in they realised that large parts needed additional works (at huge cost) to make the ground suitable to support the track. They also apparently didn't include any contignecy in the budget (which even a trainee Project Manager knows is needed - even for a simple project).

Gross incompetence (almost criminal negligence) from those tasked with planning/costing the project and also from those people giving it the green light.

1 hour ago, BaaLocks said:

Oh, I thought this was a different thread

If I have dreams about Stevie Nicks, I wouldn't be able to talk about them on here.....

15 hours ago, Dcfc_Sterling said:

Paul McCarthy has been driving this as a paid consultant for PR and crisis management alongside the FSA who disagreed with holding a democratic election with the fan base!

I wondered what's he's been up to since his voice went....

RIP Franny

1 hour ago, Grumpy Git said:

Did I dream it, or did last year's World Cup have automatically drawn "offside" lines which worked more or less perfectly?

The FA are a pisstake.

Given the rapid advances in AI and machine learning, you'd have thought they could have trained something up that does a better job than the clowns in the VAR shed - though a well trained chimpanzee would probably be an improvement...

Forget "pass & move" - I'd be happy simply with "pass" (to a teammate)....Barks, Waggy, Korey, NML - all guilty of not being able to pass to a white shirt far too often on Saturday....

19 minutes ago, MickD said:

Enough of these stupid polls

We could have a poll to see if folk think we’ve had enough polls…..

28 minutes ago, DavesaRam said:

Its not as bad as his brother, Isaac.

I don’t know what happened to his cousin Mike - has anyone send Mike Hunt?

4 hours ago, Topram said:

🔔end

Should there be a hyphen between the 🔔 and the end?

10 hours ago, WestKentRam said:

I agree. As we are frequently told, it all evens itself out at the end of the season.

Liverpool fans should quit complaining and just draw a line under it, unlike the line the VAR ref forgot to do.

Never, ever, ever, ever, going to happen - biggest whingers in football - the world's against them and they love to let everybody know it......

11 minutes ago, Oldben said:

In the event of Cashin's departure, potential replacements might include Michael Ihiekwe, George Edmundson, Daniel Ayala, Ciaran Clark, and Cameron Humphreys.

and don't forget Uncle Tom Cobley.....

19 minutes ago, TuffLuff said:

It’s worth pointing out he’s sent this on the morning of a home game!

He's also done it the day after their manager and captain put out a message calling for everyone to stick together - his statement has had the opposite effect and their fans are now at each others throats.....

4 minutes ago, Shipley Ram said:

 

If they weren't in crisis before, they will be when the lovely Mr Maguire starts firtling about in their business.....

27 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said:

Add Wednesday to the 'clubs in crisis' list.
 

https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2023/september/dejphon-chansiri-club-statement_/

Wow what a statement - he flips between reasonable and whinging like a 5 year-old.....there doesn't look to be much of a future if he goes through with his threats not to put any more money in though.....

4 minutes ago, Archied said:

Could we and our universe be one giant computer simulation? .....

Take the red pill and find out - or take the blue pill and be unable to go out in public for a good few hours.....

Just a quick heads-up for anyone that enjoyed 'The Boys', there's a new spin-off starting tomorrow - Gen V on Amazon Prime

1 hour ago, David said:

.....quit bitching about Radio Derby commentary as barely of you listen anyway....

I'd listen if it was better.....

The man who put the four-letter word into Scunthorpe.......

54 minutes ago, Gaspode said:

Arsenal vs Spurs 2-2 after 55 minutes - no idea who’s going to win it….

ended 2-2 - pretty dull after the seconfd equaliser went it....

Nothing to do with it being a Florest player, but I’d like to see the authorities take action on blatant cheats like Gibbs-White - yes Rodders deserved the red card, but the time delay between the grab and the cheat throwing himself to the ground was hugely embarrassing - imagine behaving like that to get a fellow professional sent off…..

Arsenal vs Spurs 2-2 after 55 minutes - no idea who’s going to win it….

3 hours ago, RoyMac5 said:

 

Missing apostrophe - arghhh.....

The crucial thing is that as a football commenator it doesn't matter whether he's a Rams fan; or whether you feel sorry for him and his missus; or whether you love to listen to his voice; but rather whether he can do a good job of descibing what's going on on the pitch to those folk who aren't there in person. I find that that's the area his commentary severly lacks - he struggles to paint a picture of what he's seeing - mainly due to his obsession with the official's performance and the distraction of him seeing a train or a pigeon. Tell me where the ball is, who's got it, which direction they're going in and where they try to pass it and I can feel as if I'm there watching it with him - but there are large chunks of the game where he forgets those crucial parts of the commentators lot - there have even been times when a goal has been scored and I've not been able to tell whether it's us or the opposition that put the ball in the net - that's poor when his job is to inform the listeners.....

Yes I could turn off as has been suggested (and I have on numerous occassions because it's cheaper than chucking the radio at the wall), but surely when his job is to commentate on the game he's being paid (by the publicly funded BBC) to attend, I shouldn't have to turn to the good (and not so good) folks on this message board to follow my team if I'm not at the game...

52 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

I'm livid at red bull this morning.

Sending Perez back out just to serve a penalty was pure taking the piss. They might have fixed the car to be safe enough to do it but rejoining after so much of the race missed just adds a potential risk to everyone who wasn't parked.

I know red bull didn't break any rules by doing this but it's offensive to anyone who cares about motorsports being run properly. It's not so much on the sporting side and avoiding a 3 place grid drop that I'm annoyed as it is putting the driver out there into a race that the car is completely irrelevant to creating a potential risk that doesn't need to be there.

"Celebrate red bull winning the constructors championship by reminding everyone why you're such a hateful team"

Even brawn era Ferrari wouldn't have pulled this.

 

Agree entirely - massive piss-take from Red Bull - there may not be a rule that prevents it, but there should be! Completely against the spirit of the competition.....

2 minutes ago, Red_Dawn said:

Time for this again..

Of all the mods here, its only you who continues to bite 😂

Uttoxram tried to ban me before but was forced to rescind his decision after threat of mutiny from the other mods..

nom nom nom

Sod what the mods think - let's have a poll......