sage

Mmm, 72 scientific studies versus Archied.
It's a tough call.
But I am going to do my bit to help my friend, and all the other people I don't even know who might be safer and feel reassured by me wearing a mask for a short while on occasion.

My thoughts on only wearing masks in certain places.
I have a good friend with a compromised immune system, who has lived a very careful life for the last two years. 
He hasn't been out for a meal, into a pub, to football, even to visit friends and family, apart from outside. His quality of life has taken a huge hit because of covid.
He has had to go to hospital appointments on public transport, and to shop occasionally. He would just like to feel a bit safer on the limited trips out he has to make. It's not a lot to ask of the rest of us, is it? 
We still have the freedom to do all those other things that he no longer can without putting his health at great risk.
 

Great to see the Punjabi Rams awarded with the Fans for Diversity Award tonight at the FSA. ????
 

I actually agree with you for what’s it’s worth but I think the more progressive passes will come when he’s established himself in the team. He’s just stated 3 championship games for the first time in his career. Best way to embed himself in the team is to do the basics right first. His tackling and one and ones is brilliant, always looks in control of the ball, once he feels more comfortable in the team Hel try that defence splitting pass, no doubt about it. If he’s still here that is.

He is doing pretty well but people are getting over excited. Barely played a forward pass all game. Showing promise, neat and tidy but nothing progressive.
Puts tin hat on.

He is doing pretty well but people are getting over excited. Barely played a forward pass all game. Showing promise, neat and tidy but nothing progressive.
Puts tin hat on.

He is doing pretty well but people are getting over excited. Barely played a forward pass all game. Showing promise, neat and tidy but nothing progressive.
Puts tin hat on.

Lovely walk with my wife and dog in the snow from Darley Park along the river through Allestree Park lunch at the (cough) Joiners on to Mackworth and back to Darley Abbey via Markeaton Park. Even tonight’s match has not dampened the enjoyment. We are so fortunate to be able to walk in such lovely countryside around our City and with the snow on the ground today was particularly special.

Spent the day with an old friend who i haven't seen in 30 years.  (He moved abroad)  He is not in a great way, health wise or mentally and all he has is his aging mother and his two old friends from decades ago.  We went to the pool and it was lovely, snowing the whole time and then for something to eat after and chatting, lots of chatting.  He told me it was his best day in a long time, that makes me feel good, so it's been a good day.

He is doing pretty well but people are getting over excited. Barely played a forward pass all game. Showing promise, neat and tidy but nothing progressive.
Puts tin hat on.

I think you've misinterpreted what I meant by that a little. To be clear QPR deserved to win. But we got our noses in front and looked initially like we could hold them at bay with them looking a bit toothless in the first half.
The issue was through a combination of being content to give up the ball and go long, try and force things down the left and a player in Morrison who just wasn't in the game we ended up playing too much without the ball. This caused us to tire out by the second half and it's why they started really opening us up. 
Shift things tactically to keep the ball better and keep their back 3/5 a bit more honest and we stand a better chance at coming away with a positive result.

Well Kazim Richards outscored the now lauded Andre Gray last season. So I think that is an exaggeration to say we have no goalscorer.
We do have players in the squad that can score goals.
But perhaps not the coaching, tactics or style of play that can make it a likely occurrence.
I will freely admit our attacking options have never looked the same since Martin left.
However are we getting the best out of what we have?

I got talking to a Woman on a dating site last year, We sorted our 1st date, She is/was from Stoke, Fine looking Woman, Trouble was she thought Covid-19 was started by 5G towers, I told her my Mother passed away from Covid and never been near a 5G tower, She then told me to complain to the Government as her death certificate was false.
The conversation was soon ended as I then realised why she was single...oh and from Stoke!

I wasn’t criticizing your grammar or spelling. That’s not important. I was saying your entire first paragraph was just a bunch of words with no context or meaning. I couldn’t understand it (not because of grammar or spelling) but because to me it just made no sense.
I’m all for being open and having opinions, but you have to provide a reason behind those. You can’t just say ‘follow the money’ suggesting this is some kind of scheme by some to get rich without any context at all.
I consider myself quite opinionated. People may hate that. But at least I try to explain my opinion, whether right or wrong.
I don’t just throw controversial comments out there without context.
 

I kind of understand why people are hopping onboard with silver-tongued Kirchner.
I'm personally not sold to him, his enthusiastic approach is so... don't know... American? I've got nothing against him, but engaging a lot at this point makes him look overconfident and bit naïve.
I trust the administrators to pick the best of the bunch, if it's Kirchner then he gets my support.

Why would he be better? 

A man recently died after a wall mounted periodic table display fell on him.
The official cause of death was given as COVID, but really he only suffered a sudden exposure to the Elements.

Based on your recommendation last year, I ordered myself a case this year - and cracked open the first one to get me through the final 20 minutes of the Fulham game. I can honestly sat it's the most "stouty" stout I have ever had ... glorious stuff indeed !
Cheers

Kirchner will likely have the least liquid funds, least footballing links and least knowledge of the current bidders from the information we have so far. 
It's likely he realises this and wants to hammer a deal through before the other parties step up their interest (if at all). If you get the likes of Appleby/Rush/Moxey etc getting serious their links to existing footballing infrastructure will be more valuable than any money can add. 

One of my favourite away trips and I believe our last victory at Villa Park.

Dairy Milk Chocolate

i opened my advent calendar and hour ago and managed to stop at Dec 10th. 

You know how it is...
You come home from war... your thoughts, nightmares, mental torture, and guilt over not keeping your mate alive, despite them only being feet apart when the Afghan sniper hit... all firmly bottled away for 4 years in an army issue camo travel-flask... before finally coming clean (read "failed to hide it any longer"!) to your superiors, army doctors, shrinks, and... eventually... family!
A further 5 years pass by (on Civvy Street) with mainly ineffective help, advice and treatment (not for the lack of trying!), whilst the meds, the waking nightmares, the endless sleepless nights, the guilt, and the suicidal tendencies continue apace... until finally, along comes a seemingly successful (fingers crossed!) bout of EMDR therapies, slowly but surely making for a massive upturn in all things mood related.  (Still early days, mind!  Taking nothing for granted, here!)
And then... with almost perfect timing... the chance of a new start.  A new focus.  A new purpose in life. 
As of this very morning... confirmed!
 
Some folk... particularly parents, I would imagine... may see the fact that their son is about to head off clearing the planet of landmines (starting with 6 months in Cambodia in the new year) as a bit of a bummer!
But with what we have all been through for the last five years (Plus the secret four, for him!) and with the smile finally back on his face, and a renewed zest for the future, I'm putting today down as being one of the best... despite the natural parental trepidation... because quite simply, it's what he wants... what he needs... and what he deserves.
 
Just need to get through this coming Sunday, as we'll be with him when he heads homeward from his Cornish Hideaway, and goes for a long awaited* chat and a catch-up with the aforementioned mate's name-on-the-Camp Bastion Wall, at The National Memorial Arboretum, then it really is time to move onwards, upwards, and forwards!
(*It was an annual thing, until Covid scuppered last year's visit)
 
I may delete this any time soon... for obvious reasons... but right now, with tears in my eyes... I just want to scream out in unashamed relief!
I think he... and we... might just have turned a very long, slow corner.  Who knows... we may even have made it out through the other side!
Good day?  Hell yeah!
 
For The Fallen.
For Matt.
And for those still with us.
xxx
#LWF
 
 

 
 
 

Flights and hotels booked. Finally after 2 years able to come back to uk to visit family and friends at Christmas.
Been a rough 2 years for many and my lot have been no different. Going to be a lovely but emotional trip. Tickets booked for myself and the lad for boxing day v West Brom. 

Several thousand fans