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Not our finest hour (or 90 mins).......
Oh well, there's a chance to redeem themselves on Wednesday. 
Dropping Gilmour was criminal, and it shows the drop off in quality from Hickey to Patterson to Ralston. The Germans ran him ragged. 
On the upside, I managed to get 2 tickets for the Swiss game last night, so at least I get to see at least 1 game live. 
Defeats like last night make the victories all the sweeter.
Onwards and upwards. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 

The removal of public likes is to prevent the offense archaeologists destroying lives and livelihoods by going through accounts so they can get people cancelled for liking something that's not progressive. As has been said, Insta did this years ago. It's a shame it has to be done, but will lead to a healthier, more honest exchange in the town square.

I think he played well last season from mammary.

You've been told about this before, please leave out the politics discussion.

You don't know they are about cricket because you don't understand cricket. Or the language they are written in. That final image of the cat dressed in both umpire attire with the above spin doctor joke is simply brilliant. This wouldn't have been possible on the old twitter, where you would have only seen so-called "news" by those msm "journalists". Viva la free speech.

I had three months sick leave for stress in 2019. I was being treated appallingly by a new boss at work. I did my job with nothing but praise for eight years and suddenly I couldn’t do anything right. Counselling didn’t help at the time. I left my job without another job to go to. The experience left me with really bad anxiety. I had another breakdown in October 2022 from the same issues. My doctor was great and I started medication and was referred for CBT. It wasn’t effective enough, so I went on to trauma counselling, which was great. It really helped and I turned a corner in June last year. Without this help I don’t know how I would have got through Daniel’s death. My mental health is up and down at the moment but I think I just need time. I only took 10 workings days bereavement leave including the funeral which wasn’t enough but after my previous work experience, I didn’t want to ask for more time. My boss was very kind and supportive and work sent me flowers. Colleagues have been very supportive too. People with genuine mental health problems need to be supported and not be treated as a government statistic. 

You’re not really getting what I’m saying , if we are getting it so much more right then why have and are suicide rates going through the roof ? Yes there’s there’s terrible stuff / wrongs in the past but that does not mean that’s there’s any less wrongs now even if they are less obvious, 
how many people are thrown into a community they can’t cope with who need good care and even residential care , left to bounce between police cells and accident and emergency being handled by people not trained to help who often through pressure are making things worse to the point of people harming themselves and others ,
im very open about my experience of losing a child to suicide and time spent working as a counsellor in prisons simply because I think it’s the right way to go not because I in some daft way think it means I have all the answers or my opinion has anymore value than anybody else s , it just means I don’t throw stuff out Willy nilly without a care ,
one of the worst things about my time in the prison area was that when you had success with people there was duck all follow up help after our 12 weeks and they were back in the day to day prison routine having opened up and started to dismantle the self destructive shield they had built to survive the poo they had most times been through ,,, really troubled me as to whether we we were actually doing more harm than good 🤷🏻‍♂️

I've had CBT and it did diddly.  They also put me on a list for 6 months to start it and changed the person doing it halfway who scoffed at what the person did before.  As it didn't work  I then spent another 6 months trying to find an alternative they couldn't offer as the service is CBT obsessed.  After another assessment they decided EMDR to deal with a past traumatic event may help .  I emphasise this wasn't offered but should be available so I pushed for it.  The therapist new nothing about my past history, which after copious notes were taken was very demoralising. After 4 very intensive sessions which aren't that pleasant, I was advised the therapist was moving to another trust so they suspended it and I waited 4 weeks to get another assessor. Guess what, this new therapist wasn't happy with what the previous one had done and wanted too start again.  At this point I gave up and was advised they'd keep me on file but the first point of call would be CBT.   
Glad it worked for you but if like me it doesn't, neither the therapist to try something different or listening to what you saying is very high on the agenda.  I imagine it's worse now they've merged PCT therapy regionally.

I think it's dangerous. The link between men (particularly in my age range) committing suicide and their feelings of not wanting to burden/bother anyone is quite large. When I was in my bad place, the feeling of solitude and nobody understanding was quite overwhelming. This forum helped me get away from those feelings and took away my shame and embarrassment for the feelings I had. This, in a long line of out of touch politicians, has been quite stupid here but I hope we have come too far and will continue to.

and the subs for the B team
Beck
Blatsis
Bohinen
Bragstad
 

Jake Buxton
Idiakez
Chris Martin
 

surprised Andy Todd is making the list(s). Each to their own I suppose.

Of the 18 players with the most squad appearances for Ipswich last season, only 5 were in that age range (and one was Chelseas loanee, Omari Hutchinson, whop was the only player under 23). 8 were 26-29 and 5 were 30 or over. They had balance. That's what we need.

Alright Facty McFactface! 

Last line could be "but where are Birmingham?"

They do a gluten free one, it’s nice and if your session is only a couple of hours perfect. Any longer and on that I’m coming home with traffic cones on my head and trousers on back to front. Elon should be using it as the rocket fuel to send those rockets up and down into the Indian Ocean 

Last line could be "but where are Birmingham?"

Last line could be "but where are Birmingham?"

As a kid, I used to sneak into the players lounge at the BBG after games to get some autographs. Chris Powell had all the time in the world for me, every week. Some players made it clear it was a chore (but would still sign), but Chris seemed to genuinely enjoy the interaction.
The only negative interaction I had there was with Middlesbrough player Phil Stamp, who already seemed half cut and got a bit aggy because I wasn't interested in his autograph. Arrogant p****.
Of recent years, I've had really good experiences with Curtis Davies, Ian Taylor and Steven Davies (who, for a professional football, was a complete cheapskate but quite shy). I've not met him, but I've been so impressed with the attitude of Ebou Adams and I get the impression he's just a lovely guy.
 

Exiled down south, I recently went to a charity match: Saints legends versus IoW legends. 
My son, his two friends and me spoke with Matt Oakley for a good few minutes before the players got changed for the game. He was absolutely brilliant with us, just a really nice, genuine guy. 
I told him that I was gutted when he left Derby - true, I was. He said he never wanted to leave but when Adam Pearson came in as director from Hull, he was forced out, so he joined his mate, Steve Howard, at Leicester.
I asked him what he thought of wee Billy because I was never a fan. But Matt Oakley said that Billy Davies was brilliant for him, really supportive in the dressing room. 
He is now a coach with big Darren Moore at Port Vale. Loving that but agreed with me that the big fellah was poorly treated by both club and fans at Wednesday.
Matt went on to boss the game, MOTM, even with some very good players around him.
One other ex-Ram, who played in the game but for the Isle of Wight team, was none other than Gary Rowett. Again, he had all the time in the world to chat with me and the disabled footballers I was with. Again, I didn't enjoy his time as manager of Derby, but he was great as a player in the Jim Smith era. I have to say though, he was a lovely person with us.

As you rightly say the focus of the day was to show respect for those that participated on that day.
The audience were there to show thanks for what the fallen and those that survived had sacrificed.
I'm sure many amongst us would have liked to have been a member of that audience. But due to the limited seating available this would have been impossible. So like many similar events it's left to the country's leader to represent the the whole of our nation.
Unfortunately the nations was let down by the disgraceful antics of our Prime Minister.

Lol very good! People making silly jokes about our recent form, then you trump them all with a much better gag, pretending to be overly critical about some throwaway line Warne has recently said!
Funny thing is, there will probably be some people who think you are been serious, the same people who posted much more about Warne's media comments than actual matches!

Lol very good! People making silly jokes about our recent form, then you trump them all with a much better gag, pretending to be overly critical about some throwaway line Warne has recently said!
Funny thing is, there will probably be some people who think you are been serious, the same people who posted much more about Warne's media comments than actual matches!

Lol very good! People making silly jokes about our recent form, then you trump them all with a much better gag, pretending to be overly critical about some throwaway line Warne has recently said!
Funny thing is, there will probably be some people who think you are been serious, the same people who posted much more about Warne's media comments than actual matches!

D-Day and the subsequent Battle of Normandy is such an emotional place.
Until a few years ago I had an apartment in Normandy, and I have been many times to these ceremonies, including being present in Bayeux Cathedral for the 65th D-Day commemorations, sitting just a few rows behind Prince Charles, as he was then.
The Bayeux cemetery is the largest for the fallen British servicemen and women, however, there are another 22 in the Normandy region, with the smallest called Jerusalem near the village of Chouain, which contains the body of the youngest British soldier, Jack Banks, who was just 16 years old when he was killed.
He'd actually joined up at the age of 15 and when his mother found out that he had been posted overseas she wrote to the War Office to have him returned to England. However, by the time the regiment in Normandy found out he had been killed.
There are dozens of such stories and I would recommend anyone to visit the towns and villages of this part of France, not only to take in the history but also the welcome the Normans give to the British visitor, with their wonderful food and drink, especially the Calvados!!