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ariotofmyown

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    ariotofmyown reacted to Crewton in Athletic article on Chris Kirchner   
    The thing that does come over to me from the article is that clearly, in person and as someone selling a vision, Kirchner came across as plausible to many people who must have dismissed tons of BS merchants over the years i.e the financial institutions and private investors that backed his company in several rounds of fund-raising. What was clearly lacking was that detached, loud voice in the room who says "hang on a minute, this doesn't smell right to me" and the oversight and governance that would have flagged up his transgressions before he ever got past first base with Quantuma.
    On the question of "who should take some responsibility" I think Quantuma, their lawyers, accountants and the EFL must all cop their share. From the club pov and the organisations that were desperate for the club to be saved, I think it's a little harsh to criticise them heavily. They weren't privy to all the information that Quantuma and the EFL had, weren't involved in any direct negotiations with Kirchner and may have been reluctant to put a spanner in the works if that had led to the club going to the wall. You could say that they were too close to be objective.
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    ariotofmyown reacted to GboroRam in Palestine   
    It's a terrible tragedy. 
    Such a great talent, wasted.  Could have been one of England's greats. 
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    ariotofmyown got a reaction from Steve How Hard? in Moving to the midlands...   
    English version:
    "the flooding is getting brutal, all industry here is collapsing and we can't even go outside without fear of being eaten by XL Bullies."
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    ariotofmyown reacted to Ramarena in The Ukraine War   
    I mean if you’re into conspiracy theories then the obvious one is, how in a country that cracks down on dissent in such a draconian manner (as we saw with the Navalny memorials), can a group of terrorists spend as long as they did, doing what they did, with absolutely no response from the state. A state that had been warned of terrorist attacks at this kind of event a couple of days before?
    There was no one even there to martyr these guys!
    They even almost made it to the Belorussian border.
    Strange that that wouldn’t be the first question that people would have. 
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    ariotofmyown reacted to Ramarena in The Ukraine War   
    The absolute state of this Olga characters Twitter feed. 
    The further you go the more rancid it gets!
     
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    ariotofmyown reacted to Blondest Goat in Sonny Bradley   
    Oh god.  The inevitable sanctimonious pile-on.  And here's me thinking this forum couldn't get any more tedious.
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    ariotofmyown got a reaction from Ken Tram in Moving to the midlands...   
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    "the flooding is getting brutal, all industry here is collapsing and we can't even go outside without fear of being eaten by XL Bullies."
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    ariotofmyown got a reaction from Sufferingfool in Moving to the midlands...   
    English version:
    "the flooding is getting brutal, all industry here is collapsing and we can't even go outside without fear of being eaten by XL Bullies."
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    ariotofmyown reacted to ramit in The Ukraine War   
    Some legitimate points raised here IMO.
    One of the suspected attackers, if the translation is correct, claims to have been approached on Telegram and that he did this for money.  That is not ISIS like.
    Lots of questions, some perhaps may be answered in the coming days.
     
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    ariotofmyown reacted to Jram in Paul Warne   
    But in fairness to warne, there have been occasions this season where we’ve been really good. The sad reality is, luck does play a massive part, especially at this level where a lot teams are looking to disrupt us rather than play football and our players aren’t that good, even when they’re relatively some of the best in the division. 
     
    Quality of ****housery is the same regardless of division but obviously premier league players combat it better. There are gonna be days where our less quality players can’t. I think yesterday was one of those. 
    I wasn’t at the game so can’t comment on how good we were in fairness but I expect us to lose across a 46 game season 🤷‍♂️ it’s fine and doesn’t really reflect on warne or the players 
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    ariotofmyown reacted to Jram in Paul Warne   
    Well we’ve won by 3 goals or more on ten occasions this season which i think it’s fair to say is quite impressive. There have been other occasions we’ve performed well too. Most recently Port Vale at home where we were brilliant. 
     
    In relation to your other post, I think it’s a bit silly to suggest a team with Forsyth and Bradley at CB would get in the playoffs. I do agree, however, that we have good players. Mind you, we are second 🤷‍♂️
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    ariotofmyown reacted to Jram in Paul Warne   
    I can’t agree with this. We’ve been brilliant in a lot of games, let’s not forget that. We’ve battered a lot of teams. However, there will inevitably be games where luck plays its part and we miss out. Wasn’t there but the highlights suggest we had three decent chances, they had none and won 1-0. It’s bound to happen. We’re not City, our players aren’t that much better than the opposition so the opportunity for luck to play a part is greater.
    Let’s not forget as well that we’re unlikely to have much of a foundation given the club made its first signing for a fee three months ago for a long time. 
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    ariotofmyown reacted to Mucker1884 in Paul Warne   
    Why are some internet posters just so damn thoughtless and annoying?  🤷‍♂️
    I've just realised I'm wasting my life away spending all that time constantly/regularly reading the 4 syllables of "PW", when a simple "Paul Warne" would reduce that to two syllables, and I can get on with doing stuff.
    Stop being so God damn lazy, and type the bloody thing out, yeah! 
     
    It just as bad as "www."  It's so much quicker to say "world wide web dot"!   👀
     
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    ariotofmyown got a reaction from YorkshireRam in Paul Warne   
    Lol yeah the famous Rotherham promotions squad, full of quality players we could only dream of. They are like the new class of 92, the household names just roll off the tongue.
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    ariotofmyown got a reaction from SKRam in Paul Warne   
    Lol yeah the famous Rotherham promotions squad, full of quality players we could only dream of. They are like the new class of 92, the household names just roll off the tongue.
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    ariotofmyown got a reaction from Mucker1884 in Mounting a tele   
    You've been used @Mucker1884. Or perhaps your poor advice was taken and the poster is still trapped under their tv, relying on scraps brought in by a pet?
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    ariotofmyown got a reaction from SKRam in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    Just checking the history books (again) and turns out that is the first time ever that a team going for promotion loses away at a poorer team who are really up for it.
    As this is a totally new experience, no one knows what to do. I suggest a huge over reaction, throw all your toys out the pram and make loads of huge claims like "the manager should be sacked", "that's the worst performance I have ever seen" or "we bottle it every single time". Don't say it's one of those things, we missed a few chances but played poorly.
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    ariotofmyown reacted to EulogyForEvolution in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    Looking at who we have available, we might have to go for something like this next game:
                Wildsmith
    Smith Nelson Cashin Elder
          Adams  Thompson
    Ward      Sibley      Wilson
              Washington
    We don't have the attacking players available to afford having Ward, Sibley or Wilson in the fullback positions. I'm still not sure CBT is ready for a start - he showed glimpses yesterday when he game on, though.
    To put our injury crisis into perspective, here's a alternate eleven with players that are injured or suspended:
                         Vickers
    Nyambe  Bradley  Rooney  Forsyth
                    Fornah   Bird
    NML                                Barkhuizen
                  Gayle    Collins
    I think any team would struggle with so many players out.
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    ariotofmyown reacted to CBRammette in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    Depending on how busy he is in life, one forum member who may have felt a tiny guilty hint of relief we lost is @Rampant
    Thanks for your wonderful opening of match threads over the last few weeks - hope you enjoyed doing them as much as we enjoyed reading them 🐏🐏
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    ariotofmyown reacted to DRBee in Paul Warne   
    Yes  It was the most consistent  season in our history ., ,,,
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    ariotofmyown reacted to Hinzy9 in Paul Warne   
    Relax. The last time we got promoted on shaky foundations the following season was a breeze...
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    ariotofmyown reacted to Jram in Paul Warne   
    This is very unfair. Relative to the Champ, Rotherham had a tiny budget so would always struggle. When he joined us he actually had them too 6 in October 
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    ariotofmyown got a reaction from ck- in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    Just checking the history books (again) and turns out that is the first time ever that a team going for promotion loses away at a poorer team who are really up for it.
    As this is a totally new experience, no one knows what to do. I suggest a huge over reaction, throw all your toys out the pram and make loads of huge claims like "the manager should be sacked", "that's the worst performance I have ever seen" or "we bottle it every single time". Don't say it's one of those things, we missed a few chances but played poorly.
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    ariotofmyown got a reaction from Jourdan in Paul Warne   
    Lol yeah the famous Rotherham promotions squad, full of quality players we could only dream of. They are like the new class of 92, the household names just roll off the tongue.
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    ariotofmyown got a reaction from Rammy03 in Paul Warne   
    Lol yeah the famous Rotherham promotions squad, full of quality players we could only dream of. They are like the new class of 92, the household names just roll off the tongue.
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