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BaaLocks got a reaction from i-Ram in New joke thread (trigger alert, may offend if you want it to)
The real reason Charlie didn't go to France and, on a similar theme
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BaaLocks got a reaction from Rev in New joke thread (trigger alert, may offend if you want it to)
The real reason Charlie didn't go to France and, on a similar theme
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BaaLocks reacted to MadAmster in What Rams player was worth the most in their peak?
It seems someone has now changed the Wiki page to 29 in 23 which would, indeed, put him 1 ahead of Bloomer. I had already contacted myfootballfacts pointing out their error, seems I'll have to amend my comments to them pointing out 10th place is correct but they've transposed the goals and games data.
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BaaLocks reacted to MadAmster in What Rams player was worth the most in their peak?
Just going by the stats...
352 goals in 599 matches in 2 spells with Derby and one with M'boro in between at an average of a goal every 1.7 matches.
28 goals for England in 23 matches, that's 1.21 goals per game. That's a record that doesn't look like it would ever get broken by anybody making a minimum of 10 games for England.
Averages like that he'd be £200M+ these days.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you, Steve Bloomer.
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BaaLocks reacted to MadAmster in What Rams player was worth the most in their peak?
Woodward did worse than Bloomer with regard to goals and games. He got 23 in 29 games for England between 1903 and 1911 @ 0.8 goals per game. Bloomer 28 in 23 games between 1895 and 1907 @1.21 goals per game.
At club level Bloomer scored 352 in 599 games. 1 goal every 1.7 games. Woodward scored 97 in 244. 1 goal every 2.5 games
myfootballfacts seems to have this wrong.
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BaaLocks got a reaction from Anon in Watchable telly
Wife and daughter love it - since they changed the format (you're not actually an Apprentice any more, he just invests in your business, so maybe title should be changed to The Investment) it's fundamentally flawed. They get to the interviews, someone gets their business plan ripped apart and you sit and think (or rather you don't because you've long since given up) "well if you knew the business plan was pony why did you let them go through ten weeks of trials making a new flavour lollipop to force onto kids in shopping centres". Makes no sense.
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BaaLocks reacted to Steve Buckley’s Dog in Time wasting in football
I would have left him there and played on. I would also send off any player who goes down holding their head to deliberately get the game stopped when the opposition are breaking away only to have a bit of a leg rub by the trainer, as happened in our last game or possibly the one before that at Pride Park. I would also tell a player whose shoe lace miraculously becomes undone to do it up whilst the game is going on or off the pitch. If a goalkeeper is deliberately wasting time I would award an indirect free kick from the penalty spot. That would soon stop it. Does my head in. I am appalled by what I have seen this year, I genuinely thought this league would have been played by men with a modicum of self respect but apparently not.
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BaaLocks reacted to Gritstone Ram in Time wasting in football
I think you have to look at the officials who let him get away with it.
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BaaLocks reacted to Ram-Alf in Time wasting in football
Not even a good crawl...I've seen babies crawl better than that 😁
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BaaLocks got a reaction from Jubbs in Boxing Thread
Well that Okolie fight is an hour of my life I'm not getting back. I know he's awkward, I know he's fast but Jeez he's boring to watch.
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BaaLocks got a reaction from Ram-Alf in Time wasting in football
What an example of this in the England game vs Italy midweek. Harry Kane takes a ball to the ribs from a corner, falls and ends up off the pitch. Then crawls back onto the pitch before collapsing and needing medical attention. Just pathetic!
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BaaLocks got a reaction from I know nothing in Festival and Gig Tickets
Just back from Rebellion 2022 - rocking affair. They had an extra stage this year on the front and loaded it with, well let's just say more accessible bands. Hardcore punk is a riot but four days of it gets a bit much. Some great acts on the new stage - Squeeze, Billy Bragg, Hollie Cook, Skids, Gary Numan, The Stranglers - to just give a bit more to go for than good old fashioned "1-2-3-4".
I also did some housekeeping while there
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BaaLocks got a reaction from ariotofmyown in Zombie Apocalypse Warning
““You’ve got to keep them pretty scared, because unless they’re properly scared and frightened of all kinds of devils that are going to destroy them from outside or inside or somewhere, they may start to think, which is very dangerous, because they’re not competent to think. Therefore it’s important to distract them and marginalize them.””
— Noam Chomsky, Media Control, Second Edition: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
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BaaLocks reacted to angieram in Footy Scran
Given that the stewards seem incapable of finding a bottle of vodka that the bloke stood next to me was swigging at Plymouth, I don't think they're likely to locate my bottle top, which is in my rucksack.
I'll call it what I want, thank you.
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BaaLocks got a reaction from angieram in Footy Scran
Because you're all Coked up....
Some other points that are intriguing me about this thread.
1: It's a cap, not a top. Maybe a lid, but not a top.
2: Seriously, you carry spare caps with you? In your pocket? That is, well, let's just say unexpected.
3: If you get searched at the gates would you have to confirm it is for water or they'll take it off you?
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BaaLocks reacted to Chester40 in Rate the last film you saw partie deux
I can see how it could be a bit marmite. It definitely sets off in a direction that you either jump on board with or which would become increasingly hard to connect with and repetitive I'd guess. Pretty long too. I found it funny, exhilarating and completely bonkers.
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BaaLocks got a reaction from AndyinLiverpool in Rate the last film you saw partie deux
I'm definitely missing something with this, the last scene with her daughter is being described as one of those "you can't watch it without crying" moments. I could. It felt like a poor man's Scott Pilgrim to me, without the wit and interplay. Glad you enjoyed it but, for me, I'm feeling a bit jealous that I didn't see all the things that have won it so many plaudits.
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BaaLocks got a reaction from Comrade 86 in Gary Lineker
What queue? There isn't one - that's exactly the point
Who called who a racist btw? I missed that one.
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BaaLocks got a reaction from GboroRam in Gary Lineker
What queue? There isn't one - that's exactly the point
Who called who a racist btw? I missed that one.
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BaaLocks got a reaction from Stive Pesley in Gary Lineker
What queue? There isn't one - that's exactly the point
Who called who a racist btw? I missed that one.
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BaaLocks got a reaction from Ramarena in Gary Lineker
Because Albania is not at war and is not considered an unsafe country so doesn't have refugees fleeing war zones or asylum claimants. I don't deny for one second that we don't have Albanians trying to come to the UK - some / many / nearly all* are criminals, undoubtedly, but a considerable element are either victims of modern slavery or entrapped sex workers. In 2022 13% of all Albanians arriving on small boats were referred to the National Referral Mechanism for modern slavery. That's a higher number than for any other country. As someone else said, slightly different narrative.
* - delete as appropriate based on your level of Daily Mail induced paranoia
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BaaLocks got a reaction from Stive Pesley in Gary Lineker
I am sure that nobody is sitting in a room assessing aid in terms of skin colour. Talking of humanitarian crises, around 850,000 children remina displaced as a result of the Turkey / Syria earthquake. No talk of allowing refugees to the UK there, and a commitment of £25m in aid. Ukraine? Current commitment stands at £4.5bn over two years. No, nobody is doing any of this based on skin colour - well, not explicitly.
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BaaLocks got a reaction from Stive Pesley in Gary Lineker
It isn't, but anyway I guess you're already pretty set on your views on that one.
For the record, Albania does have the highest level of people detained from small boats of any one nation but 12,000 out of 40,000 total is not 'most', no matter how you slice it.
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BaaLocks got a reaction from Comrade 86 in Gary Lineker
Because Albania is not at war and is not considered an unsafe country so doesn't have refugees fleeing war zones or asylum claimants. I don't deny for one second that we don't have Albanians trying to come to the UK - some / many / nearly all* are criminals, undoubtedly, but a considerable element are either victims of modern slavery or entrapped sex workers. In 2022 13% of all Albanians arriving on small boats were referred to the National Referral Mechanism for modern slavery. That's a higher number than for any other country. As someone else said, slightly different narrative.
* - delete as appropriate based on your level of Daily Mail induced paranoia