Phoenix

I was surprised to learn that's rhyming slang.

I was surprised to learn that's rhyming slang.

Why the cloak and dagger stuff? They could just have made the announcement rather than announcing a future announcement. Wazzocks!

Where else should I post? There are enough spam threads about.
My opinion on Warne isn’t even that drastic. I’ve seen far worse on here.
I apologise for having higher expectations and wanting to play a better brand of football.
When you look at Plymouth and Sheff Wed struggling up there, it doesn’t bode well playing like this at League One level.

Please not again .....you cracked the glass in the bus shelter last time !! 😂

We would have...
or shortened to..
We'd have...
(note it's "have", not "of"!)
 
Meh!  Who cares!  We won!  🤣🐏🍻

...has announced her retirement from competitive cycling.
I thought she deserved her own thread as one of Britain's greatest Olympians and greatest cyclists of either sex, but also as the epitome of a grounded, modest superstar. She and her husband Jason are no 'Posh and Becks' just great examples of how to deal with sporting success and all that comes with it.

"the Premier League has no "fixed formula" for points deductions based on the size of a breach"
I wonder what size the brown envelope was.

Come on Eddie, don't sit on the fence. Say what you really think

The goal was hardly a 'Hand of God' moment (or may be it was!)
As for whether it was a goal, I would parody the umpire's comment when the great W G Grace told him 'That was never out!'
'Read tomorrow's paper'

The goal was hardly a 'Hand of God' moment (or may be it was!)
As for whether it was a goal, I would parody the umpire's comment when the great W G Grace told him 'That was never out!'
'Read tomorrow's paper'

The goal was hardly a 'Hand of God' moment (or may be it was!)
As for whether it was a goal, I would parody the umpire's comment when the great W G Grace told him 'That was never out!'
'Read tomorrow's paper'

The goal was hardly a 'Hand of God' moment (or may be it was!)
As for whether it was a goal, I would parody the umpire's comment when the great W G Grace told him 'That was never out!'
'Read tomorrow's paper'

Come on Eddie, don't sit on the fence. Say what you really think

Come on Eddie, don't sit on the fence. Say what you really think

Come on Eddie, don't sit on the fence. Say what you really think

OK just for you, it was handball.
But the reality is we created the better chances and didn't take them, and a lot of credit has to go to your goalie. Equally, the responsibility lies with our strikers who are simply not as ruthless as our usual starters, especially Dion Charles.
As I mentioned during the match when we were battering you but couldn't score in a brothel, it was obvious that you'd get a scabby goal to win it which you did, but that's football folks - you don't always get what you deserve, and we didn't deserve to lose that, not that you care.
The irony is that it was Kane Wilson who was credited with the goal - a player we'd agreed a fee with Brizzle to sign, but didn't in the end as his personal terms and wage demands were too high for us, so he came to you instead.
Anyhoo, onwards and sideways.....

Well done. Thought we deserved more but that's football.
See how it goes from here on in, but glad I don't have to watch that every week TBH.
We'll live 🙂

In other news. Peterborough are NOT winning. Still 0-0 as I type

That's a long walk back to your car after watching 95 minutes of Rugby Union dressed up as football.

I'll drink to that. 😀
 
 
 
I know, the spelling isn't the same so the joke doesn't quite work but it's the best I can do.

Not sure about PGW, but that has a definite air of Stuart Hall about it…

"Happily" is probably the wrong word - if it was a choice of either only to stay down, I'd opt for Leicester because I think they've got some genuine FFP karma coming to them if the're in the EFL next season

I don’t think we’ve won a Championship game at the county ground whilst Mickey Arthur as been head coach and I think we may have lost just one in that time. The wickets have been far to batter friendly it will be interesting to see the wicket when the season starts, I would imagine it’s been difficult for the ground staff with the amount of rain we’ve had this winter 

Inspired by the first page of this thread, I thought AI could catch my thoughts on the game:
 
With eloquence befitting the ages, let this critique unfold upon the recent footballing spectacle. Derby County's recent triumph, gracefully and rightfully achieved, ascends our memories akin to noble birds in the radiance of a sunset.
As the football ensemble of Derby County graced the pitch, they conjured a spiritual melody, resonating with the echoes of past grandeur and steadfastness. The fate of Port Vale seemed sealed, as Derby's players maneuvered the ball with the finesse of courtly virtuosos.
The goals, three in number, rose like magnificent spires, painting a tableau of triumph as iconic as a masterpiece from the Renaissance. Derby County's victory narrates a tale of tradition and artistry interwoven into the very fabric of football. Port Vale, a respectable adversary, found themselves eclipsed in this theatrical performance, where Derby County's gems shone brightly until the game's final act.