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1 minute ago, therealhantsram said:

Stupidest event at the Olympics? I nominate the walking race. Just don't see the point.

I would rather watch a sack race than this.

It is right up there. It not "walking" by anyone average person's metric, either. I think dressage takes the biscuit though. Horses prancing around to pop music and scored by a judge? Nah.

28 minutes ago, Leeds Ram said:

Once you combine Sky, the price, the distance and the riots 4k is a really a very good following. 

+ Friday night and kids holidays

8 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

Elder takes the odd , good corner . Ward puts crosses in with pace and whip but Osborne seems to just dink it in with no pace at all. We could be discussing how much we miss Hourihane and his dead ball ability , in the next few weeks . 

We literally scored from 2 set pieces in the last game we played. 

26 minutes ago, MACKWORTHRAM said:

Do you just expect him to get an offer from us and he drops everything and accepts? 

The lad has got every right to consider other offers also.

 

Between Dembele and JWZ there's a weird new thing among some fans where if they don't immediately sign then we should sack them off. It's proper odd.

Summerville already been sold to West Ham, so your description needs a slight update.

20 minutes ago, May Contain Nuts said:

And you don't think there's anything Warne could say or do differently that would help stop these misunderstandings from happening in the first place? Nothing at all about his interview style that leads to misinterpretation?

You're asking him to change who he is because people are either too lazy or don't have the time to listen to him? Come off it.

Just now, May Contain Nuts said:

Who are you accusing of doing that?

Various posters, you only need to see the likes of @Caerphilly Ramcorrecting people based on the facts of what was actually said after practically every time Warne speaks.

3 minutes ago, May Contain Nuts said:

Not everyone has time or is always in the right environment to find wherever the interview is playing, navigate and listen to it in full. As such they rely on someone quoting him or providing a written summary.

His interviews often end up trying to be everything to everybody and there's usually an element of stream-of-consciousness style waffle, sometimes contracting himself the very next second after he's said something. That and the obligatory jokey comments tend to confuse matters.  There's also the issue that some things are harder to convey when put to text and don't always come across as intended 

He could help himself out at times by not trying to be the comedian, but then he needs that to maintain the cult of personality that surrounds him.

 

I mean there's a lot of nonsense in that post, but the first paragraph is fair enough. The massive caveat to this is, if that is the case, don't speak with the confidence of someone who has taken the time to actually listen to it.

22 minutes ago, MaltRam said:

If he says nothing, he cops flack for not feeding our demand for gossip.

If he tries to be honest he's at the mercy of events, and cops flak when any one of the hundred things that can go wrong does go wrong.

Same for all managers. 

Basically. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.

Doesn't help either when there seems to be a tendency by some not to even actually listen to what he says themselves and either take it second hand or read it, which removes a lot of context.

3 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

 

Ed Dawes

23 minutes ago, StaffsRam said:

Yeah, Discovery+. We don't have Sky so we just paid £3.99 for a month and then cancelled. A bit galling when the Beeb have traditionally shown quite a lot for free, but on Discovery you can watch anything you like for the duration and at the end of the day £4 ain't too bad for the privilege. 

It was the same for Tokyo, Discovery had the wall-to-wall rights and the Beeb could only show two events simultaneously.

Believe it’s like this until at least 2032. 

2 minutes ago, Alph said:

BBC coverage can be really weird sometimes. It's a bit like F1 on channel 4 when they seem to think people are more interested in the presenters and pundits. 

I thought we were going to miss the Pole Vault World record because of the repetitive punditry. 

Anyway, another good day. 1 gold behind 3rd place Australia. 42 medals in total and had a few dodgy decisions against us. Obviously have to give some medals back though if all the 2nd generation Brits get deported by the "natives" so the introduction of brick throwing for the LA games is a must. 

It’s because Discovery has most of the rights this time. (Which you can get free with sky, if the sign up website actually works - it didn’t when I tried at the weekend)

Surprised still nothing from Tyrese Campbell (yes, I know about his dad’s tragic passing) but do think he would be a good option with where we are at right now. 

59 minutes ago, RamLad1884 said:

Never make a striker/winger a captain, loss of form becomes fatal to the team. 

Unpopular choice, but I’d go with Osbourne. Knows the league and leads by example. Bradley as club captain. 

Bradley?! 😂 

£35 🤢

14 minutes ago, Ambitious said:

They haven't strengthened and have lost 5 starters from their team last season. They've brought someone in who made his name in the Danish third division, which is a huge reach and points to a poor budget. Williams and Murphy will struggle at Championship level. 

I'm really surprised with Portsmouth - they lack depth all over the place too. 

They have Wigan 22/23 written all over them, for me, although I would argue that Wigan had more talent and depth in their team. 

Murphy went off injured in the first half of their last friendly too. Not sure how serious.

2 minutes ago, DCFC1388 said:

Mine & the kids have arrived today. New cards with being in the South Stand upper, hopefully the new card & brightly coloured back means we wont have to show it 100 times a game.

 

Looks like you will, but it should at least be obvious and you can quickly show it and keep walking. That said, they still check for block don't they, to stop people standing in the wrong one?

4 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said:

Based on some of our defending in pre-season I agree!

Cashin continuing to play like a 3 legged donkey for the duration of August to avoid a big money move.

4 minutes ago, Ravanelli said:

I can’t see Derby waiting until 29th if that’s the final qualifying game. That’s cutting it way too fine if the deal falls through before end of window. 

Interesting that a player West Brom have bid for was left out the squad... yet here we are.

I think it's more important to see how quickly they sign their replacement keeper. Sounds like they're now close, which should then aid us.

1 hour ago, Animal is a Ram said:

The more I reflect on it, the less odd it is.

How is it any different to the Prem teams taking this time to decide on loaning players out? At this rate, JWZ will still be available for more games than Yates

The only weird thing about it is just how public they’ve made it on there side. I’d imagine transfers like this aren’t as uncommon as we probably think. 

41 minutes ago, i-Ram said:

Is this genuine or just another scam post?

As another poster said, it was the misinterpretation of “free to leave” and “leave for free”. 

1 minute ago, RoyMac5 said:

So the only place you can't spend money like water in football is the Championship? Unless you've parachute payments that is.

Premier League

8 minutes ago, Gerry Daly said:

Why will they likely offer more than us? How are they in a position to so? 

Because they’ve already spent an absolute fortune. PSR rules aren’t in play in league one. Their owners are loaded. 

Worth noting Birmingham will likely offer more than us if they really do want him. They also have his brother, who has been linked with a move away.