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I don't see the connection.
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What do you mean Ian? Really shocked by this news.
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Very upset by the news about Gary Speed today.
One of my heroes of the glory days of the early 90s.
(Not that I'm not sad about the Togo players but I don't really know anything about them so don't feel the loss so much)
One of my heroes of the glory days of the early 90s.
(Not that I'm not sad about the Togo players but I don't really know anything about them so don't feel the loss so much)
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Just watching Stoke and noticing the green paint over the pitch markings from the previous game. At first glance I assumed it was just markings from Rugby played there or something, but now I realise they've obviously had to widen/lengthen the pitch for the european game. I'm assuming this isn't by choice. I have heard of them making the pitch narrower to suit their crap style before but i'm surprised the official pitch dimensions differs from the FA to UEFA.
Not sure how reliable my sources are here but cba searching further, have a bbc.co.uk/sport page which I will assume is correct for the premier league but doesn't say as much and a wiki page for UEFA. In England it must be between 100 yards (90m) and 130 yards (120m) length wise and the width not less than 50 yards (45m) and not more than 100 yards (90m). UEFA appear to have 4 categories. For categories 1 and 2, which I assume are lower level games, the dimenions are 100 to 105 m long, 64 to 68 m wide and then for categories 3 and 4, which I shall assume the Stoke game falls into, 105 m long, 68 m wide.
Also, Walters just came on and he doesn't look half as tough without his handlebar moustache.
Not sure how reliable my sources are here but cba searching further, have a bbc.co.uk/sport page which I will assume is correct for the premier league but doesn't say as much and a wiki page for UEFA. In England it must be between 100 yards (90m) and 130 yards (120m) length wise and the width not less than 50 yards (45m) and not more than 100 yards (90m). UEFA appear to have 4 categories. For categories 1 and 2, which I assume are lower level games, the dimenions are 100 to 105 m long, 64 to 68 m wide and then for categories 3 and 4, which I shall assume the Stoke game falls into, 105 m long, 68 m wide.
Also, Walters just came on and he doesn't look half as tough without his handlebar moustache.
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Common ploy in amateur rugby league was/is, if there's a choice of pitches, to play to one's strengths and the opposition's weakness, i.e. a small pitch if you dominate the forwards, and a wide one if you dominate the backs.
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Crafty beggars. Anyway, only a few hours to go 'til the big draw. Woo!
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Same of home field advantage in most sports I imagine, preparation of the pitch in cricket being a good example.Ian Volante wrote:Common ploy in amateur rugby league was/is, if there's a choice of pitches, to play to one's strengths and the opposition's weakness, i.e. a small pitch if you dominate the forwards, and a wide one if you dominate the backs.
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Spain, Italy and Croatia for Ireland and Ukraine, Sweden and France for England in the Euro 2012 groups. Ireland obviously gonna get it tough against Spain but I think with an Italian manager it's possible.
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Eoin Monaghan wrote:Ireland
How many times Eoin, YOU'RE IN THE UK!
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Please don't start.Rhys Benjamin wrote:Eoin Monaghan wrote:Ireland
How many times Eoin, YOU'RE IN THE UK!
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Woooo, go UK football team!!!Rhys Benjamin wrote:Eoin Monaghan wrote:Ireland
How many times Eoin, YOU'RE IN THE UK!
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Just because Eoin lives in Northern Ireland, it doesn't mean he has to support Northern Ireland, so why not the Republic? Personally, I support American Samoa.Eoin Monaghan wrote:Please don't start.Rhys Benjamin wrote:Eoin Monaghan wrote:Ireland
How many times Eoin, YOU'RE IN THE UK!
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But Monaghan is in the republic
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Ah right, then Rhys's comment makes no sense at all! Carry on.Andy Wilson wrote:But Monaghan is in the republic
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Normality resumed!JimBentley wrote:Rhys's comment makes no sense at all! Carry on.
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No he's not, look at the Eurovision 2011 thread.Andy Wilson wrote:But Monaghan is in the republic
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Did we exceed the "maximum levels of meaning" quotient again?Rhys Benjamin wrote:No he's not, look at the Eurovision 2011 thread.Andy Wilson wrote:But Monaghan is in the republic
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I think you've gotten confused, we're talking about Euro 2012.Rhys Benjamin wrote:No he's not, look at the Eurovision 2011 thread.Andy Wilson wrote:But Monaghan is in the republic
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JORDAN RHODES
JORDAN RHODES
JORDAN, JORDAN RHODES
HE KICKS THE BALL AND SCORES 5 GOALS
JORDAN, JORDAN RHODES!!!!!
UP THE TERRIERS!!!!!!!!!
JORDAN RHODES
JORDAN, JORDAN RHODES
HE KICKS THE BALL AND SCORES 5 GOALS
JORDAN, JORDAN RHODES!!!!!
UP THE TERRIERS!!!!!!!!!
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All right then James.....
OHHHHHH BOBBY ZAMORA!!!!!
Or should I leave that for this afternoon when we beat Charlton Athletic 60-0?
OHHHHHH BOBBY ZAMORA!!!!!
Or should I leave that for this afternoon when we beat Charlton Athletic 60-0?
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Yeah right, Rhys. Based on Fulham's recent FA Cup form, I think a Charlton win is more or less guaranteed today.Rhys Benjamin wrote:Or should I leave that for this afternoon when we beat Charlton Athletic 60-0?
YAWN!!!Rhys Benjamin wrote:OHHHHHH BOBBY ZAMORA!!!!!
Let me put this to you then Rhys:
Fulham goals in the league this season: 22
Jordan Rhodes goals in the league this season: 25!!!
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You try playing Man Utd on a Sunday!James Robinson wrote:Yeah right, Rhys. Based on Fulham's recent FA Cup form, I think a Charlton win is more or less guaranteed today.Rhys Benjamin wrote:Or should I leave that for this afternoon when we beat Charlton Athletic 60-0?
YAWN!!!Rhys Benjamin wrote:OHHHHHH BOBBY ZAMORA!!!!!
Let me put this to you then Rhys:
Fulham goals in the league this season: 22
Jordan Rhodes goals in the league this season: 25!!!
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When the ball hits your head
and your seat's in row Z.
That's Zamora.
and your seat's in row Z.
That's Zamora.
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Can I actually believe the Fulham score?
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Change Fulham to Huddersfield.Rhys Benjamin wrote:Can I actually believe the Fulham score?
We should've been dead and buried at half-time
UP THE TOWN! UP THE TOWN!! UP THE TOWN!!!
2ND PLACE! 2ND PLACE!! 2ND PLACE!!!
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We should have been 3 down at half-time!
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So, should we!! How that Bean missed that sitter is beyond meRhys Benjamin wrote:We should have been 3 down at half-time!
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I have been on Sky Sports' website all day and the highlight for me is the ongoing terms between Bobby Zamora and QPR.
FULHAM CONFIRMED INS:
JACK GRIMMER - UNDISCLOSED
CSABA SOMOGYI - FREE
FULHAM CONFIRMED OUTS:
ALEX KACANIKLIC - LOAN
MARCELLO TROTTA - LOAN
KEANU MARSH-BROWN - RELEASED
COREY GAMEIRO - LOAN
RICHARD PENIKET - LOAN
I'll do that for anyone who wants their club.
FULHAM CONFIRMED INS:
JACK GRIMMER - UNDISCLOSED
CSABA SOMOGYI - FREE
FULHAM CONFIRMED OUTS:
ALEX KACANIKLIC - LOAN
MARCELLO TROTTA - LOAN
KEANU MARSH-BROWN - RELEASED
COREY GAMEIRO - LOAN
RICHARD PENIKET - LOAN
I'll do that for anyone who wants their club.
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Liverpool please.Rhys Benjamin wrote:I have been on Sky Sports' website all day and the highlight for me is the ongoing terms between Bobby Zamora and QPR.
FULHAM CONFIRMED INS:
JACK GRIMMER - UNDISCLOSED
CSABA SOMOGYI - FREE
FULHAM CONFIRMED OUTS:
ALEX KACANIKLIC - LOAN
MARCELLO TROTTA - LOAN
KEANU MARSH-BROWN - RELEASED
COREY GAMEIRO - LOAN
RICHARD PENIKET - LOAN
I'll do that for anyone who wants their club.
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IN:Jon O'Neill wrote: Liverpool please.
Danny Ward - Undisclosed
Jordon Ibe - Undisclosed
OUT:
Danny Wilson - Loan
Nathan Eccleston - Loan
Jonjo Shelvey - Loan:Recalled
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How about now?Rhys Benjamin wrote:IN:Jon O'Neill wrote: Liverpool please.
Danny Ward - Undisclosed
Jordon Ibe - Undisclosed
OUT:
Danny Wilson - Loan
Nathan Eccleston - Loan
Jonjo Shelvey - Loan:Recalled
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No change.Jon O'Neill wrote: How about now?
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2041: Unbelievable scenes at Goodison Park. A fan has handcuffed himself to the goal posts. Suffice to say the game has stopped while they look for the key, or a hacksaw.
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Welcome back Djib. So excited. Hope he rips it for QPR. Genuinely think it was worth us spending £4m to have him back for a bit.
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Ah, he was great.Matt Morrison wrote:
Welcome back Djib. So excited. Hope he rips it for QPR. Genuinely think it was worth us spending £4m to have him back for a bit.
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Did anybody else notice the misspelt advert scrolling round the pitchside on Sunday's Chelsea v Man U game?
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No, go on. (I'll bite!)Jon Corby wrote:Did anybody else notice the misspelt advert scrolling round the pitchside on Sunday's Chelsea v Man U game?
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Oh, shit. I wish it was a joke now.Matt Morrison wrote:No, go on. (I'll bite!)Jon Corby wrote:Did anybody else notice the misspelt advert scrolling round the pitchside on Sunday's Chelsea v Man U game?
No, there really was an advert scrolling round the pitchside advertising their shirts or something which gave the url as chelsefc.com/shopping. It was an alternating with a correctly spelled one. I kept expecting somebody to notice and pull it or change it, but no, it kept appearing throughout.
Sorry, it really was that dull. Not as exciting as a cat on the pitch or a fan handcuffed to a goalpost.
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You know, I'm not joking, I did actually see that. I just had no idea really until you'd said it.
I actually remember thinking "that 'a' looked funny" as I just caught sight of it before it the camera changed or it left the screen, and then when I looked back and saw it again shortly after it seemed to be fine, which your "alternating with a correctly spelled one" fits with.
Cool.
I actually remember thinking "that 'a' looked funny" as I just caught sight of it before it the camera changed or it left the screen, and then when I looked back and saw it again shortly after it seemed to be fine, which your "alternating with a correctly spelled one" fits with.
Cool.
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Wow, I was hooked once I first spotted it, I found it difficult to concentrate on anything else. What was the final score?Matt Morrison wrote:You know, I'm not joking, I did actually see that. I just had no idea really until you'd said it.
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So Harry's not guilty of tax evasion? How the fuck?
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Did you honestly expect him to get found guilty?Jon Corby wrote:So Harry's not guilty of tax evasion? How the fuck?
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As an exciting follow-up to this, I was avidly watching the electronic advertising boards during the England v Netherlands game last night, and there was an advert for ...er, something, I can't remember what - McDonald's football academies or something? - anyway, and there was a bit where it just said "n thousand children and counting", except there was a ballboy/steward crouched right down over the "o" in counting so it clearly just said "cunting" instead. It was shortly after Parker got that tripod in the bollocks, because when I started giggling I pretended to my son that it was still at that. I hate Parker.Jon Corby wrote:Did anybody else notice the misspelt advert scrolling round the pitchside on Sunday's Chelsea v Man U game?
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Why do you hate Parker, out of interest?Jon Corby wrote:As an exciting follow-up to this, I was avidly watching the electronic advertising boards during the England v Netherlands game last night, and there was an advert for ...er, something, I can't remember what - McDonald's football academies or something? - anyway, and there was a bit where it just said "n thousand children and counting", except there was a ballboy/steward crouched right down over the "o" in counting so it clearly just said "cunting" instead. It was shortly after Parker got that tripod in the bollocks, because when I started giggling I pretended to my son that it was still at that. I hate Parker.Jon Corby wrote:Did anybody else notice the misspelt advert scrolling round the pitchside on Sunday's Chelsea v Man U game?
I think he's gone from being underrated to overrated too quickly, and he looks a bit like a 90s popstar. That's why I don't like him. But I wouldn't say I hate him.
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Those are all good points and certainly contribute. But mainly for me it's just his attitude on the pitch. He's one of those cunts (like Michael Brown, for example) where it just seems to me that he would happily just chop everybody down if he could get away with it, particularly when games aren't going his way.Jon O'Neill wrote:I think he's gone from being underrated to overrated too quickly, and he looks a bit like a 90s popstar.
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Nice. Love the way you get as many replays as you do for a Premier League match on Sky!Mark James wrote:One of the best nights of my life. Check this out.
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Any of our resident maths geniuses want to work out the odds of the Champions League draw coming up with the same pairings as the rehearsal? Sky Sports said 5000-1 but it seems like it would be a bit more than that to me. The equation is complicated by the seedings and the fact you can't get drawn against someone you played against in the group stages.
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I did this just now for my (seldom updated) blog. I got 1 in 5,463 by brute-forcing it.Mark James wrote:Any of our resident maths geniuses want to work out the odds of the Champions League draw coming up with the same pairings as the rehearsal? Sky Sports said 5000-1 but it seems like it would be a bit more than that to me. The equation is complicated by the seedings and the fact you can't get drawn against someone you played against in the group stages.
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You are assuming that there is an equal probability of each of these draws arising.
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Oh yes ... the Bradford lads did the job. Wembley here we come!
What a fantastic achievement ... something our neighbours at Leeds and Huddersfield can only dream of.
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You've got that right, matePhilip Jarvis wrote:Oh yes ... the Bradford lads did the job. Wembley here we come!
What a fantastic achievement ... something our neighbours at Huddersfield can only dream of.
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James Robinson wrote:JORDAN RHODES
JORDAN RHODES
JORDAN, JORDAN RHODES
HE KICKS THE BALL AND SCORES A GOAL
JORDAN, JORDAN RHODES!!!!!
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Let's put it this way, I wasn't at all surprised that he scored against us tonight..........Jon Corby wrote:James Robinson wrote:JORDAN RHODES
JORDAN RHODES
JORDAN, JORDAN RHODES
HE KICKS THE BALL AND SCORES A GOAL
JORDAN, JORDAN RHODES!!!!!
I just hope it's not that one that sends us down.
I so don't want us to need a result against Barnsley on the last day
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Sorry Robbo
Shame to see Portsmouth relegated to League Two last night as well.
HAHAHAHAHA
Shame to see Portsmouth relegated to League Two last night as well.
HAHAHAHAHA
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btw...Jon Corby wrote:Sorry Robbo
Shame to see Portsmouth relegated to League Two last night as well.
HAHAHAHAHA
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Amazing two days. St Pats win the League of Ireland. Huge celebrations including a night in the pub watching the Irish equivalent of Match of the Day in the company of the team. Sing song and all with the players too. Pure magic.
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Well earned, and won in style it has to be said (reluctantly!)... next season though....Mark James wrote:Amazing two days. St Pats win the League of Ireland. Huge celebrations including a night in the pub watching the Irish equivalent of Match of the Day in the company of the team. Sing song and all with the players too. Pure magic.