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Funnily enough, I'm contemplating taking the SPD-SL pedals off my road bike, and going back to old fashioned normal pedals. My reasoning is that I don't really like being clipped in, partly for safety, but also for comfort. Also, really I'm riding to get fit rather than to get fast. More than...

So basically you're saying the mis-reporting of this is stupid, rather than malicious? Does that make it any better? Funnily enough, the "don't have an anurysm" type of response is in itself a kind of empty frothing. It adds nothing to the debate, but hey, if it makes you feel like you've won...

But the point here is that these are SISU's accounts, and not the club's. It's been spun as being an outrage that SISU made a juicy profit out of the club, but as OSB has flagged that's not necessarily an accurate interpretation. So this is either very lazy journalism, or someone who is...

I've not googled it, but in my memory I've actually got him as a lawyer rather than a P.I.? Same actor was also in a personal favourite film, Vanishing Point. <Insert own football-related gag here> :)

Much as I despise Tommy Robinson, I'm sure he's not having a great time in there. He's broken the law and he's paying the price, that's all that I ask. I don't need him to be beaten, raped or terrified, but that seems to be the kind of prison that you'd want, at least for the people that you...

The guards don't generally commit suicide, Nick, understandably they just leave. It's typically the weaker, bullied prisoners that kill themselves. So what do you think happens when people like us outside are so quick to encourage rape and violence inside jails? Who draws the line at...

Nick mate, what's been in the news to say it is? When you've got HM Inspector of Prisons (a branch of the Government, not a lefty think-tank!), saying this... "The year 2017–18 was a dramatic period in which HM Inspectorate of Prisons documented some of the most disturbing prison conditions we...

Three reasons why we have prisons: 1) Punish the guilty by removing their liberty. 2) Protect society from those who offend. 3) Rehabilitate. If you think about it, 2 and 3 are actually quite closely linked. If people are coming out of prison worse than they go in, brutalised, more violent...

I'll tell you what pisses me off about this kind of bullshit. It's the implication that to be strong on law and order, or patriotic, you need to be on the far right and believe that prison should be caves filled with spiky dildos, lava and giant spiders. It's laughable. You've only got to...

There are some people on here with far too much time on their hands. :)

If the FL don't immediately skip us up two divisions on the back of this, Joy will have them in court by Monday! :)

When it comes to SISU/ACL/CCC etc. I don't think it's possible to be "unnecessarily cynical"! :)

That's an entirely fair comment mate, but then like I say clubs also treat players like meat when it suits them to do so. Remember the stories about Huckerby being in tears when he was sold against his will? It's a remarkably cruel profession, I find it hard to blame players for doing the best...

Or he could have broken his leg or snapped an ACL in pre-season, or simply lost form. If he's that good, and like all pros he'll believe in himself, then he'll get noticed at Reading (e.g. Maddison). It may not suit us as fans, but I don't think you can say that it doesn't suit the player. I...

Exactly this. It's a short, risky career, and as soon as a player isn't performing the fans and club are desperate to get him off the books by any means possible. Who could blame anyone for taking a substantial increase elsewhere if it was on offer, I know that I would! MM has done very well...

I'd say try to be a bit less of an arsehole but it wouldn't matter, 'cos my younger self wouldn't listen to any sodding advice anyway. I've made about a million poor decisions over the course of my life, and a few hundred really bad ones. So be it, they seemed right at the time. I'm still...

Salad? Waiter, excuse me but I think there's been a mistake - you seem to have brought me the food that my food eats. :)

Might just be me, but those most recent phrases from the judge make me think that he feels there is a case to answer here. It's certainly not as open and shut as some seem to think, imho.

Is it really disappointing to the kids though, or is that just a projection of the grown ups? I'll let you do the research, but everything I've read or experienced suggests that most kids don't drop out of sport because they don't win enough. I don't know how many sports days you chaps have...

I'd beg to differ, getting a poor decision in sport and learning how to handle it without a tantrum (or the need for your parents to fix it) is a terrific life lesson. If you think (especially as a child) that you have to win everything to enjoy a sport, then the truth is that you're not...