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  1. duffer

    Match Thread Coventry City - Oxford Utd - Match Thread - Friday 16th Aug 8pm KO

    Well, we were doing alright until you got here mate! 😁 Going forward, some tidy stuff, until we take our foot off the gas. Defensively, bit shaky when they break quickly, imho. Could end 5-4 this.
  2. duffer

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Every job is a piece of piss, except mine, seems to be the theme here. If it's so straightforward, why does it take 18-24 months' worth of training to become a train driver. Why aren't we all applying to do it? I'm guessing one reason is that it's actually fairly technical, and the other is...
  3. duffer

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Indeed, so you'll be supporting substantial wage rises across the NHS and care sector then, I presume? Or are you one of those people that stood outside loudly banging the saucepan, and then went inside and quietly voted Tory? 😁
  4. duffer

    Israel - Palestinian Conflict

    You mean the territory that is still considered as illegally occupied by Israel, those Golan heights? Regardless, if you're trying to make some kind of historical justification for the ongoing genocide in Gaza, well you're just dead wrong I'm afraid. It's sickening, and should be called out...
  5. duffer

    USSR invades Ukraine.

    Bit of both really. Putin needed ammunition (esp artillery), North Korea needs... well everything really, but petrol, food, and technology is what Russia is likely providing. North Korean troops in Europe though, not sure about that. I suspect the glorious leader, Kim, would worry about them...
  6. duffer

    Match Thread Stoke away 10th August 12:30 - Opening day!

    Yep. I'd settle for a niggly, tough-tackling, midfield destroyer type. Doesn't need to be silky, just break it up and pass it ten yards to someone in blue. The Doyle/McGrath type of player. There's no shortage of class in this team, but we seem a bit short of bite and spite.
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    Bidwell appreciation

    This might just be the stroke of tactical genius we've been waiting for. 😁
  8. duffer

    Bidwell appreciation

    Yep, as above really, didn't quite click with EMC. I think the bigger problems were elsewhere. Just mho, obviously.
  9. duffer

    Bidwell appreciation

    Personally, I thought Bidwell did ok today. He does at least look to cross when he gets in decent positions, and he gets properly stuck in. The goal was a defensive car crash; no cover from midfield and gaps all over the place. No one covered themselves in glory there, so to pin it on Bidwell...
  10. duffer

    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    I think he really was injecting bleach, you know.
  11. duffer

    Match Thread Stoke away 10th August 12:30 - Opening day!

    Lisa, I'd like to buy your rock.
  12. duffer

    Match Thread Stoke away 10th August 12:30 - Opening day!

    Slightly deflating, that. No support for Simms, no hint of a press, no control in midfield. Plenty for Robins to work on here.
  13. duffer

    For the teachers (and other smart arses)

    I went out for a quiet pint last night and ended up sat at a table with two Leicester fans, LastGarrison and Nick. 😁
  14. duffer

    Gathering for Tommy / Discontent

    Then why are we talking about Muslim extremism at exactly the same time as there are attacks on mosques going on?
  15. duffer

    Gathering for Tommy / Discontent

    Indeed, let's look at the statistics. Almost 110,000 racially motivated hate crimes, 2021-2022. 110,000. How many of those do you think were inflicted by right-wing thickos conflating Muslim extremists with Muslims or brown people in general? It would be much, and I mean *much* fucking better...
  16. duffer

    USSR invades Ukraine.

    Divert forces, damage supply lines, lower civilian morale, I'd guess. Surely Putin should sue for peace immediately on whatever terms the Ukrainians offer, rather than risk the loss of more lives?
  17. duffer

    Gathering for Tommy / Discontent

    Handy guide: Protest: Gather. Wave flags or placards. Sing or shout. Face masks not generally required. Doesn't involve burning down hotels, attacking police, threatening places of worship, looting Greggs.
  18. duffer

    Gathering for Tommy / Discontent

    Although, of course, most groups who pay taxes aren't violently invited to fuck off back to where they came from. (Always a bit awkward when it turns out they were born in the same town as you, of course.)
  19. duffer

    Gathering for Tommy / Discontent

    You've severely overestimated the intelligence of these people, I'm afraid. 😁
  20. duffer

    Gathering for Tommy / Discontent

    Give me control of the BBC and I can shut this down in ten minutes. All they need to do is put out an immediate yellow alert for rain covering England and Northern Ireland, and all the fuckwit losers with a burning urge to protect our kids by looting JD Sports will crawl back under the duvet.
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