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  1. duffer

    Transfer targets

    If we sign him then we need someone next to him who is quick, March? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solly_March
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    Israel - Palestinian Conflict

    I'll help. It's not that difficult. The first wrong was Hamas crossing the border and killing around 1,400 people including women and children. They've still got around 100 hostages or so, it is believed. The second wrong is the Israeli state killing over 20,000 people, including thousands of...
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    Josh Eccles

    I suspect it's the manager that decides beforehand who is taking the corners, letting the players argue about it at the time would seem a bit "Sunday League". (On that note, I like to think I could deliver a decent right-foot inswinger at least once in every 400 attempts. Luckily we were so...
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    Victor Torp

    If only we'd signed Victor Tarp instead. Covers every blade of grass. 😁
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Ireland has a system that looks a bit better than ours, but still is criticised and it's also up for reform (says Wiki). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann Off the top of my head, I'd make it an elected position, at least in the majority, and those elections based on PR so that...
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    If we could only win one ...

    FA Cup. We'll just have to accept winning the league by 17 points instead of 20. 😁
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Without wanting to re-open the Brexit debate, the 'unelected' thing was always a bit of a myth. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lseupr/2019/02/19/is-the-european-union-governed-by-unelected-bureaucrats/ Regardless, agreed, the House of Lords is an ongoing shambles. Starmer said he'd reform it if...
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    Brexit Benefits

    Or can't be arsed because you haven't got any kind of argument that stands up to reason. Make your case if you've got one, we're all listening. Quit your whining about a bubble and have your say... Or, what's that saying, sometimes it's better to shut up and be thought an idiot, than to open...
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    Are we about to lose the heartbeat of the club ?

    Agreed. I don't think many (if any) professional footballers are any different. It's a short, perilous, career - you're one bad injury, or a drop in form, or simply a new manager that doesn't like you, away from it all going sideways. Who could blame COH for maximising his opportunities...
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    Match Thread Middlesbrough - Coventry City Match Thread - Monday 1st Jan

    It's like heading, the key is not to be scared of it and attack the ball. 😁
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    Match Thread Middlesbrough - Coventry City Match Thread - Monday 1st Jan

    Traditional hangover game. Cold day, silent crowd, two tired teams, 0-0, and feeling sick all the way home. So obviously, having predicted that, it'll end up a nine goal thriller with three red cards and an injury time 20-yard, knob-volley winner from substitute striker... Wilson. 😁
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    Best Guitar Solo

    I'll have to dig that last one out. I'm not exactly a fount of knowledge when it comes to music, especially contemporary stuff, but you can't beat a great riff or lead break when you're in the right mood. Right now though, I'm going to stick on Classic FM and make a cuppa... I need to build...
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    Best Guitar Solo

    Ooh, this is a fun one. Of the top of my head, I'm going for... Santana - She's not there. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper. Boston - More than a feeling. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain (Epic, but probably overplayed). Gong (Steve Hillage). Awesome guitarist, but if you can remember any...
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    Match Thread Coventry City - Swansea City Match Thread - Friday 29th Dec

    Just before anyone else gets there...
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    Israel - Palestinian Conflict

    Seriously mate, what the fuck are you on about? If you put out some spurious bullshit about Judaism being the religion of "an eye for an eye", something that is most definitely used as an anti-Semitic trope, then expect to be challenged on it. I'm apologising for your stupidity for repeating...
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    Recommend a book

    Relax a bit and read some of the eight billion Reacher books that are out there. They're a hoot, and the author is from Coventry (though unfortunately moved to Brum before the proper cultural values could take hold). In a similar vein, but arguably with a little more depth, anything by Elmore...
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    Refereeing

    The fallacy here is that refs are useless. That's propagated by the endless focus on every contentious decision by men-children who've generally never done the job at any level and are analysing from the comfort of an armchair with endless slow motion. If you choose to tie your living or...
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    USSR invades Ukraine.

    If it's ok for Russia to invade and occupy a democratic European country because some elements within it are blatantly corrupt, then we're fucked. It's probably the weakest argument I've heard to try to justify appeasement of Putin.
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    Israel - Palestinian Conflict

    Yeah, as with the Judaism thing above, I think it's fairly obvious that most Christians (at least notionally) pay more attention to the words of Christ in the New Testament. The clue's in the name. 🙂
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    Israel - Palestinian Conflict

    I'm sorry, but that's not a very accurate take on Judaism. In fact it's dangerously close to an anti-Semitic trope, I'd argue. The actions of the State of Israel in Gaza are, to my mind, unconscionable war crimes. But that doesn't mean that Jews or Judaism as a whole can be blamed. Ditto...
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