Search results

Was reading somewhere that when you pitch one AI against another in a war scenario, they rapidly escalate to nuclear. God help us. Back on topic, the FA Cup win is easily worth far more to me than whether we join the Premier League or not.

Time lapse must be involved I think. The model moved her arms while the sculptor was crafting the statuette.

We have a chance to become the champions of the English Football League. That's why I don't get the people who don't care whether we come first or second.

It's terrifying to contemplate a future where AI will be calling the shots on matters far more important than the size of Coventry City's historic league attendances.

Yeah there were certainly some sub-10k home league crowds in the early/mid 1980s, and I should know because I was there for all of them! But not in the season that FergieTheFinisher was referring to.

Well I don't really know what "Gemini" is, but unless I'm going insane it's conjured up that Southampton match in December 1986 out of thin air 🙂

Apart from anything else, didn't Pete request a 68th minute tribute to a fan who's passed away?

Another angle on this - was the 1987 Cup Final our biggest ever live worldwide audience? Broadcasting has obviously expanded enormously in the last 40 years, so maybe something like the playoff final exceeded it?

Gates were often surprisingly low in those days, sometimes 11k / 12k, but there were never any home crowds as low as you've said there.

Is that good or bad?!

Pull yourself together man!

And the sheer magic and rarity of appearances at the old Wembley with the twin towers (even if it was in reality crumbling,). The modern Wembley can't touch it for romance, especially as its used so much for club football at the end of every season.

The whole run was magical though, building and building. The quarter final and semi at Hillsborough were both unforgettable days.

Surely that's not your idea of what sport is about? Is the money of any value if it doesn't result in achieving things like trophies? The annual budget doesn't feature on the honours board or go in the sporting record books.

Pete's got RSI from pressing F5 on the Opta site!

And teams go up and down from the Prem all the time. Just hasn't been us for a quarter of a century.

Funnily enough, 99.98% feels about right to me now 🤣 i.e. two chances in 10,000... It was the 99.94 (or whatever) BEFORE the last two rounds of favourable results that I took issue with.

A member of the Opta team saw a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil and punched it into his iPad.

Not gonna take back anything I've already said about their modelling 🤣

Never paid too much attention to this, but I'm wondering whether the convention is for the main match coverage to be facing towards the two team benches?