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Most definitely this. If you weren't there, you'll never know. It would have been one of the most intimidating grounds in the country if the East Stand and the North Stand had been redeveloped. Eventually the Double Decker would have had to have been replaced though.

4-0 loss way to Luton, 1985. Players had all got hammered in the week at Willie Thorne's wedding, Lineker's final game for the club prior to f*****g off to Everton, daft green strip that everyone now raves about that we never won a league game in, last match of the season - and no one gave a flying f**k. Finished 17th, nothing to play for. So they didn't.

Again, beautifully timed by Lowe.

Surprised to see Lawrence Dallaglio still doing these daft 'Motorway' adverts after being banned from driving last year.

Brilliant from Lowe.

Ireland have been into their 22 four times and haven't scored.

Promising variation and creativity to England's attack.

I like the newly adjusted playing the 9 rule. Opens up play.

Dan Cole isn't getting any younger, really want to see his Tigers teammate Joe Heyes come to the fore although Will Stuart's pretty nailed on for the foreseeable future.

There was an item on BBC Radio 4 this week concerning mounting speculation that it will be moved behind a paywall in the future. The free to air rights deal between the BBC and ITV expires at the end of this year's tournament. The Six Nations is not on the list of the government’s “crown jewels” and organisers are apparently receptive to bids from a subscription broadcaster. TNT has expressed serious interest. Whilst a subscription broadcaster is likely to pay more for the rights to the championship the organisers know that it would not have the reach of the BBC and ITV. England’s victory over Ireland last year attracted a peak audience of 6.6 million viewers while some fixtures can approach 10 million.

It isn't a case of "got you beat" honestly. I know absolutely nothing about investments, stocks and shares, (I don't have a corporate cell in my body), golf, strava apps, Love Island, hip hop, TV buying, car finance... For this reason, there are topics and threads I won't comment or speculate on (with the exception of football) or make absolute statements. I applaud your response and apologies again if my responses in particular seemed like an onslaught.

Really, I'm not angry with you, genuinely, and apologies if you got that impression. And yet... You have at least, albeit inadvertently, perfectly epitomised, embodied and personified the 21st Century online conspiracy belief.

Perfectly put.

When I went through school there would invariably be a couple of pupils who couldn’t quite grasp certain concepts in the subjects that we were taught. It was OK though. They’d squeak by and live their lives happily, albeit not as rocket scientists or brain surgeons. Now they find each other on the internet. They find validation for their lack of understanding, and then they embrace it. They’re told “you’re one of the smart ones, you always knew they were lying to you.” Facts don’t matter at that point, and yet another conspiracy believer is born. Throw in the special feeling conspiracies can confer, along with a liberal affliction of the Dunning Kruger effect, and we have what we have. This is all just an unfortunate, yet understandable side effect of the internet. This is something we’re always going to have to deal with.

What a ridiculous straw man logical fallacy. Read my post again. At no stage have I said anything of the sort. What I am particularly opposed to however is an opportunistic ex-cab driving convicted felon, cult member, stalker, proven liar, fraud and renowned online grifter that managed to get himself ostracised from the advertisement making industry, with a huge grudge to bear and chip on his shoulder and zero relevant expertise, telling people like you what to think about a subject that by your own admission, you have no understanding or knowledge of whatsoever. Hilarious since the USA now has a President in office that is threatening the federally issued licenses of television broadcast outlets that displeased him. The right to free speech is not absolute and certain types of speech can be restricted, such as obscenity, defamation, incitement to violence, and threats. Free speech is the noose by which people hang themselves. It should be used responsibly and not abused. Blatant disinformation which is Sibrel's stock in trade should be summarily and systematically challenged and exposed. Conspiracy theorists are crooks, not just idiots. petty crooks, true, but part of their business model is to create an environment of distrust of science and rational thought, and refusal to ever measure anything. and that is a serious problem for society. Besides, they spread so much malice that it's a good idea to pound them flat while they are small. Earlier today, I politely urged you to summon even just a thread of humility in respect of your comment relating to the Van Allen Belts, ask yourself a series of questions, reflect and exercise some self awareness. You have completely ignored and disregarded that bludgeoning on with more regurgitated online nonsense about Stanley Kubrick and now an utterly bizarre reply about freedom of speech. The renowned Italian scholar and semiologist Umberto Eco once said: “Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots”

There has been an error in reporting here. We are actually lining up Würzburger Kickers winger, 49 year old, Patrick Zimmer.

I agree. This is as much a comical thread and my post wasn't intended to be taken that seriously.

I wasn't advocating instant coffee, just that, from a selfish perspective, the reversion to it would make my life easier when queueing in a café

I was of course being facetious - the thread lends itself to such - but I am inclined to agree. Very well put. I guess this is what I am referring to. Why are people prepared to queue up for and pay exorbitant prices to satisfy their dependence on this stodge? But then why are our highstreets flooded with vape shops sourcing cheap product from some dodgy exporter in provincial China?

Indeed - and like I said, I replenish my own bottle which I forgot to bring.

And almost invariably, with hilarious results...

Coffee. Can't stand the stuff and the nation's apparent obsession with it, dependence on it and queueing for it. Just spent twenty minutes waiting to be served at a campus café because I wanted a bottle of water. I usually replenish my own everyday but forgot to bring it. The complexity of the damn orders and the time it takes to prepare these extortionate up the arse Espressos, Oat lattes, Cappuccinos, Americanos, Flat Whites, Macchiatos, Mochas, Affogatos, Ristrettos, Cortados...Just keep a ****ing tub of Douwe Egberts in your drawer and get out of my way. My world was a simpler and easier place when the dumb British public were easily satisfied and sated by a cup of Mellow Birds, Gold Blend - or what was that one that Gareth Hunt used to advertise? - Nescafe? Forget religion, Caffeine is the contemporary opiate of the masses.

Interested to know what you define as "climate activist"? Are you also including those who are concerned about the rapidity of climate change?

We've discussed this before Mac - I lack the reserves of patience, tact and diplomacy that you exude when it comes to this subject. That is why I would love to see you embark on a career in scientific communication.

Yet you felt the need to pass comment on the Van Allen Radiation belts of which you clearly have no knowledge of whatsoever. And yet astonishingly you just claimed this... Covid vaccinations prevented 14·4 million 95% credible interval deaths from COVID-19 in 185 countries and territories between Dec 8, 2020, and Dec 8 2021. Of these, 0.053% had an adverse reaction. In the EU alone, those that suffered a fatal reaction to vaccination represents 0.52% of the 2,169,191that died of coronavirus. Death has occurred at a rate of approximately 5 cases per one million vaccine doses administered. This includes cases of anaphylaxis, a severe type of allergic reaction that can occur after any kind of vaccination. To put this into perspective, there are 25 deaths per million in road accidents per year in the UK. Presumably, you don't drive or allow yourself to be driven?