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7 minutes ago, justfoxes said:

I felt sorry for Monga also that tackle took his trailing leg 

Vardy used to contrive this all the time and we loved him for it. 

The worst display of inept officiating that I can recall for one of our matches in this league was the 3-1 defeat at Leeds in February 2024 but I'd forgotten who was responsible. Just looked it up, and it was Pawson which makes complete sense. 

23 hours ago, Izzy said:

Taking my old man to get his biopsy results next week and find out his treatment plan.

 

In the meantime he phones me last night to say he's also had tests for testicular cancer and that's come back positive.

 

Double cancer whammy. Poor sod 

I'm sorry to hear that. Both are very treatable if caught early but that does not make it any less of an ordeal for him. I have prostate cancer, stage 2 contained and have been on active surveillance for three years. I may decide to have treatment soon because it is increasing in volume and pushing up the PSA. Although the lesions are unchanged and the cancer is ostensibly stable, I suspect that there are slightly higher grade cells in there since 30% of prostate cancer biopsies undersample. Either that or they are mutating. Remember, prostate cancer is a stealth killer because it is asymptomatic until it has escaped. So providing that there is no metastasis, knowing that it is there is half the battle won. I hope that there is a favourable outcome. If it is Gleason Score 6 they will recommend 'watchful waiting' and it's likely something that he will die with as opposed to of. 

Count your blessings and never take anything for granted. 

Hunstanton:

Tommy English should definitely feature, particularly since it was a straight swap with Coventry City at the expense of Jim Melrose. 

Aside from the obvious case of Junior Lewis, Martin Henderson, Lammie Robertson and Josh Low are probably the worst players that I've ever seen in a City shirt. 

Eadie? What?

1 minute ago, Raj said:

If opposition teams are as hyped up like Brum and play as sh1r, we are laughing all the way.

 

 

Agree. I was astonished given the recent acclaim how impotent they were in the final third. 

The sluggish pace and the space afforded at this level however has allowed the likes of Vestergaard, Hamza and even Bouba to find their level again. Not technically great, but Ricardo looked like a breath of fresh air, it's glorious to see Monga run at a defence, Hamza has finally worked out how to time his tackles, Vestergaard can realise his Beckenbauer fantasies once more and wonderful to see Abdul's irrepressible enthusiasm dancing to ABBA at the end. Despite my dread pre-match really enjoyed tonight. And I thought the atmosphere was much improved too. 

On my way down. I hate the way I get this feeling of utter dread a few hours before a match. Reminds me of the Levein era. 

4 hours ago, leicsmac said:

And so they did. 

 

Pretty much everything they set out to do went as they wanted on this one. Well done, onto the next!

 

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/spacex-launches-starship-flight-10-critical-test-flight-video

I do wish that they'd cut out the live feed to the inane cheering and whooping. Oh for the days of Jack King, Walter Cronkite and James Burke. 

Fury Road...

Okoli has been quite solid so far. 

21 minutes ago, Greg2607 said:

Sure, I almost caveated it with, it probably doesn't apply to proper scientific research. 

 

I was referring more to roles in industry, where people are employed to provide market research, product research, competitor research etc. 

You did say "all research jobs". But yes, I am inclined to agree. 

1 hour ago, Greg2607 said:

all analytical jobs. 

 

All research jobs.... 

 

Not true. 

AI is rapidly changing the landscape of research, but it's more likely to transform the role of researcher rather than eliminate it. Embracing AI as a tool to enhance human capabilities and focusing on developing the uniquely human skills needed to thrive in this new era will be key for postdoctoral researchers to succeed in the future. The future will involve human-AI collaboration. AI can automate repetitive and mundane tasks such as data analysis. pattern recognition and literature reviews and assist in the development of methodology. However, AI currently lacks human intuition, creativity, and ethical judgment, all of which are essential for tasks such as experimental design, interpreting complex real-world applied results, particularly in the behavioural sciences, and forming novel research questions. For the researchers of the future, it is imperative that they embrace AI leveraging AI tools to augment their work, focusing on skills that AI cannot yet replicate. AI tools can accelerate peer review and help scientists publish their research faster, ensuring that their findings are shared while they're still relevant and thus boosting research impact. However, currently, AI can’t truly improve itself in an autonomous, creative way and pointedly, it has no innate conception of what’s right or wrong, it processes probabilities as opposed to morals or deeper understanding. 

The The UK Space Agency is to lose its executive agency status and be subsumed by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), a move that is expected to cut duplication and reduce bureaucracy but there is a danger that this will introduce less incentivised ways of working which tend to blight government departments which was the reason the agency was created in the first place. At a time when many other nations are founding their own, there are real fears that the dynamism and proactivity will be lost and we will fall behind in terms of capability, technology, research and initiative. 

The somewhat disturbingly deranged and hysterical HarryDC, who was adamant that he was living in a totalitarian state and during lockdown there would be mass starvation because people were going to be denied access to a supermarket. 

23 minutes ago, Brainy said:

People who support "Back British Farming" by travelling tens or hundreds of miles to go and visit Diddly Squat in the hope of spotting Jeremy Clarkson, and never stepping within a mile of their local farm shop let alone buying anything from it

Agree. And arable farmers can make more profit from selling through farm shops and efforts to diversify than through supermarket sales. Although supermarkets offer large volumes and consistent sales, the farmer's share of the retail price is often very small. Conversely, farm shops obviously allow farmers to capture a larger portion of the profit margin by controlling the retail price and selling directly to the consumers. I use a nearby farmer's market and a local farm for doggie daycare. 

The popular narrative that labour is trying to destroy British farming is complete nonsense - it's simply another, albeit ill conceived method of raising tax. However, the timing was terrible with the horrendous levels of rainfall during the planting season in 2024 that ensued, and on the back of Tory policy that negatively impacted their industry, particularly due to changes in farm subsidies and Brexit-related issues. The phasing out of the EU's Basic Payment Scheme resulted in significant cuts in financial support combined with to post-Brexit labour shortages and rising costs. Defra also accelerated the tail-off of direct payments for the largest recipients and set the reduction on the first £30,000 of all payments at 76% with 100% reduction beyond that. These changes have added to the cost of producing food at a time when hard-pressed British farmers cannot absorb it, meaning either the supply chain or consumers will end up bearing the brunt. British family farms are already stretched to breaking point after a decade of tightening margins, cost inflation and going forward, the prevalence of extreme weather events. All this means that swathes of land will be lost to the developers as our farming community increasingly encounters diminishing returns and perceives a bleak future. 

1 hour ago, The Doctor said:

Literally 3 months ago when he put out his immigration stance that directly lifted from Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech, that got Powell kicked out of the Tories by Heath.

That's a hell of a stretch and simply not true. 

The irony being however, that much of the recent rhetoric coming from the government concerning in particular, asylum, boats arriving, smashing the gangs, and international study visas has clearly been to appease the populist voter gravitating to Reform and an attempt to stem the rise of nationalistic sentiment playing into the hands of the far right. 

Just now, Nods said:

Because he's too good for this league and not good enough for the one we were in last season.

A Nod's as good as a Winks. 

As @leicsmac recently sagely observed, the next words spoken on the lunar surface may very well be in Mandarin. 

https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/chinas-lunar-lander-aces-touchdown-and-takeoff-tests-ahead-of-planned-2030-crewed-moon-mission-video

That's the Apollo 8 crew now all sadly deceased. Of Apollo 13 Fred Haise is 91.

"We do not realise what we have on Earth until we leave it" Jim Lovell. 

Just now, FoxesWalk said:

Soumare getting 90? 😅

He's certainly played like he's 90. 

Just now, Mickyblueeyes said:

It’s embarrassing having Daka. 

That first touch was pure Akinbiyi. 

Great work by Winks there. 

1 hour ago, mod hero said:

Oh come on exceptional? And one game you can remember out of 4 year stint with us is scraping the barrel.

 

Hes an extremely poor footballer. If reports are to be true he will probably behind a striker from league 1 if we get Kone.

 

Dont forget, we payed £23M for this guy.

It was one example, and yes, that aspect of his game was exceptional. I can remember plenty of games in which his link play has been strong, which I was all that I was referring to from your examples. In terms of other areas of his game, he has without doubt been poor and yes for the price paid, he has not fulfilled expectations. Let's see how he performs this season.