Trav Le Bleu

When they have a drinks break, it should be a pint and a whisky chaser, and they should be every ten minutes instead.

Would make the games far more entertaining.

Just now, Free Falling Foxes said:

^^^^^^

Assuming not AI, very good.

Sooooooo AI

51 minutes ago, RonnieTodger said:

Vegans are far less irritating than fat idiots thinking they’re alpha males because they like pork.

I understand that @filthyfox is partial to pork products.

22 hours ago, davieG said:

Isn't it about time the 'shoulder charge' was outlawed to me it's become a foul by another name and so subjective and complicated.

 

To me its two players running side by side competing for control of the ball which is within reach. I don't see that very often.

 

In association football (soccer), a shoulder charge—often called a "fair charge"—is a legal physical tactic used to compete for the ball or gain space. It is entirely permitted under the official laws of the game, provided it meets specific rules regarding contact, force, and proximity to the ball. [1, 2, 3]

 

Legal Shoulder Charges

For a shoulder charge to be deemed legal by a referee, it must strictly adhere to the following conditions: [1, 2]

• Shoulder-to-Shoulder Contact: The primary impact must be made shoulder-to-shoulder. Charging an opponent in the back or chest is an automatic foul. [1, 2, 3]
• Ball Proximity: Both players must be actively competing for the ball, and the ball must be within "playing distance" (roughly one stride). [1, 2]
• Tucked Arms: Your arms must be kept tucked tightly against your body (elbows in). You cannot extend your arms, push with your hands, or use your forearms to shove the opponent. [1, 2]
• Footing: Both players must have at least one foot planted on the ground; flying or jumping into a shoulder charge is considered dangerous play and a foul. [1, 2]

 

When a Shoulder Charge Becomes a Foul

Many players incorrectly assume that any contact involving the shoulder is permitted. Referees will blow the whistle and award a free kick if: [1, 2]

• Excessive Force is Used: Charging a stationary or unaware player at a full sprint is deemed reckless or dangerous.
• Disproportionate Strength: Much larger players must be careful not to use overwhelming momentum against smaller players, which can be called as a foul.
• Arms are Extended: Pushing, extending the elbow, or using a "stiff arm" crosses the line from a legal barge into an illegal push.
• The Ball is Too Far: Initiating contact when the ball is outside playing distance constitutes obstruction or an illegal charge. [1, 2, 3, 5]

I think it's incorrectly called a shoulder "charge", more of a bump, at least if you want to keep it legal.

I would be difficult to get rid of without making football entirely non-contact.

Russell Martin Curling Tongs.

Or do I mean Hobbs

Just now, Innovindil said:

I do know someone whom I repeatedly say that, "she never gives a one word answer, when a thousand will do." She achieves this by repeating herself, but with synonymous words, as if she doesn't realise they mean exactly the same thing.

4 hours ago, Sampson said:

Yeah, I just saw this, feels like Russia really starting to test the boundaries to the rest of Europe the past few weeks. Getting a bit scary.

Anyone feel that Russia is trying to provoke us to spending more on military? I find myself wondering, could they be trying to stretch our resources, rather than actually physically attacking us and creating the social conditions for a government they would see as allies in power?

It would also give them more reason to increase their military spending. There are a lot of rich, powerful people, on all sides, who become even richer and more powerful at times like these.

6 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Then clearly I need to be clearer, and the tip is appreciated. 

 

You words short, not long. Many letters and brain hurt, eyes spin, we no understand. Make for simple talk, much knowing, more happy and not thump head say idiot! Only then all can like you, be like and very wise, more than us, but now you tell us and we know what is words, all say yes, Mr Mac, he good fella who not say to us lies. He no like Mr Top or Mr Johnny, be very big in head and say wise things and we can have the knowing of this. Joy and happy much!

2 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

I wish Labour would engage Farage on this front, to be honest. 

 

It's useless making passive aggressive digs at him or subtly implying he's racist or just challenging him on policy. His base won't care about any of that. 

 

Really attack him in language that will get an emotional response out of Reform supporters. Call him what he is, a traitor. 

 

His supporters like to think of themselves as patriotic Brits, point out how much Russia is the biggest most immediate threat to the UK and then point out how many times he's been on Russian state television, given speeches defending Putin and taken Russian money. He's been on the same TV channels that have threatened to nuke London, talking about how the UK should be friendlier to Moscow. 

 

Go on the offensive and crucify the judas ****. I don't care if you want to vote anti immigrant, I don't care if you want to vote conservative or right wing. Just don't vote for a ****ing traitor that'd happily work against this country for the benefit of Russia, Putin and anyone else that'll pay him. That's the message. 

 

I think too many people have allowed the Farageworm to embed itself firmly in their prefrontal cortex.

Think clickers, think former crew of the Von Braun, think Illithid tadpoles, think Lt Chekhov in Star Trek 2.

People who get to the till at a supermarket and put stuff to one side, as the decide, seemingly (I dunno, maybe they plan this all along) last minute that they don't need one particular item.

As much as anything, it's bizarre. Do they have a mental wheel of fortune in their head?

Also people who, on finding something they already have going cheaper in the reduced section, take the reduced item and replace it with the full price item, rather than return it. I've seen what look to be well stocked reduced sections that on closer examination only have 2 or 3 items that are actually reduced.

25 minutes ago, Corky said:

Yeah, I wasn't really going for a workers v shirkers thing, more trying to understand which industry was even half respected and I couldn't find many.

 

There are bad apples in all walks of life.

Which I guess proves your point.

I would say in all kinds of jobs too. To say for instance that doctors work really hard, isn't necessarily true or false when applied in a individual basis.

I pretty sure that there are people in jobs, earning tons of money, who actually work less than some people who don't have a job.

39 minutes ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

(4.7%) and White British (4.9%) ethnic backgrounds had the lowest
unemployment rates. People from Arab (14.3%) and Other Black (14.2%)
ethnic backgrounds had the highest unemployment rates. 

Unemployed does not equal benefit cheat.

Also, what the hell is Other Black?

34 minutes ago, Corky said:

Who constitutes the "hard-working people of this country"? You know, the types that the tabloid press will champion but never specify.

 

So, teachers? Too many holidays. Doctors? Always striking. Ditto binmen and train drivers. Civil servants? Yeah, ok. Builders and roadworkers? Immensely popular. Plenty of other industries are either woke or pointless like energy based or helping people.

 

Struggling to find the definition here.

It's interesting how immigrants are draining our country dry, but when I visualise a benefits cheat or "sponger", I picture a white family living on a council estate with half a dozen kids or more.

Which by no means accounts for all white people living on a council estate (I am white and lived most of my life on a council estate) my experience of visiting a very varied demographic due to my work has yet to convince me that there isn't something to this stereotype.

The vast majority of Asians I know are, if anything, a little too hardworking 

I'm pretty sure however that the "hard-working people of this country" come in many different shapes and colours.

1 minute ago, Finnegan said:

 

It's funny actually, quite a popular meme photo that gets trolled on a lot and has popped up a few times on reddit as "let's all laugh at British food" is from a pub in Leicester. I think it might be the Blue Boar? 

 

And it's a cheese and onion cob, actually really quite a good looking one. It's got a generous slab of cheese in, either red Leicester or cheddar and it looks like a really decent quality crusty cob. 

 

I think the idea to them that the bread and the cheese might actually both be genuinely nice in their own right as well as fresh and not just plastic nonsense is really alien to them. 

 

Plus, I mean guys, it's a ****ing bar snack. 

 

This just reminded me... American cheese

2 hours ago, isaidno said:

Too soon?

2 minutes ago, kenny said:

It isn't social media dumping tablets in front of an 18 month old that is literally fascinated by everything and has no need for it.

 

So whilst you have a point, the rot starts much earlier and is being done at home IMO.

I'm thinking more really of removing inappropriate materials from their sites.

If social media providers did they're job properly, there's be no need for this.

I thought that sites like Instagram already had the ability to set up children accounts that don't have full access to their content?

13 hours ago, CornwallFox said:

I cannot overstate how much I hate the backwards t shirts trend. Put the design on the front.

It's not a trend, it's a surf culture thing that's been going on for decades and you've only just noticed it.

Weird Fish t-shirts have been around since the early 90s and personally I love them - good quality, comfortable, last for years - though they're far from the only company that do that. Quiksilver, Rip Curl and others do.

So they won't let Somali referee Omar Artan into the country, but will allow RVN, despite his terror crimes.

1 minute ago, Samilktray said:

Bloody hell this is dark for a pleasant Sunday evening 

I didn't say it had to be a big bomb. Maybe just blow glitter all over the place. A big gay bomb.

2 minutes ago, 21st Century Fox said:

Does Michael Lamey mean nothing to you?!

He's not as good as Sergio Hellings.

10 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Only the septics could sponsor a ten second count down at the start of a game of sport. 

 

Some terrorist organisation should put a bomb in the starting match ball.

Backing Japan due to our Shinji and Yuki links, as opposed to our Dutch links of Mark de Vries and RVN.

40 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

Though, to be fair, us Celts were here before them, anyway - our ancestors were mainly pushed across the Irish Sea by the Romans, I think? 

 

The name Wales comes from an Old English word meaning, "foreigner."

34 minutes ago, MrsJohnMurphy said:

Love a cerveza especially this stuff

 

Never had one I like.