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  1. Yeah but there's something to be said about having a good keeper behind a defense, the keeper isn't just an important player because they keep goals out, they're generally a leader and organiser of the defense (in fact, I'd argue we've struggled when we've had keepers that are only good shot stoppers at worse clubs but don't have those leadership qualities once they make the step up to us). I think even a good defense is likely to concede goals when they've got someone they don't trust to not make mistakes behind them - and even if a mistake happens, a good keeper has the trust of his defense that a one off mistake is just a one off mistake. I agree it's a reflection of the defensive unit. But Pickford's a big part of that defensive unit, despite having made some high profile errors this season he's obviously still been a good player for Everton. I've heard some whoppers (my Evertonian cousin, for one) say some shite about how Pickford should have been dropped for a spell this season and how maybe being the England keeper has gotten to him mentally. And that's just ridiculous. Yes, he's under more scrutiny now because he's the England keeper. That's what happens when you're the England keeper, unfortunately. But he can't be dropped at the first sign of struggle under this pressure, and I think he's done well this season to bounce back from moments of hotheadedness and strange errors - those stats don't indicate that he's suddenly a poor keeper. They indicate he's a good keeper that's had a few shit moments this season - which happens to players sometimes, things aren't always smooth sailing. Especially when you're at a club that's under going a transitional season after a few seasons of botched transitional seasons. He's never going to learn to deal with the pressure if he doesn't get a chance to deal with the pressure. So it's a good thing for Pickford and Everton that Silva isn't an idiot like my cousin. It's a transitional season, there's going to be poor moments, but there's still plenty to be positive about with Everton. Likewise it's good for Everton that Silva seems to have weathered the storm after Everton's loss of form compared to earlier in the season, where he was looking like he was under real pressure because his side in transition wasn't immediately great. Those early calls for him to get sacked were mental and the last thing Everton need right now is instability.
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  2. To be fair that would work out just fine if I were the hiring manager
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  3. Unbreakable is a movie from the 2000, and Split is in a way a sequel. While Glass came out this year and he is a direct sequel to Split.
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  5. Yep, I think it was for the second Antman movie, if I am not wrong. How can not like that and find this movie fun@True Blue
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  6. Should be right @MUFC's alley...
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  7. An 'exhausted' polar bear turned up in a Russian village 434 miles from its home Susanna Heller A polar bear has ended up pretty far from home - and he's giving locals quite the spook. This week, the estimated 2-year-old bear was spotted in the Russian village of Tilichiki on the country's Kamchatka Peninsula. The bear has been seen roaming around the village, which is 434 miles from his home in Chukotka, CNN reports. Experts think the bear travelled such a far way by drifting there on an ice floe. The bear "is exhausted, not aggressive," Alina Ukolova, who saw the bear, told CNN. Those who have seen the bear have reportedly welcomed the bear to the neighbourhood by feeding it fish. This, evidently, helped. "Today it felt better and went hunting," Ukolova said. Experts say the bear, who at this stage in development would typically be near its mother, ended up in Tilichiki because of climate change. "Due to climate change, the Arctic is getting warmer, hunting environment gets smaller and less convenient," Vladimir Chuprov of Greenpeace told the Associated Press. "The ice is receding, and polar bears look for new ways to survive. And the easiest way is coming to people." A plan has been set in motion to execute a rescue mission this week. Authorities in Kamchatka are mobilized to sedate the bear and airlift it back to Chukotka, according to the AP. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/an-exhausted-polar-bear-turned-up-in-a-russian-village-434-miles-from-its-home/ar-BBW5Ufs?item=personalization_enabled:false
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  8. That substitution in a nutshell
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  9. This man died yesterday. Despite weighing little more than 6 stone, using a colostomy bag, and being almost unable to walk, he was determined by the Department of Work and Pensions to be completely fit for work (he scored nothing on any indicator of disability used by the DWP), and so instead of the roughly £120 a week he was probably entitled to, he had to live on £70 a week, whilst attending weekly job counselling and presenting evidence that he was job seeking. He had to discharge himself from hospital to go to court for his appeal, where a judge took one look at him and decided the DWP was obviously wrong. There is no economic necessity behind this, and it isn't a freak occurrence - it happens daily up and down the country and only some of the cases get picked up on by advice services who can take it to court. We are one of the richest countries in the world, but our benefits system has been designed to terrorise and humiliate the sick and needy, and even those on the brink of death. The next time somebody complains about "handouts" and "scroungers" - this cruelty is the result of those words.
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