Smiley Culture

We’ll all be appalled that this is happening so much again, we’ll condemn these idiots but we’ll carry on. Nothing will change and then, again, in a month or so’s time when it happens again, we’ll go back to being appalled, we’ll condemn it and then we’ll carry on. Whilst we allow the cycle to continue, change isn’t happening. All these empty gestures haven’t changed and will continue to change nothing. 

This generation of footballers will be in wheelchairs by 50 at this rate. 

54 minutes ago, Cazza said:

The FA have a binding contract with the Stadium to play home internationals and cup finals there to pay for the cost of construction. Otherwise everyone would agree and that many stadiums are bigger nowadays.

Since my post that you’ve dragged up from 2017, England have played home Internationals away from Wembley at Leicester, Southampton and Elland Road and had been due to play Romania (IIRC) at Aston Villa before the Euros were due to start in 2020. Taking Internationals around the country has worked quite well, from what I’ve read. 

1 hour ago, Lucas said:

I watched The Pembrokeshire Murders, caught up with it on ITV from last week. Really gripping watch and a true story.

Only 3 Episodes but absorbing details given the story. I like these cold case style stories. Luke Evans and Keith Allen were brilliant in their roles as detective and serial killer. 

Worth a watch I'd say if you've an afternoon spare.

I liked it. It wasn’t as good as Des, I thought. That was excellent. 

FIFA would be cutting their nose off to spite their face by banning the best players from any future World Cup and we’ve seen how dodgy FIFA are in the past, so they’d cave and count their money. Not that their stance isn’t correct, by distancing themselves from this idea. 

I think it’s completely normal to expect something from a side that spend £200m+ in a summer to compliment a good existing playing squad. 

16 minutes ago, The Artful Dodger said:

Saka looks a real gem, need to make sure Arsenal rise with him otherwise he'll be getting offers.

They’ll sell him. It’s what they do.

Girlfriends Dad died on Thursday night, barely six months after finding out he even had cancer. Fifty years old. 

Explosives found now. This is crazy. 

Boris Johnson is a cock. That is all. 

Had a £4.03 double on Buckie Thistle (v Albion) and Linlithgow Rose (v Brechin) in the Scottish Cup. It should have returned £56.75 but I cashed out for £41 because Linlithgow had twice been behind and it was 3-2. 

I also dabble on the Betfair Exchange, primarily laying the draw or laying teams, so ended up about £12 up laying the draw at Dunfermline v Arbroath and Carlisle v Bolton. 

Watching The Law Man on Sky Documentaries while I’m trying to wrap presents. Very good so far. 

Another announcement at five. Can’t wait for what shithousery this bunch of shithouses are going to throw upon us next. 

With large parts of the south east and London in Tier 4, I think it’s inevitable that non-league football round here gets voided. I can’t see clubs wanting to carry on in Tier 3 or 4 round here, though the headache this creates if big parts of the North are in Tier 2 and continuing to play is pretty big. 

The disappointing aspect out of all of this is Johnson is still in a job. The contempt shown towards human life in order to keep the wheels of the economy going has been sickening. 

I’ll be visiting my Mrs’ parents. I’m not going to deny her a last Christmas with her Dad. 

Cannot wait for the day Johnson is dead. 

Gutted. 

If I was one of these old bastards getting the virus, I’d be holding my ear every so often and going “what’s that, I can’t hear you?” to wind up all the fucking idiots that think a chip has been inserted into them. 

Reeks of PSG, which would be a match made in heaven between those bastards. 

8 minutes ago, LFCMike said:

Which is why it'll never work. It's certainly an incident that VAR shouldn't be getting involved in either way

That’s football finished then, too, isn’t it?

1 minute ago, LFCMike said:

There was a penalty given for literally the same thing last week though

There’s variables though. As well as it not being a penalty at all. 

Fucking hell, that’s clutching at straws. Good excuse to dig out VAR though. 

Matchday referees judging offsides without any help would result in games lasting hours upon hours and people would whinge that a ninety minute game takes four hours to complete. 

1 hour ago, Rick said:

You’re missing out the obvious part pal. 

If you’re offside, you’re offside. Regardless of by how much. You simply can’t have tolerance on some offences but not others because there’s been a nice goal scored at the end of it. It makes a mockery of the game, the laws and VAR. 

20 minutes ago, Rick said:

VAR was also brought in to fix clear and obvious errors. Not seeing Salah or any player being 1mm offside isn’t a clear error by the referees on the pitch. It’s farcical. 

Being offside is a clear error pal.