Holmes_and_Watson

It's not uncommon for matches to be replayed, where it's not gone past half time. The Dutch FA may not have rules like Afcon's article 82. They might have balanced the second half non-appearance against potential abusive comments, looked at when the match stopped and felt a replay was the best outcome. That the opponents were from a rough neighbourhood, doesn't mean it didn't happen. Who knows what was said in a brawl? We know only too well that the most liberal, world saviours, can turn out to be racists. So, being a good guy can only go so far. Perhaps, he didn't hear it, but it happened. On the other hand, the opponents could have been cynically playing the race card to get away with being a man and a goal down. That's not known for sure. Play the replay. Don't get goaded. Beat them, and move on.

Try not to imagine the nightlight as a floodlight. Beneath which, Baz is trying to pick out the flight of a ball. 🙂

I, for one, will be welcoming our number one 'keeper back next season, if we don't go up. Sadly Ramsdale will want PL, and Peretz loan may not be permanent, due to us having to watch our budget. I'm sure it will all still be "fine". 🙂

It's sad that racial abuse, both real and fictional, seems to be on the rise. Also, did the Dutch FA not follow AFCON? Something racially unpleasant where a former colonial power has different rules, for walking off the pitch, to the rules followed in Africa. #article82

Or just pop into your nearest mini mart and get pretty much whatever you want. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62l429w2pko

This new broom couldn't even sweep things under a rug. Now, it's had to be given away as part of an unfair dismissal settlement. The cabinet aren't doing themselves any favours. Swearing loyalty when Sarwar said he should go. Sniping, briefing and backstabbing. Just waiting until the elections to bring those knives out. Not that Starmer and McSweeney (or many predecessors from any party) did any differently on their way to the top.

I thought he was on his way, but Winks apparently has another year to go there.

Leave means leave! 🙂

Comedy

It gets creepy very quickly.

Except HMRC.

The club don't help themselves. "As the club works to bring stability to the head coach position, we will undertake a process of self-reflection to make the right long-term appointment," Pretending they are going to Tibet on a self reflection retreat is just the sort of nonsense that got philosophy managers like Potter and Rosenior hired in the first place. The Beeb reporting that the interim manager is in place for a mysterious length of time. "Calum McFarlane will take over as interim manager until the season of the season." Rosenior will now be appearing in Oliver Twist, where he also runs an establishment with 100s of kids on life time contracts.

Sadly, when I asked my workplace if I could emulate the grown ups in Labour, they said I'd be fired for violating the gift and hospitality procedure. And that was Day 1 Minute 1 of their time in office.

Relegation

That he's clung on this far, sacking as many as he has, would indicate he's not going anywhere. Behind the scenes, the playground is being split up into little gangs, briefing and sniping at both Starmer and their rivals. If the elections are dismal, there will be more of the same. All building up to a vote against the leader and a pitched battle within the party. Not just on personality but on ideology, based on the various purges between center and left.