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If he's been told he's getting lots of game time, the forward position will be shared between him and Stewart. The SR smokescreen has the same player behind it, as there is in front of it. 🙂

I don't think Stenson can believe it went in either. 🙂

Another good game. Stenson having to make a close range block at 2-1, a few minutes from the end, showed both sides had good spells. Good performances right across the side, to minimise Palace's chances ( 5 wins in a row) Brazil had another special game. But a nod to Primus. She was taking up lots of good positions, broke up and created moves, and could really have received a lot more passes int shooting distance than she got.

Gateau

That would explain SOG's "hardly the crime of the century" and "relatively trivial" views regarding Edwards.

The rumour is that Doris is holding out for a deadline day move to Bistro FC.

Eggs & Co: The uninspiring, and rather stationary, forerunners to Top of the Pops' Legs & Co. "The fame got to them all. Eggs & Co were out getting smashed every night." - from Mike Read's Autobiography "Some of us at TotP weren't abusers.

Yes, but are they illegally in the US? That 5 year old looked just like what I'd expect a Columbian drug lord to look like too. 🙂

Amazingly, both coffee break and the paper clip crisis were both solved by a secretary expressing milk. No connection you say? Well, that's the complex world of solving knife crime and sexual assaults for you. And filing.

"When SOG said he was bringing all his friends to school, I thought I'd be getting loads of dog treats. But it turned out they were all imaginary. We couldn't wait to leave school and leave him and his virtue signaling behind." From Shep: My School Days.

As each of the others shares their anecdotes of "Out of a group of my old school friends who failed their 11 plus", they pause. "Of course, it didn't work out for all of us. One of us ended up as a pious imbecile, with fixations against Jewish people and anyone on the right." Worst play park in the universe: SOGWorld.

SR hire soft drink swilling rugby players on deadline day. "It's even more left field than getting Woodward in," shouted Rasmus, booking luxury trips to convince tennis players to join in the next summer window.

World

VA fail to find the gear to drive to success. VA motor to towards the foot of the table. Taxi for SR! Oh, the motor puns are all there to celebrate Toyota's links with the club. VA came out brightly enough in the second half. Abi managed a couple of touches, to get it under control through on goal only to put it wide. El Hadary took an extra touch before shooting, where an earlier effort looked more likely. At the other end Orleans found themselves through on goal, a good dribble through the defence going wide. The game began to dip after that. Moulin brought on 3 subs on 65 and another 2 on 75. An Abi effort is the only thing that comes to mind. VA have struggled to look coherent with the basics this season. It's no surprise that they always look worse when they chase the game, and have too many attackers on. Our Rento was one of those coming on in the 75th minute. His effort was put off by Abi being in close proximity. The longer it went, you could see it weighing on the players. They're all too familiar with this. With VA pushing up, Orleans had a couple of breaks, but couldn't take advantage of any of them. They preferred to manage the game by milking each foul and goal kick. This always infuriates Courtet, so often trying to get VA back into a game. So, he picked up a yellow again for that. Big boos at half time, and more boos at full time. A broader picture is that VA had chances to win it, only to be undone by another defensive blunder. There were positives. But clutching at them, considering VA's resources, doesn't reflect well on SR.