Holmes_and_Watson

And there was me with doubts about the appearance of another fringe party. Oh for the days where not even widespread cholera stopped children from doing double shifts down the mines.

Thread

That's a plus Mrs SOG is still there, after being blamed for getting a racially motivated attack on a car wrong, and getting CPS things muddled. A relationship that lasts through hardships (and endless perseverance on her part) just in time for Valentine's Day.

I think he got a little carried away at brunch today. Quite the tirade of nonsense.

Nearly looks like a Devo hat! Um, and...politics and stuff...um...

As Christophe said, the VA goal game in stoppage time. Where VA could step up to the tempo of Rouen last week, they've shown often enough they're happy down that tempo for anyone else. VA had one press early on, to tick it off their checklist. Then it was a succession of picking out side and back passes, despite now having a front three to work towards. Playing like that, it came as a shock when Briochin played vertically. The VA defence struggled to counter such a cunning, direct tactic, and were promptly behind. 2-0 at half time was merciful. It could have been more, had the visitor's final decision been better. Simple work from a front 2 that stuck to a plan. Too much for VA to handle. VA's passing was as poor as their link up play. By virtue of being the busiest, Courtet stood out for having a poor game. His misplaced pass, led to the second goal. There were boos when he got subbed. But he was very busy trying too hard today. He wasn't alone. There was some very poor moments from VA, including the worst corner I've seen for a while. 2 half time subs gave VA a bit of purpose early in the second half. El Hadary could have got one back had he not decided to take a touch, instead of a first time effort. VA had more efforts to get back into it. It's not as if the Briochin keeper was hanging on. It became a bit more desperate, having not got into gear in the first 45. Last time needed to be a benchmark of the tempo they would need to have as winners. There was none of that tonight, despite a settled formation and squad.

My cat is told how much he's loved every day. So I'm not falling for that. 🙂

I'm sorry. I'm trying out SOG's colour blindness technique, and other than some interesting films, I'm not sure of the point of your post. 🙂

Tea

Dyche available.

From Beeb... " I mean, the population of the UK was 58 million in 2020, now it's 70 million. That's 12 million people." However, data from the Office for National Statistics estimates, external that the UK's population in mid-2025 was 69.4 million, compared with 66.7 million in mid-2020. So, he's not far off the current population. He's out a fair bit on 2020. But would only have to go back a bit to make the same points. Considering all the other, far more objectionable things he said, calling him out on the figures seems odd. I'd have thought Starmer would be better served trying to recall how many others with links to child abuse he's endorsed, rather than try and deflect onto someone sharing his views.

In one of my local, far from league football games, our 'keeper blindly passed out from a pass back. Had he looked, and hit the ball more than half way, he'd have noticed his full back taking a drink and finishing a chat with the manager. Needless to say, it got intercepted, they scored and we lost the game. That was a few seasons back, and none of those involved, including the manager, were long for the club. One of the most infuriating goals I've watched. So like us to sign the professional equivalent.

Desperate to show that race never enters his head, SOG falls straight into the colourblindness is racism trap. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culturally-speaking/201112/colorblind-ideology-is-form-racism Embrace multiculturalism SOG, instead of worrying over which bandwagon to jump on.

I'm all for a trial run this season, extending right down to wherever we finish. Then dump it for future seasons (unless we're outside the top 6 again). 🙂 I don't think I was in favour of the play-offs in the first place. Get promoted, on merit, in third!

I was worried his wheezing was the onset of respiratory failure. Imagine your last moments are being a sulky moron on TikTok.