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Been watching the Missing on bbc and was looking forward to the denouement tonight as live but herself has had to go out and won't be in until too late to watch it.
FFS!
Its going to be very difficult to avoid spoilers. I have a few theories but she is usually much better than me at sorting these things out.
Extremely conflicted. It doesn't feel right not to be behind him after such a short period since last season. I don't think it's fair to completely undermine last seasons success with the Suarez answer. He did some extremely good stuff, Suarez has since given a very insightful interview about working with him which is full of praise. The tiny squad shouldn't be forgotten. His setup in the midfield with Gerrard and the hard working runners ahead and the high pressing attack all of which while Suarez helped hugely did also look extremely well coached. The problem is that it's hard to watch the defensive problems continue this season without being addressed and wonder if we could have put a few little things right at the back how much it might have helped? I'm far from an expert on defensive positioning etc but the piece Carra/Neville did the other night seems to point out things which look so ridiculously easy to sort if you're seeing them as a manager. It looks like we don't analyse or work with the defense at all in terms of how to operate as a unit or how they can improve on what they're doing wrong.
I think it's the unknown in my head of how much praise he truly deserves for last season that means I feel in limbo about how much credit he should be extended. The faith in him though definitely feels more in hope than belief. Each passing game erodes that faith to the point when Jones was picked in the goals at the weekend it felt like the end. The fact he has come out since and said Jones will be the keeper for the foreseeable future I find mind-boggling. Personally I would have more faith in Ward or Fulton from the youth teams. Then we have all the leaks about the committee from certain journalists which make it clear Jones is a political football. Those power games didn't end well for Rafa who surely had far more credit in the bank.
I guess things have now built to a stage where it's almost impossible to defend what is going on. Less points than Hodgson at the same stage in the season. Constantly playing players who under perform while seemingly freezing out committee buys. Johnson is a special case that deserves particular mention as how he remains in the team is just unfathomable on any level I can grasp. His lack of ability to not only fix but it seems even identify defensive problems. The seemingly growing unrest within the dressing room. His infighting with the committee. His lack of integration of new players. The transfers in general, whatever way you want to swing it he keeps saying the buck stops with him and the club have spent a fortune under him. Results? Performances? I am probably even leaving a load of stuff out things are such a mess at the moment.
I fucking hate the situation though because I really don't want another manager and to start all over again. I think the squad has plenty of potential with a decent mix of youth/experience but certainly it's really lacking top level players in their prime or about to enter it like Sturridge. I was hoping we would have enough for a top four challenge this season and then next window instead of adding numbers to fill a squad like this year you target those really top level players to improve the first 11. The squad will also naturally mature over the coming years with players like Sterling/Coutinho only going to get better. I would love nothing more than with that squad profile to see a young manager like Rodgers grow with the team and get back to playing the type of football we seen last season.
For all the faults I point out above I have this nagging feeling that a really great coach exists within Rodgers. The problem is that being so young I'm not sure he can currently see the wood for the trees in what needs to be done to turn things around. That experience may come with time but right now people at Liverpool should be trying to talk him through this as he looks to have lost the head. If he added a strong number two as a defensive coach, stopped playing politics (pick the best players) and came to an agreement about transfers going forward he would have a chance of riding his out. None of that will happen though, so while all the problems remain and he compounds them by picking the likes of Jones while freezing out other players he's digging his own grave as he simply won't be able to turn the results around which will ultimately see him sacked.
Gran canaria. 400 for 6 nights for an apt on air bnb and another 400 for flights including baggage and exit row seats for both of us. Prices jump up next week from what I saw but good value this week I thought.
Loving Air bnb btw. The guy letting to us had food, drinks and snacks to welcome us on Saturday night. Also Berlin last month was fantastic value and really excellent. Its going to be my first port of call in the future.
‘IF YOU had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” Genghis Khan
Walked out of The Hobbit after an hour. Utter dross, dunno what I was expecting tbh.
Just home from it and thoroughly enjoyed it, I took the kids and they loved it too. They now want to re watch the Lord of The Rings as it was a good few years ago they seen that and now it will make more sense.
Extremely conflicted. It doesn't feel right not to be behind him after such a short period since last season. I don't think it's fair to completely undermine last seasons success with the Suarez answer. He did some extremely good stuff, Suarez has since given a very insightful interview about working with him which is full of praise. The tiny squad shouldn't be forgotten. His setup in the midfield with Gerrard and the hard working runners ahead and the high pressing attack all of which while Suarez helped hugely did also look extremely well coached. The problem is that it's hard to watch the defensive problems continue this season without being addressed and wonder if we could have put a few little things right at the back how much it might have helped? I'm far from an expert on defensive positioning etc but the piece Carra/Neville did the other night seems to point out things which look so ridiculously easy to sort if you're seeing them as a manager. It looks like we don't analyse or work with the defense at all in terms of how to operate as a unit or how they can improve on what they're doing wrong.
I think it's the unknown in my head of how much praise he truly deserves for last season that means I feel in limbo about how much credit he should be extended. The faith in him though definitely feels more in hope than belief. Each passing game erodes that faith to the point when Jones was picked in the goals at the weekend it felt like the end. The fact he has come out since and said Jones will be the keeper for the foreseeable future I find mind-boggling. Personally I would have more faith in Ward or Fulton from the youth teams. Then we have all the leaks about the committee from certain journalists which make it clear Jones is a political football. Those power games didn't end well for Rafa who surely had far more credit in the bank.
I guess things have now built to a stage where it's almost impossible to defend what is going on. Less points than Hodgson at the same stage in the season. Constantly playing players who under perform while seemingly freezing out committee buys. Johnson is a special case that deserves particular mention as how he remains in the team is just unfathomable on any level I can grasp. His lack of ability to not only fix but it seems even identify defensive problems. The seemingly growing unrest within the dressing room. His infighting with the committee. His lack of integration of new players. The transfers in general, whatever way you want to swing it he keeps saying the buck stops with him and the club have spent a fortune under him. Results? Performances? I am probably even leaving a load of stuff out things are such a mess at the moment.
I fucking hate the situation though because I really don't want another manager and to start all over again. I think the squad has plenty of potential with a decent mix of youth/experience but certainly it's really lacking top level players in their prime or about to enter it like Sturridge. I was hoping we would have enough for a top four challenge this season and then next window instead of adding numbers to fill a squad like this year you target those really top level players to improve the first 11. The squad will also naturally mature over the coming years with players like Sterling/Coutinho only going to get better. I would love nothing more than with that squad profile to see a young manager like Rodgers grow with the team and get back to playing the type of football we seen last season.
For all the faults I point out above I have this nagging feeling that a really great coach exists within Rodgers. The problem is that being so young I'm not sure he can currently see the wood for the trees in what needs to be done to turn things around. That experience may come with time but right now people at Liverpool should be trying to talk him through this as he looks to have lost the head. If he added a strong number two as a defensive coach, stopped playing politics (pick the best players) and came to an agreement about transfers going forward he would have a chance of riding his out. None of that will happen though, so while all the problems remain and he compounds them by picking the likes of Jones while freezing out other players he's digging his own grave as he simply won't be able to turn the results around which will ultimately see him sacked.
Opr
Great post. Yeah, if he sticks with Jones, he wont last a month. Lads on mot2 showed just how bad he is, even if seemingly he wasnt at fault.
In Strewelpeter style, I am extremely busy with some mysterious and unspecified things but I will certainly get around to this important task at some indeterminate time.
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I'd advise nobody to waste an hour of their lives watching this. Possibly the worst episode of TV poker i've ever seen.
Have this recorded and haven't watched it yet, but have actually been enjoying the recent episodes of it after the initial shitness. Could do with showing more hands and having less shite talk about the cage, but it's been reasonably entertaining.
Have this recorded and haven't watched it yet, but have actually been enjoying the recent episodes of it after the initial shitness. Could do with showing more hands and having less shite talk about the cage, but it's been reasonably entertaining.
I agree 100%. It's got a lot better after the first couple of weeks and the episode with Miss Finland in it was very good (especially that bluff she made) and the week before with Mike Tindall/Timex etc was just full of great banter and very entertaining, but trust me, this week it's horrific, but no point stopping now if you've come this far!
Highlight of it though..
SPOILER
That online qualifier playing his JJ terrible and running into AA, then call/folding with 5bb just after and then just crying until he bust. Good riddance you annoying prick.
@ Flushdraw, handiest route to Letterkenny these days by car?
Take Exit 14 for Ardee/Derry (i'm sure) from the motorway and just follow signs for Derry. Plenty of long straights following signs for Derry all the way because you won't see Letterkenny signs for a while (think there'll be a new road since the last time you were up this direction)
After ~2 hours, you'll start seeing signs/go through Emyvale, Aughnacloy, Omagh (less than an hour away) an then you're heading for Strabane/Lifford and onto Letterkenny.
Take Exit 14 for Ardee/Derry (i'm sure) from the motorway and just follow signs for Derry. Plenty of long straights following signs for Derry all the way because you won't see Letterkenny signs for a while (think there'll be a new road since the last time you were up this direction)
After ~2 hours, you'll start seeing signs/go through Emyvale, Aughnacloy, Omagh (less than an hour away) an then you're heading for Strabane/Lifford and onto Letterkenny.
When are you up, business or pleasure?
Cheers. Wedding so up for Fri/Sat night (in Ballybofey but church in Letterkenny)
Have 4 tickets for sale for Damien Dempsey in Vicar St on Friday (€120/Cost Price)
Support by Lethal Dialect.
I have the physical tickets so price assuming i can meet you somewhere reasonable in the next 2 days, if you can collect in portlaoise would let them go cheaper.
This is a good one. Timely considering the nutjobs who were invited to speak in the house of lords last week on the same subject, basically claiming it would be perfectly ok for people to be guilty until proven innocent for certain crimes. Even the Grauniad can't get behind that lot.
"I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
This is a good one. Timely considering the nutjobs who were invited to speak in the house of lords last week on the same subject, basically claiming it would be perfectly ok for people to be guilty until proven innocent for certain crimes. Even the Grauniad can't get behind that lot.
Zealots, no matter the cause, are usually to be avoided.
Cheers. Wedding so up for Fri/Sat night (in Ballybofey but church in Letterkenny)
Nice one. There's only really 2 churches up here, so i'd imagine it's Saint Eunan's which you can't miss because you'll see the spire, but parking is trickier. I'm not even at the weekend to gatecrash for a quick pint!
I agree 100%. It's got a lot better after the first couple of weeks and the episode with Miss Finland in it was very good (especially that bluff she made) and the week before with Mike Tindall/Timex etc was just full of great banter and very entertaining, but trust me, this week it's horrific, but no point stopping now if you've come this far!
Highlight of it though..
SPOILER
That online qualifier playing his JJ terrible and running into AA, then call/folding with 5bb just after and then just crying until he bust. Good riddance you annoying prick.
I thought Victoria Corens fabulous green dress was my highlight.
Nice one. There's only really 2 churches up here, so i'd imagine it's Saint Eunan's which you can't miss because you'll see the spire, but parking is trickier. I'm not even at the weekend to gatecrash for a quick pint!
We got parking right outside the church no bother when I was there for a wedding a couple of months ago.
90 yoyos to see a few guys on their retirement tour, mad Ted.
I think they started at €92.50, add TM fee onto that and takes it up to a ton, and seated is more expensive again! Crazy prices and sold out in 20mins. What recession?
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Also there's no chance that wasn't written by a pr lackey. Every bit of it screams pr stunt as opposed to genuine letter
Probably wouldn't have put as much detail into the initial meeting outside the building (including describing himself) and the subsequent conversation if it hadn't happened.
I believe it anyway (and its nothing to do with my hatred of Russell Brand. No siree bob, nothing at all).
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Its just the finesse of the message that doesn't ring right
A man who works in a bank displays a basic understanding of how the banking industry works plus a few elements of taxation. He is also eloquent and can tell a joke. This is evidence of a conspiracy to you?
"I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
Probably wouldn't have put as much detail into the initial meeting outside the building (including describing himself) and the subsequent conversation if it hadn't happened.
I believe it anyway (and its nothing to do with my hatred of Russell Brand. No siree bob, nothing at all).
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One interesting thing that did happen (for anyone following my French travails - I would imagine its a dwindling group); logged into the bank account this morning to see the balance had swelled from €0 to €12,000. Owe half that to someone else, but still a rather positive message to log into.
Anyone have any tips on how not to get raped by vodafone for using your phone in the states, for data in particular, won't be making calls or texting too much
Anyone have any tips on how not to get raped by vodafone for using your phone in the states, for data in particular, won't be making calls or texting too much
Prepaid sim over there probably your best bet. They are much better about supporting GSM these days.
"I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
Anyone have any tips on how not to get raped by vodafone for using your phone in the states, for data in particular, won't be making calls or texting too much
...if your in Bill pay, and using any of the Red price plans which I think everyone has...Then text Red to 50020....it'll cost 2:99 per day for 200mb of data, and a couple of hundred minutes talk/ text...and the days that you don't do any roaming then it doesn't kick in...
Well, I was wrong.
I made several predictions here, and I was wrong about some things and right about others. I'm obviously just trying to salvage some vestige of self-respect there. I was quite clearly very very wrong about the only thing that mattered:
There has never for one moment been any doubt in my mind that Scotland will vote to leave. ... I never trusted the opinion polls that showed that No would win, and I don't trust the latest polls that show that Yes will win, despite their happening to be right by sheer luck. Obviously Scotland will vote to be an independent country.
Ooooooops.
I'm actually less shamed by being wrong about that than I am by being right about this:
Some of you may remember the 1992 general election. I do. ... What was interesting about it was the stark difference between the predicted result and the actual result. I mean, yeah, sure, predictions are often a bit wrong. But in 1992, they were staggeringly wrong.
See, it turns out I was right to compare the Scottish Referendum to the 1992 General Election. The analogues with the results and the possible reasons for them — the infamous Shy Tory Vote — are striking. Thing is, I managed to get that bit right and then still draw completely the wrong conclusion from it. Being wrong based on just being plain old wrong is one thing. Being wrong based on making what turns out to be exactly the right insight is embarrassing.
Which is the other thing I was right about:
Course, if I'm wrong, this post is going to look as embarrassing as that celebratory Labour footage.
For an excellent post-election analysis of what happened and why, read Ray's blog, not mine:
The Yes team knew that 16.7% of the Scottish electorate was willing to vote Conservative at the last General Election. What they perhaps hadn’t considered was the fact that these people consistently voted Conservative in the full knowledge that, in a 'first-past-the-post' system, they had absolutely no chance of winning. That’s quite a significant statement to make, one that should perhaps have made the Yes team consider the possibility that even more people might have voted Conservative if they felt they had a chance of getting representation. And what the Yes team didn’t know they didn’t know was just how many of those newly-registered referendum voters might naturally be inclined to take a conservative (small c) option on such a contentious issue as the break-up of the United Kingdom.
I should have figured that out. But I didn't. What a fuckwit.
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