Maximus Decimus
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8 hours ago, 17 stone giant said:
Went to Jags v Bills in 2016(?).
I'm pleased to have done it, but I didn't come away with any desperation to go again. Not saying I wouldn't, but I'm quite happy just watching on TV.
I was just talking to my mate, who said something similar. He said one thing that struck him was the number of people who basically had no clue what was going on but had gone for the experience.
I'm just surprised there are that many people like this that they easily sell out multiple games a year with high demand. You'd think that once the novelty wore off, they struggle to sell for some of the lesser teams.
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8 hours ago, 17 stone giant said:
I'm perfectly happy being both English and British.
I love supporting England at football, cricket, rugby union, etc.
In rugby league I'm absolutely fine with England, but I would prefer a Great Britain team, partly because of history and nostalgia (the contribution of players like Jonathan Davies), but also because I don't think Scotland and Wales are currently able to offer very much.
I'd rather see the rare great player from those countries (e.g. Regan Grace) have the opportunity to represent GB.
Over the years I've got more used to it, but I still preferred the days when we were GB. I'm sure it's partly because of what I grew up with.
The RFL however, did a great job of completely killing it off a few years ago.
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8 hours ago, gingerjon said:
Those two posts read as more aggressive than I mean them to. Several decades listening to weirdo Welsh nationalists and the like pretending that they and Scottish Highlanders are a single pure culture will do that to you.
I completely get what you're getting at amd agree about it being an invented term. I'm not really meaning culturally close to them, more about how we've been historically treated.
The book I was talking about makes the point that the whole Tory/Labour split is largely along these lines. London aside, it falls along these lines of largely the North + Celts being Labour and the South being Tory.
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Just now, gingerjon said:
Celts is a word invented by non Celts to describe a people who have never been united politically, culturally or linguistically.
I'm well aware of that, but it's easier than saying 'Scots, Welsh and Irish.'
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7 hours ago, Damien said:
I think Northerners are patriotic in a different way. I certainly think some London and the South East are wrapped up in a sort of patriotism that people elsewhere don't really relate to as much of that is London centric, all the Royal family and London symbols type stuff.
For me there is also a difference between English and British patriotism too and one doesn't necessarily mean you feel the other. I feel much more English than British and don't really feel the whole British flags, bunting and cups of tea in a quaint Southern town vibe.
I'm the opposite (apart from the bunting).
I've always preferred to call myself British than English. As a northerner, we have more in common with the celts than the southern English.
I can remember when the Scottish referendum was happening, I felt like if Yes had won it was taking away something of my identity. Presuming it would've meant the end of the UK, I really didn't like the idea that 'England' would be my state.
The England football team is the only really English patriotic thing that I get fully on-board with. I was gutted when GBRL became England RL but I obviously support them.
If I'm honest with myself, I'm not sure how much my thoughts are affected by not supporting England RU and even for a long time seeing them as the enemy. They are literally the team of the English establishment, and as such I have negative connotations with that type of England.
Somewhat contradictarily, I have very little time for the whole 'Scouse not English' thing that you see in Liverpool now, and see it as a bit silly.
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37 minutes ago, Irish Saint said:
Bears will have an undrafted rookie at quarterback as Justin Fields has a thumb injury. Jimmy G also injured and will not be the quarterback for the Raiders.
I know, it's gonna be a classic
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So my first and maybe only ever NFL game is this weekend, at the 1-5 Chiacgo Bears in a game tipped to be one for the purists.
I couldn't care less, and am hoping to see Chicago's first win in over a year.
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Less IMO.
I've not long finished a Short History of England and it is very good at making the argument that what we call England has always really meant the South of England.
Until relatively recently, the North was pretty rebellious. There is bound to be some hangover to that.
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38 minutes ago, GeordieSaint said:
A fix MD?
I actually thought the result was about right.
It was dreadful fare, and Fury is no professional boxer but after the first round, he did all the chasing and landed the better shots. KSI just clinched after every interaction.
I think a lot of people think a deduction meant a 10-8 round for KSI when it didn't. Even with it, Fury only had to win 4 rounds and he probably did at least that.
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Now deducted a point. Might need a KO already.
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KSI taking the first round against 'professional boxer' Tommy Fury.
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1 hour ago, phiggins said:
The main issue is that is has been neglected for 20 years. Now fans are sat in crammed seats under a leaking roof.
It’s a dump, and at the moment we’re accepting it because it a a big, familiar dump.
I think a dump is extremely strong language. Compared to Tottenham it is certainly dated, but it's better than the likes of Elland Rd or Goodison. I've also been Man City and Liverpool and much prefer OT.
The best thing about the GF is that it is largely populated by RL fans which is in no small part due to its location. Maybe it could've been held in Cardiff with a bigger crowd but it would be far more people with a passing interest or a curiosity.
The CC final fills that role IMO. Frankly, there just isn't anywhere in the North big enough to fill the role of the GF. If we're to believe talk of near 60k, then had Saints won we might be talking a sellout.
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7 minutes ago, Dave T said:
At some stage a tough decision will need to be made about Old Trafford. There is an argument maybe it should already have been made.
It doesn't offer a great fan experience, inside or outside, although there is a fair argument that as a one off it can be lived with.
I do think there is a good argument that factors like access, surrounding area, pitch size, comfort, fanzone etc. should be given higher priority than capacity.
It's an interesting question. It has a lot going for it in my opinion: the location is ideal for a sport based around Yorkshire and what was Lancashire: the capacity is about perfect; there is the history of all non-covid SL Grand Finals as well as previously the playoffs and finally it is a stadium that looks pretty good when it doesn't sellout. If there's 55k there tomorrow, it won't be the first thing anybody sees on TV. Contrast that completely with Wembley and say 70k.
It is looking old, and it isn't my favourite ground by any stretch but I think there's nothing at this time that could do the same job.
I suspect it'll get decent upgrades soon anyway. Bear in mind, they're one of the world's biggest football clubs. They'll only be kept down for so long.
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12 hours ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:
£2k for a cat?
Not a criticism of you or anyone else but I'll just never understand people and their pets!!
Out of interest how much is dog or cat to insure per month on average?
Don't even...
We got it for the kids and they would've been devastated already. It was a really strange situation, there was no indication how long it was going to last and we didnt realise how much the total was until the end.
We originally took it into an out of hours vets and they said we had to transfer it to a day vet. They just kept saying 'we're not 100% happy' and were waiting for certain levels to come down. We had to move her a few times this way over a couple of days.
Eventually, the levels went below the accepted amount but they still wanted to keep her in a third day. At that point, I just had to say no more.
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On a similar note, I've seen a few things going around again about a possible London NFL club.
I've always been interested in whether it would work or not regardless of if I think it will, which I don't short-term at least.
I'm not 100% sure on the rules, but I suspect it'd need to be an existing franchise which makes the Jaguars or other ailing franchise most likely. This would be a problem because it would mean they'd likely not be tapping into an existing fan-base. If they were allowed to switch names, that would probably be better.
Then there is sustainability. I've little doubt for a season or two, they'd have no trouble selling out Tottenham. But over time, especially if they're not doing well? I'm not so sure. It was a long time ago, but the Monarchs soon went from 40k+ to 15k.
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21 hours ago, Irish Saint said:
Was there in 2012 with a Patriot supporting colleague. Game was a rout as they defeated the Rams then in St.Louis 45-7.
What I did notice is that the crowd stayed to the end as anyone who has been to a NFL game in America would tell you with that scoreline the place would have been empty long before the end I have noticed that from the early days of listening on rhe AFN American sdon't like one sided games
IIRC the earliest games weren't quick sellouts?
Now of course, they are hard to get tickets for which I find odd if the experience isn't that great. Surely there's only so many NFL fans amd casuals wanting to try the experience. As I said, I don't think my mate would go again unless it was at Tottenham and a big team.
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Has anybody been to one of the NFL London games?
I've got a mate who is a big NFL fan and was at Wembley last week and he was quite disappointed by it and said he probably wouldn't go again. I totally get it, as they often seem quite quiet affairs.
However, the one at Tottenham today looked a lot better. Of course I think the Bills made a big difference compared to the Falcons.
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My tip: do it and do it quickly.
We have a young cat and just hadn't got round to it after a couple or months. I was literally talking about price the same day that she decided to eat some lillies.
A couple of grand later she was fine...
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Well the Bears got a win! It was starting to look like my first and possibly last NFL game would be at a team who were 0-6.
Tbf they should've won last week but blew it big time against Denver. For a period in the 3rd/4th quarter it looked like it might happen again.
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On 24/09/2023 at 21:36, Irish Saint said:
Could be worse. You could be a Jets fan. In the history of Hard Knocks the featured team has never played a home play-off game. That record will be continued this year. Jets won't even play an away play-off game
Judging by the start, the Jets are going to end very similar to last year. 6-11 or 7-10 I reckon.
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On 24/09/2023 at 20:45, gingerjon said:
To me, a half marathon is 'just' regular running stretched out to the distance of 22k. You can build to it and get there as long as you stay fit and put in the training. (And avoid injury or growing old.)
I fooled myself with marathon training that it was the same. What I then found in the marathon - and there were warning signs in a 20 mile run before it that I misread - is that that distance is really not just building on your running experience. You really do need to have strategies in place for hydration, for energy and for dealing with mental breakdowns. I had none of those. I'm proud I still got round but there were a few miles there where I was a shell.
I'm going to do the half and then see whether I think it's achievable.
I watch quite a lot of stuff from the Running Channel and the presenter Sarah completed her first marathon and it was much like you explained. However, she had to stop at one point. I'm totally not judging, but for me doing a marathon would involve running the whole way.
Is this something you were able to do?
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Bit annoyed to find that Sky changed the scheduled game from the Jets-Patriots to the Vikings-Chargers.
Then I realised they might be doing a favour looking at Jets offense in the first half...
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1 hour ago, JonM said:
For a 24 minute 5K, you're looking at around 15 seconds per 2lbs of weight lost for the average person (assuming you're not getting to the point of losing functional weight).
Believe me we're not talking that
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On 22/09/2023 at 12:41, tim2 said:
It crept up on me. I was running well and had lost weight. I was just going quicker and quicker - the amount by which I nbeat the PBs was a real shock, especially the 10K. It's difficult to maintain, though, and after 6 months when i'd beaten all my records an injury at the end of my Half Marathon PB put me out for a while and the form's never returned.
So much of the PB thing is mental I think. For a while I saw a 25 minute 5k as unachievable but I can beat it quite easy now. My PB is 23:46 and I look at 22 minutes as impossible but I know it's probably in my head. If I trained right and lost another stone, I probably could make it easy enough.
I do still have a thing left over from the previous target where I feel like anything under 5:00 a km is really pushing it. It doesn't make much sense as I've done a 10k at an average of 4:55.
Ultimately, I'll move onto a half-marathon without a time goal, probably mid next year. Did you find them challenging and have you ever gone full marathon?
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Haha, if the Bears win I'll be happy. Hoping the place would be rocking with a first win in 390 odd days!