tonyXIII
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57 minutes ago, Griff said:
I dunno - would it be to raise more money ?
See my previous response. They are not extending the deadline, they are hoping to hit a second, higher target.
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1 hour ago, Gavin Harrison said:
In possible hope of squeezing some more interest?
Under a thousand have chipped in, and even if you put a 'hard core' support of 3k as a base figure, there's a lot more to persuade.
Obviously they want more. My point was your "extend the deadline" phrase. The "deadline" is today, afaik, not £250K. You seem confused about 'target' and 'deadline'. They have reached their initial TARGET before the DEADLINE. They are now hoping to pass the initial target, not extend the deadline.
Hey ho! Forget the great effort to raise funds, just use it as another stick to beat Salford with. Fill yer boots.
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13 hours ago, Gavin Harrison said:
Looks like there are some big spenders in there.
Average per member was up round the £300 mark to £150k. Then dropped to around £260 & now back up to £273.
There ain't that many moneyed fans in Salford for that to be what each has chipped in.
Be interesting to see if they extend the deadline.
Why would they "extend the deadline"? They have reached their initial target. What they have done is increase the target to £300K. Be interesting to see if they reach that figure.
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22 minutes ago, DavidM said:
And a Maryport lad who came through the system scoring the winning penalty . Chuffed for them . Reds and Carlisle getting promoted
And, in case you've forgotten, Everton survived.
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5 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:
Spare a thought for fans of Hamburg SV today.
Their bid for automatic promotion to the Bundesliga via the second automatic spot looked to have succeeded when they won 1-0 away to the bottom side Sandhausen.
The stadium announcer even told the Hamburg fans they had clinched it and the away following proceeded to invade the pitch.
However the other team battling for the automatic spot, Heidenheim, managed to score two injury time goals and win 3-2 to pip Hamburg and claim a place in the top division in Germany.
Hamburg will now play VfB Stuttgart of the Bundesliga in a playoff for a place in top tier.
That sounds similar to 2011(?), when United thought they'd won the PL until the 93rd minute and Aguerroooooo!
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47 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:
I’m afraid being disliked by other fans is always the price that the top dog pays no matter how it’s justified at the time.
Bringing us all back to the stuff on the field that we all enjoy - what’s your verdict on the season so far for City?
Must be a good and equally nervous feeling going into the cup finals which will shape how City’s season will be defined?
Feeling confident?
Thanks. You're right about the dislike thing.
What is "confident"? I'm still not convinced we'll win the league.
Obviously, it's been a good season, but if our neighbours manage to win next week (despite all the hype, it is still a distinct possibility - Ten Hag has transformed them) and Inter spoil the party the week after, then the season will have been a failure of sorts. Expectations have been raised, rightly so, which is why I don't like talk of a "triple" until the "double" has been done and dusted.
To answer your question honestly, I'm quietly confident of both the finals, but nervous as hell about both, too.
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14 hours ago, meast said:
English?
You mean Emirati?
They're just based in England.
Like so many PL clubs, there's nothing English about them anymore.
Funny that that particular accusation is only ever levelled at City, though.
Jealousy? Heaven forbid.
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I've given you a laughing emoji, Shadow, but I really think you should go on the naughty step for that one.
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1 hour ago, Saint Toppy said:
Credit to Salford for trying something like this and in wanting to give ownership of the club to the fans but I just can't see how this is going to work for them long term. Even of they reach their targets this year, they'll just have to do the same next year, and the year after etc.
Owning a sports club is expensive unless it has income streams to support itself. Being in essentially what is a rented stadium and having low income from match days then I can't see where the income is going to come from every year for the club to survive at SL level for much longer. How much longer can these fans keep digging into their own pockets to keep the club afloat ?
Thank you for that reasoned analysis. I agree with your view that it is great that they are trying something, but there are doubts about its effectiveness in the future.
From my pov, it keeps us going in the immediate future, but I do worry about the long-term future of SRLFC. We really need about 50% more fans, however the sporting monoculture of Gtr.Manchester makes this very difficult. (It's actually the reporting of sport rather than people playing sport that creates the monoculture)
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1 hour ago, Bearman said:
Scientists have discovered that beer has female hormones in it.
That explains why after 8 pints I talk siht and can’t drive
It takes 8 pints for you to talk siht? I've been reading posts on here for about 20 years and I reckon most of us can talk siht when stone cold sober.
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3 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:
in Castleford this scenario goes more like, sick to death of been waiting for a bus in the bus station next to a woman who looks like a 6 stone Worzel Gummidge who gets their phone out and starts screaming down the phone to someone at the dole office as to why their benefits haven't gone in - then doesn't even get the bus but moves through the bus station kicking the bins and benches until a male friend clad in baseball cap and trackys arrives on his bike with a big plastic bottle of white lightening he has shoplifted from jack fultons and they both go off together in to the sunset arm in arm
Thanks for that. I do like a happy ending.
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Another thing about gold is that it can be found just lying around on the ground, or 'native' as it is described, though less so now than in the past. Because of this easily-found nature and its resistance to tarnishing, it was perfect for ancient people. It could be found native, it did not require difficult extraction techniques, it was relatively easy to work with, it kept its shine forever and yet it was quite rare. Perfect! And pretty much unique among metals. It still is.
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9 hours ago, JohnM said:
Big Sam available?
Can they afford the "sweetener"?
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32 minutes ago, HawkMan said:
Interesting, I bow to your knowledge. English is full of these little conundrums.
So is it; Manchester City got passed Bayern Munich ( if they do) or past Bayern Munich? I'm really confused!
It is a complicated language when you delve into the fine detail. Spare a thought for my poor Greek students who are trying to learn English!
It is City got past Bayern. In this case, it refers to the relative positions. You can't really use the verb form here. City passed a stern test provided by Bayern would work, but it is awkward. It can get even more complicated, City got passed by Liverpool, means Liverpool are now higher in the table than City. (It is in the passive voice and should be "have been passed", but uses an informal structure with "got")
I use Liverpool in a purely hypothetical way, of course!
Edit to add. It really isn't worth getting your (anyone's) knickers in a twist over it, which is why I didn't, and wouldn't, pull anyone up over it. I waited until you insisted you were right. I hope I haven't offended you.
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10 minutes ago, HawkMan said:
Oh dearie me! I DID get passed right!
"Past " is only used in a historical sense, ie the past. Eg: I passed the bus in my car, NOT I past the bus.
No, it isn't.
We are past the point of no return. "Past" here is a preposition.
We have passed the point of no return. "Passed" here is the past participle of the verb, "to pass". (Note, "passed" is also the past simple tense of the verb, "to pass", as in "I passed my test yesterday")
HTH
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33 minutes ago, JohnM said:
Fulham.
They had United beaten, then killed the hopes and dreams of all right-thinking football fans by their completely unacceptable behaviour. Serious punishment must surely follow.
Brighton, it's down to you, now. "Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the FA Cup semi-final last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'
I love it, John. Thank you for bringing a smile to my face.
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2 hours ago, Futtocks said:
The Cartoonist Bill Tidy.
He illustrated much of my youth and never failed to raise a smile.
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2 hours ago, GUBRATS said:
Not as bad as last season , it was 9-0
This year it's 8-2
Always look on the bright side of life!
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3 hours ago, DI Keith Fowler said:
Adding poisoning to the list.
If you know a guy called Vlad, you might be able to add nuclear strike to your list.
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No room for Dave Dee, Beaky, Mick and Titch?
I shall hang my head in shame.
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It's snowing here. Well, actually a mix of snow, hail and rain.
Nothing unusual in that, you might think, but I live in Crete. It is freezing cold outside. Good job we've got central heating!
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12 hours ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:
I can enjoy myself sober Johnny (I don't drink at all Monday to Friday ) but on a night out I would be miserable without a few ales
If I were nasty, I'd score in that open goal you've left.
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1 hour ago, JohnM said:
Understood, Tony. Given a decent teacher, I bet you could learn to play the guitar to at least a basic level. Would that be a good thing though?
As someone who had to struggle taking extra maths lectures just to cope with the complexities of physical electronics, I know the pain.
I'm thinking more about a syllabus for mathsphobes that covers fewer topics over a longer period of time, and with direct and obvious practical application.
You know the sort of thing. If it takes four people two weeks to dig a hole, how old is the supplier of the shovels.
The shovel supplier is 42.
The thing about a syllabus is that it must be relevant to the students' experiences, offer a tangible benefit to the students and be interesting. If you can do that, you can give the students some motivation. To my mind, we've lost the motivation factor.
When I was at school, the prospect of a better-paid and more secure job was the motivation. That's gone. Teachers now have to be more inventive to provide their students with the incentive to study, ie motivation. Ah, I miss the good old days.*
*I don't really!
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6 hours ago, JohnM said:
Hence the need not to study maths but to learn the basics. Five years should cover that. I think you'll find it all adds up.
Is that your "5 years", or bearman's?
As a teacher of many subjects, including Secondary School Maths, I do not mind people who claim to be unable to do Maths. It is skill, like any other skill. I can't play the guitar, for example. What really annoys me, though, is teachers who claim to be unable to do Maths. Anyone who cannot do Maths should not be allowed anywhere near a classroom, even a nursery classroom. It is a basic skill and, if you cannot help your pupils with Maths, you have no right to even train to be a teacher. The same goes for literacy skills. Rant over.
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Thanks, SC.