Sidi Fidi Gold
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16 hours ago, OriginalMrC said:
Guardiola won't take the England job
If Pep did take the job, he'd spend the first 6 months looking for the cheque book and the second 6 months trying to find loop holes in the FFP.
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On 07/09/2024 at 22:08, Sidi Fidi Gold said:
A few nice moments today
I was messing about in the kitchen this morning, looked out of the window, there were quite a few sparrows in the hedge at the bottom of the garden, amongst them was a bird flitting about, I could tell by the way it was moving that it was something different, on closer inspection I could see that it was a Chiffchaff, we tend to get them in most years but only once or twice per year.
About 20 minutes later, I looked out of the window again to see if I could the Chiffchaff, I saw another bird moving about strangely in the hedge, but it was moving differently from the Chiffchaff and was slightly bigger, this time it was a male Blackcap, I only recall seeing them in the garden about 3 or 4 times, the last time must have been about 10 years ago.
Next I went outside to put some rubbish in the bin and looked up to see a Red Kite flying overhead, we've seen them around more and more over the last 5 years, usually in spring or September/October time
Finally, in the afternoon, the Chiffchaff came back and I got a really good view, a beautiful looking bird, very yellowy.
Like I said, a few nice moments.
I saw the Chiffchaff and Black Cap again today, I think the Chiffchaff was a different one to last time as its colouring was more drab
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54 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:
Looks like change is coming to the transfer system after Diarra won his test case with FIFA.
Bosman v2.0?Don't know what the changes will be but I'll bet they'll benefit the very elite clubs clubs the most.
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1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said:
I would prob choose to be offered a season ticket to the hudds giants stadium and be left to die of loneliness
I thought you'd choose death by Mau Mau
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15 year old British girl Mika Stojsavljevic won the US Open juniors, where's GY Johnny when we need a nationality test,
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A few nice moments today
I was messing about in the kitchen this morning, looked out of the window, there were quite a few sparrows in the hedge at the bottom of the garden, amongst them was a bird flitting about, I could tell by the way it was moving that it was something different, on closer inspection I could see that it was a Chiffchaff, we tend to get them in most years but only once or twice per year.
About 20 minutes later, I looked out of the window again to see if I could the Chiffchaff, I saw another bird moving about strangely in the hedge, but it was moving differently from the Chiffchaff and was slightly bigger, this time it was a male Blackcap, I only recall seeing them in the garden about 3 or 4 times, the last time must have been about 10 years ago.
Next I went outside to put some rubbish in the bin and looked up to see a Red Kite flying overhead, we've seen them around more and more over the last 5 years, usually in spring or September/October time
Finally, in the afternoon, the Chiffchaff came back and I got a really good view, a beautiful looking bird, very yellowy.
Like I said, a few nice moments.
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Irish fans today " we probably won't beat England but as long as Rice or Grealish don't score ....."
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1 hour ago, HawkMan said:
Everton....the gift that keeps giving.
2 ex Leeds players on the score sheet for Bournemouth.
Everton though, confidence must be so fragile.
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2 hours ago, Copa said:
It looks like Raygun is now the most famous breakdancer on earth and the most widely known Australian Olympic athlete ever.
Eddie the Eagle springs to mind.
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6 minutes ago, HawkMan said:
Changes to Champions League coverage this season;
BBC will have a Wednesday highlights show at 10.40 on One.
TNT will continue to show all games live except first pick on Tuesday, which Amazon have got.
Tonight on BBC Scotland ( 187 on sky) Rangers v Dynamo Kiev in qualifying round 2nd leg.
Thanks for that, I knew that BBC had got highlights but didn't know that Amazon had got a game.
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The handing over ceremony has to be the best ever, worth staying up for.
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Looks like an episode of Doctor Who at the moment
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Who's expecting Mr Bean to pop up at the back of this orchestra.
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Just now, Maximus Decimus said:
I know it's sacrilege to say on here, but how were we not even in the mens 7s rugby?
Essentially, it should be like the British Lions entering the RUWC. The fact they're not that bothered enough to qualify, shows why it shouldn't be an Olympic sport IMO.
The Olympics should be about the pinnacle of a sport, not an off-shoot of an established sport that some countries maybe feel like taking seriously some times.
I don't know who funds the British rugby sevens team, but I remember hearing a couple of years ago that the English Rugby Union were vastly reducing funding for the 7s set up.
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3 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:
I didn't realise that's how the Americans did do it but Clare Balding has just confirmed that as well!
Yeah, its a standing joke
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19 minutes ago, Futtocks said:
One sloppy handover in the women's 4x100 might have lost another gold. Lots of "what if" stuff, but it did mean we were genuinely in the running for a win, rather than bringing up the rear.
I'd rather that than "happy to be here" pluckiness.
Its incredible that we didn't qualify a women's 4 x 100 team for London 2012, since then we've medaled in 2016, 2020 and 2024, and 4 out of the last 6 world championships, but you're right, they missed a glorious chance to win gold here.
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4 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:
I'm looking at the medals as the total overall rather than just the golds and if we do that then we are 3rd in the medals and of course USA and China don't count because they always run away with it and no one has a chance of competing with them so if we discount them then we were top of the medals table!!
Thats the spirit , lets rank the medals like the Americans do
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3 minutes ago, Futtocks said:
There'd have probably been an extra velodrome medal in the women's Omnium if the GB rider hadn't crashed in the first race and lost so many points she never could have got to the podium. That's a genuine bad luck occurrence.
Don't forget Amber Rutter in the shooting, gold medal shoot off, she was judged to have missed her target when the video clearly shows she hit it, there's so many fine margins which can go for or against you. Italy had 20+ 4th place finishes.
Laura Kenny has been getting a bit of stick, at the start of tack cycling she predicted 8 gold medals for us
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50 minutes ago, DavidM said:
I watched the documentary on London 48 and I couldn’t believe art was an Olympics sport ! I’m with you on tug of war it’s a good watch
I think they were part of something like the cultural Olympics which ran along side the summer Olympics, I don't think medals awarded were included on the overall medal table.
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57 minutes ago, gingerjon said:
So, Team GB hit their medal spread but with a drop off of the number of golds. Not quite the dizzy heights but also a pretty good return given that it feels like there are a lot more countries putting a lot more effort in at the minute.
Pretty fun Olympics overall. Pleased I managed to miss most of the BBC 'you will cry now' build up montages but that did mean I missed a lot of Michael Johnson, which is annoying.
And for the final moment to be the French women throwing a buzzer beater that would have sent their match against the USA into overtime, only for the player to realise as the ball was in flight that her foot was on the line and her perfect throw would be worth two, not three ... well, that's just the brilliance of sport right there.
A solid effort from Team GB, they were predicted to get 17 golds, so were 3 down but were 2 up on overall medals. Australia and Netherlands had cracking Olympics while France were predicted to get 27 golds, so were well down but overall they hit they're target.
France put on a great games and the crowds really turned out in force, similar to London.
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8.7 million watched Keeley Hodgkinson last night.
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3 minutes ago, Spidey said:
Enjoyed that 100m final. Very close indeed
9.91 and you finish last.
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1 minute ago, Bearman said:
This is a no brained
Not only my opinion but in his obituary the Times called him the greatest sportsman that ever lived
Charle Burgess Fry
England Cricket International
England Soccer International
Played in the FA Cup Final
Played Union for The Barbarians
One time world record breaking long jumper
Oxford rowing Blue
oxford Tennis Blue
top golfer, skier and skater
His party trick was to jump backwards from a standing start onto a mantlepiece.
He was so well thought of that the Albanians offered him the throne of Albania!
So go on trump that lot with the Johnny come lately Parvenues you lot are putting forward.
There was an older bloke at work who was the 1972 Normanton and District worm charming champion.
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On 31/07/2024 at 12:50, John Drake said:
It's an interesting choice for a spin-off. The Sea Devils have never been a favourite of mine, badly served on screen other than in their original appearance during Jon Pertwee's tenure as the Doctor.
Hopefully this new show will do them justice, as the concept of a race of sea-dwelling natives of Earth having their planet 'taken over' from above by humans should have plenty of mileage in it.
I wonder if the Silurians will feature in it, also, I wonder if it will be an after the watershed show like Torchwood or a family show like Doctor Who.
Best Comedies
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The Young Ones
Blackadder
The New Statesman
League of Gentlemen
Peep Show
Shameless
The Thick of It
Not Going Out
I have mixed views about Only Fools on Horses, Overall, liked it, David Jason was great, so were the side characters but I couldn't stand Rodney, I didn't like the way he treated Trigger, we all know Tigger was as thick as pig muck but Rodney wasn't the brightest, even though he had 2 GCE's
Also , I don't know if I'm the only one who wanted to here more of Uncle Albert's "During the War " stories