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Reply | Paul Parker
at 07:38 22 Dec 2025
the Italy team that lost in the other semi-final were the best team in the tournament.
Baresi, Bergomi, Maldini, Donadoni, Schillachi. The young Baggio (along with Gazza) the breakout player of the tournament.
I wonder how an Italy v Germany or Italy v England final would've turned out. |
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Reply | Could we go up.
at 23:12 21 Dec 2025
The current top 3 Coventry Boro & Ipswich are way waaaaaaaaybetter than everyone else in the Championship.
Despite their awful start I still think Sheffield Utd are a very good team and will end up in the top 6.
Apart from that I don’t think there’s anyone else in the division who is significantly better than us and a whole load of teams who are roughly the same standard as us.
So then it just comes down to us finding an edge to pick up more points than all those other similar teams. Be more organised than them, work harder than them, fight harder than them. We can nteiyl get a playoff spot if we can do those things consistently in the 2nd half of the season (and I happen to think we probably can’t even though we’ve done very well at that in the last half dozen or so games) |
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Reply | The Last Christmas song
at 12:41 21 Dec 2025
couldn’t make out all the words from block KL but sounded like the last line was “I’ll give it to Julian Stephan” |
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Reply | FA Cup Draw Monday Evening
at 10:22 7 Dec 2025
Yep. A new ground to visit & genuinely welcoming locals. That was a really fun day out until the football match started.
I hope we get drawn away at a ground where I've never seen QPR play before.
Any of Macclesfield, Shrewsbury, Bristol Rovers, Carlisle, Accrington Stanley, Newport County, Barrow would be good. |
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Reply | Pub names
at 18:21 27 Nov 2025
The Old Hatchet Inn in Bristol
A lot more welcoming than the name would suggest! |
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Reply | Draws That Felt Like Wins
at 18:20 10 Nov 2025
one that sticks in my mind is Notts County away on Boxing Day. It was the same season we got promoted at Hillsborough.
We went 1 up, Paul Heffernan equalised.
We went 2 1 up, Paul bloody Heffernan equalised again.
Then with about 10 minutes to go they get a penalty and bloody Paul bloody Heffernan scores it to put them 3 2 up.
🥺🥺🥺
But then in injury time QPR get a throw in. Long throw, Gallen gets his head to it. It’s 3 3. Cue bedlam in the away end. We needed that point for the promotion in the end. Plus we needed it that day to warm us up, man it was cold behind that goal!!! |
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Reply | Poku out on Wednesday
at 21:01 4 Nov 2025
on a tangent, Michael Owen yes a very good career but also a 24 carat knobend.
"Tremendous by the way" |
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Reply | My experience last Saturday
at 18:26 4 Nov 2025
Indeed.
I remember when it was closed for a few weeks because they were making a film called "Some Voices" there. Tough times. I had to go to Adelaide Cafe instead or that one on the Green (Joe's??)
In the film, Daniel Craig's brother worked in the Harp cafe.
They also filmed some of that on the road I lived on (Ormiston Grove) and I watched out of the window from my flat as they filmed him wandering around a few times.
I'd never heard of Daniel Craig at that time so he was not James Bond, just some actor with peroxide hair to me.
Disappointingly I never saw the delectable Kelly McDonald who played the love interest in that film.
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Reply | My experience last Saturday
at 16:57 4 Nov 2025
back when I lived in the Bush, the Damas Gate shop (Uxbridge Road, opposite Loftus Road) was munchies central for their Lebanese bakery.
Load of sweet stuff, no idea what any of it was called. I'd just go to the counter and point at stuff.
It's still there but not been in for years. |
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Reply | Worst Comedian
at 16:52 4 Nov 2025
mention of Mark Thomas just reminded me of a shameful incident in my younger days.
In the 90s, I earnt a few extra quid doing sound & lights at quite a few comedy clubs. Kings Head (Acton) The Viaduct (Hanwell) Cosmic Comedy Club (Hammersmith) Red Rose Club (Finsbury Park) Rowans Cafe Bar (Chiswick) and a few others.
Loads of great memories of seeing upcoming people e.g. Harry Hill, Bill Bailey when he was in a double act called the Rubber Bishops, Sean Hughes, Alan Davies, Sean Lock, Al Murray when he was just starting to do the Pub Landlord character, Hattie Hayridge, Ricky Grover, Mark Lamarr, Julian Barratt before he did Mighty Boosh, Rob Brydon, Ardal O'Hanlon, Graham Norton etc etc.
I had a few other favourites that never became big names like Clayton & Gordillo, Ian Stone, the late great Ian Cognito, Phil Kay.
Anyway I crossed paths with Mark Thomas quite a few times back then. Not a particular favourite of mine but if you saw his name on the bill you knew he'd be good & get the crowd laughing.
One time I'd been working somewhere on the Saturday where he'd been on, then on the Sunday (night off) I went over to Brixton to meet some mates in a pub, didn't realise it was another comedy night & oh look it's Mark Thomas on again.
For some reason (too many pints I suspect) I decided to shout out one of his punchlines just before he said it.
He was fücking livid & tried to get the other punters to point out who'd ruined his joke. But thankfully it wasn't a seated gig, nobody knew who it was & I got away with it.
Next time I saw him was at Ha Bloody Ha at the Viaduct very soon after.
For some reason, I brought up the fact that I'd been at the Brixton gig and I said "what about that person who ruined your joke?" & he proper went off on one using the c word very liberally & saying how if he'd found the culprit he would've smashed their face in.
I just nodded along. |
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Reply | Pubs for Derby?
at 17:46 24 Oct 2025
The Brunswick was definitely home fans only last season.
The Alexandra is just near there. Last season it was busy but a very good pub and no problem for away fans. |
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Thread | tonight's ref
at 23:35 1 Oct 2025
was it just me or was that schmuck buying absolutely every little contrick the Oxford players tried?
I lost count of the number of times where one of our players got the ball in a 50/50 so the Oxford player just fell over & was given a free kick!!
And in the first half some ridiculous holding & shirtgrabbing when they were defending setpieces, with Frey particularly on the receiving end.
And then when the kick is taken just give a free kick to the defending team.
Quite a few times the ball went out of play, the officials didn't seem to know who it came off last so just take the proper cowardly option of giving the decision to the defending team.
Not blaming the ref for why we didn't win by the way, I just thought he was the poorest ref we've had so far this season. I found it very irritating & needed to get it off my chest!
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Reply | Film 2025
at 23:16 8 Sep 2025
a few other good films I've seen recently, all of which I'd recommend if you like to watch something a little different from the mainstream....
The Surfer
Dream Scenario
Arcadian
(all 3 of those feature Nicolas Cage doing Nicolas Cage things, I am into that so if you are too then get on those)
All My Friends Are Dead
Sisu
Corner Office
Fried Barry
(that last one is particularly odd) |
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