Christophe
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Yeah 3 point a must tomorrow. Really flat at Newcastle, at least at Spurs I though there were a couple of chances to take the lead in the first half and you got a sense of a game plan. Tuesday was just utterly directionless.
In the Lower Bullens tomorrow after a sojourn to the Upper Gwladys for Man Utd...
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Going to see Pavement in Manchester tonight, reports are excellent, glad the same being said on here. I'll let you know if we get In the Mouth a Desert
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10 hours ago, Satoshi said:
It's something probably worth a study as to why this affects some nations worse than others.
There's certainly a power axis to it, no player at a top tier nation will get much sympathy for not turning up (even at youth level never mind senior level). Players do pull out for mystery injuries for these nations, but it is never reported as being refusing a call up. I can think of virtually no incidents like this for the likes of Germany, Spain or Italy. Occasionally for France in high profile cases like Benzema and Laporte, and the Netherlands may have had some issues with it too. Contrast that with smaller European nations and it happens quite frequently, to many nations (including Scotland).
The more the interesting analysis would be geographic - it would be completely taboo for a South American player to not show up - never mind that it's a far longer journey for most of them.
Antonio Valencia made appearances for Ecuador in every year from 2004 to 2019. Luis Suarez stated in 2007, Edison Cavani in 2008 and both are still going (appearances in every one of those years). In Brazil or Argentina the idea of defying your national team would be outrageous, Diego Costa was pretty unpopular for choosing Spain and I don't think he will ever return to the domestic game there.
In Africa it pivots again with players frequently and openly refusing call ups, even for the bigger nations on the continent. Joel Matip an excellent example of this, but even young players like Salisu openly take the piss.
But why? It doesn't seem correlated to the domestic strength of the game (Scotland has a far stronger league than Ecuador). It doesn't easily seem correlated to how nationalistic a country is.
It deserves further analysis but for me the factors are the relative strength of the players Vs relative weakness of the association - excacerbated if the players have mixed national identities. It's a bit self fulfilling too, Arteta knows Tierney can easily drop out of the Scotland squad and it won't harm his career, but pulling Martinelli from the Brazil squad might. Meanwhile, club managers openly disparage African national sides and tournaments.
Why south American so strong in this respect? I don't know, it's maybe linked to the old Scottish view of domestic players Vs those playing internationally. The best south Americans have long abandoned their leagues for Europe and it's maybe pressure to give back. Whenever a national team does badly, whether Brazil or Ecuador, the same moronic call returns to prioritise, or exclusively select, domestic based players.
Scotland would never go for something that stupid...
Diego Costa just played in the Brazilian league last year!
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12 hours ago, Autistisches Nilpferd said:
Who's the Tube on commentary desperate for Italy to win?
James Graham, dunno what his beef was. Usually like him
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Why the f**k do they have a Man City half/half?
Edit: ...and Spurs! Some people really will buy any old shite
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Red Sox vs. Dodgers World Series Oct. 26, 2018 18 7 hours, 20 minutes Dodgers win 3-2 Giants vs. Nationals NLDS Oct. 4, 2014 18 6 hours, 23 minutes Giants win 2-1 Mariners vs. Astros ALDS Oct. 15, 2022 18 6 hours, 22 minutes Astros win 1-0 6hrs 22 it clocked in at, narrowly missing second spot in post-season history in terms of time, still almost an hour away from the number 1 though!
Innings wise, and with post-season only stats out of the equation,it's still some way off the 25-innings National League game between Cardinals and Mets in 1974!
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Houston score on a Pena HR to CF in the 18th
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16 combined hits amongst all that, and 41 combined strikeouts!
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And we're into the 18th, officially a double-game!
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This Astros-Mariners game is nuts, into the 17th at 0-0. Already the 4th longest play-off game in history, one inning away from taking the top spot as it stands. Most K's in post-season history has just been notched up also.
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Got tickets for quite a few of these, first up Tonga vs Papa New Guinea at Saints on tuesday night
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Brian Kemp (who can also claim Gairdoch, Stirling Albion, Alloa, Bo'ness and Camelon Juniors to surely take the FK crown!)
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Anyone going to any of the Bobby D shows?
Also has anyone ever been to a gig at Twickenham, considering the Depeche Mode tour next year, but i don't think i've been to a stadium gig since the 90s, likely to be any good?
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3 hours ago, invergowrie arab said:
Only fools would write that on a public forum
Darling bud, what are you suggesting?
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1 hour ago, Hauzen said:
Does this count as weird shit on weird channels, Fantasy Football League rebooted on Sky Max.
Utter nonsense so far..
Didn't think that was bad, carbon-copy "don't change a winning" format, and both hosts were funny
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Is the NL draw seeded. i.e one from the top 4, one from 5-8 etc. Or can we get Israel again?
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Next two booked: Pavement and The Acid Mothers Temple
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Scotland & Israel
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West Ham - home (Park End)
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Liverpool - home (Lower Bullens)
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Hope the Patterson injury isn't serious, apparently Mykolenko picked up a knock in Ukraine training too and didn't feature tonight. DCL also reporting a new groin niggle in Everton training...
It never rains!
Some match pics from this season:
Forest - home (Main Stand) -
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Manchester City 2-1 Borussia Dortmund - Champions League
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Couple since my last post on here...
Maghull 2-3 Litherland REMYCA Reserves - West Cheshire League Division 1
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Brainiac?? Fucking WHAT!
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Posted · Edited by Christophe
Really? Wow. Don't recall that at all. Was 12 at that tournament and the first I remember being all in for.
Seems mad there wasn't wall to wal coverage, are you sure? Mad now that terrestrial TV is all over every game in the competitions they still have that that would happen. Doesn't seem that long ago!
Was France 98 the first one that BBC/ITV showed every game from then? Or did it happen at tournaments before USA and just didn't happen there for some reason?