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I was outside this evening enjoying the street sounds of Bowthorpe whilst trying to get on here on my phone to see if the PUPs picks had been made. I was getting frustrated! "ducking bad report!" I thought I'd said quietly but Glad next door must have heard and asked me what was up. "Well Glad, I can't get on the forum" She looked at me with that I know best face and said "int yew raportud ut?" So I told her someone had but apparently it isn't the job of the person they reported it to. Glad looked at me incredulously and said "raportut to the bluk oose job utis" I told her I didn't think anyone knows who that is. Then she came right up to the fence and said "wull thairs summut up with thair corprut guvnunce" Then she went in to watch Corrie but looked back and said "ask that Steff wot she thinks". I started to say it's Sheff and he's... but it was useless, she was gone.

Thanks for these Tilly, I love the strategy. I think we have a great chance of multiple wins. I've placed them to our best advantage and we have... Over 2.5 goals £1 Bet 365 4/6 £1.66 Over 3.5 goals and BTTS £1 Bet 365 19/10 £2.90 Sainz and Sargent both to score ** £1 Bet 365 10/1 £11.00 Sara and Sargent both to score** £1 Bet 365 17/2 £9.50 Sainz and Sara both to score** £1 Bet 365 14/1 £15.00 Nunez to score from outside the box £1 Bet 365 7/1 £8.00 The Mayor to score at anytime. £1 Bill Hill 17/2 £9.50 H/T Norwich F/T Norwich £1 Bet 365 8/5 £2.60 Duffy to score with a header £1 Bet 365 15/2 £8.50 First goal of the game Norwich penalty*** £1 Bet 365 6/1 £7.00 *** I couldn't find first goal to be a Norwich penalty but I could find first goal method to be a penalty. Hope that's ok. ** If player doesn't start their part of the bet will be void. Good luck Tilly and our beloved Canaries 🤞🍀💛⚽💚💪

Thanks for these Kev and thanks for the extra set. It looks to me like you've found two winning sixes and only cruel luck can stop us adding to the pot with these. I've placed them with Bet 365. Set One has a potential return of £47.98. Here are the details... Derby **EP** 2/9 12:30 Sat Parma 4/11 13:00 Sat PSG **EP** 1/3 20:00 Sat Inter Milan **EP** 8/15 11:30 Sun Man City **EP** 3/10 16:30 Sun Real Madrid W 1/12 17:00 Sun Set two has an exciting potential return of £248.23 Here are the details... Maritimo 2/5 14:00 Sat Crystal Palace **EP** 5/2 15:00 Sat Millwall **EP** 23/20 15:00 Sat Bradford **EP** 3/10 15:00 Sat Falkirk 9/20 15:00 Sat Larne 1/4 17:30 Sat Set one is over the two days and set two is all tomorrow. Good luck Kev and all you PUPs 🤞🍀💪

Kathy's selection first which is... Annan v Falkirk Away Win My pick for Kev is on Saturday where I think... Holsten Kiel v Kaiserslaultern Home Win For Tilly I will suggest... The Lord Mayor to score anytime.

We never get those flags in 'The Blankets' but we're sorted for tomorrow. Glad's coming and she's bringing a pair of her old bloomers. She's managed to write 'On The Ball City Never Mind The Danger Come On You Yellows Always S hit On The Old Blue And White' in big letters across the backside. So we're going to surf them. I said to her that the fans all chipped in for the flags and stuff. She said any donations would be welcome. The bloomers were from Little Woolies on Magdalen Street and cost 3/6 in 1969. Oh and she said she is pleased Kenny got POTS and to tell @shefcanary she was holding him in her prayers.🙏

Sent you one.

Welcome to Rays Funds, supported by Turner European Consulting and Cavell Healthcare Our picture shows a presentation from 2010. Some friends we made some we’ve lost but will never be forgotten. Kev’s on there and Tilly’s down with the kids. We have PUPs legend @Leedscanary picking the final six this weekend. Kev was Arrdee’s top young gun in the early days of Rays Funds. And although living so far away Kev didn’t just support us with picks but also provided the trophies in those early presentations as well as driving down from Leeds to attend socials when we had Bayer Club to use. He’s become a great friend to me, my family and so many of us PUPs and those friendships will remain forever. Kev’s won with the final six on five previous occasions so let’s help him to a sixth with our very best selections from the games played on Saturday, Sunday and Monday of this weekend that are listed on the Bet 365 web site. We have another PUP legend with @TIL 1010 making the final selections for our game at home to Swansea on Saturday. Tilly’s a great supporter of all things PUPs. We all enjoy his rivalry with Kathy and Tilly always attends our presentations and socials, sometimes even bringing a speech with him… Tilly’s won two PUPs leagues and with just two weeks left is bang in contention for a third. He also has 7 final six wins to his name on Arrdee’s honours board. Let’s help him add more to the pot with some great options for Saturday from those listed on Bet 365 or Bill Hill. I had a nice email from Yankee last week. He’d seen that I’m stepping down from this and sent some nice words. I remember when Arrdee’s honours board was Ray’s signature on each of his opening posts. For what seemed a long time it just said ‘Yankee2’. It took me 15 years to get that 2! Good luck all you PUPs. We all stand together with the single aim of raising money for the Community Sports Foundation and our fabulous Downs Syndrome and pan-disability boys and girls. Take it away Kev and John the thread is yours…🙂... On behalf of us all a massive thank-you to our wonderful sponsors Turner European Consulting and Cavell Healthcare also our benefactor PUPanon2. For more information on our sponsors take a look at their websites below :- http://www.turnereuropeanconsulting.com/ https://www.cavellhealthcare.co.uk/ **Coming soon ‘Kathy’s Famous Euros Sweepstake’. Watch out for the thread.**

I understand someone gets 100% discount in these blocks.

Can Adam Waltz? You wouldn't want his size umpteens landing treading on your toes... Perhaps a slow Foxtrot?

A factor to consider about cheapest season tickets is how many are available at that price.

Maybe Draytono won’t go drinking all round Norwich…

Of course those Coventry fans made for great tv. The elation followed by disbelief and then tears. I’ve said it before “unpaid extras” in the drama.

Just the stats... 20/29 winning PUPs 69% 18/26 winning picks 69% Most profitable pick for the third successive week was @Duncan Edwards with Notts Co. at 1.4 so Duncan leads the six PUPs left in POTM with 2 weeks to go. No change at the top of our PUPs league with @Parma Ham's gone mouldy still in front and @TIL 1010 still just one win behind. @First Wazzockstill leads the profitability version. Here are the tables... PUP Wins Picks Win% Profit Parma 35 38 92% 0.26 Til1010 34 38 89% 1.89 PurpleCanary 33 38 87% 0.4 First Wazzock 32 38 84% 10.62 Cosmic Twin 31 38 82% -0.64 Mandie Moo 27 34 79% 4.41 Kathy 30 38 79% 0.56 DJ11 30 38 79% -0.06 Diane 28 36 78% 3.42 Feedthewolf 29 38 76% 7.37 WWIAFTM 29 38 76% -1.2 NWC 26 35 74% 6.89 Hammond1612 28 38 74% -2.45 Indy 26 36 72% 0.76 GMF 26 38 68% 0.58 Mr Angry 25 38 66% -2.59 Leedscanary 25 38 66% -4.46 Gregt 24 37 65% -5.08 nutty nigel 24 38 63% -2.14 Hissing Sid 24 38 63% -4.55 Splutcho 12 19 63% 3.58 Twidio 14 24 58% -2.78 TheBaldOne66 22 38 58% 1.6 Diesel Doris 22 38 58% -7.11 Littleyellowbirdie 13 23 57% 8.19 MMMK 19 34 56% -4.01 Kiwiscot 21 38 55% -1.21 -------------------------------------------------------- PUP Wins Picks Win% Profit First Wazzock 32 38 84% 10.62 Littleyellowbirdie 13 23 57% 8.19 Feedthewolf 29 38 76% 7.37 NWC 26 35 74% 6.89 Duncan Edwards 9 19 47% 4.76 Mandie Moo 27 34 79% 4.41 Splutcho 12 19 63% 3.58 Diane 28 36 78% 3.42 Til1010 34 38 89% 1.89 TheBaldOne66 22 38 58% 1.6 Indy 26 36 72% 0.76 GMF 26 38 68% 0.58 Kathy 30 38 79% 0.56 PurpleCanary 33 38 87% 0.4 Parma 35 38 92% 0.26 ----------------------------------------------------------- PUP Wins Picks Win% Profit Duncan Edwards 3 3 100% 5.6 Littleyellowbirdie 3 3 100% 3.35 Feedthewolf 3 3 100% 1.69 Hissing Sid 3 3 100% 1.51 Mandie Moo 3 3 100% 1.46 Diesel Doris 3 3 100% 1.23

It's all part of the game for tv. Pundits and viewers love controversy, it adds to the entertainment. The fact that it totally wrecks the game for those in the stadiums rarely gets mentioned. And to be fair it's of little consequence as he who pays the piper calls the tune.

The sentiment behind the thread was the fans in the stadium. And it was those very fans that were shafted by VAR. Never mind abolishing replays VAR has already finally killed off the magic of the cup. VAR shouldn’t even be part of the FA Cup. How can you have a competition which has different rules for different games? The competition should have one set of rules for all clubs from start to finish. Having read the thread about the Forest game I thought I’d watch MOTD to see for myself. I learned that they’ve changed the rules mid season. Apparently something that was a penalty in the autumn isn’t a penalty in the spring! How does that work? Surely the competition should have the same rules all season? Bringing in VAR has opened a can of worms and now the worms are running amok. Same thing happened when division one of the EFL were allowed to break away.