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Oh dear. Didn't know that.

How about Chair as a replacement for Johnny??

Oh My God

Crikey. Leeds are shiite. Must say QPR have got 2 excellent players in Chair & Willock.

As I've said before, that is the whole problem with VAR. Unless they are allowing for measurement error - which they don't appear to be doing & has certainly not been mentioned - then these decisions are meaningless. If you incorporated the known inaccuracy in the measuring devices into the images then you would be presented with a thick line representing the range of relative possible positions of the ball & players involved. Since the rule states that the attacker be given the benefit of doubt then the most favourable limiting line edge should be used. The assumption that any measurement can be 100% accurate is nonsense. But that is what they appear to expect us to believe.

No, this is wrong. Atheism DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY of the 2000 pixies. Less than 200 years ago the existence of neutrinos would have been considered impossible. A distinction between knowledge & belief is often lacking round these parts. Agnosticism is, I think, the only tenable position available to us.

I think this is the true distinction, the one that matters, much more than left & right, & that is whether you are of an authoritarian or live-&-let-live disposition. Of course a lot of the former don't think they are I fervently believe in democracy, even when it rankles, as it often (necessarily) does; the problem is how to get a truly democratic system in play - now there's a real philosophical conundrum (sic!) - but that's no reason to abandon a flawed system for no democracy at all. I think our present situation is more Brave New World than 1984; so long as most people are able to survive in reasonable comfort they'll ignore all the activist carp & get on with their lives & everyday concerns, it's what people have always done. But that's why freedom of speech is so important, to rein in the egregious wrongs done to sections of the population (e.g. disadvantaged girls in Bradford & elsewhere, the small Post Office managers) whose fate is unimportant to the self-righteous activists who gain power when our political apathy becomes too great to resist their strident claims & clandestine activities. We need a better democracy, but how to achieve it? .......

Well a class player was what I saw. As I said, he needed time to get on his team mates' wavelength, but once he did he showed intelligence, a fair degree of pace & strength & coolness under pressure. Those attributes are not average in this division. You could argue he was pretty average for a PL striker, but that's not where we are. And unfortunately I strongly doubt that Adam will ever be as good a striker as Hwang. He's one of the most frustrating players I've ever seen, & have come to the conclusion his problems are deeply embedded in his psychology & as such will not change.

Yes, sonyc, I enjoyed that rant too! The comments are often interesting - & not necessarily ones I agree with. I occasionally entertain the idea of starting a philosophy thread on here. I suspect it would end up by being just me thinking out loud, so a vanity thing (which would rather destroy the point of the thread), but it might help me clarify all the random stuff flitting through the remains of my brain. So I might do it anyway. Possibly. My daughter's sacked me off of building duties (she says she's concerned about my ageing bones, but I think it might have more to do with me being incredibly slow &, since I'm working gratis, she can't complain 😁). So I'll probably have more time to ruminate & contemplate my navel. And, ultimately, the only important questions are philosophical ones.

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Hwang was class. I strongly suspect the allegations against him coloured opinions. You could see he wasn't on the same wavelength as his team mates at first, but rapidly improved. This is born out by his stats, since (according to WIki) he scored no goals in the first eight appearances then scored three goals in the five subsequent matches. I can remember seeing one of his goals & thinking that Idah would never have scored that in a month of Sundays, he just didn't have the technique or awareness. As for SvH, I really don't think he'll cut it here. Like Riki, just not suited to English football.

Something about him epitomised cricket for me. Quiet , modest unassuming, but deadly on a drying pitch. Nostalgia is built into cricket. I feel quite teary at this news. R.I.P. Derek.

Sam has one huge problem, one which cannot be coached away; he's slow. Anyone with pace will outrun him all day long. That means his positioning & timing has to be immaculate at all times, which makes his life very difficult. What he does have, though, is an amazing heading technique. He can hang in the air better than anyone I've seen in a long time. I'm wondering if he'd be better as a CD? Has he ever played there? Obviously speed isn't such an issue & he's more agile than our other incumbents & no weakling. Just a thought.

For all practical purposes I think that wraps it up.

No Fassnacht? Squad getting thinner by the day. Very worrying.