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Nick CrawπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡¬πŸ‡±πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡­

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These players still exist.
They just play in League 2.

06.03.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

9 months ago.

Wow, just 9 months ago.

06.03.2026 23:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How public?

06.03.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know this sounds weird...but its such an underated film.

Miles better than Lawrence of Arabia.
But because its centered on romance rather than one mans struggle against the politics, his flaws and the desert LofA is always consided superior.

06.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No problem.
I come from a long line of worrking class women who ruled our lives & families.
I can handle it.

06.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Alot of this is false memory.
Its not actually "conservative" to their toes.
My G-parents were conservative.
Gran a housewife, Grandad worked & drove the car.
But they never used this language. Wives might have said it in wedding vows but that was tradition.

The headline is modern "incel-speak".

06.03.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thing about this stuff is its not actually "conservative".
My grandparents were conservative. Gran was housewife, Grandad worked & drove the car.
But they never used this language. British wives might have said it in wedding vows but that was tradition.

The headline is "incel-speak".

06.03.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This quite frankly is tosh.

I loved both bands but the frenzy never existed outside the media and a few teenagers.
It was contrived as both songs were even then recognised as 2 of the weaker songs of the respictive bands.

Its invented pop history as middle class past-tourism.

06.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You know the great "Arsenal wasting time when restarting play" moral panic of 2026?

Its a myth.
Arsenal, like majority of teams, take 28-30 or so seconds before starting play, Sunderland is outlier on top end, Liverpool at the bottom end.

Its an invented media narrative to trigger the idiots.

06.03.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The logical consequence of this @arseblog.com is that upon running into space past defenders, players will jerk the neck back (a bit like the opposite of what sprinters do when crossing the line) to ensure they are onside.

06.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another thing...its actually a myth:

Arsenal, like majority of teams, take around 28-30 or so seconds before restarting play, Sunderland is outlier on top end, Liverpool at bottom end - but virtually no difference between most PL teams including Arsenal.

Its a completely media invented narrative.

06.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Worked with Brett Anderson from Suede in late 80s.
That was when you could earn decent wages in office grunt contracts & london rent shares cheap.
We got on well we discussed music in general rather than his band.
I left to go to uni & 6months later they became huge.
Wished Id kept his tel number!

06.03.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thing about this stuff is its not actually "conservative".
My grandparents were conservative. Gran was housewife, Grandad worked & drove the car.
But they never used this language. British wives might have said it in wedding vows but that was tradition.

The headline is "incel-speak".

06.03.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You know the great "Arsenal wasting time when restarting play" moral panic of 2026?

Its a complete myth.
Arsenal, like majority of teams, take around 28-30 or so seconds before starting play, Sunderland is outlier on top end, Liverpool at the bottom end.

Its a completely invented media narrative.

06.03.2026 11:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As long as free men roam Sussex & poets to write sonnets then generations will recall glorious Brighton with 3 shots on target without quite managing a clearcut chance.

& gentlemen in Albion now abed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here
That stood with us upon this blessed 4th April..

05.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wouldnt worry.

Edu tripled his salary moving to Forest on a longterm contract.

He will, assuming he's sacked in next few weeks, thus have made more money in 8 months at Forest than he did in 6 years at Arsenal.

He is now set for life & prospective employers will judge him on his Arsenal work.

05.03.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As long as free men roam Sussex & poets to write sonnets then generations will recall glorious Brighton with 3 shots on target without quite managing a clearcut chance.

& gentlemen in Albion now abed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here
That stood with us upon this blessed 4th April..

05.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Its the Forest game.
Lose that and I think Spurs go down.

05.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"We want you to stay,
We want you to stay,
Igor Tudor, we want you to stay"

05.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This thread makes me feel a bit simple.

My earliest memory of the cold war was when I saw the Frankie Goes To Hollywood video "Two Tribes".

I was 17.
The whole thing had past me by up till then.

Wish the same for our current children.

04.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Spurs stadium looking awfully empty now...

10 minutes still to go.

05.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

DC was too diplomatic to add that certain coutries actually pay expenses to journalists to cover their football games...

Guess which ones...?

05.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We have the same commentary.
I think the commentatot is losing it.

05.03.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Archie Gray is by far the best performer for Spurs this evening.

Which on one level is amazing...& promissing.

But on another level:
WTF?!

05.03.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dont forget we actually bid for Madison 2 years back...

05.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think the modern mode of "sack a manager after a few months" is really stupid...but imagine that Spurs lose against Liverpool & Forest next 2 games - which is quite plausible.

To be honest I dont see how he survives.

05.03.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

cruel....

05.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair its less than 40 000 left with the SKY Deutschland feed im watching...

05.03.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh WOW!

Football.

Bl**dy Hell!!!!!

05.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Im probably on my own here, but I think this is clever division of labour. Rutte is a Pro European Christain Democrat to his toes.

His job is to convince the current crazy mob in DC that NATO is sound.
Thats his job.
He knows NATO is finished under Trumpism but thats for another day.

05.03.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0