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by Prufrock
Thu May 30, 2024 11:47 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public
Replies: 75
Views: 1063

Re: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public

Agree with needing some sort of legislation. The answer ain't lobbing bricks everywhere, they're just more fodder for investment purchases, given no fcuker can build a house for less than about £300k. TBF, I bought my gaff on the basis I'd inherited a bit - that was 24 years back, so it's not an en...
by Prufrock
Thu May 30, 2024 11:36 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public
Replies: 75
Views: 1063

Re: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public

My already militant anti-landlordism has taken a turn this week. Last summer post Liz Truss shit show I had to move house because the landlord wanted to put the rent up by 25%. Had to move out of central London and still pay more than I was. Shit, but that's modern Britain. When making an offer for...
by Prufrock
Thu May 30, 2024 6:56 pm
Forum: Other Footy
Topic: Tonight's Football
Replies: 6348
Views: 691112

Re: Tonight's Football

It wasn't a terrible idea tbf. The idea was meant to be that it would provide an opportunity for teams from the smaller countries to get further and have a proper European campaign. No point in qualifying for the Champions League in Finland if you're just going to get knocked out of the first qualif...
by Prufrock
Thu May 30, 2024 4:09 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public
Replies: 75
Views: 1063

Re: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public

My already militant anti-landlordism has taken a turn this week. Last summer post Liz Truss shit show I had to move house because the landlord wanted to put the rent up by 25%. Had to move out of central London and still pay more than I was. Shit, but that's modern Britain. When making an offer for...
by Prufrock
Thu May 30, 2024 12:09 pm
Forum: Other Footy
Topic: Tonight's Football
Replies: 6348
Views: 691112

Re: Tonight's Football

Olympiakos won the UEFA conference league, in Athens. Going to be some ouzo hangovers today.

First Greek (club) team to win a European final.

(I suppose the only thing sweeter for them would have been doing it at Panathanaikos' ground rather than AEK).
by Prufrock
Wed May 29, 2024 6:48 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?
Replies: 445
Views: 9067

Re: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?

We quite clearly are in a better position than Charlton! There's a league and everything. It's the whole point. If Charlton finish above us next season then we aren’t. At the risk of getting all "he's 28 until he's 29" ...no. If Charlton finish above us next season then we will no longer be. We are...
by Prufrock
Wed May 29, 2024 5:50 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?
Replies: 445
Views: 9067

Re: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?

We quite clearly are in a better position than Charlton! There's a league and everything. It's the whole point.
by Prufrock
Wed May 29, 2024 1:07 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?
Replies: 445
Views: 9067

Re: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?

Given how good he was generally I think it's easy to understate how good Bradley was defensively. Evatt was clearly frustrated with JDC after the final, talking about how they'd said their wingers wanted to come inside. It's hypothetical, and only one example, but I don't think we concede that goal ...
by Prufrock
Wed May 29, 2024 10:02 am
Forum: General Banter
Topic: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public
Replies: 75
Views: 1063

Re: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public

I don't think drug runners pay tax, mate. There are also plenty of over 65/6s who don't pay income tax, and none of them pay NICs Everyone pays VAT, (theoretically 15+). Plenty 17 year olds are paying road and fuel duty. Do or don't pay tax clearly isn't the whole answer. But that we'd expect you to...
by Prufrock
Tue May 28, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?
Replies: 445
Views: 9067

Re: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?

It's been mentioned a few times that Derby are in an embargo and therefore we can somehow be said to outspend them. Firstly, I don't think that's true as a matter of fact. BBC reported it was lifted last May, they signed Kane Wilson (mhmm) after "an undisclosed agreement" last summer, and signed the...
by Prufrock
Mon May 27, 2024 11:18 am
Forum: General Banter
Topic: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public
Replies: 75
Views: 1063

Re: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public

I find this discussion a touch odd in that to me it's clearly about competency. Your starting point should be that everyone who is competent to do so should have a vote. Lots of arguments are self-serving about who is likely to win, but that's democracy. "I don't like who they'd vote for"...tough. I...
by Prufrock
Sun May 26, 2024 11:54 am
Forum: General Banter
Topic: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public
Replies: 75
Views: 1063

Re: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public

The dying breaths of a pointless government. Going to be a massacre. Good, they deserve to be wiped out.
by Prufrock
Fri May 24, 2024 10:44 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public
Replies: 75
Views: 1063

Re: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public

Which is a long about way of saying f*ck this shower of c*nuts. On their arse well overdue. Finally we can get the competent grown ups in. Politics is complicated and lots of the big problems have macro, global causes blah blah but having the ones who do their launch inside when it's raining is a fe...
by Prufrock
Fri May 24, 2024 10:38 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public
Replies: 75
Views: 1063

Re: 2024, hoodwink and bamboozle the public

My already militant anti-landlordism has taken a turn this week. Last summer post Liz Truss shit show I had to move house because the landlord wanted to put the rent up by 25%. Had to move out of central London and still pay more than I was. Shit, but that's modern Britain. When making an offer for ...
by Prufrock
Fri May 24, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?
Replies: 445
Views: 9067

Re: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?

^^ There's only a few anonymous internet forummers wanting him to stay and the board say nowt (if you're judging on an equitable basis) :-) Ghost suggests they'd have probably spotted some discontent through their media team, but I do agree, to make some sort of statement would be not unadjacent to...
by Prufrock
Thu May 23, 2024 7:43 pm
Forum: Other Footy
Topic: Tonight's Football
Replies: 6348
Views: 691112

Re: Tonight's Football

That's not the point I'm making. I don't mean in whole games, that we're either 10/10 or awful. I mean for decent chunks of time within games. Where it falls apart and we are horrible. Often it's on 60 mins plus when the strikers are swapped and the wing backs shagged. Occasionally it's been from th...
by Prufrock
Thu May 23, 2024 1:51 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Replies: 368
Views: 9482

Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread

Hope the wife is on the mend Sonic. Couple of things. The foot on the ball thing is definitely coached. It's all the rage now. Idea is meant to be you draw out the press and can play round. Oxford didn't bite, and we were snookered. But I don't think that's coming from Rico. I'd also be very astonis...
by Prufrock
Thu May 23, 2024 1:04 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Our formation
Replies: 24
Views: 754

Re: Our formation

I think you'd fix part of that with Ghost's 10 and two deeper suggestion. What DSB might say was inverting the triangle. A big problem was the number of times where they get out and suddenly Sheehan is the only midfielder able to affect play. That would be a big ask for anyone, and it certainly isn'...
by Prufrock
Thu May 23, 2024 12:53 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Rising in Wembley's Glow: A Bolton Wanderers Tale - Bolton vs Oxford. 18th May 2024, 4.15pm
Replies: 506
Views: 19324

Re: Rising in Wembley's Glow: A Bolton Wanderers Tale - Bolton vs Oxford. 18th May 2024, 4.15pm

We played plenty of brilliant football under Sam until the last couple of seasons. I'd quite happily watch Jay Jay and Djorkaeff whatever shape you play!
by Prufrock
Thu May 23, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Replies: 368
Views: 9482

Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread

I know the name but not sure I've seen him play much other than against us. For those in the know (and conscious of my promise on the other thread) do you reckon he could centre half and midfield in a 433 (not at the same time...)? Yes, though in my view he suits a back three better. He was a very ...