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A lovely video about the vital community services possible when joined up transport with non-profit regulations exists. The fear of a metropolis somehow stealing a community's identify further undermined. (Not that I'm a transit nerd or anything... honest...)

Wouldn't argue for one second about any of that - completely agree. Never in doubt!

And that right there is how they get you. Your enemy isn't your neighbour with the 99% same life experience as you but a slight difference in accent or the preference for a different football team.

Oh, and you may find that people from London say that when abroad or what-not. But in London itself I've rarely found anyone who wouldn't say "south east", "east end", "Hammersmith", etc.etc. Similar to how I would say "Manchester" to someone on holiday, but "Oldham" to someone actually from the area. I guess what I'm saying is, worry less about uniting with our neighbours (including Manchester) to build something bigger and stronger, and more about those that have it but won't share it.

London still has incredibly distinct local areas, vibes, accents, cultures, etc. etc. and all of those are vastly aided by the centralised and heavily-regulated public transport system. Some of London's most distinct local cultures are within the very heart of it, equally I know people who live 30 minutes from central London on the train and have been there a handful of times in their lives - they are in their 60's. If you don't like Burnham for any reason, crack on. But the idea that centralised and regulated transport is bad for the burb's couldn't be more wrong.

Fuck it, it's just easier.

What Dis said. I think the past this would have rumbled on for weeks. Now we're very well run. You won't see us being as unprofessional as before. No downsides at all right now. We've nothing to worry about. [Checks Scores]

Sounds like an entirely sensible, just and commensurate punishment handled professionally and without fuss. Are we sure this was us?

I watch a bit of it, but I certainly can't speak about AFL stats, never mind the underlying data science. At the elite level in football (for argument's sake, let's say the PL and Champions League) they are certainly capably of analysis way beyond "he kicked it" or "he didn't kick it". To the point JSS makes above, as a convenient example - at an elite level, statistics would show that Kitching's crosses led to goals, even if that was indirectly.

Port Vale stars launch charity to help disadvantaged youngsters access coaching - (stokesentinel.co.uk) - Seems like a decent guy.

Most of the stats (at least at the elite level) account for this kind of thing.

"Recently" = "A decade or more", no? It's perhaps continuing down a road of less and less contact, but it's not new. That said, it's also arguable that the speed of the game has changed and that minimal contact can and does lead to decisions that look like live dives until you consider what you'd do if someone lightly tapped your ankle whilst you were running full-tilt. It's an imperfect world, with imperfect rules and imperfect application of them.

I thought Jackanory was the story? Or was it Morning Glory? I know for sure it was written by Daniel Storey. Story.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/06/former-australian-spy-alisdair-putt-61-dies-during-worlds-toughest-row-across-the-atlantic

They know more about our team than I do, that's for sure. So much so that I'd have absolutely no clue about a single one of these. But then to be fair I got as far as Magnus and gave up.

That's a very unreasonable comparison, to start with. But beyond that, and as @mick26 said above, they are both known for quite considerable charitable efforts (if that's genuine altruism or branding who knows?) - including the McElhenney's recently donating $100k to the Eagles Autism Foundation. It's easy and tempting to cast aspersions.

Unfortunately at this stage in Latics' turgid history we play non-league cloggers every week mate!

I really like this point, and said similar to my dad. He'd said "we suddenly look a lot fitter" and I countered with a similar point to yours - we're not fitter, we're just running more. And I don't mean the classic headless chicken shit. In the games I saw under Undsworth we'd sit deep and not press. Yesterday we sat deep, sure, but we pressed and harried every single play, top to bottom. That was a huge difference maker in how the game went. Even when Kanu was rinsing us, they were not getting an outrageous number of gilt-edged chances because we pressed the ball when he passed it. Game changing for this style of play.

Not specifically, but there is fuck all else on today football-wise, so I expect anywhere with a PremierLeague/sports/tv vibe could be a goer.

And shipping Tollitt out on loan would seem a likely step towards that.

Thanks! @Matt Something worth your thoughts here mate.

Tollitt Joins Kidderminster Until January - News - Oldham Athletic

I'll ask @Matt to give the rust bucket a kick.

Another example of how teams evolve, as they are now called The New Saints, and have been since the mid-2000's.

Anyone would think a commentator's job is to comment...