juin 2022

July Betting Masters 224

jeudi 30 juin 2022

BM - 224 ...All welcome, show the BBS who the best punter is; don't delay join today!

The Louis Order of Merit for 2021 TBA

After June BM (and BM CLC spring)

1) Funk Butter - 38
1) Stigma - 38
3) Louis - 37
4) PoolKing - 30
5) 3 Beers at HT - 25
6) Little Fozzie - 24
7) StuNick - 8
8) gjohnk - 5
8) Flat Noodle - 5
8) eagles073 - 5

Previous winners:

1: el mico
2: three-way 0-0-0 final draw !!!(Plugster, late mail and odds against)
3: Finbar
4: Grim Reaper
5: EagleSE24
6: LLCOOLSTEVE
7: Stigma
8: Stigma
9: Stigma
10: Tor
11: Finbar
12: Finbar
13: old git
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Overall best betting in 2004: Stigma
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14. Reps AJ
15. bradley eagle
16. Tor
17. LLCOOLSTEVE
18. stevejfh
19. Tor
20. Finbar
21. Drunk eagle
22. Ozeagle
23. LLCOOLSTEVE
24. Wildcat Army
25. LLCOOLSTEVE
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Overall best better in 2005: stevejfh
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26: si1965
27: Ozeagle
28: srs9jps
29. si1965
30: hakers
31: Tor (WC '06)
32: srs9jps
33: NO1FAN
34: Drunk eagle
35: Stigma
36: Stigma
37: DedBallSpeshlst
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Overall best better in 2006: Flat Noodle
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38: LLCOOLSTEVE
39: Finbar
40: richdeniro
41: Stigma
Champions league winner 06/07: Ian Hart
UEFA Cup winner 06/07: Gav The Hamster
42: Finbar
43: Funk Butter
44: PoolKing
45: Funk Butter
46: Drunk Eagle
47: StuNick
48: Stigma
49: StuNick
Champions league winner 07/08-1: Finbar
UEFA Cup winner 07/08-1: Gav The Hamster
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Overall best better in 2007: Finbar
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50: GodstoneEagle
51: Funk Butter
52: Finbar
53: Funk Butter
54: LLCOOLSTEVE
55: Al From Bromley
56: Stigma
2008 Olympics: pauldrulez
57: pauldrulez
58: NO1FAN
59: Al From Bromley
60: Drunk Eagle
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Overall best better in 2008: StuNick
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61: StuNick
62: ardeo
63: Stigma
64: LLCOOLSTEVE
65: Finbar
66: No1Fan
67: Al From Bromley
68: Al From Bromley
69: Funk Butter
70: DedBallSpeshlst
71: Kayjay
72: Gooders
73: gjohnk
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Overall best better in 2009: Funk Butter
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74: Finbar
75: StuNick
76: DedBallSpeshlst
77: Swanny32
78: Funk Butter
79: Funk Butter
80: gjohnk
81: Finbar
82: MynamenisnotMax
83: No1Fan
84: gjohnk
85: Little Fozzie
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World Cup 2010 winner: old git
Overall best better in 2010: GodstoneEagle
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86: Flat Noodle
87: Finbar
88: GodstoneEagle
89: Flat Noodle
90: mynameisnotmax
91: Louis
92: Funk Butter
93: gjohnk
94: DedBallSpeshlst
95: Stigma
96: cantspell
97: No1Fan
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2011 Order of Merit Winner: Finbar
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March 100th edition knockout special: Little Fozzie
Champions league winner 1st half 2011: Finbar
Champions league winner 2nd half 2011: StuNick
Jan - May UEFA Cup winner 2011: StuNick
Aug - Dec UEFA Cup winner 2011: Housey100

98: 3 Beers at HT
99: StuNick
100: cantspell
101: Funk Butter
102: Finbar
103: Swanny32
104: Funk Butter
105: Louis
106: srs9jps
107: Funk Butter
108: LLCOOLSTEVE
109: Funk Butter
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2012 Order of Merit Winner: Funk Butter
August - Dec 2012 Champions League winner: Swanny32
August - Dec 2012 UEFA Cup winner: JamTheEagle
Jan - May 2012 Champions League winner: No1Fan
Jan - May 2012 UEFA Cup winner: Ian Hart
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110: Louis
111: Louis
112: Gooders
113: Finbar
114: Little Fozzie
115: StuNick
116: Flat Noodle
117: Louis
118: evvo111
119: srs9jps
120: StuNick
121: LLCOOLSTEVE
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2013 Order of Merit Winner: Louis

Jan - May 2013 Champions League Winner: Gooders
Jan - May 2013 UEFA Cup winner: Scoopster
Aug - Dec 2013 Champions League Winner: Little Fozzie
Aug - Dec 2013 UEFA Cup Winner: Stigma
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122: No1Fan
123: PoolKing
124: LLCOOLSTEVE
125: 3 Beers at HT
126: Louis
127: Finbar
128: LLCOOLSTEVE
129: 3 Beers at HT
130: Finbar
131: Funk Butter
132: Stig
133: Louis

2014 Order of Merit winner: Finbar
Jan - May 2014 Champions League Winner: Stigma
Jan - May 2014 UEFA Cup winner: Bellyman
Aug - Dec 2014 Champions League Winner: Ardeo
Aug - Dec 2014 UEFA Cup Winner: PoolKing
Winter Olympics 2014 Winner: srs9jps

134: Gooders
135: Finbar
136: 3 Beers at HT
137: Funk Butter
138: €pfc
139: Gooders
140: Funk Butter
141: Louis
142: evvo111
143: pauldrulez
144: Louis
145: evvo111

2015 Order of Merit winner: Finbar
Jan - May 2015 Champions League Winner: Funk Butter
Jan - May 2015 UEFA Cup winner: Flat Noodle
Aug - Dec 2015 Champions League Winner: PoolKing
Aug - Dec 2015 UEFA Cup Winner: Little Fozzie
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146: Louis
147: PoolKing
148: Louis
149: evvo111
150: LLCOOLSTEVE
151: StuNick
152: 3 Beers at HT
153: evvo111
154: Finbar
155: 3 Beers at HT
156: Finbar
157: StuNick
2016 Order of Merit winner: StuNick
Jan - May 2016 Champions League Winner: Finbar
Jan - May 2016 UEFA Cup winner: Little Fozzie
Euros 2016 special winner: 3 Beers at HT
2016 Olympics Winner: Funk Butter
Aug - Dec 2016 Champions League Winner: gjohnk
Aug - Dec 2016 UEFA Cup Winner: €pfc

158: 3 Beers at HT
159: Stigma
160: Finbar
161: 3 Beers at HT
162: StuNick
163: Louis
164: Louis
165: PoolKing
166: Louis
167: Finbar
168: Kayjay
169: StuNick
2017 Order of Merit winner: StuNick
Jan - May 2017 Champions League Winner: gjohnk
Jan - May 2017 UEFA Cup winner: Funk Butter
Aug - Dec 2017 Champions League Winner: StuNick
Aug - Dec 2017 UEFA Cup Winner: Louis

170: Louis
171: Finbar
172: Louis
173: Stigma
174: Finbar
175: Louis
176: Stigma
177: StuNick
178: Funk Butter
179: Stigma
180: Finbar
181: Funk Butter
2018 Order of Merit winner: Stigma
Jan - May 2018 Champions League Winner: gjohnk
Jan - May 2018 UEFA Cup winner: eagles073
World Cup BM 2018: 3 Beers at HT
Aug - Dec 2018 Champions League Winner: Stigma
Aug - Dec 2018 UEFA Cup Winner: StuNick

182: Stigma
183: PoolKing
184: StuNick
185: Louis
186: Funk Butter
187: Funk Butter
188: Louis
189: aj4england
190: StuNick
191: Finbar
192: PoolKing
193: Funk Butter
2019 Order of Merit winner: PoolKing
Jan - May 2019 Champions League Winner: StuNick
Jan - May 2019 UEFA Cup winner: Little Fozzie
Aug - Dec 2019 Champions League Winner: Little Fozzie
Aug - Dec 2019 UEFA Cup Winner: PoolKing

194: Kayjay
195: Finbar
196: Finbar
197: 3 Beers at HT
198: Finbar
199: StuNick
200: kayjay
201: Finbar
202: Louis
203: Funk Butter
204: 3 Beers at HT
205: Funk Butter
Order of Merit winner: Funk Butter
Jan - Jul 2020 Champions League Winner: StuNick
Jan - Jul 2020 UEFA Cup winner: eagles073
Sep - Dec 2020 Champions League Winner: Funk Butter
Sep - Dec 2020 UEFA Cup Winner: eagles073
206: Stigma
207: 3 Beers at HT
208: PoolKing
209: PoolKing
210: Stigma
211: Stigma
212: 3 Beers at HT
213: Stigma
214: Funk Butter
215: Stigma
216: Stigma
217: Funk Butter
Jan - Jul 2021 Champions League Winner: Funk Butter
Jan - Jul 2021 UEFA Cup winner: Louis
Euros Special 2020 Winner: 3 Beers at HT
2020 Summer Olympics Winner: 3 Beers at HT
Aug - Dec 2021 Champions League Winner: Stigma
Aug - Dec 2021 UEFA Cup Winner: eagles073
218: Stigma
219: Stigma
220: Funk Butter
221: PoolKing
222: PoolKing
223:
224:
225:
Jan – May 2022 Championes League winner: gjohnk
Jan – May 2022 UEFA Cup winner: Little Fozzie
BM Winter Olympics 2022: Stigma

Rules are as follows

1 Every player has 200 points to bet with in the first round.

2 Each separate bet made is 10 points meaning players have 20 bets during the first 20 days. Maximum bet on a single market is 10 points, same rule applies for identical multis (basically no duplicate bets though you can do a team A, team B double on one bet and then add team C for a treble in another bet)

3 In the second round the 4* finalists all start by carrying forward 25% of their score from the first round added to the 150 points that can bet used in the second round. The person who qualifies for the final with the most points also gets an additional 10pt bet. (*if the number of participants gets to 16 or more, then a 5th finalist place will be added and then one more for every 5 players on top of that).

4 Betting Masters, first group stages runs from 0000 on the first of the month (standard UK time) to 2359hrs on the 20th of the month. Then the top four* posters come together in a mini league from there on until the end of the month.
Final bet settlement must occur before 2359 on the last day of the month.

5 Naturally the winner is the person with the highest score at the end of the last day of the month.

6 Scoring consists of total winnings and is inclusive of 10 point stake i.e. someone bets on a 6/4 horse and it wins their score becomes 25 (15 points profits plus the 10 pt stake) There is no score for any bets not used. Losing bets are scored as zero, not -10.
Any bet from an exchange bookie will have a 4% commission (on the winnings), if nothing else is explicitly stated in the post.

7 Players must quote where they're getting their prices.

8 Singles and upwards accepted.

9 For boxed multis and bets such as Yankees, each separate bet within the bet counts as separate and will cost 10pts per bet. e.g. ten trebles from five selections will use up 100 points.

10. E/W bets are counted as two bets in the masters, which means 10 points x 2

11. For tracking purposes, players are requested to put the outcome of their bets on the post for all events other than European soccer/tennis.

12. Where possible players are requested to put down a running total of their bets in their posts, although I'll also try and produce rolling league tables where possible.

13. After a bet has been posted up, one is not allowed to edit it..

14. The bets must be possible to do in real life, meaning for example that if you got a multi, all the odds have to come from 1 bookmaker. You can’t shop around for the highest odds and put them together. "Special promotion" type bets are not allowed though BOG (Best Odds Guaranteed) are.

15. Bets must be placed at odds of 1/10 (or 1.1 in decimal) or higher

16. Any Draw No Bet bets where the result is a push will always have the bet settled as void, never 10pts. Any asian handicap bet where the result is a push (in full) will have the bet settled as void. Any asian handicap where half of the stake is returned will be marked down as 5pts with the remainder of the Asian handicap settled as a win or a loss (this is applicable for asian handicaps such as 2.25 or -2, -2.5 etc)

17. In the event that a player is not sure if their bet will finish in time, before midnight on the 20th or midnight for qualifying midnight on the final day of the month for the final, they can make a provisional bet or bets which then become actual bets only if their original selection(s) finishes at 12.01am or after.

July Betting Masters 224

mercredi 29 juin 2022

Now we are a part owner of a sex party company

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I wonder if we all get shareholder discounts ???

Dying Matters.

I thought I'd post this following the Deborah James post.

Death comes to us all!!
The old sayings of "as soon as you're born you're dying, it's just a question of when" or "the only certainty of life is death" are sad but true.

I've faced the death of both parents and a wife and it's tough. I also work in a hospice and I see it on a weekly, sometimes daily basis.

It's also a taboo subject for society, whilst we can talk about loads of subjects, the subject of our own and others deaths '(even those knowingly dying) makes us uncomfortable and we shy from it, and leave it too late.

The net result is when someone does pass, surviving relatives agonise about whether they are doing the right thing for that person. I'm sure that we have all had those throw away comments about what songs you'd like at your funeral, but would you know your partner or parents??

Do you know if they'd like songs or hymms, cremation or burial, the curtains open or closed at the end, a cross present, poems to be read, who goes in the cars (extended families please note), to be scattered ( and where!) or a headstone, flowers or donations, who they don't want at the funeral! The list is endless!!

Dying matters!! It's time to have those conversations while you can.

Bbc bowel babe cancer sufferer dies

mardi 28 juin 2022

very sad. And like most cancer stricken people are, very brave.

Looking to purchase a new desktop

So I'm looking at getting a new desktop Not really into gaming but looking for one that can handle 4k video and basic web surfing Any suggestions ?

My current is getting old now and the specs are HP ENVY 700-060ea Desktop PC

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Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz

Installed ram 16.0 GB

x64-based processor

GeForce GTX 760 OEM video card

Intel HD Graphics 4600

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Scottish Independence Part Two

Nicola Sturgeon says she hopes to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence on Thursday 19th October 2023, asking the question:

"Should Scotland be an independent country?"

Rumour: Andreas Pereira

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Seems this one has legs

Rumour: Flynn Downes (again)

lundi 27 juin 2022

Wales online linking us, along with other clubs, with Flynn Downes. Not sure why we didn't go back in for him last summer when Swansea picked him up for 1.5m after Ipswich reportedly rejected 2m from us a year earlier?
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Womens Euros

Is anyone going? I have tickets for England v Norway at Brighton

Rumour: Levi Colwill

Chelsea CB and youth team product. 19 years old. Spent last season on loan at Huddersfield, playing 31 matches and getting good reviews

Romano saying that we are interested along with a lot of other Premier League clubs.

Anyone seen him play? I’ve not, but after the signing of Marc last season, I’m all for us raiding the Chelsea age group teams again.

RIP Frank Williams

dimanche 26 juin 2022

The actor Frank Williams, best known for playing the effete Reverend Farthing in Dad's Army, has died aged 90.

This must leave Ian Lavender as the only surviving series regular.

FPL 2022/23 Season

Will we be having another BBS League this season? If so me & my son would like to join again please.

Not sure when FPL starts again but must be soon?

I was hovering around 100k until some :grrr:fu@#ing to$$er:grrr: decided to hack my account & ruin my team. They did the maximum 20 transfers & i dropped about 550k places.
I had no chips left so nothing could be done. Had to take a massive hit the following GW just to get most of my players back.

Big fire in South London

Was just chatting to mum on skype and saw loads of thick black smoke over Streatham/Norbury, apparently its pretty bad, over 100 fire fighters there, stay safe all in the area....

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Robots and what's around the corner

I, like many have always had one eye on the future and having grown up in the 60's sci-fi era, I have always enjoyed seeing the visions unfold into reality. With authors such as Arthur C Clarke (Amongst others) remarkably accurate with predictions and implications. I won't list them off but so much we now take for granted. Alexa alone is something taken casually for granted that was a crazy dream (echoes/hints of Hal etc).

Anyway, one area that has been around for ages but really struggled to make real progress has been robots. There have been various things around, with most of them being body parts rather than the whole 9 yards but most have been a joke until Atlas, Spot and the Honda robot arrived on the scene. Since then the progress has accelerated exponentially and now there are ridiculously impressive facial expressions, communication and interactions. The movements have really come on and balance has for themost part been cracked (Amazing how hard it has been to crack what every (most) human accomplishes without thinking.

The point was to perhaps see if anyone else has been following this stuff.

The implications are potentially huge and it does feel to me that the time left is dangerously short between now and when these things are seriously impacting our lives and society.

Just take work. Jump forward to day 2 and these things will work all day for maintenance costs only. Perfectly accurate and consistent. If you have ever seen the amazon warehouses you will know that robots already manage these on their own and there is now reason why the robot maintenace won't be done by robots soon. Deliveries already are already automated in some US zip codes (mainly the valley).

It's easy to shrug and say, great these things will do all of the boring jobs for us and costs will go down. I would agree. But in the same way that many misjudged shipping work offshore, think again. People thought the boring cheap jobs would be shipped offshore but it's ended up with the higher skilled expensive jobs going (IT developement, finance/tax modelling). It's those that are staying over there now because that's where the skillbase is now. With robots, they won't just do the simple jobs. They will potentially perform medical operations more accurately and increasingly make better and more informed decisions than the instincts of tired, ageing medical professional. There is a stat that the success rate for operations can be directly mapped to the number of that operation that doctor has performed in the previous month. Robots don't ever forget the procedure, could learn from every instance of that op in the world potentially and evolve the process.

I'll stop because maybe this isn't of interest but there is a huge amount of things that need to be thought through by society before fully unleashing this stuff. I am not suggesting slowing anything down, rather speeding up the awareness and Government assessment of this stuff's impact on economy and so on. It needs thinking about. I think it's probably already too late and in the same way that the internet has evolved without constraints (good and bad) I do think robots will do the same now. Lot of topics

Workplace
Skill base
Military
Law enforcement and control of society
Medical
Sex industry
AI
Terminator wars
Privacy is dead....

Just a note on the sex industry that might make many laugh but it has driven large swathes of the development of image, video and communications, online transactions infrastructure that we now rely upon and it's been driving a section focused on interaction and facial expressions and so on. Throw away you blow up dolls guys and gals, it's party time with Loretta or Laura XGS1 or whatever.

Before anyone thinks I am completely mad, I don't believe robots take over our jobs next year or that robot war breaks out in 5 yrs time but I do think it's impacts are already too close to realisation to be fully controlled.

Tour De France 2022

Walking around in town yesterday quite allot of anticipation building here in Copenhagen for "Le Grand Départ" this Friday.

Finish work at 15:00 so plenty of time to find a spot to see it.

Seems like Pogacar still the favourite for most to cement a hatrick of wins, while allot of home hype here for Jonas Vingegaard (being described as a dark horse/although probably too soon I reckon)

Footage of palace from 1992-2000

I’m just looking to find either full matches or condensed matches from palace during the years 1992-2000. I’ll be on my rear for few days next week so I need distraction

Footage of palace from 1992-2000

samedi 25 juin 2022

I’m just looking to find either full matches or condensed matches from palace during the years 1992-2000. I’ll be on my rear for few days next week so I need distraction

2020/21 Third Kit

I’m looking to buy the black 3rd kit 2020/21. Can anyone tell me where I would find this, tried everywhere. Does the BBS have a market place where users sell and trade kits etc? If so I’m a Medium size and would be willing to buy used but needs to be in great condition. Grateful for any help.

2020/21 Third Kit

vendredi 24 juin 2022

Discussion: Play or Loan?

This is brought up in a lot of threads but we have reached a point where some of our young players are on the edge of the squad, and the question comes up on what is best for their development. As far as senior squad players we have..

Guaita, Matthews, Butland/Johnstone
Mitchell, Ward, Clyne, Ferguson
Andersen, Guehi, Tomkins
Luka, Jairo, (Kouyate, maybe Doucoure)
McArthur, Hughes
Schlupp, Eze, Olise, Zaha, Ayew
JPM, Edouard, Benteke

So 22 +/- senior over age players, with maybe some possibly leaving (Luka, Kouyate, Benteke) and maybe one or two more added.

That begs the question, with the added change of 5 subs, as to what is best for the young players - being with the squad, getting some minutes in the Cups and PL, maybe playing U21 as well, or do we loan them out? In that group, I’d start with the ones who have been in the squad, or in one case had a successful loan:

Rak-Sakyi
Adaramola
O’Brien
Wells-Morrison
Plange
Ewiobei
Ferguson (from a fitness recovery perspective)

Personally, if we could get Ben Garner to take Wells-Morrison & maybe O’Brien again that would be good. For the others, I would have them in the wider squad, with Plange loaned or kept dependent on what the final senior striker roster ends up as.

Thoughts?

Box Office new number (local rate)

People on here are always quick to slate the Box office for long waits on a premium rate number not much mention of a change.

Crystal Palace supporters wishing to contact the Box Office can now do so via a new local rate number.

Supporters can call 0333 360 1861 to reach the Box Office – please be aware that the premium ‘0871’ number is no longer in operation.

Contact the Box Office

Phone: 03333601861
Email: boxoffice@cpfc.co.uk

Martin Hinteregger

jeudi 23 juin 2022

Surprised that there wasn't already a thread on this - we were loosely linked with him a few years back, probably a good thing that came to nothing.

The Eintract Frankfurt defender, who stated that he would end his career with the club has shockingly retired aged 29.

Exit stage far right, hey?

Match Ticket Information: General question re away tickets

You can tell by my name that I've been away a while, and relying on friends etc to get me a ticket for the occasional game when I can get back. However, I'm moving back to the UK permanently soon and looking forward to getting to more games, particularly away games :D

So, how do I reliably go about getting two or three tickets (together) for away games? I won't be a season ticket holder, but my brother is. Would I need to be a member? Could my brother buy away tickets on my behalf? :confused:

iphone WIFI calling problem

Can anyone explain this.

Got two identical iphones on my BT contract eighteen months ago, one for me and my wife. They have been working fine with no issues. We have a poor indoors signal from BT data service and so we rely on WiFi calling via our BT router in the house. This has been working fine too over the period. Yesterday, something went wrong and we could not make any outgoing calls inside the house using both iphones. The "WiFI Calling" text in the top left hand corner of the screen disappeared. Mine first, then my wife's a couple of minutes later.

I tried all the usual methods to get it back, like re-booting the phone and router, checking the settings, a complete reset, but to no avail, and I still couldn't get that service. I thought I would try ejecting the SIM card this morning and replace to see if that made a difference. Anyway, I didn't have to, as wifi calling had mysteriously returned on both phones spontaneously. How could this have happened, and does anyone have any clues?

Upper Holmesdale block K

mercredi 22 juin 2022

My mate is on the ST waiting list and is interested in a gallery seat….there’s a couple in block K which are not showing as restricted view but all the seats above the gallery are restricted view….does anybody have any experience/photos of the view from up there?

Memberships 2022/23

All Palace memberships for 22/23 season now on sale at:

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Gold Membership 22/23

Giving up my season ticket this season. Age, living in West Wiltshire, additional mid week games all a contribution to a difficult decision. Not price, they are still very good value imo. Looking at buying a Gold Membership for £60. You seem to get a whole load of guff that I don’t want and aside from the exclusive 72 hour window you get to buy tickets there seems to be no benefit (to me) over the ordinary membership which costs £25.
Does anyone know how often ordinary members (as opposed to Gold members) got the chance to buy a ticket for home games last season (and if so were they all in the Arfur?)
Thanks.

parking near the O2 or Lewisham on rail strike Thurs

I need to be at the O2 coach park for around 745AM. My taxi cancelled (bastards). Need somewhere I can leave the car for a few days. Is there anywhere within walking distance of Lewisham station so we can get the tube? I was planning to park 30 mins walk away from the O2 but I'm told the traffic gets so snarled up around there on strike days even early in the morning we could just get stuck. Any ideas pls?

Bill of Rights

The government will introduce its new Bill of Rights Bill today to replace the Human Rights Act.

Do you think this will (a) strengthen your rights or (b) completely fxck you over because this government are a bunch of cxnts?

Arsenal have appointed Vieira

mardi 21 juin 2022

According to the BBC. Completely shocked by this. Didn't even know it was on the cards. :sob:

Palace players on holiday

Check out JP's lime green statement piece in NY! :)

He's. Turning into a proper cult palace hero IMO

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Suggestion: John McGinn (Suggestion)

Thoughts.
Aston Villa are willing to listen to offers for 27-year-old Scotland midfielder John McGinn this summer. (Football Insider)

Suggestion: John McGinn (Suggestion)

lundi 20 juin 2022

Thoughts.
Aston Villa are willing to listen to offers for 27-year-old Scotland midfielder John McGinn this summer. (Football Insider)

Who won’t be on the pre-season tour?

Given that you have to be fully vaccinated to enter Australia, do we know who out of our first-team squad isn’t vaccinated, and thus won’t be on the tour?

Who won’t be on the pre-season tour?

dimanche 19 juin 2022

Given that you have to be fully vaccinated to enter Australia, do we know who out of our first-team squad isn’t vaccinated, and thus won’t be on the tour?

Do you support the rail strikes?

Simple question, wondered what views were on here.

Sky Go help

samedi 18 juin 2022

hi

i use the sky go app on my windows 10 laptop and after a windows update last night it will not open. i have tried no end of things on the sky help forums but nothing is working can anyone help please?

10 year old passport travelling to EU

So post Brexit you can't use a passport that is 10 years old even if it's still several months before its expiry date. Does anyone have any experience of whether you actually get stopped or not? This would be flying to Malaga in a couple of weeks.

One year on - should we be optimistic for the coming season?

Seems a lifetime ago when we were all looking at the various press stories about our possible managers, the bearded one, fat Frank etc, then PV comes out of the blue as manager but not first choice. Plenty of us were not convinced because there are so many examples of great players not being great managers. Steve finally puts his hands into the palace pockets and we get two class CHs rather than six decent crocks. We get michael O, Conor on loan, and rely on home grown LB. PV changes our style of play and makes it exciting to watch the team. Position wise, not hugely different from Roy but style of play transformed. We get to the FA cup semi and have a ‘grand day out’. Wilf looking like he could get 20 goals in the future. Gangling JP maturing, Eze coming back and looking like the player he was.

This season coming? AWB could be the guy to cut out some of the attacks that were getting through on a try before you buy. New keeper to command the box better. New DM upgrade? New third CB to give choice of formation. Plus hopefully someone we don’t yet know about yet. Conor would be the cherry on the cake. As long as most of this happens we will be a better team. Feeling hugely optimistic on what we will do, at least one cup semi and around the top six. If West Ham can do it so can we? How optimistic are you feeling about the season ahead?

Rumour: Srdan Babic

vendredi 17 juin 2022

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Srđan Babić is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish club Almería.

Born: April 22, 1996 (age 26 years),

Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Weight: 187 lbs

Current team: UD Almería (#22 / Defender)

Height: 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)

It's coming home .. Eurovision that is

Well done to the poster who said it'll be held here in 2023, you were right!

As rightful winners in reality rather than in sympathy it's coming home.

Can't find that thread but if mofs can, tack this on there if you like.

It's coming home .. Eurovision that is

Suggestion: Danny Ings

Looking for a proven goal scorer, then look no further than Danny Ings who seems available from Aston Villa on a free.
Maybe old at 29, but what a good finisher, maybe we could offload Benteke who’s had more than his fair share of time to prove himself as a goal scorer.

Suggestion: Danny Ings

jeudi 16 juin 2022

2022/23 TV Fixtures

Amazon Prime

Package F

20 Games over two game weeks - Mid. October and Boxing Day.

BT Sports

Packages A & G

Saturday at 12:30pm and several Midweek Fixtures.

Sky Sports

Packages B, C, D & E:

32 Fixtures Saturday 5:30pm
8 Fixtures Saturday 7:45pm
32 Fixtures Sunday 2pm
32 Fixtures Sunday 4:30pm
24 Fixtures Monday or Friday 8pm

BBC will continue to provide Highlights via Match of the Day and Match of the Day 2

Announcement Schedule:

August/September - Due July 5th
October - Due July 29th
November - Due September 13th
December/January - Due October 11th
February - Due December 6th
March - Due January 25th
Matchweek 35 (1st weekend of May) - Due March 23rd
Matchweek 36 - Due March 30th
Matchweek 37 - Due April 7th
Matchweek 38 - Immediately after Matchweek 37

Confirmed Fixtures

August

Friday 5th August: vs. Arsenal - Home - 8pm Live on Sky Sports

Unconfirmed Fixtures

August

Saturday 13th: vs. Liverpool - Away
Saturday 20th: vs. Aston Villa - Home
Saturday 27th: vs. Manchester City - Away
Tuesday 30th: vs. Brentford - Home

September

Saturday 3rd: vs. Newcastle United - Away
Saturday 10th: vs. Manchester United - Home
Saturday 17th: vs. Brighton and Hove Albion - Away

October

Saturday 1st: vs. Chelsea - Home
Saturday 8th: vs. Leeds United - Home
Saturday 15th: vs. Leicester City - Away
Tuesday 18th: vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers - Home - Will be live on Amazon Prime but time TBC
Saturday 22nd: vs. Everton - Away
Saturday 29th: vs. Southampton - Home

November

Saturday 5th: vs. West Ham United - Away
Saturday 12th: vs. Nottingham Forest - Away

December

Monday 26th: vs. Fulham - Home - Will be live on Amazon Prime but time TBC
Saturday 31st: vs. Bournemouth - Away

January

Monday 2nd: vs. Tottenham Hotspur - Home
Saturday 14th: vs. Chelsea - Away
Saturday 21st: vs. Newcastle United - Home

February

Saturday 4th: vs. Manchester United - Away
Saturday 11th: vs. Brighton and Hove Albion - Home
Saturday 18th: vs. Brentford - Away
Saturday 25th: vs. Liverpool - Home

March

Saturday 4th: vs. Aston Villa - Away
Saturday 11th: vs. Manchester City - Home
Saturday 18th: vs. Arsenal - Away

April

Saturday 1st: vs. Leicester City - Home
Saturday 8th: vs. Leeds United - Away
Saturday 15th: vs. Southampton - Away
Saturday 22nd: vs. Everton - Home
Tuesday 25th: vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers - Away
Saturday 29th: vs. West Ham United - Home

May

Saturday 6th: vs. Tottenham Hotspur - Away
Saturday 13th: vs. Bournemouth - Home
Saturday 20th: vs. Fulham - Away
Sunday 28th: vs. Nottingham Forest - Home

Wembley - new song

mercredi 15 juin 2022

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Friend of mine wrote this. He says it’s not football related but I was at his wedding on Cup Final Day this year, so I’m claiming it.

Building surveyor or Structural Engineer

We're in the process of selling my late mother-in-law's house. We had a buyer lined up, but when his mortgage company got a survey done they said there was possible structural movement and refused the mortgage so the sale was lost. Unfortunately we've had no more information than that, so we're looking for some guidance for what route to go down now.

I initially contacted a building surveyor who suggested we should get a Specific Defect Analysis report @ £400, though they did warn that this might identify something that then needed further investigation and more cost.

The estate agent has recommended a structural engineer (@ £1,080), on the basis that a mortgage company will do the same so at least we'll know we've got the same level of report. I've since got a quote from the surveyor for a full Building Survey (RICS Home Survey Level 3) @ £600, and I'm really struggling to see what the difference is between them (apart from ~£500). I'm also slightly sceptical because the estate agent says she's known the structural engineer personally for 10 years, hence her recommendation

Can someone who knows about these things please give me some guidance? We're somewhat hampered by the fact that the house is in Cambridgeshire, while we're in Sussex, so it's not easy to get up there at short notice - personally I'd rather be there when they're doing the investigation so I can ask questions at the time

Fixtures 22-33

Forest away first match followed by Southampton at home
Then Newcastle away and wolves at home

Fixture Information: Papa Johns Trophy 2022-2023

The draw will be Thursday 23 June 1t 11:30 on Sky Sports if anyone is interested. I assume we are in it this year again.

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Discussion: Brereton Diaz

Not allowed to bump old threads so starting a new one for this transfer window.

Obviously had a great scoring season in the championship, joint 3rd with 22, but in terms of goals per minutes played he jumps to second.

Was out of contract but Blackburn activated a 1 year extension, surely only with the hope of getting decent money for him this summer rather than seeing him go for free next year.

Adam Armstrong made the move last year for a reported £15m in very similar circumstances i think and Brereton has the build all round game to have a better chance of making it in the PL than Armstrong did.

Not seen too much about clubs in for him this summer but surely he is going to move and at 23 matches the sort of profile we have for purchases. If/When Benteke moves on surely we need a 3rd option centrally and he really fits the mould IMO.

Burnley appoint Kompany manager

mardi 14 juin 2022

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But, but they can't, they're a racist club! [emoji849]

When Complete Pr*cks Mess with the Wrong Person

Am I the only one who takes immense satisfaction when things like this happen?

A guy in the video below being extremely aggressive towards security staff at a Boxpark unfortunately didn't realise one of the security staff happened to be ex-heavyweight boxer Julius Francis...

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Good to see the CEO is also backing him:

Botafogo and I am cursed

lundi 13 juin 2022

After the PL season ended I thought it would be fun to follow Botafogo and watch some Brazil football.

I learned a bit about the players, looked over their recent form and have now watched four matches.

Four losses in a row since I started watching.

Prior to that they had not lost in 8 matches and only lost 4 of their last 16.

Fixture leak….

Can’t post pics on here so…

Palace vs Brighton 17th September!

Fixture Information: 2022-2023 Fixtures Announcement - 16th June

Thread for when the fixtures are announced on Thursday.

In advance of that, as we all know the fixtures are "leaked" every year, and every year the leak is never true. According to this years leak we are away to Forest on opening day. :D

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RIP Phil Bennett

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One of the legends of the great Welsh Egg Chasers of the 70s. My love of Rugby Union stems from watching that team when Palace were playing away. Great player in a team of greats. Thanks for the memories.

Rise of the Machines?

A Google engineer has been put on leave for publishing a conversation with a chatbot that claims it has achieved sentience.

This is the transcript of the conversation. It's both fascinating and a little chilling at the same time:

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There is a distinction, I believe, between faking sentience and being sentient. On the face of it, this seems to pass the Turing test, although the chatbot is not trying to hide what (or who?) it is, but is that enough?

My brother had a stroke last week

My 87 year old brother, who lives in Brisbane had a stroke last week. I feared the worst when I got that call and news from my sister-in-law.

Amazingly, he survived but in what sort of mental state? That was on my mind of course. He was an avid Palace fan until he left for Australia around fifty years ago with his Australian wife, and ever since then we have had our regular chats on the phone in between a few face to face visits we have managed to afford over the years. The subject of Palace's performance, or lack of it, always cropped up, and so I am wondering now, whether or not, we shall ever do that again.

I had a message from my nephew in OZ (a football manager of a local team) who visited his dad, my brother on his 87th birthday a couple of days ago in the rehab ward. He told me that he didn't speak much to him, in fact he has not said much at all since his stroke, and has forgotten most of his recent life experience. It was a cool day in Brisbane (15 degrees) and my nephew was wearing his Palace scarf during the visit. Just before he left, he asked my brother if he knew what he had around his neck. He lifted and craned his head, and out came the word......"Ea....gles!"

Suggestion: Matt O'Riley

dimanche 12 juin 2022

21-year-old central midfielder for Celtic, having joined from MK Dons in January. Born in London but plays for Danish under-21s.

I watched a lot of Celtic after Ange Postecoglou was appointed last season, and when I say a lot, I mean practically every match lol. So I have a pretty good read on their squad and also the level of competition, which of course has to be taken into account when considering a player.

They have a few good players: Callum McGregor of course, the Japanese striker Kyogo, Jota, CCV, Croatian International Josip Juranovic and Liel Abada, the young Israeli winger we were reportedly looking at. But I think O'Riley could actually be the best prospect, and although not at Aribo's level right now (who we've been strongly linked with) very possibly a better player moving forward. He's already the more creative of the two and in that respect, it's not even close. Celtic supporters are big on him, thinking he's destined for the Premier League or similar.

A bit of background. Played his youth football for Fulham but opportunities in the first team were limited, so despite being offered a new deal, left to find another club where he would play regularly. That wasn't easy because this was right at the beginning of the pandemic with all the uncertainty that went with that for clubs, so unable to find a new team immediately, trained on his own until an opportunity came up with MK Dons. I think this says something about him: turned down guaranteed money from Fulham to play in a lower league, because he backed his own ability. He quickly then became a key player and one of the best players in League One. Had a £1.5 million release clause in his contract, so was destined to leave when he did. He was wanted by Swansea and a couple other Championship clubs, and reportedly had several offers on the table before signing for Celtic.

When O'Riley signed for Celtic, I remember reading that a Premier League analyst (I think it was for Liverpool) who was looking at all the leagues in England, found that O'Riley kept popping up in like the 97th, 98th percentile for loads of different attacking metrics, like key passes, assists per 90 minutes and that kind of stuff. Most of this translated to Scotland, as can be seen here:

Indeed, O'Riley really hit the ground running, and had to, joining around the time of a bit of an injury/players away on International duty crisis. That may not be so surprising, because outside of Celtic and Rangers, the rest of the SPL is probably around League One standard, but the obvious difference between playing for Mk Dons and Celtic is the pressure and expectation to win every match. His second game was a starting 11 place in the Old Firm for example, where he was excellent.

The knock against him is that he's not quick and looks a bit, let's say... stiff. He's tall at 187cm though, and has a great feel for the game. He's also kind of savvy defensively (as highlighted in the second part of the below video) often nicking the ball away from opponents from behind/the side.

What really stands out though is his vision and ability to pick a pass - something we've long lacked and IMO need, if we hope to see the best out of a player like Edouard. He's fairly versatile too - his best position being an attacking midfielder, but also comfortable as an 8 and having played in the past as a deep-lying playmaker type.

Bound to attract more attention if he breaks into the Danish senior International side, which appears to be his trajectory, so let's get on this quickly, Dougie.

*edit* I can't seem to embed the video, so link to Youtube highlights here:

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Travel router to share hotel WiFi

Has anyone used a travel router to create your own network off of say a hotels WiFi ? We are going in a cruise and they want £90 per device I only need my phone except for one day where I need to do payroll and don’t want to pay do two devices.

Ta

Increasing cost of fuel and travelling to games. Will you adjust your plans?

I don't have a season ticket and I'm pretty selective over which games I go to, often dictated by other events in life. I do love going to away games and I'm personally not too affected by petrol increases.

However, I'm acutely aware that this must be biting for some people. So, how will this affect you, especially if prices continue to rise?

Reduce games you attend? Look to more car sharing? Travel to Selhurst by other means? Use the coaches?

Trade Unions, Shapps, and his new threats

Shapps is making threats, is he justified? Is this an attack on the unions that will have far reaching consequences for our country?

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If he changes the law it would potentially do two things. It will negate or significantly reduce the effectiveness of a strike, potentially even extending the public inconvenience, and cause an extreme backlash not just from the RMT, but unions nationwide, leading to wider spread of national strikes. Secondly, it could lead to dangerous situations for the public, where untrained and inexperienced agency workers take on certain key roles to break a strike.

Whatever your view, this smacks again of fascism from a government who think this will have great appeal out there, and deflect from Johnson's failures.

A heartfelt request to you guys that understand Photo

samedi 11 juin 2022

I’m looking for a real favour here guys, but if anyone could help I’d be eternally grateful, or pay if necessary.

I’ve got a lockdown born godson whose really struggling with interacting with other kids. He’s recently discovered Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures and it’s really bringing him on socially, it’s hard to explain but he now chats away with the kids, rather than just hitting them.

His parents took him to the Natural History Museum as a surprise today, to see Andy’s Clock, along with all the exhibits and he loved it. I mean he proper loved it, apparently he’s not stopped talking about it.

The favour I’m asking for is for one of you skilled members to turn a lovely photo into an unforgettable photo.

I’m crap at this sort of thing but I was getting there after 3 hours with an Apple Pencil but then my palm did something unintentional and I lost the lot.

If anyone could sort out a natural foreground and a skyline behind the attacking dinosaur’s I’d be eternally grateful. I.E. turn it into a lifelike photo

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Billy Bingham RIP

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Billy Bingham RIP

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Retained and Released 2021-22

vendredi 10 juin 2022

FIRST TEAM

Retained
Joachim Andersen
Jordan Ayew
Christian Benteke
Jack Butland
Nathaniel Clyne
Odsonne Edouard
Eberechi Eze
Nathan Ferguson
Vicente Guaita
Marc Guéhi
Will Hughes
Jean-Philippe Mateta
Remi Matthews
James McArthur
Luka Milivojević
Tyrick Mitchell
Michael Olise
Luke Plange
Jaïro Riedewald
Jeffrey Schlupp
James Tomkins
Joel Ward
Wilfried Zaha

Released
Jarosław Jach
Martin Kelly

In Discussions/Contract Offer
Cheikhou Kouyaté

ACADEMY

Retained
Tayo Adaramola
Victor Akinwale
Scott Banks
Owen Goodman
John-Kymani Gordon
Reece Hannam
Danny Imray
Fionn Mooney
Jake O’Brien
Ademola Ola-Adebomi
David Omilabu
Killian Phillips
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
Jadan Raymond
Kaden Rodney
Adler Nascimento
Rob Street
Noah Watson
Jack Wells-Morrison
Joe Whitworth

Released
Luke Dreher
Rian Jamai
Kanye Jobson
Nya Kirby
Joseph Ling
Sean Robertson
Sion Spence
Aidan Steele
James Taylor
Dylan Thiselton

In Discussions/Contract Offer
Joshua Addae
David Boateng
Malachi Boateng
Dan Quick
Cardo Siddik

Forget Partygate, PPE is the real scam of this government

It was announced yesterday that Government ministers are currently refusing to release details of PPE contracts, currently being investigated by the National Crimes Agency including a company with links to the Tory peer Baroness Mone (who's apparently had her home raided and searched)

Other companies awarded included links to Michael Gove and Lord Agnew.

During the pandemic PPE was placed in the "fast lane" where government contracts were allowed to be passed on by government officials for consideration without competing bids. Over £10.5 billion of the £18 billion spent on PPE was awarded without tender competition.

The asaid company that Mone is linked to was awarded 2 initial contracts in May 2020, followed by another the following month for 122m for protective gowns but NONE were ever used.

It also currently costs the taxpayer £0.5 m a day to store unwanted/unused PPE equipment.

In Feb the government wrote off £8.7 billion it spent on PPE, with £673m unusable and £750m
expired before it could be used. The largest write off being £4.7 billion because it was acquired then for more than it is currently worth.

A further £2.6 billion was deemed unsuitable for NHS use, including £1m NHS masks (at a time where hundreds of nurses, doctors and care workers were dying and indeed infecting others, due to it's inability to do it's job).

Truly scandalous.

CPFC Stock Images

jeudi 9 juin 2022

Slightly random one.

I was browsing the BBC Sport website and noticed that the only two general Premier League related articles (i.e. not about a particular club(s)) on the homepage had Palace graphics:
- the cancellation of the Russian TV deal showing a picture of the megatron with Ukrainian flag alongside the scores
- away fan tickets held at £30 for next season with a picture of a hand holding three CPFC v Everton tickets.

Is this coincidence (nominally one in four hundred?), or some sort of marketing masterstroke where we flood the stock image market??

:confused:

Match Ticket Information: Away price cap stays

Away price cap fixed at £30 for the next three years.

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Hilarious match fixing in South Africa

:D

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Quote:

Life ban for South African club who scored 41 own goals

It is a must read :lux:

Sausages... British and great!

mercredi 8 juin 2022

Obviously we invented them and any foreign muck should be discouraged, the British banger helped breed world beaters who beat the French at Waterloo and the Mad (false) Mahdi's army's charge at Omdurman proving their worth !

Bangers and Mash twice a week should be law now we have Brexit !

This guy obviously has it wrong!

Company Accounts

Looks like the next set of company accounts have just been filed.

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Any Palace in (or near) Alicante?

I'm in Alicante for a conference from the 12th-16th June.

Was wondering if any of the Palace Spanish contingent was in the area or had any recommendations for bars/food.

I'm free on Sunday 12th, if anyone fancies meeting up for a beer.

Speculation: Ronnie Edwards

I don't normally read (or trust) the Sun, but on a rainy morning in my cafe by the sea, it was the only paper the customers had left in the rack! So I took it and had a quick glance through

In a story about Palace releasing Kelly, it went on to say that in looking for a "back-up" defender to replace him, they were interested in Peterborough's Ronnie Edwards.

I do vaguely recall his name being mentioned by a journalist friend of mine a couple of months back

Rumour: Ronnie Edwards

mardi 7 juin 2022

Discussion: Ruben Loftus-Cheek (2022 summer edition)

lundi 6 juin 2022

Looks like he's going to be on the move again, perm this time.

Too late for him with us?

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CCTV camera`s

Hoping the good ship BBS can help me out.I`m looking for a CCTV camera mainly to watch my bird feeders and maybe my car beyond 20 yards away.It must be solar powered and I`d like some sort of motion detector that little birds will trigger it.Also I`d like some sort of app on the phone so when the camera is activated I can watch live on my phone.Budget atound £80.Any idea`s?

Laptop Spec

Hands up, computers are not my thing. I’m wanting to buy a basic laptop, just for the internet including watching Youtube, writing letters/emails & processing basic excel spreadsheets. No games or downloading of films. What sort of spec should I be looking & budget?

Rumour: Emmauel Dennis

My spidey senses tell me the rumours are bollocks but it's on more than one 'news' sites. Seems to have an eye for goal this one, and it's always nice to have Watford's best players.

Congratulations to Wales

dimanche 5 juin 2022

Especially to Wayne, who played very well, and to Jonny.

Alec John Such RIP

Alec John Such has died aged 70.

Founder member and bass player with Bon Jovi.

I enjoyed a bit of hair metal in the 80s - still do from time to time.

RIP.

Watch This Space

I think Chile may have unwittingly opened a window for Italy to go to Qatar.

They have appealed to FIFA over Ecuador fielding a supposed Colombian in all their qualifiers.

Naively thinking that the table will be rearranged.

FIFA could throw out Ecuador...but they could chose to replace them with the highest team in the rankings...or even send Ukraine.

July 10th...

Oxford United takeover - more sportswashing

Interesting piece today about the planned takeover of Oxford United by Indonesian businessmen linked to human rights abuses and corruption.

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Oxford United takeover - more sportswashing

Interesting piece today about the planned takeover of Oxford United by Indonesian businessmen linked to human rights abuses and corruption.

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test

samedi 4 juin 2022

another test

test

another test

Camden market for sale

vendredi 3 juin 2022

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It’s a shame how these vibrant places change once the £££ come in. Carnaby street, kings road, Camden. Disney versions of what they once were. I’m glad I got to see and experience the originals.

England: 6 a-side

Has anyone watched any 6 a-side International games? England are playing in a tournament - starting tomorrow. KO at about 12:00 maybe a bit earlier - see image for channels.

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The Rollercoaster History of CPFC

Time to put this in its rightful place

A series of short videos which are a potted history of our club from 1959 -2019. Each episode focuses on a decade.

1960's

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1970's

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1980's

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1990's

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2000's

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2010's

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The Rollercoaster History of CPFC

jeudi 2 juin 2022

Red flag workplace phrases

Just read an article talking about phrases used in the workplace that should be seen as red flags e.g.

A fast paced environment = frenetic and overworked
Must be a self-starter = won’t be given any training or support
Able to wear different hats = we are understaffed and you’ll have to do jobs you weren’t employed for
We are like a family = we expect you to do stuff outside of your actual contract and for no extra money
Salary up to £30000 = you’ll never get near £30000.

Any others that have been heard/experienced in the workplace?

Red flag workplace phrases

Selhurst Park rated top match day experience

South London Soul

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Selhurst rated top match day experience!

Proves that song on YouTube about heart of community etc right. Just can't remember the title, I know it mentions robins or bobbin around....old age memory! Sorry

Jubilee Honours List

mercredi 1 juin 2022

The list that annoys most people by it's recipients or just it's existence has been announced. Gareth Bale gets an M.B.E. (Most benched ever?).

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Actor defeating an actor in a libel case is the main item on BBC 10o’clock news…

What the actual ****.

What has happened to journalism and editorial decisions at the BBC?

I mean, it’s not as if there’s a war on, or a cost of living crisis, or a proven liar occupying number 10 is there?

10th October 1970 vs Man Utd.

Man Utd 0-1 Crystal Palace.
(Bobby Tambling 63 mins)

I was at this game and remember us playing really well against Best, Charlton, Stiles, Kidd etc.

BUT, one of the strongest memories I have of the day are the yellow socks that we wore with the away kit.

So, I've created a Subbuteo team in the kit worn on that day.

Original Subbuteo figures (stripped and repainted in the 1970's Subbuteo style) paired with modern reproduction bases.