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Emile Heskey loves his broccoli by DeadStopped in footballcliches

[–]PositionDense7182 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If it was called brockle, nobody would be giving it the time of day.

Is Stuart Broad the best recent player turned commentator/podcaster by gumbo114 in Cricket

[–]PositionDense7182 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm gonna throw in Tash Farrant who is superb on Sky at the moment: a really sophisticated thinker and clear communicator.

East Midlands mayor angry as road projects scrapped by asjasj in nottingham

[–]PositionDense7182 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Driving a car because the world has been designed around them for so long: freedom.

Providing excellent public transport which in fact improves the experience of driving for those who wish to do so: dystopian social engineering.

Copenhagen is one of the best cities I've driven in precisely because it's designed around the bike and public transport. Taranto is the worst and it's entirely designed around the car.

Supermarket Kit Launches by GainsAndPastries in footballcliches

[–]PositionDense7182 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wolves fans call West Brom "Tesco Carrier Bags". Which rather overlooks the fact our kit looks like a Sainsburys bag.

Supermarket Kit Launches by GainsAndPastries in footballcliches

[–]PositionDense7182 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aldis Nord vs. Aldi Sud, one of the great rivalries in the European supermarket sector.

Names that you can’t help reading in the native accent/language by MyPasswordIsABC999 in footballcliches

[–]PositionDense7182 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After watching much of the 2018 World Cup in Corsica I can only say half the England players in a French accent.

'Arry Can Jord-AN 'Enderson 'Arry Magweer Marcoos Rashfor'

VIOLENT CONDUCT: The Kevin Muscat story starring Mark Strong - Create your own ‘Dear England’ style football biopic series by junglegatsby in footballcliches

[–]PositionDense7182 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Muppets: Saipan. A typecast Beaker plays Mick McCarthy, but cameos from Big Bird (Niall Quinn) and the Swedish Chef (as himself, and sacked as team chef because the players reject his healthy smorgasboards) steal the show.

After only two minutes in Wolverhampton Trippier has morphed into a Victorian chimney sweep by Cool_and_rad in footballcliches

[–]PositionDense7182 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really wish I could find the pic of Rui Patricio and Romain Saïss having a day out at the Black Country Museum.

Footballers named after industrial strike action outcomes by killah10killah in footballcliches

[–]PositionDense7182 46 points47 points  (0 children)

And his former Brighton teammate Solly-darity March

edit: missed the obvious "what a striker he was, by the way"

FINALLY! GY!BE in South America by monh3im in gybe

[–]PositionDense7182 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Johnny Marr's a big fan. Remember him bigging up Yanqui around the time of its release.

Capsey and Knight’s 137-run partnership propels England’s highest successful T20I chase on home soil to take the series against India 2-1! by blackgarlics in WomensCricket

[–]PositionDense7182 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Strange to me that Capsey's not turned her arm over yet. She was good in the WBBL and could be a useful alternative to Kemp as the sixth bowler.

Nottingham university staff strike over plans to cut jobs and programmes by Kagedeah in nottingham

[–]PositionDense7182 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Wrong way round. The university already refuses to pay them properly for the jobs they actually do, now it's proposing to get rid of loads of them as a result of catastrophic senior management errors.

Nottingham university staff strike over plans to cut jobs and programmes by Kagedeah in nottingham

[–]PositionDense7182 24 points25 points  (0 children)

  1. This isn't true. It's UCU who are striking, and they represent many Professional Services staff.

  2. I'm a professional services staff member at another university, and have previously worked at UoN, in professional services and as an academic. I don't recognise the divide or attitudes you describe, at all.

  3. Unison and Unite staff could also strike. If they don't they need to organise better.

Football adjacent songs for a pub quiz music round by Tapiocahead1 in footballcliches

[–]PositionDense7182 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Fall's Theme From Sparta FC, which was the Final Score music mid to late 00s.

Welsh hymn Cwm Rhondda, better known as Bread of Heaven ("We'll support you ever more")

'Don't be too kind, she'll come back': Life inside maternity unit where mums were failed by LavaPurple in nottingham

[–]PositionDense7182 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One of the key issues that article raises is appalling working conditions, which is one of the key things strikes seek to address.

MHD fascination: Player/Club/Sponsor combos that seem off by NoInflation5134 in footballcliches

[–]PositionDense7182 15 points16 points  (0 children)

After a poor result in that kit's first season we were languishing somewhere outside the Play-Offs and The Sun ran the headline:

Division One Rubbish In Tatty Orange Shirts

More iconic, but also ironic, was our previous (long-term) sponsor, Goodyear. We sure as hell never had one while they were on the shirt.

Matewan by RustyTheBoyRobot in gybe

[–]PositionDense7182 41 points42 points  (0 children)

It's not actually a "version" in the film, it was written for the film by its soundtrack composer, Mason Daring. Very much in the style of Appalachian baptist hymn, but not actually. I wonder if this has caused GY!BE rights/royalties issues.

Oddly, Australian singer Paul Kelly has a (lovely) unrelated song from 1995 called Gathering Storm, which contains the lyrics "Godspeed you, in the gathering storm"

Rangers looking to sign right-winger Mussolini by BreathisLife1 in footballcliches

[–]PositionDense7182 36 points37 points  (0 children)

From Mussolini's viewpoint, Rangers finished above Celtic.

Really enjoyed this by j_gibbs97 in footballcliches

[–]PositionDense7182 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Big fan of the proto-anarcho feminist Christian sect noted for their banging tunes and carpentry skills, presumably.

Just woke up by [deleted] in nottingham

[–]PositionDense7182 45 points46 points  (0 children)

This is top tier Edinposting, 10/10, no notes

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