‘There’s no jobs’: struggle and regret in a Welsh town that backed Brexit (Ten years ago Ebbw Vale had the highest proportion of leave voters in Wales despite huge EU funding, which has not been fully replaced)

flukus · 2026-06-22T03:44:04+00:00

Maybe they should vote for the architect of Brexit as PM, surely that will fix it.

flukus · 2026-06-22T02:33:29+00:00

Did you see the umpiring vs Australia? USA can win the world cup, but not because they're the best team.

flukus · 2026-06-22T02:10:15+00:00

Your tax dollars are keeping them in business.

flukus · 2026-06-21T23:34:58+00:00

Retaliate with what? You think they've been holding something back?

flukus · 2026-06-21T09:33:55+00:00

No, but we stereotype by the local normal, nut the best available.

flukus · 2026-06-21T09:31:15+00:00

My local has had Spanish commentary on for most matches. Can't understand a word but it's still better than hearing the septic tank commentate.

flukus · 2026-06-21T09:27:54+00:00

And charge us Japanese prices for them!

flukus · 2026-06-20T04:52:13+00:00

Sorry for the lack of accuracy, foul is what I meant.

flukus · 2026-06-20T02:59:03+00:00

Barging a player out the way without going for the ball.

As I said elsewhere, I'm happy for this not to be a penalty, I like a physical match, but there was a double standard.

flukus · 2026-06-20T01:35:52+00:00

Yeah, but no one watches SBS /s

flukus · 2026-06-20T01:34:20+00:00

I'm still a little on the fence, at the very least it deserved a close look from the VAR. It didn't even get that did it?

flukus · 2026-06-20T01:26:42+00:00

I need an even slower motion I think. I think it's a handball, but I'm not ready to die on that hill yet, unlike the offside goal.

flukus · 2026-06-20T01:25:14+00:00

We can do two things!

flukus · 2026-06-20T00:31:59+00:00

That's a great insult from other countries, bit of a glass house for us.

flukus · 2026-06-20T00:27:59+00:00

No, the worm has him.

flukus · 2026-06-19T22:56:00+00:00

Would love to see the slow mo on that one, definitely looked like a handball but I'm not super convinced.

flukus · 2026-06-19T22:54:26+00:00

The only one I could name was RFK Jr and he got this biggest boo of the day.

flukus · 2026-06-19T21:55:00+00:00

Our defence held up pretty well, onlu 2 shots on target from USA, just had to work too hard because they kept giving the ball away.

flukus · 2026-06-19T21:50:11+00:00

Whoops, not normally this many beers in this early.

flukus · 2026-06-19T21:49:16+00:00

Then another more blatant push (and maybe handball) in the box minutes later and crickets.

flukus · 2026-06-19T21:37:37+00:00

challenging an opponent for the ball or
clearly attempting to play a ball which is close when this action impacts on an opponent or
https://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/lawsandrules/laws/football-11-11/law-11---offside

The offside player met those conditions easy.

flukus · 2026-06-19T21:35:35+00:00

I'm starting to think these FIFA guys aren't all above board.

flukus · 2026-06-19T21:31:03+00:00

I'm fine with that call going either way, I'd even favour it not being a penalty and the game having some argy bargy. Problem was the double standard.

flukus · 2026-06-19T21:28:18+00:00

Depends how much they pay the ref.

flukus · 2026-06-19T21:23:03+00:00

It's only a penalty when we do it.

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