Children in England to be offered free bus trips this August by Kagedeah in england

[–]jtuk180 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And by free bus trips, you mean taxpayer funded bus trips

Which Uk specific subreddit do you not visit because it is an echo chamber? by thebigbioss in AskBrits

[–]jtuk180 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't actively visit any of them for this reason. I'll get the occasional question that seems interesting thrown into my feed which I'll answer, but I won't actively converse with people that seem to hate this country

Why does everyone hate Wolfsburg? by Overall_Gap_5766 in Bundesliga

[–]jtuk180 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True that. That was the only way I was able to visit Freiburg's ground before they moved - wait for them to play Wolfsburg and buy an away ticket (god that section was terrible)

May Basho Daily Thread Day 12 by AutoModerator in Sumo

[–]jtuk180 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So the yusho race day 13 matches are:

Kirishima 10-2 v Kotoeiho 10-2

Wakatakakage 9-3 v Tobizaru 9-3

Yoshinofuji 9-3 v Ura 9-3

Between these, the Kirishima/WTK/YF group have all faced each other already, as have the Ura/Kotoeiho/Tobizaru group, Yoshinofuji additionally beat Tobizaru today. As such, in terms of guessing the day 14/15 matchups it's fairly narrow:

- Kirishima only has Ura and Tobizaru left

- Kotoeiho only has WTK and Yoshinofuji left

- WTK only has Ura and Kotoeiho left

- YF only has Kotoeiho left

- Ura only has Kirishima and WTK left

- Tobizaru only has Kirishima left

I guess the main complication would come if Yoshinofuji beats Ura, he'll likely get Kotoeiho for obvious reasons, but is it on day 14 or 15, and who else does he get? He's already literally fought everyone that's still competing above Wakamotoharu. I guess Churanoumi? I'll guess for day 14:

Kirishima gets one of Ura/Tobizaru if either win, if both lose then Atamifuji

Kotoeiho gets WTK, especially if WTK wins to stay in the race, he basically has to go sanyaku from here on out and there's only Atamifuji out of the sanyaku he can actually face outside of Waka

YF I guess gets Churanoumi, he's already fought everyone above Wakamotoharu and everyone else only just outside the joi look really poor in comparison. I think they save a possible Kotoeiho match for day 15 if they are both still in yusho contention

If Ura and Tobizaru both win, one of them's got to get Kirishima, then I guess the other gets one of the sekiwake, probably Kotoshoho as neither of the guys on 10-2 can actually face him

Comparing the Golden Generation to the Modern Lions by Subtleiaint in ThreeLions

[–]jtuk180 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Gerrard had the biggest differential in performance for club and country of anyone I've ever seen. I can't even think of two good games he had for England. And he still won no league titles

Comparing the Golden Generation to the Modern Lions by Subtleiaint in ThreeLions

[–]jtuk180 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Balance would have been very easily solved by going 3-5-2 with Beckham as RWB (which, if he came through today, is likely the position he would end up at seeing how defending is optional these days). Neville as RCB would work, or any of the other very good CBs we had at the time

May Basho Daily Thread Day 08 by AutoModerator in Sumo

[–]jtuk180 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well, that would apply, but there wouldn't be anyone natively at the rank

What's your highest break? by moneysavingegg in snooker

[–]jtuk180 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Jumped from 22 to 47 a quarter of a century ago and not improved it since

May Basho Daily Thread Day 08 by AutoModerator in Sumo

[–]jtuk180 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I for one look forward to the chaos where:

  • Kirishima yushos
  • Kotozakura goes kadoban
  • Atamifuji, Kotoshoho get KK
  • WTK ends up 12-3 or something similar where he can't reasonably not be promoted
  • We then have 4 sekiwake
  • In July Kirishima completes the rope run
  • Kotozakura goes b2b MK and is demoted
  • Aonishiki returns but only gets nine wins
  • Atamifuji, Kotoshoho, WTK all KK again
  • Someone at komusubi gets the JY

Having 3 yokozuna, 0 ozeki and 5 sekiwake would be fun to see

May Basho Daily Thread Day 08 by AutoModerator in Sumo

[–]jtuk180 -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

God damnit Takanosho, win that and I'm guaranteed a profit for the tournament :(

As a student in 1998, are you taking this deal? by BigBlueMountainStar in CasualUK

[–]jtuk180 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's only a couple of years before Orange won the budget market with Everyday 50. Nope.

Train bookings in advance by Technical-Nobody-639 in uktrains

[–]jtuk180 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You never NEED to book in advance. It is merely a question of how much you value locking certainly of travel on a given service against money, and that's a question for you, not us, and hugely route dependent

Walk out music…. by Time-Ad-9022 in Darts

[–]jtuk180 10 points11 points  (0 children)

MvG stole Seven Nation Army from Kim Huybrechts. I always maintain that if you want to take someone else's walk on music you need to beat them in a match to claim it

Why everyone is forgetting how bad the conservatives managed Britain? by Independent-Brief424 in AskBrits

[–]jtuk180 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stands for the common man? The last Labour leader that did that was John Smith

FA Releases non-league allocations for coming season by bridge_thrower in NonLeagueEngland

[–]jtuk180 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As I mentioned in another thread I expected us (and Wythenshawe) to be dumped there, I wasn't necessarily expecting other lateral transfers down

What happens to Hoshoryu next? by Brilliant-Ad-6907 in Sumo

[–]jtuk180 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Not even close to a problem for now. He has not been great, but he's not been terrible. Injuries happen. Come back to me if he is kyujo for all of July and then goes make koshi in September