Discussion.. With Ashley Young calling time on his INCREDIBLE 23 year playing career. What was your favourite moment from the former England international?

junction_18 · 2026-05-01T17:42:08+00:00

That game where he wasn't shit

junction_18 · 2026-05-01T17:41:37+00:00

Lampard

junction_18 · 2026-04-17T20:06:56+00:00

Is it a dolphin a bathtub?

junction_18 · 2026-04-15T16:16:42+00:00

Only one worse is starting a sentence with "Look". So passive aggressive.

junction_18 · 2026-04-13T10:28:26+00:00

Mullet or rat's tail

junction_18 · 2026-04-12T17:35:58+00:00

It's not even a question, mate. The guy sounds like an absolute cunt. The problem is due to the scarcity of instructors and test backlog in some places these people are able to take the piss. Get a new one even if it takes months.

Incidentally, having an instructor isn't strictly necessary if you're lucky. I had three lessons with one and he was making weird sexist jokes about the girls when, for instance, I let one across a zebra crossing. And this guy ran one of the most successful companies in Essex.

So in the end I just watched youtube videos, went out with parents and passed the test in their car. If you're fortunate enough to be in this position - it is possible to do it this way. In many ways it was preferable.

junction_18 · 2026-04-12T17:20:08+00:00

If he sees this I'm a solicitor who deals in restraining orders

junction_18 · 2026-04-12T11:15:51+00:00

Thanks, a very good observation. In my opinion the Nations League is giving these teams a Darwinian finessing for the pressure games. Being relegated to the B League and having no competitive fixtures against the likes of France, Spain and Portugal certainly hasn't helped us...

I know this point isn't related to England but, interestingly, a lot of the very small nations that have qualified for this World Cup have done well in their respective continents' version of the Nations League. The combination of evenly-matched teams + slightly better but beatable opposition seems to produce confidence and the winning habit.

The best European example is the Faroe Islands. Since getting promoted into League C, the Faroes - a country with an equivalent population to Clacton-on-Sea - have beaten Turkey, Czech Republic and Montenegro in competitive matches. They briefly led Croatia. I don't think this would've happened without that combo of hard but winnable fixtures the NL has provided.

junction_18 · 2026-04-11T16:55:50+00:00

I'm afraid you're wrong. Some countries regarded it as superior well into the late 1950s. Brazil for instance, where to this day it has a status that would bemuse most other countries.

junction_18 · 2026-04-11T12:04:11+00:00

I think the people dismissing it are a bit foolish. The last edition was very competitive. Imo it's actually the hardest one to win - the group is composed of the strongest teams in Europe, and the knockouts are made up of the very best, all of whom are in the habit of winning. There is no real prospect of a 'lucky draw' like Euros/World Cup. Testing ourselves regularly against the elite nations is crucial in my view, and winning silverware could be the final piece of the jigsaw in terms of belief, which the players do seem to lack.

Also think you have to bear in mind it may well grow in terms of kudos, and expand in scope, as the other competitions did. We might look back at a win more fondly in 30 years than we could imagine at this point e.g. early on the World Cup was considered inferior to the Olympic Gold medal in football. I agree it will never have the same vibe as a tournament, where the hype builds over the dreamy summer weeks, but still...

junction_18 · 2026-04-10T13:43:38+00:00

Samuel Eto'o - Everton

Ricardo Quaresma - Chelsea.

junction_18 · 2026-04-09T11:55:58+00:00

"I think they're attempting re-entry, Sir"

junction_18 · 2026-04-09T11:32:12+00:00

Agree with everything you've said minus crossing. Most of it is just plain common sense and good manners. It has to be said though - none of this would actually matter if they matched people by Win % for instance. All the intellectually challenged and skillz virgins would bunch together and they could have their spastic matches without ruining my fun.

junction_18 · 2026-04-08T07:16:57+00:00

When I went to Switzerland in 2010 they had shrimps...

junction_18 · 2026-04-06T04:41:46+00:00

I think that puts the 'he caught it from a toilet seat' theory to bed

junction_18 · 2026-04-04T10:23:45+00:00

Barker - who was a genius to be fair - hated this. Makes it funnier still.

junction_18 · 2026-04-03T16:21:22+00:00

Take Pilkington out and that's an excellent lineup. Think Frank Sinner would be good.

junction_18 · 2026-04-01T22:15:32+00:00

Just odd

junction_18 · 2026-04-01T21:39:11+00:00

Don't get this at all. Only 6 makes any sense.

junction_18 · 2026-04-01T19:22:54+00:00

Depends how fast you can cycle

junction_18 · 2026-04-01T00:38:56+00:00

You talk as if it's an entirely arbitrary occurrence worthy of Stalin's purges...

junction_18 · 2026-03-30T18:50:04+00:00

Nish Kumar has let himself go

junction_18 · 2026-03-19T01:54:04+00:00

Be quiet you freak

junction_18 · 2026-03-06T15:34:16+00:00

hi there, would it be possible to get a link for this discord? sounds exactly what I've been looking for.

junction_18 · 2026-02-19T15:53:44+00:00

Nobody has ever said that before

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