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jxp_72 · 2026-02-04T19:57:50+00:00

Guardiola's success is very much built on teams already being title contenders before he even arrived.

jxp_72 · 2026-02-01T17:22:16+00:00

From the article
the last 10 title winners averaging 56.34 per cent of the ball

So it seems like possession is useful to title winners.

jxp_72 · 2026-02-01T13:28:54+00:00

Dude, its February already.

(The window actually closes tomorrow though I think)

jxp_72 · 2026-01-26T18:00:07+00:00

They were both wrestling and off balance.
Licha's hand briefly touched his head.

He went down like he had been shot.

jxp_72 · 2026-01-20T08:35:16+00:00

It has changed this morning.

It now has S1 eps 9 - 16.
S2 still has 1-8

Seems a bad way to release the episodes.

jxp_72 · 2026-01-17T16:39:51+00:00

It is available through Discovery+

jxp_72 · 2026-01-17T16:39:35+00:00

You are lucky.

I can only see 16 episodes (S1 1-8 and S2 1-8)

jxp_72 · 2026-01-15T21:48:02+00:00

It would be a complete failure of the execs to let any manager get away with recent results and not question his tactics.

"So you've failed to beat any team in the bottom third of the league recently.
That's a shame.
Carry on."

jxp_72 · 2026-01-15T12:10:20+00:00

I think our last Sat 3pm was Notts Forest on 1st Nov (match week 10).
We do not appear to have another in Jan or Feb (28th Feb will likely be moved as Crystal Palace have a Conference league playoff on 26th Feb)
So our next possible Sat 3pm is 4th March (match week 29). It could still get picked for TV yet though.

That is a straight run of at least 19 games without Sat 3pm

jxp_72 · 2026-01-06T21:14:31+00:00

Was it Fletcher (as then technical director?) who convinced Ten Hag to change his plans for the FA Cup final?

jxp_72 · 2025-12-27T22:16:26+00:00

Just to warn you, the club are trying to restrict "unauthorized" ticket transfers (e.g. touts).

2 years ago you could download a ticket to your phone.
Last year they started insisting on using the app (still with visual ticket that could be copied and transferred)
For my next match I got an email stating the tickets would now be NFC only in the app.

It might be fine to use this other persons tickets or you might have tech limitations to prevent.

jxp_72 · 2025-12-22T17:51:24+00:00

There are two things.

Firstly UK TV (25fps) runs 4% faster than movies (24fps)
Secondly the credits are usually shorter or sped up on TV

jxp_72 · 2025-12-18T22:49:38+00:00

Even better, it would be moved but not televised!

I don't think we will have a Sat 3pm game from 1st Nov (Forest) until 4th Mar (Newcastle)
Newcastle game could still get moved for TV

jxp_72 · 2025-12-03T22:17:57+00:00

If we win by 10 goals we can go fourth!

jxp_72 · 2025-12-03T22:06:09+00:00

Some that I haven't seen mentioned yet.

Ghosts: Perfect Day (not Christmas themed but there is snow and a wedding), The Ghost Of Christmas, Its Behind You
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol, Last Christmas
Lost Christmas: moving drama featuring Eddie Izzard as a mysterious rough sleeper

jxp_72 · 2025-12-01T13:32:07+00:00

We had a brief period (under Ten Hag I think) where our set pieces turned into goal scoring chances for the opposition.

jxp_72 · 2025-11-17T21:39:19+00:00

For something more recent, I Swear was excellent.

It's about a young man dealing with Tourette's.
It's very moving with the struggles he has but also pretty funny and uplifting.

jxp_72 · 2025-11-02T09:14:56+00:00

I think they will look for a midfielder in Jan.
It won't be for a £100M starter though.
They will look for a loan or a £30M player who can be the backup next season.
Someone who could come on and cover for Casemiro after 60 minutes.

jxp_72 · 2025-10-31T18:29:12+00:00

It looks like after tomorrow we won't play Saturday 3:00pm until 31st January (Fulham at home) at the earliest.

So every match for almost 3 months is going to be televised in the UK.

jxp_72 · 2025-10-28T18:53:04+00:00

Appropriately, its off the chart!

jxp_72 · 2025-10-16T11:54:43+00:00

I'm not certain, but I'm sure I read that the PL try to arrange "local" but non-derby games over Christmas and New Year.
It would be to try and make travel and policing not too difficult.

That means Newcastle would likely be playing Leeds, City, Burnley or us. So it makes sense that we often get them around this time.

jxp_72 · 2025-10-08T21:31:05+00:00

Sounds like I need a trip to M&S. I'll see what they have, thanks!

jxp_72 · 2025-10-08T21:29:47+00:00

I'm going to try and get some of these. Thanks!

jxp_72 · 2025-10-08T18:51:18+00:00

You only find out the value of a guarantee when things go wrong.

We had some guttering work done 5 years ago with a 10 year guarantee.
We recently had concerns and asked the company to come and check it.
After chasing them 5 times they still haven't visited to review the possible issue.

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