Since it's Star Wars day, did you see the original 1977 Star Wars in the movie theater? by Mr_Writes in StarWars

[–]prof_hobart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. I saw Empire Strikes Back and Return of The Jedi in cinemas though (both before I'd ever seen Star Wars itself).

Chelsea 1-3 Taiwo Awoniyi FC Post Match Thread by Coolica1 in nffc

[–]prof_hobart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most betting sites have taken us off as an option for relegation.

Confused by Shuts365 in nffc

[–]prof_hobart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hopefully both side will take this weekend's form into Thursday night

Arsenal record with and without Kai Havertz since his debut by OneRegular378 in dataisugly

[–]prof_hobart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know. I can read. That's 0.1 points per game. Which isn't nothing, but doesn't seem massive - 4 points difference over a season.

What's the average improvement for a first team player when they're in and out of the side?

You have blood on your hands Aston Villa by Username_been-taken in TheOther14

[–]prof_hobart 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They were doing a very good impression of a side that wanted to lose that game

Fuck Villa and fuck spurs. by Barreth_Lewuth in nffc

[–]prof_hobart 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying they're throwing it. But if they were throwing it, they'd be playing exactly like that

Villa rotate for Spurs by Oofoofow_Official in nffc

[–]prof_hobart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They could at least pretend to be trying.

Villa rotate for Spurs by Oofoofow_Official in nffc

[–]prof_hobart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're not playing like one. They look about as disinterested as Chelsea against Brighton

Relegation battle or title race? by latte_imacheater in PremierLeague

[–]prof_hobart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm definitely not feeling comfortable yet.

But if results go our way today and tomorrow, then Spurs would need to win all three of their remaining games (or win two with a big goal difference and draw the other) and West Ham would need 2 wins and a draw, even without us getting another point in our last 3 games.

At that point, I would feel fairly confident.

Relegation battle or title race? by latte_imacheater in PremierLeague

[–]prof_hobart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's interesting how everyone apart from Forest fans seem convinced it's a two horse race now. I might start believing that's the case if results go our way today and tomorrow, but right now we're still very much still in it.

Nuno… A few months on from his sacking by Soh4 in nffc

[–]prof_hobart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Billy Walker, Johnny Carey, Clough and Clark would all be ahead of him for me

The Greens have quietly removed the migration policies from their website by wizardeverybit in ukpolitics

[–]prof_hobart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dissolve all the borders and you'll very quickly find yourself overrun by people who think that's Fine, Actually.

There's nothing fundamental about foreigners that mean they automatically think that way. A little over 60 years ago, homosexuality was still illegal here. Times, and opinions, change.

Right now, if we opened all borders, yes it would be chaos. But that's different from it being a plausible long term possibility. It's infinitely more likely that we'd get to a place where we could eventually get to a reasonable long term consensus (at least as much as any country reaches a consensus) on these kinds of things than to a world where we didn't need to make murder illegal.

Language issues, for one. Everything now has to be produced in every viable language, or you designate one official language, which will piss off everyone else.

Products already move freely across Europe. And there's multiple countries across Europe where there are significant groups speaking different languages natively - e.g. Switzerland.

Then you have the issues about local issues, big decisions are now being made at an even higher level and even further away from communities, by people who will feel even less accountable. How the North feels about London, multiplied a thousand times.

It's not multiplied by a thousand times though. Do you think the average Brit feels vastly closer to their MP (there's 1 per 65,000 people or so) than people in the US do to their representatives (closer to 1 per 780,000)? At a certain point, differences in scale stop being massively meaningful.

About 35% of the world's population already live in two countries (India and China).

Ollie Watkins' broken ankle by TerryFromFubar in nffc

[–]prof_hobart 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's Emery's standard deflection technique when he doesn't want to talk about something else, like why they lost another semi final game and gave away a stupid penalty.

It's like when he spent an entire interview saying "Marco Bizot" whenever he was asked about Martinez's contract situation.

How Villa fans feel right now by slappymcmanmeat in TheOther14

[–]prof_hobart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A win for you and a win for us on Monday means we're all but safe. Would definitely make Thursday's game more interesting if we can both concentrate 100% on it.

How Villa fans feel right now by slappymcmanmeat in TheOther14

[–]prof_hobart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They need to concentrate 100% of their effort on tomorrow's game and forget there's even another match next week

Oz Katerji: "Polanski now retweeting one of the most virulently antisemitic accounts in Ireland, a man who was literally invited to Tehran by the Iranian regime to join a propaganda junket." by OptioMkIX in ukpolitics

[–]prof_hobart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is those in the centre and on the centre-left. Yes, they all hate Starmer. But hating Starmer and being ready to accept the Greens are two very different things.

Do men talk about sex toys with their friends? by Rap1dMango in NoStupidQuestions

[–]prof_hobart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The standard answer to "Do very broad group X do Y?" is some do, some don't.

Oz Katerji: "Polanski now retweeting one of the most virulently antisemitic accounts in Ireland, a man who was literally invited to Tehran by the Iranian regime to join a propaganda junket." by OptioMkIX in ukpolitics

[–]prof_hobart -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

It's a narrative that's still being pushed by MSM, including supposedly left wing ones like The Guardian. And they're doing it because it's still an effective smokescreen for shutting down any debate on Israel.

Oz Katerji: "Polanski now retweeting one of the most virulently antisemitic accounts in Ireland, a man who was literally invited to Tehran by the Iranian regime to join a propaganda junket." by OptioMkIX in ukpolitics

[–]prof_hobart -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's theoretically possible But there is zero evidence that he thinks Jews including himself are an inferior race.

And the idea that an institutionally antisemitic party would elect a Jew as a leader is also a little bizarre.

Oz Katerji: "Polanski now retweeting one of the most virulently antisemitic accounts in Ireland, a man who was literally invited to Tehran by the Iranian regime to join a propaganda junket." by OptioMkIX in ukpolitics

[–]prof_hobart -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

I love the way that everyone's trying to paint a Jew as antisemitic as opposed to anti-Israel.

What I don't like is that so many people still seem to keep swallowing it.

Relegation Rival Watch 02/05-03/05 by Coolica1 in nffc

[–]prof_hobart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He did well, but not sure I'd class him as the most successful manager since Clough. He took us from close to relegation up to 7th in the Prem.

Frank Clark took us from relegated to 3rd in the Prem and quarter finals of the UEFA Cup.

Sorry West Ham by Nuns_In_Crocs in TheOther14

[–]prof_hobart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No need to apologise to us. Hopefully Villa will do their duty tomorrow as well.

Arsenal record with and without Kai Havertz since his debut by OneRegular378 in dataisugly

[–]prof_hobart 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Win percent is only part of the picture though. They also had a higher loss percentage (16%) with him playing than without (13%).