Rayvin

I was trying to remember what on earth went on against West Ham a few mins ago... do they count?

I reckon we win this - aye we've played some dross but we do look much better and I don't think that Liverpool game was just a fluke. We get a result here then go to Old Trafford with heads high, then I really think we can start to kick on into second half of the season. I'll go 2-0 as well.

If you can deliver a result against Villa, I might even start thinking we can get somewhere this season...

Nice result indeed, really pleased with it. And for Isak's hat trick. Who got our last one of those?

Shop window for Almiron maybe? Might grab a goal...

FFS we'll end up with that swear filter from Everton's forum. What a bunch of [word removed].

I wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment too and said as much some months back, but at the same time I feel it has to be pointed out that if we do that en masse, they really have won.

To be fair, that's actually likely what we can do. The whole thing will work on reporting to OFCOM so you'd have to wonder who would bother to report such a small site in the first place. And their complaints would have to actually be valid.

Yeah we'd still be in trouble because the service would be tied to UK based users - I checked that: The Act applies to services even if the companies providing them are outside the UK should they have links to the UK. This includes if the service has a significant number of UK users, if the UK is a target market, or it is capable of being accessed by UK users and there is a material risk of significant harm to such users.

Yeah fair play. I think I read earlier that he's being considered for speaker of the house now Life really is pay to win.

Welcome @Zoidberg - sounds like you've been following us since we were shite so I'm curious what insanity brought you on board. Glad you've joined the community anyway. As for Ipswich, I think we're going to struggle here since that's been the pattern of our season so far. Honestly we should win this 2 or 3-0 but performances this season suggest it'll be more like 2-1 at best.

We can take Arsenal over two legs, just need to be "on it" the days in question.

This is very much where I am, heart of hearts. We voted to be poor, this is what being poor looks like. And those of us under 40, under 30, under 20... we're going to have it far, far worse over the course of our lives. Having said this, Labour are truly in the wars at the moment. The Guardian commentariat is almost fully turned, whereas I would have said that the comfortable majority of them were pro-Starmer's pragmatism on arrival. Seemingly just didn't understand what that would mean. I still disagree with his overall approach but I respect that he is taking tough decisions and at least being consistent with his own agenda.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/18/brexit-cost-uk-27bn-in-lost-trade-in-first-two-years-review-finds £27bn in lost trade in the first two years of Brexit. But don't worry, remember that JRM claimed we'd be back to normal by 2070. This remains the single stupidest thing a country has ever done to itself.

They're disputing that 90% figure mind, claiming that this includes women who were only 'vaguely' aware that increases were coming, but not that it affected them. The campaigners claim that 60% of affected women didn't know. That being said, Gemmill is spot on for this in my eyes.

Certainly don't subscribe to the idea of hating another fanbase but Liverpool do annoy me more than most. As a club they just have this victim complex, like a permanent siege mentality due to a belief that they're special and that the whole world is out to get them as a result. There's a strong 'holier than thou' running through them as well, RAWK is a great example of it. Only newspapers that the high scouse council have approved may be shared on the forum. The match thread must remain unblemished from uncontrolled enthusiasm so that the designated commentary posters may bask in everyone's adulation, no cursing or speaking freely, It's as far from TT as you can get in a football forum IMO and paints this picture for me of a club and supporterbase that view themselves as some sort of defining institution within football, certainly in this country. But to be fair to them... that mentality really does seem to take them places. They have forged themselves something of a unique collective identity that is difficult to break down, and it seems to pervade the team as well. So while yes, they're annoying as fuck most of the time, I do also have some respect for the club and what they've collectively built it into. I would actually say Klopp made me dislike them far more than I did before he was there though. I would hold Man United higher in the 'clubs I despise' stakes.

This has just reminded me that @Howay has been away for some time now. Hope he's doing alright, he was pretty consistent as a poster.

He's also a Newcastle fan and seemingly one of the players who buoys the dressing room and keeps them switched on to the area. We need players like Murphy around the place.

Great result, but really don't understand this season. Not going to question it, just along for the ride at this point.

Mind you, do they have a mandate for anything like this? I would imagine that they'll want to push it back to the people one way or another which would mean another referendum (highly divisive) or we have to wait for their next term and vote them in on that. So again it feels like a missed opportunity, this election just gone. They could have had 'rejoin the EU in full' on the manifesto last time out and they'd still have won power IMO.

Renton pointing it out here isn't the same as Labour agreeing to do anything about it mind you. I sort of don't care tbh how this is done - if Labour start doing something about it now having been quiet about the whole situation in order to get into power then great, I'm happy with that, as long as they're fucking doing something. I don't care about the rights and wrongs of when someone could or should have done this or that, I just want us to stop living in this fantasy land where this doesn't need to be rectified urgently. So yes, great that the polls have said this - but now we need Labour to actually do something with it.

They actually reversed this policy a few days ago They've claimed it's because widespread disinformation about it exists, but the timing was basically within 24 hours of the shooting. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-anesthesia-coverage-policy/

If it is him, he clearly intended to be caught - which is powerful in a way because now he's something tangible that people can rally around. They will put him on trial but his gofundme will raise considerable money, also showing that people support him and causing the media to have a rough time. The risk they have is if he's solely focused on being anti-rich. Then he could appeal to all houses of the argument rather than just left or right. I do hope his background is whiter than white though, because if they get the sense that he's becoming a symbol they'll be digging for anything they can find to break support for the guy. Interesting test case for revolution.

Odd though, if it's not him then what does that mean? The original guy got away with it?

Is Eales still here? I thought he quit for personal (health) reasons..