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Tyler is superb when he plays for USA national team (but Pulisic also is). Could it be though that we are underestimating him because of the overall predicament of Leeds ?
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Jobs die all the time. I remember this scene: I go to the army recrruitment office -they called me rather- and I have to fill certain forms. So out in the street there is a row of small tables where the "application writers" were sitting. It was two rows 500 meters long each. You pay 5 drachmas to one of the old men to fill your forms and then you go upstairs. The same thing outside the courthouses. In the courthouses it was a neighbourhood of typist offices who were also making photocopies. Now all those have disappeared - it's vegan restaurants now. What made them disappear ? Microsoft word. What about software engineering ? I wrote a certain app for Amstrad 128 then showed it to the Amstrad representative. As we were chatting I asked what manner of software they have for the Amstrad, other than mine and other than pacman-spaceshiips for three year olds. They had nothing really. The man said to me that he was writing some program for the electric installations of buildings - that exciting. The computer age was just starting. After some time all manner of developers made their appearance. With a video club management program one could strike it rich. But after windows xp all this died too. Because using excel one could manage his video collection with a little training - they did n't have to go to the market. Well software engineering did n't die but it was no longer easy money. The same with AI. We are like the men with the tea spoons who wanted to dig Trafalgar square.
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Internet can't die. It has changed our lives dramatically. Think of this: A sports paper announces a competition some time in the sixties and the question is "have Wolverhampton Wanderers ever won the English league". What do I do ? Take the bus to the centrum - 15 minutes if there is no traffic. Walk the distance to the British council library where they have Rothmans football book - 10 minutes. Find the answer - 2 minutes. Walk to the bus stop back home - 15 minutes because for the other direction it's a bit further. Travel home - another 15 minutes say. That's almost one hour. These days there can be no such competition of course, but to find the answer I need 20 seconds. But suppose I was out of town, somewhere in the country - it would remain a mystery to me forever. No, internet cannot die.
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cherchez la femme
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They would probably keep raising the price and either settle for the 90 million from Chelsea in the end or sell to a new bidder - if one turned up. So in the end it was L'pool. For me it was strange that we offered 90 and shied away from 10 more, but whatever happened it's no use crying over spilled milk. It was a mistake perhaps to go for Lavia and not allow Liverpool to get him and spend their budget but again could n't somebody else turn up ? Essentially we were looking for a new Kante so if Tyler or Lavia are not up to this standard we ought to look someplace else now and forget about Caicedo.
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What the fcuk is going on for 5-10 millions ??? If I go to b***dy Boehly's office he is supposed to say "give this lad 10 million to buy a coffee".
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Athens murder attack - shameful UEFA decision
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They were together. Panathinaikos fans who are affiliated (!) with BBB acted as guides and took part in the violence. At this time nobody knows who among the 105 persons arrested is the murderer. The AEK fan clubs did n't know the Croats were coming to Nea Phliadelphia and the police did n't know either. They popped out of nowhere. -
Athens murder attack - shameful UEFA decision
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What is the difference if you die ? BBB is a supporters club that belongs to Dinamo Zagreb, their colours are dispalyed on the terraces every time they play. -
Athens murder attack - shameful UEFA decision
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This one brings football hooliganism to another level. Those were not visiting supporters who were provoked or even acted in this way without provocation. It was invasion by a foreign crowd who used all kinds of stealth and deception techniques to reach their destination and attack. They were not met by organized rival supporters. Why would organized AEK supporters be there in such a late hour ? To hold a vigil ? The Croat gangs just attacked the cafeterias and it's not the first time. They have done this in Sevilla, Vienna, Torino, scores of European cities. The Croatian Dinamo gang are swastika carrying nazis and they have been around for many years. After all this UEFA decided to keep Dinamo in the competition !!! So UEFA are in effect telling us "let's have more of this". Mitsotakis should have withdrawn all Greek teams from UEFA competitions in protest. -
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There was no fight. The area around the stadium is a pub area, ice cream shops and they attacked the people who were sitting there. -
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It was decided that there would be no away supporters in the two matches. But the ultras came by themselves into Greece, could n't be stopped. Then the car convoy was followed by the police but when they reached the suburbs of Athens they dispersed and slipped surveillance. Then regrouped near the stadium to begin the attack. -
Dinamo Zagreb bring a gang of murderers with them from Zagreb and kill an AEK supporter yesterday night. UEFA instead of punishing Dinamo, postpones the match so the first leg will take place in Zagreb next week and the replay in Athens on the 19th. What better gift to Dinamo than that ??? Thank you UEFA for protecting football ! With what they did revenge is in the air. When Dinamo come to Athens don't expect them to leave without severe casualties.
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If we give the nuke codes to AI I don't know. But this is a material world. AI without limbs to move around can't do much. In the form of robots maybe, I don't know, but are humans going to allow this ? Incidentally what was the title of that film where a group of soldiers go to another planet to put down a robot revolution and they find a little boy who they thought was human and then the little boy turns out to be a dangerous robot and then all the soldiers are massacred by the robots ? Must be a 2000 film. I saw that on tv years ago but not from the beginning so I don't know the title. However with AI as I have already explained the state will acquire ultimate economic control and they will grab everything we got, from Beverly Hills mansions to pennies. The communist parties of the world have no idea and in the future they may well even fail to win a single seat in local elections but communism is being introduced through the back door.
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The house belonged to an Iraqi. He was such an idiot. He used to call George Gale on the phone (remember the character ?) every morning to complain about the rates.
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I used to live next to Highbury stadium, Roseleigh road. Boring neighbourhood and the most boring thing to do there was go in and see Arsenal. The only positive was the fish and chips on Finsbury road, a little further away. One of the best in London.
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Trump is crazy. If Barry was alive he would kick him down the stairs of the white house.
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I like to see Pep crying.
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Is it 100 they want ? If he is so good and not another Cucurella then it seems we ate the crab and we don't want to eat the juice.
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Does he ? Power strikers play up to 31-32 mostly.
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Potteball night.
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Crappy game so far. Jackson's first chance should have been a goal. You can't score with your eyes on the ground, all he had to do was to aim a bit to the left.
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If Mbappe comes to Chelsea I don't readily see why he should then leave for Real Madrid. We have played against Real Madrid four times in Europe in our lifetime. We beat them twice, they beat us twice and 2022 was an unfair. Also Madrid is not such a great city. My friend Stavros did n't like it.
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The second half squad was experimental.
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15 minutes into the game now. Marc Cucurella towers above the Fulham defense and heads Chelsea into the lead.
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UK is 01:33 pm now. 7:45 - 1:33 = 4. Correct.