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Forgive me but I don't share your view that "the game is better for the HoG happening" nor that Henry's handball goal was "hilarious". For anyone who loves the sport, or sport in general, were painful things to see.

Wow indeed. I didn't see that coming. Yesterday the talk was all about Cleverly being the darling of the MPs. Clearly not the case. So Badenoch and Jenrick will be put to party members to vote on. Not being a Tory member or knowing any (that I'm aware of), I have no inkling how this will go but...

The election of the new leader looks to me like the start of that string of leaders they had post-Major -- William Hague, IDS, Michael Howerd. None of them seemed PM material, Then Cameron came along and their fortunes improved. The current candidates have that same not-PM-types feel about them...

The Hand of God goal, if it's "iconic" is iconic because it was one of the most notorious football injustices of modern times. What is it an icon of? Cheating? VAR would have disallowed it and possibly sent off the player.

Is this thread about VAR or the song? Most people dont mind the notion of VAR but dislike some of the way it's implemented, and especially the time taken. If the automated offside is deemed reliable, that would be great for instance. But the song? Me no like. It's far too earnest for the...

Nothing to Fear by Julie McFadden. A book about death.

Same here. We've always had two, and when we retired we carried on having two through habit as much as anything else. But then my wife's car was written off by some idiot when it was parked at a supermarket, and we never bothered to replace it. We've not missed having two cars and it's so much...

As others have said, Leicester are unlikely to be competing with Brighton. Much more important for me is that he is getting quality game time with a Premier League club which he wasn't going to get with us. If he comes back next season with his game significantly improved, that has to be good...

Hybrid is the plan rather than EV.

I'm another NSC rarity who quite likes Leeds. I lived there for a few years and used to go to Elland Rd from time to time. Quite a nasty crowd in some ways but they are certainly very loud. I’ve a good mate who's Leeds born and bred. He’s pretty disillusioned with the club at the moment but...

I agree with you, though TBH I couldn't quite put my finger on it at half time. I just thought that Tottenham must be far better than us, and were likely to win. It was only really after listening to the post-match interviews when everyone mentioned the discussion in the dressing room at half...

Oh hang on, perhaps you're right. You mean like environmental calamity, the prospect of global military conflict. the election of Trump etc.? More important than whiney fans? Gosh, I'd never thought of it like that. On the other hand, is it possible I was using a well-known turn of phrase to...

No one's saying you shouldn’t be able to express an opinion, but equally, if your opinion seems a bit wild and over-negative, expect to get something back. That’s the deal. Nothing winds me up more than kneejerk whiney negativity among a fan base. That doesn’t mean we should be blindly positive...

I find that quite an amazing statement. Where I am, in the East Upper, the mood at half time was (rightly) dreadful. We’d had a terrible first half, one of the worst I can remember at the Amex, and people were openly speculating about how many more we’d ship in the second. Not a shred of...

Magnanimous. I didn’t notice radically different 'formations and tactics' in the second half. What I saw was Pervis coming on and instantly making that side of the pitch more fluid, with Mitoma seeming like a man suddenly liberated. Above all though was a different attitude across the pitch...

He wasn't asked any questions about Albion's performance, it was all "how will the (Spurs) players deal with this?' etc. The bloke is clearly gutted at the collapse of his team. He's not going to go into the interview talking up how good Brighton were in the second half. Maybe give him a break?

Me too. I meet up with a mate once a week for a full English. Seems we’ve missed a trick by ignoring the local Wetherspoons. £2.99? Got to be worth a go.

There are plenty of companies I don’t use based on poor experience with customer service, bad value, limited range of products etc. The politics of the owner doesn’t come into it. I almost never know who the owners are or what they think. I suspect that most successful business owners are...

Then it becomes a simple matter of priorities. Just how much do you want cheap decent beer and cheap simple grub in the centre of town? If you'd rather pay double but get to feel all holy and virtuous at the same time, go elsewhere. Just make sure you quiz the owner first to make sure he votes...

Is it possible that the OP's mate listed the ticket at a later time so that the purchaser thought he was buying one of a pair? Failing that theory, my other one is that the buyer fancied the luxury of not being hemmed in so bought the middle one in the hope that he might be able to spread out a...