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He didn't raise his elbow in frustration. He clearly swung his elbow back at the guys face, and was lucky it was no where near.

When it happened I didn't think it was a red because he didn't make contact. But on reflection, I asked myself if he had swung a haymaker and there had been a foot between them and no contact, would I still have thought it wasn't a red. And I think no, I would have said that's clearly violent...

There's lots of history, highlights and lowlights to cover, too many for one post. So I'll just mention probably the most basic point, that the name North Stand Chat comes from the old ground, the Goldstone Ground. The North stand was a terrace behind the goal. It had the reputation for being...

Not a film, but I massively enjoyed the first series of Andor on Disney. I've not enjoyed any of the new Star Wars films. Except for Rogue One, which was a prequel. I've been saying to friends who are into Star Wars, they shouldn't have tried to shoe horn in old characters to the new films...

Predator has always been a favourite of mine. Prey was excellent. Given how some of the predator sequels have gone, I wasn't sure what to think beforehand, but I really enjoyed Prey.

Nothing wrong with a tenuous sci fi link. I'm currently rereading the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. In The Martian their ship the Ares, is a nod to the Mars Trilogy, as their ship is also called the Ares. Some might consider the Mars Trilogy an effort as they're 3 big books, but I can...

Oh and "The Martian" as well, which is excellent.

Some great choices there. Arrival, Interstellar, Blade Runner, Starship Troopers are all films I love. I will throw "Moon" in there as one of my favourite sci films. And as a recommendation I will suggest "Prospect" with Sophie Thatcher and Pedro Pascal. Goes under the radar, but a very good...

So in recent months, we had a guy who rewrote Sussex by the Sea, because he didn’t like the original and now there’s a request to rename the city based on someone else’s personal preference/whim. In line with this tone, I am proposing the following changes; Football is renamed Worldball, to...

Yeah it is.

That's two games on the trot he's directly responsible for errors that have led to goals

The PDC was the only place to make a substantial living, but I don't think that's because Hearn dictated or structured it that way. The PDC were just very efficient at modernising darts. The BDO were very stuck in their ways, resistant and hesitant to change. Former head of the BDO, Olly Croft...

It's easy to blame Bart there, but for me that whole thing is Igors fault. It's a terrible ball back, and he left Bart with only one pass. Bart should have hoofed it long. But more importantly he shouldn't have been put in that position.

Lockdown did work, but perhaps not in the way that some think. The whole point of lockdown was not necessarily to stop the number of covid deaths, but to reduce the number of infected and therefore reduce the pressure on the NHS. As the number of infections increased the chances of secondary...

Trying to look at it logically step by step. The first thing is he stuck his leg out, so he has made a challenge. Regardless of how he gets there, he makes contact. So he makes a challenge and he makes contact. The first question then is, is it dangerous? Well it hits Pickfords standing leg...

If he meant to challenge the keeper like that, then it was dangerous and he deserved a red. If he didn't mean to challenge the keeper like that, then he didn't have control over the challenge because it was dangerous where he caught Pickford, that's also a red. As discussed on here many times...

I thought it was pretty awful as well. I think Ridley Scott is very overrated in general. He has made a few good things, but also some absolute s**t. Gladiator 2 definitely falls into the second category. It felt like a rehash of the first film, with more or less the same story. I read Michael...

What I don't understand about offside is, if Mitoma's shoulder is what they were looking at there. And if his should is offside by an inch or so, then they disallow the goal. But by that logic how did that Roma goal get given last year? Was that just an appalling decision? Because its so clear...

There's not a lot to carry in that movie. I grant you he wasn't poor, but that's about the nicest thing I can say about that film.

you're bovril experience sounds like a recent attempt of mine to order a pint of Pravha, where the student barman had no idea what it was, only serving me after I rephrased my order as Staropramen. With that in mind my next trip to the bar i ordered a Staropramen from a different student barman...