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Post by karma on Nov 23, 2023 9:23:01 GMT
Sorry byased, I was being funny , my first thought was 'Back Door Boys' but regardless of the name , I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
I went to college in Liverpool in the 1960's , enjoyed it tremendously, great people , lovely sense of humour , saw a bit of the Moon Rock in Walkers Art.Gallery and all the Liverpool groups, even the Stones. Enjoy!!!!
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Post by byased on Nov 23, 2023 9:56:10 GMT
yes, realised you were joking. Lots of permutations possible Liverpool has come on a lot in recent years with all the museums, I will have a look in the Walker gallery.
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Post by karma on Nov 23, 2023 10:01:56 GMT
As students we played cards, if you had a good hand incl King Queen Jack etc, you'd hear the phrase, " Oh, more pictures than Walkers Art Gallery"
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Post by newby on Nov 24, 2023 18:29:49 GMT
Leeds Tykes v Rotherham tomorrow but it's Rotherham v Leeds United today in the Championship.
I used to have a soft spot for Rotherham, ancestral home of my father's side of the family, but not when they are up against Leeds.
I will though wish them an honourable defeat in both games.
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Post by karma on Nov 25, 2023 12:23:49 GMT
I was sorry to hear that a late 'winning goal' for Leeds was ruled out for offside. I'll have to look at this on You-Tube to make up my own mind. Still they do seem to have hit a good bit of form
We'll soon be approaching the Christmas/New Year period with a number of crucial games in a relatively short period . It's important for Leeds to keep up the good work, have a good Christmas period so that upon entering 2024 we're challenging even harder.
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Post by karma on Nov 26, 2023 8:16:25 GMT
In case you missed me mentioning it, York City are at home on Friday 1st December in the FA Cup against higher divisions Wigan kick-off 7:45,It's on tv, actually BBC2 though I will be at the LNER stadium as I prefer 'being there'. This week has been a bit unkind to York's players.
On Tuesday evening I attended the home win over Oxford City but in which York's Centre forward limped off injured and didn't play yesterday at Maidenhead.
Maidenhead is in a similar lowly position to York in the National League. I listened on my radio to the commentary yesterday while at the Farsley game ( home to Boston). After 19 minutes one of York's mid-fielders was 'red-carded' for a tackle( and for which York's manager was also booked for querying the decision). Throughout the game the commentator said either 'another Maidenhead player has just thrown himself to the ground' or 'they've conned the referee again'
York struggled with ten men and tried to make a game of it but were obviously under pressure . After about 71 minutes York conceded a penalty (it WAS a penalty too) but our keeper saved it. Great, we're still in the game with ten men! Two minutes later Maidenhead scored by a deflected shot 1 - 0 Thought that would be it but a few minutes to go York got an equaliser 1 - 1 . I was, as mentioned, actually at Farsley footy but listening to the York game . People there know I cheer at the wrong times. Still a 1 -1 draw feels like a 10 man win!
So for the FA Cup we could be without key players but the beauty of this competition is that almost anything can happen!!!!
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Post by karma on Nov 29, 2023 21:51:41 GMT
Good win for Leeds United 3 - 1 over Swansea, tonight, particularly as nearly every other result didn't go in their favour. Leicester conceded an equaliser just before full time to bottom club Sheffield Wednesday, to 'drop' a couple of points though.
None of the other teams seem to be falling away at the moment so it's hoped Leed's consistent run continues ⚽️.
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Post by newby on Nov 30, 2023 9:17:24 GMT
Well at least we got two points nearer to the runaway leaders after good old Wednesday got a late equaliser.
Three of the top 4 teams in the Championship are the teams that were relegated from the Premiership last season, plus Ipswich, who were one of the teams that came up from League 1 last season. Fantastic story really and normally I'd be rooting for them, but it gets complicated when your team is involved.
All the top few teams in the Championship are much the same when you peel the paper off. Foreign money trying to make more money by getting a team into the Premier league.
That includes Ipswich whose investors took a longer term view and bought in at a bargain price.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Nov 30, 2023 9:51:30 GMT
Well I am pleased that my club, Middlesbrough, has stayed in the ownership of a local UK businessman, who oversaw our most successful period and has continued to run the club his way, and without the need for outside money from abroad.
I just hope my favourite cricket team can also remain in UK based onwership!
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Post by newby on Nov 30, 2023 10:49:54 GMT
There you go, more conflict. Leeds play Boro on Saturday, any other game I'd be behind Steve Gibson's team.
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Post by hillsboroughowl on Nov 30, 2023 11:08:53 GMT
I like the “Good old Wednesday” angle. Wednesday were pretty good last night, and certainly worth at least a point. So Wednesday have taken points off Leeds, Leicester and Middlesbrough, so all hope is not lost. Think Leeds will finish above Leicester. Thought Leicester were very average. I imagine Wednesday are doomed, but they will upset a few teams along the way. The new manager has been transformative, in performance and attitude, if not yet in results!
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Post by newby on Nov 30, 2023 12:15:42 GMT
It's a big gap Wednesday have to make up but there's a long way to go yet. The 0-4 against Millwall was worrying.
They don't just need a big charge in the second half of the season, they need a team like Millwall, or Swansea on the evidence of last night, to go into free fall and come down and meet them half way.
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Post by karma on Nov 30, 2023 13:34:23 GMT
I think it was Harold Wilson who said "One man's pay rise is another man's pay cut" (or something similar).
There are always two teams trying to get the points in sports team games. In the same way that for the start of the 2023 cricket season I said I'm going to be positive regarding results. Mainly though to try and pick out the good periods of individual or team play rather then let my season be determined by just the results. Or the Rafiq affair / off-field activities. ie it isn't always win=elation or lose=despair.
In fact, I know I've mentioned this before, but years ago when I came in from Football or Cricket my wife would ask almost before I go through the door, " Did they win?" Having discussed the pleasure I get from attending live sports my wife now asks, " Was it a good game ?" and adding, "Was so and so there?" Then she asks 'who won' or 'what was the result?', if I haven't already mentioned it
I might have though mentioned on this forum that I'm going to watch York City v Wigan Athletic tomorrow night in the FA Cup. On paper it's going to be a walkover for Wigan but fortunately they don't play on paper. I hope York do win but regardless of the result I'll take great pleasure from the occasion, the atmosphere, the oohs and aahs as the game flows.
I could have taken exception from the fact that the FA moved a Saturday afternoon fixture to a Friday evening (for BBC2, the broadcaster), inconvenient late night home travelling the 35 miles there and 35 back through jams. On the other hand moving the game to Friday night allows me to take in another game on Saturday afternoon (Guiseley v top team Radcliffe). Different teams, competition ,crowd and people to whom I talk. My weekend will be completed, from a sporting perspective only, this time cricket, by myself and Mrs. Karma attending the Christmas Celebration at YCCC Headingley on Sunday. This will be attended by the great and good of YCCC, some players and the new Chair - If I get chance I'm going to ask him about re-financing among other things. Free food , free drink, free band.
So that's my weekend sorted and no Christmas shopping. (Already done)
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Post by karma on Nov 30, 2023 17:43:49 GMT
It's a big gap Wednesday have to make up but there's a long way to go yet. The 0-4 against Millwall was worrying. They don't just need a big charge in the second half of the season, they need a team like Millwall, or Swansea on the evidence of last night, to go into free fall and come down and meet them half way. There is a football manager for whom I have the greatest respect. One of his sayings when referring to the bottom team in the league was " They're where they are for a reason". He also used the same phrase when referring to the top team in the same league. I suppose it's not just how you start the season but how you finish it. I've seen bottom teams at this stage in the season come back to get promotion. Not often but it has happened.
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Post by byased on Dec 1, 2023 0:00:29 GMT
Leicester are at the Baggies on Saturday. All of a sudden we are looking very good, with a thin squad and no money. Talk of an American takeover, at about a third of the price the Chinese paid a few years ago. Once a club loses its local identity and ownership, it takes the edge off things. We still have a 12% ownership by local people at the Albion, which gives us a small voice, but no actual power to do anything. I would have been happy to just stay up this year, with a possible points deduction if we go into administration, which is still possible. Looks like we will be safe and may even make the playoffs. Ipswich hardly had a kick at the Albion last Saturday, so can see them tailing off at some stage.
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