When it comes to bad transport links in London you can’t get any worse than the O2 in Greenwich, I worked on the Thames Clippers when Michael Jackson was supposed to play there we had no idea how we would have copied if it went ahead.
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When it comes to bad transport links in London you can’t get any worse than the O2 in Greenwich, I worked on the Thames Clippers when Michael Jackson was supposed to play there we had no idea how we would have copied if it went ahead.
I’ve never found getting away from there too bad actually.
The transport links are poor, but the capacity is pretty small compared to a big stadium.
Had tickets to the This is It tour.
I then went to see Derren Brown one evening, came out of the theatre to find a text from a mate telling me that it looked like my concert might not go ahead. This was before news apps which pushed news to you instantly, or before I had them anyway.
So I messaged my mate back asking if Jackson had been taken ill or something and he replied, and I quote:
“He’s dead, he’s dead, you know it.”
<_<
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ng9zvd9rno
Hmm. That doesn't sound great.
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Originally Posted by Letters
Sounds pretty fucking awful, poor bastard. I hope his family don’t spend years having to fight for comprehensive answers
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/stor...24-25-away-kit
What about the English and Irish heritage? :shrug:
Or the Mediterranean and South Asian heritage, could have had a silhouette of a woman being stoned to death for adultery on the shirtQuote:
Originally Posted by Chippy
I don't like the look...they should have done something a bit more understated and classy. Though the nod to the continent is nice though, seeing as half the overseas fanbase (in my experience) is probably from there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chippy
Arsenal really is a scum operation. Constantly soaking its fans and feeding them a shit sandwich in return. Much unlike the club that was run by people who aren't utter cunts. I wish this new crop maximum ill. But that's not bias, I wish every PL club ill because they really are the worst of the worst, excluding all the others who are actually worse. So many bad people out there. So many found a home at Arsenal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chippy
Meanwhile, what's this about the kit? Don't know anything about it.
Understated and classy wouldn't be representative of African culture though.Quote:
Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE
It looks like a training kit.
Better than last year's yellow monstrosity at least.
I agree. Scum operation at times and an agenda against the original roots of the club. Maybe it is just a tick box exercise?Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Or maybe it’s just thoughtless diversity pushing with the only agenda being making money, whilst convincing themselves that they are being socially conscious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chippy
Whatever it is, I dont really like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
Herbert Chapman would be turning in his grave.
Is this where I remind everyone that we are all ultimately descendents of people from Africa?
Or that there's nothing wrong with celebrating a particular part of British culture at a particular time?
Or that choosing to take the time to go on a message board and attack something like this, no matter what excuse you claim to have for doing so, ultimately says more about you than anything else?
Oh and btw I like it and may buy one...
I have no excuse for anything I say, it is called free speech (well, for the time being at least).Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
What you spend your money on is up to you.
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Originally Posted by Mac76
Culturally most of of the UK’s black population is West Indian (although of course the reason for this was the slave trade took them to the Caribbean) rather than directly from Africa (you do of course get people from Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Ghana)
The main issue with this, is all the cultural enrichment stuff is largely about liberal middle class guilt than anything
Ajax produced a Jamaican style kit a year or so ago, which was to do with the fact that the fans adopted Bob Marley’s “Three little Birds” as the club anthem. That I quite liked as it was appealing across the fan base
What we are doing by contrast seems patronising and self congratulatory
I think my point is, people can either clap, or if not then nod, and move on OR they choose it to be something to posture about on a message board (a kind of inverted virtue signalling if you like) when the reality is it's totally harmlessQuote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/cm5241yd1r7o
If he doesn’t do interviews in patois or at least end every sentence with man/mon then I just have to wonder if his heart is still in it
:lol: I'm expecting blackface and a dreadlocks wig.Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
WagwanQuote:
Originally Posted by Letters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb72148xQcoQuote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
I do love Trading Places
https://youtu.be/PRi0FT8uYMY?si=6cKChHm0tIax4GV9
He's taking his wife with him apparently, she's going of her own accord :rimshot:Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
https://youtu.be/rwy07azI8nc?si=nXtS3F178jsXDqkZQuote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Was at the game against Levekusen last night - although a friendly we played some good stuff, especially in the first half before all the subs
Jesus was sharp though characteristically (and literally) all over the place, Leo was also sharp as was dare-i-say-it Zin, did well for his goal but was still pretty bad defensively
really enjoyed seeing Lewis-Skelly (not least because he replaced Zin) who looks good at LB, also Nwaneri good in midfield, Rice was lively at left 8 when he came on, Havertz was involved but even more erratic than usual, Odegard didn't look fully up to speed
A few other kids got some minutes but not enough to leave much of an impression.
Bit of a funny atmosphere and I got annoyed when people started a Mexican wave in the second half - really insulting to those young players and served the crowd right when we then conceded
Still it was promising in some ways, was sorry to not see Califiori and a bit surprised Timber wasn't even on the bench - not sure if he's injured again?
can't complain with 4-1 though
Xhaka :pal:
Back end of last season Jesus had a knee operation I think it was, and apparently he’d been carrying this injury and it was responsible for poor form. I’m always skeptical of such claims, especially as half the problem with him wasn’t looking unfit it was tactical positioning but given we aren’t going to sell him I am hopeful if not optimistic that what he’s shown in pre season can materialise on the pitch in competitive matches. Although I still submit we need a striker, if he and Havertz and Trossard can all get 15+ goals (big ask I know) we might be able to just about get away without one
I’d be interested to see him and Havertz get time together up front in some capacity, as I think they offer different things and can compliment each other.
Last time we played Leverkusen was 2002 which was also a 4-1 win (albeit different Leverkusen side with Ballack, Neuville, Lucio, Basturk, Ze Roberto and Berbatov in it)
Remember that game for the Bergkamp lob.
https://youtu.be/s2j6cG0B4vQ?feature=shared
Just watched this back again now. The quick one touch, pass and movement is sublime.
Two of the goals are sublime as well, the Bergkamp lob and the Zoltan Sebescen consolation goal is top quality as well
Btw people should check out the highlights of yesterday, especially our second goal (Trossard) which was hilariously brilliant :lol:
Watched it, I don’t know if it was brilliant or just a case of no one wanting to take the shot and playing hot potato till it got to Trossard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
??? They did what they were supposed to do in front of goal, given the amount the cunts are paid to do it. Good goal. You are allowed to say, hooray!Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
Sorry for disagreeing with you. I should know better. Apologies Mein FuhrerQuote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Sorry blue hair. I stepped into your safe space and that's unforgivable.Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
@Letters are we having a season's predictions thread? I'd set it up but i can't remember all the questions...
You could just go back and look….:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Except you got it wrong last year, so you've got it wrong again, e.g. there's no 'Mind the gap' :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
So :lol: yerself
I didn’t get it wrong, I got rid of it because I had no idea what it meansQuote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
You could be mature for once explain it (how many points we finish from top?) and I can edit the post accordingly
Genuine question though, have you ever thought you might be on the spectrum? Because I genuinely don’t know whether you’re being petty minded or whether it not being exactly the same causes you anxiety/stress
It’s the same way you’ve got a bit weird over me putting scorelines up, like if I say a side is 3-1 up….it should be 1-3 because the side in the lead are away from home. I’m aware of how it would show on a live score website or on the scoreboard of a football ground, but I can’t think for a moment why it matters for somewhere like here.
MO was honest enough to state that it set off his OCD a bit (which whilst different from being on the spectrum does share an overlap) when I put Arsenal vs Palace a year ago even though I knew it was an away game (because i genuinely think who cares)
It's you that's bahaving like a ten year old and also btw yet again showing you're no Arsenal fan if you don't know what 'mind the gap' means :haha:
I’m the one behaving like a ten year old when your response is “no you are” and “oh you’re not a proper fan” which has to be one of the most childish things someone can come up withQuote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Maybe wind your neck in for once, explain what it is (the last term I heard the expression outside the London Underground, was about gap between us and Tottenham, which to be honest I don’t care about as long as we finish above them come end of season)
So you do care about the gap then :lol: