Recent content by Iovan The Sweeper

Interesting, thanks - I didn't realise so many original sets are still well-preserved. Has anyone been?

Yes, this is key for me. As soon as we go a goal down now we seem to have all the belief taken out of us. Compare that to earlier this season when we never stopped until the final whistle, and rescued a few draws out of potential lost causes

At the moment he reminds me of an England Test batsman whose decision-making is a bit muddled under pressure. It would be tempting to rest him for the Norwich game, but a) given the two week break, and b) the fact that Norwich (on paper) pose far less of a threat than Villa, Liverpool and Spurs...

Fascinating read, thank you. What would escalation have been, in this case, to break the cycle? If sanctions are deemed not escalating enough, and a no-fly zone thought to be too much? Would stronger sanctions have helped after Crimea?

Looks like Tatooine

Amongst the ongoing horror and atrocities (the hostages in the Mariupol hospital, ten people shot in Chernihiv queuing for bread), there are stories today about compromises potentially being reached - hopefully we will see a breakthrough in peace talks soon. There was a good piece earlier from...

Yes I thought exactly the same thing - was it deliberately ambiguous to leave all their options open? Had a quick look at other news sites, and it seems to echo comments from Putin today about sovereignty...

Angry about an unprovoked attack on a democratic nation Anxious about where it all might go Sad for the millions of Ukrainians who have had to flee their homes, seek shelter underground, or fight the invading troops with whatever they have to hand It's the pictures of children looking scared on...

George Parris - Shoreham and Whitehawk I think

I might be merging Championship Manager and reality here, but I was disappointed how it worked out with Jason Peake. He could have been great for us. Similarly Paul Holsgrove - the £100k player we never saw. Alexis Bertin - several classes above League One midfielders. If only he had a better...

The promotion winning (from the old Division Three) last game of the season in May 1988 vs. Bristol Rovers. Bremner and Nelson. Brighton are back Then a quadruple from 1991: January - 4th Round FA Cup Replay - a 3-2 defeat to reigning Division One Champions Liverpool - and we could have won it...

Stomach has been churning all weekend, but I’m feeling pretty positive. Southgate will have the players as calm and composed as possible. I think Italy will score first, but we’ll win 2-1 in extra time. Wherever you are, enjoy it.

I'm happy to celebrate the great goals he has scored, and look forward to the improvement he will make, rather than focus on the ones he's missed this season. A bit like Carpenter, Sparrow, Lua Lua and so on. They had an incredible shot on them, but equally could shank it wide. Given the...

Some of the recent fixture changes have been very short notice, so I imagine we will find out this week. The previous ones have also announced 2 or 3 weeks together, so I expect we will find out about the games on the 8th/9th May too (so our game vs. Wolves)

Keep an eye out for these bad boys as they will prey on your tadpoles: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/bugs/common-backswimmer