Do you have the faintest idea of how patronisingly you always come across on this board? You appear as a pompous self-appointed club policeman.
Worse than that you appear to twist what other people say. I question the club when I feel it's justified - that's pretty much my entire point. So to...
These are great reading. I've read the first two and have the final part waiting on my bookshelf.
A wonderful look at the Europe that was destroyed by the Second World War. But also just full of exhilaration and a relish for life.
As @boldseagull said - Church Going is an extraordinary poem and maybe the peak for Larkin in my view.
But I've always been haunted by the phrase 'Once you have walked the length of your mind' from this one. Both beautiful and despairing.
Continuing To Live by Philip Larkin
Continuing to...
To be fair, the objection in this thread is not to women playing football (I can't imagine anyone thinks they shouldn't) it's about talking about it on the club twitter feed.
(Personally I couldn't give a toss either way)
All about opinions of course, but I think some people are under-rating Propper's performance. Thought he was very good - there was that inch-perfect pass in the first half he swerved into March's path to put him away which was sublime. But he did lots of good defensive work too - he's going to...
Broadly the definition of defamation (libel in writing, slander in speech) is saying anything about someone which is likely to 'lower them in the estimation of right-thinking people'.
There are various defences against such a charge. One - it's provably true. Two - it's a fair opinion and not...