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Resident Claret here. Firstly congrats on the 3 points, sat at home with a Bighton fan watching the scores come in. At half time he said he'd take 1-1 after I bemoaned that when you are on top (as the reporter was saying) you need to score as many as you can. So it came to pass.... Dyche is...

Wasn't the invasion of Afghanistan in response to 9/11? Not so much strategic interests though there is a wider discussion about the justification and rationale for the invasion. Ironically there may now be an interest in the vast lithium resources there.This vital for mobile phone production...

There's a fine line between looking like you are enjoying it all and looking like you are laughing at it. Germany's entry fell foul of this, whereas Iceland and Lithuania seemed to get it right. There's no set template for winning, the top 4 were very different acts. We just need to look like we...

Worth remembering that only the top 10 get points, we could have finished 11th several times or lower. Same outcome. Our entry wasn't good for Eurovision, the staging was half assed and very low energy. Shame as the chap seemed very popular with the other performers and carried himself very...

Hi all, Apologies for the tangent but I recently recorded a podcast with an expert on gardens in Pompeii. Lots of chat in what was grown, how and other gardening stuff. Seems as if they were very able gardeners. https://ancientblogger.libsyn.com/the-gardens-of-pompeii-with-jessica-venner

I can see this point being well made a few posts earlier. Assume it's been made a few times, but I don't like the idea of the reaction as a mandate on Sky/Premier League as saviours or upholders of the game. Sky and the PL created the environment where the Super League was viable. Their howling...

This, a thousand times this. The Betting Industry realises what it could lose, many industries do something similar. Token outreach or such to keep the regulator happy and the spokesman an easy soundbite.

Le Tissier is an interesting one, I remember his spat with Carlton Palmer (I think?) where he berated his lack of caps. The thing is Le Tissier was ignored by Hoddle who wasn't averse to a creative style of play. Obviously something going on there.

Domitian? My podcast is linked to the blog and recently I interviewed LJ Trafford and she had a pretty robust defence of him (it's towards the end of the episode). My podcast is called Ancient History Hound but the episode is linked in on my blog - but just in case. There are some vlogs I also...

I started with a tumblr blog many years ago and then signed up with GoDaddy. My blog is all about ancient history (Greece and Rome). It's a mix of things on there. Have had some nice feedback from students and others (try to find more unusual topics). It's pretty basic but I enjoy it, sort of my...

Maja played well but unsure how to frank that against an Everton team who were simply awful.

Using Transfermarkt our first XI which beat Palace cost around 35 million. The caveat to that is how much Mee cost. Along with Trippier we got him from City as s youngster so unsure how mich he cost. It wouldn't have been much but I reckon much of it was in future bonuses etc. The only swaps...

The irony of the Soucek decision is that Mitrovic dived and rolled about. When he realised that Soucek was safely red carded he then decided nothing had happened. Perhaps not dive and roll around in the first place?

All VAR has done, in one respect, is give the ref a viewpoint which all the pundits have had for years. Perhaps they can balance things out. If a pundit gets a call wrong rather than joke about it they can suspend them for a few matches. Pundits and the like are mostly ex-players and have been...

I've been a gym user for the past few decades, so I've not been able to access weights to any great extent. I have been utlising bodyweight movements which are pretty tough. I gave also been watching Athlean X on Youtube. I've been doing this for years as his tips and suggedtions are...

Fair result, I'm still working out howJBG managed to get out of the way of Dunk's header! I reckon we'll both stay up this season which is great news.

As a manager his track record of improving players bought from the Championship and below is very impressive. Each season Burnley fans are told that we should play like a specific team who we are bizarrely compared to but sometimes just because they are a team in the lower half of the Prem. It...

With the obvious caveat of not being a Trump supporter, here's what I have noted from reading right and left forums and listening to podcasts on both sides. - No war. Bearing in mind that it was regularly touted that he was going to nuke us all he didn't involved in any new overseas wars. I'd...

Dyche has done exceedingly well with sparse funds. The northern/gruff voice/shaved head aspect means it's very easy to stereotype him. His record in bringing players through and developing them is underrated. Pope, Keane, Trippier, Tarkowski have all won caps under him (and developed hugely...

as a neutral in all of this I think he's a good striker who has added to your attack. True he has missed some chances, but the danger is to presume that these chances would have been created if someone else was playing. He seems very aware of those around him. I also think having someone like...