Cornish Steve

This round, the only person to score zero points was the season leader: Boston Toffee. This has tightened the race for the season with Romey just 3 points behind. For the month of April, three of us are tied on 7 points: MikeO, Romey, and myself.

I can't help but feel sorry for Burnley's keeper. How must he feel after such a terrible error?

5 hours ago, Hafnia said:

Premier league pushed for 5 points, 17 points they have pushed for in total. We have a similar breach total to forest over the two breaches - yet we got double the points.

this committee actually allowed the war in Ukraine to be used as mitigation..... yet the other panel and appeal panel didn't? 
 

farce 

It is a complete farce and fiasco. And still City get away with massive financial violations. The fact that two point deductions are applied in the same season ought to mean a legal challenge is warranted. 

On 06/04/2024 at 13:17, RuffRob said:

Brentford are definitely in the relegation battle now, and if you look at Crystal Palaces games, all the teams they have left to play are all above them. Palaces easiest games looks to be West Ham and Newcastle at home. 

looking at the games left I would hope we finish above Palace.

If you remember, I suggested that Brentford would struggle when I watched them play Brighton here in Atlanta during the pre-season. It seems that assessment was correct; they are struggling. I do think they'll survive, though. Palace must be a little nervous right now.

Burnley and Sheffield United must be certs for relegation at this point. Personally, I'd much rather see Forest face the drop than Luton. If only we had the same team spirit as Luton, who keep pulling rabbits out of the hat.

19 hours ago, dunlopp9987 said:

I have a question, and it has literally nothing to do with your insights. 

Why the FUCK do I keep seeing people spelling this man's name as Harland? Harland is a pig farmer from Kentucky, not a Norwegian super-striker.

Ok that's all

Just like Dunlop is a tyre company. What's with the double p?

Job done.

Everton 2-0 Burnley
DC-L

For round 30, Btay and Matt Tiger both predicted the correct score and lead for the month of April. Surprisingly, not one person predicted DC-L to score. Boston Toffee scored a duck this round, meaning that Romey is gaining ground on him.

3 hours ago, Hafnia said:

2 tackles and 1 interception mate. 
 

he focuses too much on looking the part rather than grabbing the game. Lost the ball 5 times.   Doesn't do enough for me, not with that physique and athleticism. Not when you look at what Declan rice was doing for West Ham. 
 

he's way too passive for me. 

So, in essence, a midfield version of Lukaku. 

2 minutes ago, Hafnia said:

garner and Gomes looked like they were giving us a bit more  

I'm really pleased that Gomes is stepping up. Honestly, I'd written him off.

Just read through all the commentary/comments in this thread. My goodness, our resident chuckle brothers were in fine voice!  I'm so glad Young won us the penalty, which happened when we started playing better after timely and appropriate substitutions. Way to go Everton for a gutsy performance and to Sean Dyche for making smart decisions.

Can we get out of this negative funk? Sometimes these threads make for depressing reading.

I had to attend conference calls all afternoon and missed the game. The BBC report is interesting, though: "Both sides had chances in an open second half, with substitute Joe Garner hitting the post for Everton within six minutes of his introduction." Did we just recruit a new player?

On 01/04/2024 at 05:21, Romey 1878 said:

Newcastle 2-1 Everton

Tarkowski

44 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said:

God help me but I’m changing my prediction to…

Newcastle 0-1 Everton

Beto

Nailed on 2-1 loss with Tarkowski scoring from a corner.

2 hours ago, Palfy said:

He definitely needs to try something different to change the situation, sticking with the same tactics and formation is tantamount to throwing in the towel imo for what it’s worth. 

I can see why you'd subscribe to this view, but we're still not playing badly and we are generating lots of chances. The issue remains what it's always been: We can't convert those chances. Maybe play both DC-L and Beto up front again, although Newcastle would be a dangerous team against which to try that tactic.

This is a really difficult game to predict. On the one hand, Newcastle are on a high and we're on a low after Saturday's games. On the other hand, I can see our team being resolved to win it for Coleman; plus Newcastle have so many injured players. It could go either way.

Bar codes 2-1 Everton
Beto

Boston Toffee is still on a roll, the only one of us to predict the correct score against Bournemouth. He beat Romey for the March title and has extended his lead for the season and per prediction.

B'mouth 1-1 Everton
Tarkowski

Four 10-pointers. Way to go! Romey leads for the month of March with one game to go. Boston Toffee retains his lead for the season and per prediction.

4 hours ago, Palfy said:

If true I wish they would make themselves known, it’s like a game of hiding seek for the fans without clue who we are looking for

No credible suitor will negotiate in public. They'd dot the i's and cross the t's before anything is announced or leaked. I'm still hoping for one of the dynastic families in India to take over.

5 hours ago, Hafnia said:

Maybe it's a minority/inferiority/militant thing.  

Maybe years ago people in England didn't feel the need to show that they are English and proud because it was there.... when people feel that their cultures and traditions are being challenged then they will show their colours so to speak. 
 

2012 olympics, Stella mccartneys designs didn't create a kick off no.... pretty much fir reasons stated above I'm guessing. 
 

in the past few years it feels as though our traditions are being challenged and changed.  The M&S Christmas, Iceland with Hot cross buns changes.  Respected statues being climbed on with other flags put on them.  People are starting to say enough is enough. 
 

I'm not right wing at all but it seems some of my views nowadays are being labelled right wing by those who proudly claim to be left.   It's a game - I subscribe to the political party of common sense, humanity and decency.  I don't know if such exists. 

You made a very sensible point. For the flag of St. George, I really don't see a problem. It's a flag, the English have rightly become proud of it in recent years,  many aspects of the country's traditions and heritage are admirable, and there's no harm in waving it or associating with it.

There is a similar but different situation in the US with the confederate flag. Decades ago, here in the American South, you'd see it flying all the time. People here associated with the South, there being a healthy rivalry with the North, and the confederate flag made that point. For most people, I would say, it was similar to the English or the Welsh or the Scottish flying their flag.

But, in recent years, there's much greater sensitivity to the extreme cruelty of slavery, and the confederate flag came about as a symbol of the South (and of slavery) as it fought a civil war. Over the last three decades, say, flying the confederate flag has became associated more and more with white supremacy, and there's some justification for this. To every African American, especially to the descendants of slaves, the confederate flag is now a graphic reminder of that awful age when their ancestors were treated as less than human.

Since the confederate flag is not a national flag, and not a state flag, but more an idea and association from the past, what is the harm in removing it from society? It was removed from the Georgia state flag, for example, and I see very few confederate flags flying today. Some people do fly it as an act of rebellion: As you wrote, "when people feel that their cultures and traditions are being challenged then they will show their colours so to speak." In this case, though, the flag carries too much baggage, and personally I would prefer that it be consigned to the history books. Why choose to deliberately upset millions of friends and neighbours in society just to make a point? (Yes, the extreme right claim that my opinion is "woke", but we should be aware of the feelings of others and not deliberately ride roughshod over them.)

Just to reiterate: I'm not at all implying the same is true of the flag of St. George. What matters is our attitude and the reasons we have for supporting a flag.

5 hours ago, Palfy said:

You said fuelled by the right so if I’m fuelling it I can’t possibly be left or centre of the left, in your few I must be right wing, because my concern for the English emblem that’s been worn since 1348, and has now been made a mockery of, by people who have know emotional connection to England and what it’s like to be patriotic to the English culture and values. 

So where exactly does the flag of St. George come from? The crusaders who rampaged Europe, killing rather indiscriminately. Have you ever read a history of the crusades, the divisions they caused in society, the heartless acts, and how they bankrupted the country? Hmm - maybe that's the link to today's extreme right!

I'm upset that the English took the flag of St. Piran, changed the colours, and flew it all around Wembley stadium!