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You can have unconscious bias, too! It's not always deliberate (just as you can have wilful ignorance). 

I'll try that with the kids!

I did note the irony.
Also, would it still be "battery" if the egg was free-range?

Not to make light of the assault, but it seems curious he was holding an egg at the same time; do you think he beat it later, as well? 

Not to make light of the assault, but it seems curious he was holding an egg at the same time; do you think he beat it later, as well? 

I thought it was a brilliant game of football - incredible atmosphere, incredible intensity - a great advert for the PL. Very pleased City won, but tempered by the reality that we are (alas) miles behind these two clubs.  

I thought it was a brilliant game of football - incredible atmosphere, incredible intensity - a great advert for the PL. Very pleased City won, but tempered by the reality that we are (alas) miles behind these two clubs.  

I'm not as bothered by the capacity as what the stadium will look like and what atmosphere it will generate. The Red Star stadium holds 53K - the atmosphere there is unbelievable. The Juventus stadium holds under 50K but looks magnificent. Would much rather have a sold out 52K than lots of empty seats.  

I'm not as bothered by the capacity as what the stadium will look like and what atmosphere it will generate. The Red Star stadium holds 53K - the atmosphere there is unbelievable. The Juventus stadium holds under 50K but looks magnificent. Would much rather have a sold out 52K than lots of empty seats.  

The stats are the outcomes, the changes to inputs are variables.
Over a longer period that would certainly make a larger difference, but we're talking of a margin of 1.3m votes over a couple of years and we know how different demographics voted last time. 
People are going to have to change their mind and if this thread is anything to go by I wouldn't have any breath holding competitions on that happening.

Don't get me started on that one, Steve! After some challenging recent threads, glad to see the board proving, once again, it's the place for the 'thinking Evertonian'! 🙂 

Mourinho under fire here for suggesting Everton's ambitions are the same as United's. It may have been another shot across the bows to Woodward but I thought it was typically arrogant of the press / United fanbase to think Everton don't have the same ambition to make Top 4 (surely United's current goal). We may not have the global reach of United, or their recent history, but it's still patronising. Biggest game of the season for me. Echo much of what @Bailey said. I do think we can beat them, and with some style. I just think we need to get over the mental hurdle. With so many new faces, let's hope it's today! 

9/10 here, but I'm not really accepting the Jesus' / Jesus's decision. The Chicago Manual Style says both can be used, and I've had the latter accepted in novels, so I'm giving myself 10!     

Played well for the most part 
Good balance in defending and breaking up play and moving the ball forward, Gana did well and fair play to Davies he looked decent in spells 
We could have won the game at a canter but our quality when it mattered let us down massively, conceded a decent goal but shouldn't have given him the chance to let his shot off then our heads went
It's frustrating as we are very close to being a decent side but we lack that quality upfront and when it matters from some of the lads 

Did have occasional dealings with Townhouse, just googling them it seems they closed in 2008 sadly; you were in a band (obviously)? I rarely got to meet the artists, it was normally the producer if anyone; the regular people we worked for (eg Factory, 4AD, Mute, Stock/Aitkin/Waterman (spit), the BBC among many) came (in their wisdom) to trust me to do it alone unless it was a particularly difficult job, BBC classical stuff springs to mind. Factory was a coup for us because their quality demands were extremely high and they approached us originally to ask if we did "real time" recording rather than high speed, we did but not on the scale they were asking for so we said let us show you what we can do at high speed. Alan Erasmus came down and we signed a deal the same day.

I didn't know there was a separate one for cassettes! The compression they put on CDs is pretty ridiculous - can imagine it would have been even greater for you guys. Our records were all mastered at the Townhouse on Goldhawk Road, if you know that? Not sure if it's still going.  The sonic maximisers they used in those days made everything sound better. The very first time we went, our engineer, getting carried away telling us an anecdote about Freddy Mercury (who had been in the week before)  dropped the acetate and had to start again! Not a happy man.  

As you know, I’m a big fan. Certainly the funniest book I’ve ever read, but when I saw that you had already put it in, I instinctively shied away from following orders, a la Yossarian. What kind of name is MikeO, anyway? 😜

Wolves will absolutely dry bum us with that shower of shit defence 
We look terrible possibly the worst I can remember in pre season, we can't accommodate or play Morgan and Gana in the same side we need two new CB's and a LB a creative mid and a striker..... We best do some good business in the next week and a bit or on the face of it we are fucked 

No worries - I've written enough novels about the place to know how bad it can be - and the time you were here was at a very troubled time for the city (Gunchester et al). It has improved a lot, though (albeit the council / police still can't seem to keep Piccadilly Gardens clean / safe!).

So, you were at uni here? What years was that? Before the regeneration? And what did you find 'shitty'? The weather? The people? The nightlife? The area you lived in?
Seems a rather ridiculous remark to say 'anyone who has lived there would agree'. Plenty of Mancunians love their city. Maybe it just didn't suit you.

So, you were at uni here? What years was that? Before the regeneration? And what did you find 'shitty'? The weather? The people? The nightlife? The area you lived in?
Seems a rather ridiculous remark to say 'anyone who has lived there would agree'. Plenty of Mancunians love their city. Maybe it just didn't suit you.

Delighted for Belgium, their fans, and for Martinez. And even more delighted it was at Brazil's expense (I hate their sense of entitlement and the media fawning all over them). 

Delighted for Belgium, their fans, and for Martinez. And even more delighted it was at Brazil's expense (I hate their sense of entitlement and the media fawning all over them). 

Delighted for Belgium, their fans, and for Martinez. And even more delighted it was at Brazil's expense (I hate their sense of entitlement and the media fawning all over them). 

Not sure what the real benefit of finishing second is. We've ended up with Columbia instead of Japan, so we've lost out there. The next round (if we get through), we get Switzerland / Sweden, which knowing our historical propensity to fall flat on our faces (Norway, Sweden, Iceland have all tripped us up), that could get embarrassing. A loss to Brazil in the QF would be no such disgrace. Then, if we do get past the banana skin of Switzerland / Sweden, we get Spain or Croatia. That's as difficult as France / Uruguay on the other side, so no benefit there, either.  Would much have preferred us facing Japan and then going toe-to-toe with Brazil in the QF. Hate the pusillanimous attitude.