Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
None of the soups you’ve mentioned are as good as home made soup made from fresh produce.
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None of the soups you’ve mentioned are as good as home made soup made from fresh produce.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Farke has been given 11 new players to work with to add to the core of the team he already had. None of the best players (except for Ramazani whom he didn’t want and Solomon who’s gone back to Spurs) have left, so he’s got 2 dozen decent players to work with, so it’s up to him now to get results.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Bielsa was both, he coached a bunch of mid-table journeymen to 9th place in the EPL. If Farke can’t coach the current team to mid-table then he’ll have let us down. Bielsa never made excuses.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
I don’t think it’s a let down, the recruitment started well which raised expectations. The follow up has been disappointing so I’d give them a 6 out of 10. Everyone had indeed hoped for more. The problem is that elite players want European football and the club has to contend with PSR limitations.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Bringing in 10 players isn’t the bare minimum. I’m just hoping that our forwards start scoring and that Farke finds a player within the team who can play in the 10 role, the best option is obviously Tanaka but maybe Piroe could play there. It’s time now for Farke to show how good a coach he is.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Ii appears to me that I’m in a discussion with “glass half empty” types, whereas I’m an optimist. So I’ll just let you got on with berating the club management, cos whatever I write that’s positive you lot will just ignore or repudiate. I hope for all our sakes that the team does well this season.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
One key thing I learned during my working life is that feedback needs to be constructive. If it’s all negative and all the emphasis is placed on what someone does badly, with no attention given to what they do well, then you’re likely to make problems worse, not better.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
True, the transfer window didn’t finish like we’d hoped but we did sign some very good players and, crucially, we didn’t have to sell our biggest assets. Taken as a whole therefore they’d get a “should do better” on their report card from me, not a complete shellacking some fans are dishing out.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
No it’s not, it ignores totally the effort that was put in to sign Paixao and Buenonotte (to name but 2 players the club was after) and states that they waited till the last minute to try and get Wilson. That’s complete bollocks.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
My remarks weren’t aimed at you but at the fans who think that the club should be spending more than it’s allowed to and who tend to go into meltdown after every mishap and calling for either radical change, sackings, resignations or a combination of all four.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s because we got 2 of our attacking players on free transfers. Time will tell who did the best business but I wouldn’t want someone like Brian Brobbey stirring up trouble in my squad. I would also point out that the Longstaff deal is the coup of the transfer window in my opinion.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Fans going into meltdown happens at the close of every transfer window. I assume this is because they can’t claim the bragging rights with fans of other clubs who they like to troll and they now fear getting trolled themselves. This feeling of humiliation tends to generate negative reactions.
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Excellent display of truthful knowledge.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Some fans are really angry. I’m disappointed that we didn’t get anyone else in and I think we’ll have trouble scoring goals but, overall, I think the club has recruited some great reinforcements. The team looks more solid and capable. Time will tell how good they are but I’m remaining optimistic.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Indeed we were, yet they claimed the club lacked ambition. This time round we’re mid-table in a much tougher league and yet they still use the same arguments. We aren’t as wealthy as top clubs and we can’t offer players European football so the choice is limited, so why buy players we don’t need?
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
I think the fans going into meltdown are the same ones who predicted we would miss out on promotion at the close of the January window. They accused the club of a lack of ambition. They cited Sheffield United as the club with real ambition. Aren’t the Blades at the foot of the Championship now?
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
You’re welcome. I hope he screws up Sunderland’s season.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s too soon to judge after only 3 games. We get rolled over by the Gunners but were a match for Everton and Newcastle. I think this squad is superior to Bielsa’s promotion team (who finished in 9th place) and by and large the players who’ve joined us look fine, so let’s not panic just yet.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
I think we’ll struggle too unless Nmecha and Calvert Lewin turn out to be the goal scorers they have the potential to be. Not so long ago people were ridiculing Chris Wood’s move to Forest, for example.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
They not only have to catch up with us they have to overtake us. Sunderland are chucking money about but that doesn’t always guarantee success. Our team is more together as a group, there’s a great team spirit and that’s something people who judge everything on the price of stuff tend to forget.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Harrison may not have the striking power of Solomon who was on loan and is prone to injury, but Harrison has a wider selection of footballing skills, he can play almost anywhere in the team apart from goalkeeper or central defence. So you gain a bit and lose a bit but not much difference all round.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
We came up with much better players in ours squad than Sunderland and Burnley had, which is why we were champions and why they’re spending loads of money trying to catch up with us.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
I strongly disagree. We’re much stronger in defense and midfield and may also be stronger in attack if Nmecha and Calvert Lewin are fully match fit. We’ll know for sure around Cnristmas time.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Judging from his time back at Ajax I’d say he’s likely going to bring moodiness into the dressing room, so not a Farke type player by any means. He reminds me a bit of Winston Bogarde who never played at Chelsea but was on huge wages.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s quicker to drive up to Leeds from Sheffield or Birmingham rather than to fly in 😉
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
If the Black Cats are singing Brobbey then they’re getting themselves a big lump with a bad attitude. I wouldn’t have him at Leeds even if he came on a free.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
We’re sleeping in the open air under starlight but with storm clouds looming ominously on the horizon and with the sound of marauding predators sniffing around in the undergrowth and getting closer every minute.
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Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
We look hard to beat but, at the same time, don’t have enough attacking nous to win games either. Unless something changes it’s going to be a tough old season.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
…. oh boy, four thousand loaves in Blackburn Lancashire. And though the loaves were rather small, I had to eat them all. I’d love to turn you on.
NOS (@nieuws.nos.nl) reposted
Bamboesoort voor het eerst in 120 jaar in bloei in Vlaamse botanische tuin
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
I thought Perri was fine in this game too.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Worked hard and played well but even if he’d walked on water and turned water into wine this wouldn’t satisfy some of our fans.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
The transfer window doesn’t shut for another 2 days.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Ramazani tended to lose his man and not track back. With him in the team we were more vulnerable to counter attacks. Farke gave him clear instructions about what he wanted him to do but he ignored this. That’s why he’s been sent out on loan. Harrison is a better all round footballer in my opinion.
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Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
We need radical policies. To address the housing shortage and the problems in health and welfare and concerns about the levels of immigration and environmental pollution the Netherlands need to move the economy away from low-skilled horticultural production to one based on high-skilled innovation.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
We have a bigger squad with more quality in almost every position in the team and (fingers crossed) none of our key players have been poached by wealthier clubs. So we are definitely a stronger side compared to last season. Only time will tell, however, if we’re strong enough to stay up though.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s a last minute signing. Surely it’s better to have Hamer as an option in the squad ratherthan having to rely on our youngsters like we did under Bielsa?
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
This is a stupid move by a developing player. He would have been guaranteed a lot of game time at Leeds but at Chelsea he’s going to be way down the pecking order. I’m surprised Brighton have sanctioned this move.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
All kinds of what?
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Being abusive towards people with different opinions to your own has a polarizing effect which populists like Trump encourage and thrive on. People need to find common ground and agree to disagree affably. That’s the only way to make democracy work and keep it viable as a form of governance.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
You write that they were welcomed back which is in the past tense. They’re still welcome and are a protected species, they just have to be controlled more due to the rapid growth in the beaver population and the damage they can cause to flood defenses.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t a clip like this just encouraging Trump to send the military into more states than he already has? Don’t encourage a man with dictatorial impulses to create a police state.
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Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
He doesn’t need to. He just needs to utilize the attributes of the players recruited: big and physical “bastards” who can rough up the opposition and knock them out of their stride. That’s Dyche’s style of play. Farke likes to utilize a playmaker who pulls the strings, we haven’t recruited one.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
No. His style of football doesn’t suit a side in a relegation battle. We would play in style and get relegated. If Farke fails we need a coach who can play a combative style of football which would better suit the squad we have. Someone like Sean Dyche. Horrible to watch but it’s that or the Champo.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s been fixed for years. The idea that a club can finish 5th in the league and qualify for the “Champions” League just goes to show that football is all about big money interests and not about true competition.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
If I understand you correctly you want the BBC to censor and/or silence opinions you disagree with.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
The mayor of Amsterdam was on tv taking about the tolerant nature of the city which has existed for 100s of years. She specifically mentioned groups of young males from England and Scotland as examples of people she wants to deter from visiting because of their intolerant behaviour and attitudes.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
There are lots of dogs and many other animals roaming the streets of Delhi. I never saw anyone mistreating them, in fact local people showed them much kindness and tolerance. This bad behavior is very much out of character I suspect.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Define “best”. Piroe is our best finisher but can’t score goals without service. He’s not a type of forward who keeps possession until help arrives when playing up front on his own. That’s not his game. He needs a partner to play off or otherwise needs to come on later in games when space opens up.
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20 doden, onder wie 4 journalisten, bij Israëlische aanval op ziekenhuis Gaza
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Noem me een feit in de recensie behalve dat een aantal burgerlijke types ophef maken over zwerfvuil waarmee racisten deze ophef aangrijpen om een deel van de bevolking te stigmatiseren.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Whataboutism. Eigenlijk wat je hiermee wil zeggen is dat de hongersnood onder onschuldige kinderen hun verdiende loon is.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Dit is een zeer eenzijdige, totaal negative recensie die vooral oog heeft voor de eigen conservatieve stokpaardjes en om uiting te geven aan de bevooroordeelde kijk op de samenleving van de recensent. Het zegt vrijwel niets inhoudelijks over de uitzending maar veel over de schrijver zelf.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Pre-match I thought we’d be solid and give them a game until I saw the team he picked and the formation. For this game we needed Bijol playing in a back five, Nmecha up front and the experience of Harrison and Longstaff in the starting line up. We would probably have still lost but not by 5 goals.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
The USA claims of being the champions of human rights and the rules based order is a myth. Their invasions of Panama, Grenada and Iraq, the use of “extreme rendition” and G.W. Bush’s threat to invade the Netherlands if any US citizens were taken to the ICC for trial are conclusive proof of this.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Poor refereeing today, the penalty was pure cheating and both our fullbacks were given soft yellow cards. He gave quite a few soft free kicks as well. I’m not quibbling with the result just with the sub standard officiating.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
“It’s a nice picture” says Trump but of what, exactly? I see two narcissistic autocrats who persecute people they disapprove of, detain some of them in prison camps and tell blatant lies to their populace to justify their bad behavior and failing policies.
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#OpEd The most influential causes of Russia’s war on Ukraine are internal. Improving relations with the West will not fix them. Only action matters, argues Andreas Umland.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social)
Israeli member of parliament Boaz Bismuth claims that “there is no famine in #Gaza and allegations that Israel is starving childeren is based on antisemitism.” He’s not familiar with Aesop’s fable about the boy who cried wolf, evidently. www.bbc.com/news/world-m...
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social)
All the pundits are predicting we’re going to get a pasting at the Emirates tomorrow. I think we’re going to prove them wrong as our team isn’t the pushover they think it is. #ALAW #LUFC
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
I expect us to sign another fullback no matter what. Once done then Schmidt is going out on loan. I expect Meslier to be sold or loaned out within a few days. Bamford may leave one way or ‘t other depending on whether he’s willing to take a pay cut. If not then he may just run down his contract.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Tell us which players you think won’t get any game time then we could discuss that topic.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social)
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Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Ze willen een vreedzame overdracht geen geweld meer. Dus je heb me verkeerd geciteerd, uitgemaakt voor leugenaar en je vindt nu mijn redenering krom en ook geen excuses. Ik ben klaar met je🖕
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
“Waar veel mensen bang voor zijn is dat als er een hereniging van het eiland wordt afgedwongen dit zal weer tot geweld leiden. De meeste bewoners van het eiland van Ierland willen dit niet”. Ze willen dus geen terugkeer naar het geweld. Je haalt mijn woorden uit hun verband. Bied je excuses aan.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Ik heb het niet geschreven, dat zei ik al. Als je dit beweert dan moet je het ook aan kunnen tonen. Indien je dit niet kunt aantonen dan verwacht ik excuses omdat je me woorden in de mond legt en mij ook heeft uitgemaakt voor leugenaar, wat ik je ook kwalijk neem.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Dat heb ik niet geschreven of je trekt iets uit een ander verband. Er is ALTIJD een meerderheid voor onafhankelijkheid geweest. Daarom ageerden de Unionisten voor partitie van het eiland om een democratische meerderheid voor zichzelf te creëren. De opdeling van het land leidde tot een burgeroorlog.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Dit is wat ik geschreven heb: Onder de Goede Vrijdag Akkoorden is opgenomen dat er een streven is naar unificatie maar dat mag alleen op vreedzame wijze gebeuren met de toestemming van een meerderheid van de bewoners van Noord Ierland. Dat is heel wat anders dan wat je mij van beticht.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Ik raad je aan om je in de Goede Vrijdag Akkoorden te verdiepen en het vredesproces wat daaruit voortgekomen is. www.c-r.org/news-and-ins... Dat je mij een leugenaar noemt vind ik echt te ver gaan. Je weet niets van mijn verleden. Ik ga mijn tijd niet meer verspillen aan iemand als jij.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Ik schreef over vreedzaam samenleven, verzoening en het zoeken naar consensus. Lees maar terug. Jij was negatief over de Britten en de Unionisten, ik vind je daarom partijdig. Daarnaast beschuldigde je mij van vooringenomenheid, lees even jouw eigen inbreng terug als je vooringenomenheid zoekt.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Ik merk dat mijn betoog voor nabuurschap, vredelievendheid en verdraagzaamheid tussen mensen van verscheiden komaf niet bij je over komt. Zullen we het hierbij laten en de Kneecap jongens hun gang laten gaan met het zwaaien met vlaggen van islam-fundamentalistische terreurgroepen?
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Ik ben voor hereniging. Ik heb toen ik nog in het VK woonde daarvoor campagne gevoerd. Mijn harde werk daarin werd echter compleet teniet gedaan door terroristische aanslagen op onschuldige burgers. Ik wil vrede en veiligheid voor iedereen. Fanatici als Kneecap stoken juist conflict en polarisatie.
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Mother teaching her 6 week old puppy how to herd the sheep... 😊 #dog #dogday #bluesky
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Ik vind dat je partij kiest in dit conflict en dat je onvoldoende oog heeft voor het standpunt de andere. Waar veel mensen bang voor zijn is dat als er een hereniging van het eiland wordt afgedwongen dit zal weer tot geweld leiden. De meeste bewoners van het eiland van Ierland willen dit niet.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
And last season we had no red cards and not many yellows either. The “Dirty Leeds” tag was never based on reality in the first place. The Revie team could be physical but were also a brilliant football team. That tag is a retrospectieve rewriting of our club’s proud history and I totally reject it.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
De Britten willen het liefst van dit overblijfsel van het koloniale verleden af, maar ze zijn bang voor Balkantoestanden als dit zonder toestemming van de gehele bevolking van Noord Ierland wordt doorgedrukt. Kneecap met hun polariserende polemieken verstoren juist het proces van verzoening.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Over the whole game I thought the Toffees were the “dirtier” of the two teams. They won that contest 2-0 on yellow cards.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Ik maak het punt dat je een plaats niet hoeft te bezoeken om een mening over te hebben. Ik vind de Unionisten net zo walgelijk in hun sektarische, haatdragende onverdraagzaamheid als de Nationalisten. Het nationalisme vind ik een verwerpelijke ideologie die conflict en verdeeldheid veroorzaakt.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Nee, ben jij in Gaza geweest?
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Wanneer?
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Ga maar in dat shirt in Leeds, Cardiff of Dundee lopen.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Nee maar je speelt erop in en je gebruikt termen als taalnazi en strawman en als, ik me niet vergis, stelt de vraag af ik in Belfast bent geweest. Je hoeft niet een plaats te bezoeken om een mening over te hebben. Anders zouden vrijwel niemand in deze discussie iets over Gaza kunnen vinden.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Beste “Boomservice”, je gebruikt in de reacties geen inhoudelijke argumenten, je valt mij persoonlijk aan met aantijgingen, beledigingen en met het wijzen op taalfouten (het Nederlands is niet mijn moedertaal). Als je de ad hominem toer op gaat dan is een inhoudelijke discussie onmogelijk.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Leg eens uit.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Knees up mother Brown is musicaler🙂
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Onder de Goede Vrijdag Akkoorden is opgenomen dat er een streven is naar unificatie maar dat mag alleen op vreedzame wijze gebeuren met de toestemming van een meerderheid van de bewoners van Noord Ierland. Dus zelfbeschikkingsrecht hebben ze. Heb je nog andere voorbeelden van onderdrukking?
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Leg uit op welke wijze de bewoners van Noord Ierland worden onderdrukt.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Ze ageren voor gebruik van de Ierse taal maar gebruiken een beladen Engelstalige term als naam. Blijkbaar vinden ze provoceren belangrijker dan taalzuiverheid. Volgens mij is hun primaire doel publiciteit generen, want winstgevend. In dat opzicht hebben ze veel gemeen met Donald Trump.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Het begrip “bezetting” vind ik hyperbolisch. De Goede Vrijdag Akkoorden zijn een positieve ontwikkeling. Er is momenteel vrede en verzoening tussen de gemeenschappen. De hereniging wordt eerder bemoeilijkt dan op weg geholpen door de nationalistische retoriek van types als de Kneecap trio.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Ze hebben het democratisch recht om campagne te voeren voor aansluiting bij de Republiek. Met hun provocerende, ongenuanceerde teksten zullen ze de twijfelaars echter niet over de streep trekken, vermoed ik.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Dat zeg ik niet, maar de onderdrukking van de Palestijnen gelijkstellen met de huidige situatie van de katholieken in Noord Ierland (en dat doet kneecap) is volkomen belachelijk. En voor je met een volgende verwijt aan mijn adres komt: ik ben tegen alle vormen van nationalisme.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Nee, het gaat om de IRA die iedereen die ze wilden bestraffen door de knieschijf van dichtbij schoten en permanent verlamde.
Graham Wood (@mushypease.bsky.social) reply parent
Ik weet waar ze voor staan. In sommige aspecten neigen ze naar het fascisme qua retoriek maar in dit geval vind ik ze hypocriet. Als je tegen het gebruik van het Engels bent en zelf daarvan afwijkt is dat m.i. een zwaktebod. Ze doen het om zogenaamd “provocerend” te zijn, wat ik kinderachtig vind.