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by Alpine Joe
08 May 2017, 14:18
Forum: The Plopside
Topic: The next General Election: who will you vote for?
Replies: 85
Views: 42590

The next General Election: who will you vote for?

Different electoral systems of course, but Le Pen got a similar share of the vote to that of Cameron's Tories at our last General Election. Yet Cameron with his about 36% of votes was seen as fairly wide spread support and a relatively comfortable victory. Whereas Le Pen's 34% of French votes means ...
by Alpine Joe
07 May 2017, 18:09
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: Nathan Smith
Replies: 21
Views: 4249

Nathan Smith

'Bog standard League 2' is a fairly generous assessment coming from Brucie. And several levels above where he rated Angus's future to be. Overall, I think Brucie generally provides a reasonable assessment of most players, and it could just be that analysing central defenders is his weak spot ? :) ht...
by Alpine Joe
01 May 2017, 21:44
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: Season tickets
Replies: 74
Views: 16250

Season tickets

Southampton Gull In all seriousness it's been created by an individual not an organisation. Has anyone suggested anything other than that ? In fact had it not been my good mate Hector who instigated it, I wouldn't have bothered attempting to find fault, and with the total lack of seriousness that I ...
by Alpine Joe
01 May 2017, 15:30
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: Season tickets
Replies: 74
Views: 16250

Season tickets

Four options whereby you might still eventually end up buying a Season ticket. Yet for all the myriad of reasons there could be for not buying one, such as moving to Scotland, starting a new job requiring you to work on Saturdays, or you've never bought one and won't be changing the habits of a life...
by Alpine Joe
17 Feb 2017, 17:25
Forum: The Plopside
Topic: Politics
Replies: 723
Views: 60509

Politics

Before replying to this, I thought I should first check what the official definition of a hate crime is :) And the Crown Prosecution Service tell me: A Hate Incident is any incident which the victim, or anyone else, thinks is based on someones prejudice towards them because of their race, religion, ...
by Alpine Joe
14 Feb 2017, 10:32
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: New Players/Loan
Replies: 242
Views: 46082

New Players/Loan

merse Also too; the manager's individual distribution of his budget could bear scrutiny with one particular signing allegedly doubling the salary he was on at his previous National League club The calculation that I'd like merse to do, as he's at least likely to be able to make a more accurate guess...
by Alpine Joe
18 Jan 2017, 16:57
Forum: The Plopside
Topic: The European Union: We're out...!!!
Replies: 617
Views: 91277

The European Union: We're out...!!!

S4fedr1ve Why were the leading brexiteers telling us we would not have to nescecarily leave single market in referendum campaign? I must admit, S4fedrive has a better memory than me for who said what. If I'd had to guess I'd have said both sides gave the clear indication that Out of the E.U meant no...
by Alpine Joe
27 Dec 2016, 16:55
Forum: Matchday Topics
Topic: Torquay United v Forest Green Rovers National League Mon 26 Dec 2016
Replies: 68
Views: 11173

Torquay United v Forest Green Rovers National League Mon 26 Dec 2016

gullscorer sn't it still the case that a player cannot be offside in his own half of the pitch? And surely the offence is committed by the player who is offside, not the player who kicked the ball. Some rule changes only seem to make matters worse.. :( It's not as if we didn't have enough to talk ab...
by Alpine Joe
23 Dec 2016, 20:03
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: Turning up on Boxing Day!
Replies: 26
Views: 3493

Turning up on Boxing Day!

Some sensible points made by Dazza, and also by Hector when he says there 'may not yet be evidence that they have malevolent intentions regarding TUFC' . But the suspicions are there, and they'll be around for a good while yet. Therefore I feel it would be reassuring for a significant number of fans...
by Alpine Joe
21 Dec 2016, 09:37
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: Re-wind January this year
Replies: 5
Views: 1326

Re-wind January this year

lucy6lucy The club was 13 adrift at the bottom of the league. Relegation an almost certainty. The repercussions of relegation to the conference south would no doubt have led to part time football but most likely administration. If GI had not invested to help the great escape You're on a slippery slo...
by Alpine Joe
11 Dec 2016, 13:52
Forum: The Plopside
Topic: BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016
Replies: 2
Views: 1018

BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016

Ched Evans refusal to meekly accept injustice has been an inspiring highlght from a sportsman this year. Murray might have added millions to his bank account, and others held aloft cups and trophies, but the real heroes are to be found further down the pecking order. The unsung dedicated people who ...
by Alpine Joe
11 Dec 2016, 13:38
Forum: The Plopside
Topic: Thought For the Day
Replies: 371
Views: 35496

Thought For the Day

No one will ever win the battle of the sexes. There’s too much fraternizing with the enemy.' Henry Kissinger :) I bet back when old Henry (he must be catching up Kirk Douglas by now) said that he wasn't anticipating on 'gender' emerging and coming to the fore. I think there are new ones of those po...
by Alpine Joe
11 Dec 2016, 09:45
Forum: Matchday Topics
Topic: FA Trophy First Round, Braintree Town v Torquay United, Sat. 10 December 2016
Replies: 63
Views: 11778

FA Trophy First Round, Braintree Town v Torquay United, Sat. 10 December 2016

Southampton Gull Has anyone said he IS perfect? Yes, Kieffer Moore did, only a few days ago :) "The lads took me in and made me like one of their own, and the fans, the manager – they've all been perfect". http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/torquay-united-kieffer-moore-would-jump-at-the...
by Alpine Joe
04 Dec 2016, 17:49
Forum: The Plopside
Topic: Graham Westley
Replies: 1
Views: 825

Graham Westley

I'd agree totally with Rob, and this latest episode comes hot on the heels of former F.A Compliance Officer, Graham Bean, leaving his post as Newport's club secretary a few days ago. "I have left the club, Graham Westley is an impossible man to work with. I’ve been in the game for 20 years and ...
by Alpine Joe
12 Nov 2016, 08:25
Forum: The Plopside
Topic: News you might not have heard
Replies: 240
Views: 35139

Anti Islamic Opinion I Want You To Read

Gullscorer Islamic Finance: this should be required reading for all our politicians: http://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/tim- ... f-muslims/ While this thread is mainly a vehicle for publicising opinion pieces that coincide with Gullscorer's own views, rather than actually highlighting any news that ...