Mark Albrighton Posted June 8, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 8, 2018 4 hours ago, mjmooney said: What is it with footballers these days having fancy double barrelled names? Trent Alexander-Arnold? We need more Bert Postlethwaite type names. Forbes Ernest Phillipson-Masters to give him his full name. Baddiel and Skinner said he sounded like an entire midfield. Seemed like a nice chap when he was their show. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 8, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 8, 2018 46 minutes ago, Shropshire Lad said: Forbes Ernest Phillipson-Masters to give him his full name. Baddiel and Skinner said he sounded like an entire midfield. Seemed like a nice chap when he was their show. We have a winner. It's that 'Forbes' that clinches it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Edson Arantes do Nascimento....Better known as Pele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 11 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: Edson Arantes do Nascimento....Better known as Pele. Really? I bet no one knew that...even @NurembergVillan... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 10, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2018 2 hours ago, PussEKatt said: Edson Arantes do Nascimento....Better known as Pele. Urban myth. His real name was Dave Pele. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted June 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 19, 2018 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 19, 2018 2 hours ago, choffer said: I don't think FIFA states that... ... which if they don't makes it even more interesting why they forced whoever that is to stay on the pitch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_avfc Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 11 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: I don't think FIFA states that... ... which if they don't makes it even more interesting why they forced whoever that is to stay on the pitch? I may be wrong but I think that the kick off can be taken as long as nobody from the opposition is in the other half of the pitch. Since players off the pitch are considered as out of play rather than in the Spain half, Spain could have kicked off if the last Portugal player had left the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 19, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, tom_avfc said: I may be wrong but I think that the kick off can be taken as long as nobody from the opposition is in the other half of the pitch. Since players off the pitch are considered as out of play rather than in the Spain half, Spain could have kicked off if the last Portugal player had left the pitch. But would they have? I must admit, I'd have loved to have seen that. Edited June 19, 2018 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Just now, mjmooney said: But would they have? I must admit, I'd have loved to have seen that. It's happened before, obviously not at such a high level though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_avfc Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Just now, mjmooney said: But would they have? I must admit, I'd have loved to have seen that. Yeah, you'd like to think that a team wouldn't. It's a bit similar to the game at St Andrews the other year when Gardner scored and ran back towards our goal to celebrate with the Villa fans. Mike Dean made Jedinak stand in the Blues half so that the kick off couldn't have been taken. In reality you'd like to think that the refs would use a bit of common sense to stop a team from taking the kick off but I suppose if they're playing by the rules then they'd have to let it stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, tom_avfc said: Mike Dean made Jedinak stand in the Blues half so that the kick off couldn't have been taken. Which, if I were a Blues fan, I'd have been fuming about to this day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 19, 2018 It sounds one of those "You are the ref" quizzes they used to put in boys' comics. Always some bizarre combination of unlikely events and obscure rules. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted June 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 19, 2018 6 hours ago, tom_avfc said: Yeah, you'd like to think that a team wouldn't. It's a bit similar to the game at St Andrews the other year when Gardner scored and ran back towards our goal to celebrate with the Villa fans. Mike Dean made Jedinak stand in the Blues half so that the kick off couldn't have been taken. In reality you'd like to think that the refs would use a bit of common sense to stop a team from taking the kick off but I suppose if they're playing by the rules then they'd have to let it stand. Blimey, never thought I'd see the words Mike Dean and common sense so close together. He certainly wouldn't have done that if we had been playing Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) This is a genuine website. Edited July 25, 2018 by mjmooney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 4 minutes ago, mjmooney said: This is a genuine website. You can buy braille screens. They are expensive (£800 for a tiny one, about 1/4 the size of your keyboard), but they exist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I wouldn't mind trying out the braille version of The Sun and heading straight to page 3. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 16, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2018 The current Street Fighter champion is British, having won the tournament at the prestige fighting game championship Evo last week. It's the first time a Brit has won the Street Fighter title at the event, and only the second time a Brit has won any official tournament there, the last one being a guy winning a Tekken title a decade ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 16, 2018 Moderator Share Posted August 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Chindie said: The current Street Fighter champion is British, having won the tournament at the prestige fighting game championship Evo last week. It's the first time a Brit has won the Street Fighter title at the event, and only the second time a Brit has won any official tournament there, the last one being a guy winning a Tekken title a decade ago. I think I saw that video. IIRC he was Ryu and he beat Chun Li by the proverbial fanny hair in the decider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 16, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2018 49 minutes ago, BOF said: I think I saw that video. IIRC he was Ryu and he beat Chun Li by the proverbial fanny hair in the decider. The final was Akuma v Bison, the defending champion as Akuma and the Brit using Bison. Bison is an odd choice, I don't think that's a character many top players use. The match isn't that close because of the odd organisation of the tournament - in the final the Brit needed to win a single best of 5 set, the other guy needed to win 3 I think. He takes the first set just about but the Brit never looked flustered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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