Stevo 666
Senior Member
I'm wondering whether unsolicited bagpiping (this side of the border at least) is a subtle ploy by the pro-independence movement to get more English into the 'yes you can leave, just shut and **** off' mindset.
Seemingly trivial things that elicit an emotional response of some kind
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I'm wondering whether unsolicited bagpiping (this side of the border at least) is a subtle ploy by the pro-independence movement to get more English into the 'yes you can leave, just shut and **** off' mindset.
Pross
Active Member
There is always someone playing bagpipes at around 9 miles on Newport Half Marathon. I've run that 4 or 5 times and every time I have got a new half marathon PB. I think it may be due to me speeding up to get out of earshot. Similarly, my 5k PB was when I had someone behind me with really annoying noisy shoes so I ended up running harder than I usually would in the early stages.
briantrumpet
Veteran
Had that on my very first sportive... some bloke who kept on hacking and bringing up phlegm noisily. Thankfully he wasn't very fast up hills.
Ian H
Squire
Which reminds me that I seem to have lost the ability (does it count as a skill?) of farting in time with the pedal-strokes when climbing on fixed.
briantrumpet
Veteran
le Pédalmane
I was going to write 'Pédomane', but thought that might be misconstrued.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Pétomane
OP
OP
First Aspect
Senior Member
I've just watched England win the worse penalty shootout in football history.
Embarrassed.
Embarrassed.
Bazzer
Senior Member
+1
A couple of weeks ago we spent some time at an all day junior football tournament our granddaughter was playing in. We saw many better penalties taken there than some of those last night.
Beebo
Guru
Pressure on both teams made for a poor display.
But. I won’t go down the route of dismissing women’s football.
The men were poor at penalties for years too. Nothing another 10 years of professionalism won’t fix.
An easy solution is hitting the target.
And watching the keeper. Too many players kicked the ball even when the keeper was already diving. The best players wait for the keeper to dive then kick the ball. But that is very difficult to execute well under pressure.
OP
OP
First Aspect
Senior Member
I thought the game itself was fairly good. England seemed to be set up wrong in the first half, clearly better in the second. Sweden's formation and pressing game was very disciplined and advanced, I thought.
Technically clearly the level isn't at as high a level as the mens game, but it isn't as far off as it might seem, because there as aspects of the game (peak strength, speed) that cannot be the same.
I have a theory that a lot of mistakes we perceive in the women's game are masked in the men's game by physicality. A simple example would be chasing down a misweighted pass. A more subtle one is strength to reach and control a ball whilst shielding from an opponent, once you get there.
Technically clearly the level isn't at as high a level as the mens game, but it isn't as far off as it might seem, because there as aspects of the game (peak strength, speed) that cannot be the same.
I have a theory that a lot of mistakes we perceive in the women's game are masked in the men's game by physicality. A simple example would be chasing down a misweighted pass. A more subtle one is strength to reach and control a ball whilst shielding from an opponent, once you get there.
laurentian
New Member
The penalty shoot out was painful indeed - 5 scored from 16(?) taken but I thought that England showed great character to come back from 2-0 down in the 79th minute and eventually win the thing. The substitutes, especially Kelly and Agyemang were so effective and Lucy Bronze put in a great shift for the whole match - the stand out performer for me.
I understand the inevitable comparisons with men's football but don't really buy into it any more than I would comparing men's 100m with women's.
I'm thoroughly enjoying the tournament
I understand the inevitable comparisons with men's football but don't really buy into it any more than I would comparing men's 100m with women's.
I'm thoroughly enjoying the tournament
briantrumpet
Veteran
It's probably the right thread to say I get annoyed by threads getting taken over by football.
PurplePenguin
Regular
Better or worse than car chat?
briantrumpet
Veteran
Tough choice. IIRC, I started both the football and the car threads on CS, as they are even more annoying than fish puns, if that's conceivable.
Pblakeney
Senior Member
There are times when you talk utter carp.
