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On the one hand, this is an older story, given I distinctly recall this being brought up at the time and while it did get some queries, it didn't seem to gain as much traction. If anything, their last US tour seemed to be their biggest so far and they're still getting decent crowds.
On the other, it's a very odd past-time to being making MAGA Christmas music, and I've noted he doesn't seem to have given many if any interviews since then - most of the press for the last Two Door Cinema Club album was done by other members of the band.
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So... what's going on here?
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9 hours ago, northernangel said:
That is a gig just to hit twickets later on
One of them is, anyway. Given there's a lot of shows around and quite a few are still not sold out.
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Which is being preceded by this ambitious looking adventure...
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21 minutes ago, thetime said:
Marginal.
Offside yes, offside is offside no matter how marginal or what team it is.
I think there's been worse examples of the toenail-off-no-goal than that. Some Arsenal fans pointed out that's on Gabriel managing to twist his body in such a way in quick time that he was able to play Garnacho off.
What price we carry on moaning when the Premier League follows the Champions League in bringing in a semi-automated offside system next season?
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52 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:
Worth noting that without VAR, the f**k up in the Spurs v Liverpool game wouldn't have happened.
The linesman would have gone with offside, Liverpool fans would have bitched and moaned about it but ultimately, without all the line drawing bollocks, it would have just been "one of them" and would probably now be forgotten about.
I guess we're still in that "be careful what you wish for" phrase. I remember several people during the 2018/19 season saying that VAR couldn't come soon enough, with that being the last season before the Premier League introduced it, and then since 2019/20 and VAR's arrival, seemingly every week has at least one game immediately given over to a lengthy and interminable discourse about it, and referees in general.
I do wonder if there's an end point though. If people are no longer wanting to be referees because of such a comic amount of scrutiny placed on them, are we not headed for a point where there could be a referee supply issue?
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26 minutes ago, thetime said:
Like all decisions if it works to our advantage, we are not complaining. Can't remember any uproar with VAR and how they are spoiling football on this one. A decision that may change the course of the title.
its united, i get that.
Eh to me that looks offside.
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16 minutes ago, thetime said:
Let's be honest, is it the decision that people are up in arms about? Or that it went in uniteds favour?
I'm sure majority of clubs have suffered the same. Remember garnacho v arsenal.
Oh let's be fair - it's been magnified because the decision went in Manchester United's favour. I distinctly recall people going the other way when Chelsea had a last minute equaliser disallowed by VAR for a similar offside against Leicester in the FA Cup final a few years ago and praising it then for prizing a trophy out of a rich six club's hands. And indeed if we're talking about VAR antics, I'm actually not 100% sure it was that strong a penalty for Coventry in added time that forced extra-time in the first place. Certainly not as strong as one of the ones Forest had turned down at Goodison Park.
Of course every club has their scars from VAR. I was furious by a very generous handball penalty given to PSG when Newcastle were seconds from winning at the Parc des Princes in the Champions League group stage, but there's been a lot of poor calls throughout the season both for and against multiple clubs. I'm more bemused as to why Forest, who are starting to rack up quite the whinging charge-sheet given they have sent the PGMOL at least 3 letters of complaint this season, feel the need to go further. To say nothing of what their options actually are either. Essentially it's accusing the PGMOL of outright corruption when that referee's priority will be just doing good enough to keep their employment.
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44 minutes ago, Ozanne said:
Am I won't for thinking it's fair enough their statement? There's been too many refereeing errors this season, the refs performance in that game is more embarrassing than that statement.
I'm aware that this has been a bad season for the referees in general, and agree with that take, but I see a flawed increasingly conspiratorial messenger that seems to think everyone's against them.
But it's like that debate after Liverpool's debacle at Spurs many months ago. At what point do you fight the message or the messenger? sh*t refereeing has always been a part of football but it seems to be being talked about in increasingly angry terms. Indeed, I bet that if VAR is binned and we go back to just the ref on the pitch deciding things, we'll go back to complaining (indeed that happens in the EFL anyway), and it won't do much with the possible ticking timebomb that is that a lot of people just don't want to be referees anymore, meaning before long, we're either going to get worse refs or even no new refs willing to go for it.
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Certainly VAR piping up and disallowing the fairytale moment that would've been Coventry knocking out Man Utd in the semis for a 1mm offside isn't exactly going to help with calming the "f**k VAR" crowd. Doubly so after Man Utd won the shoot-out to set up another boring-boring all-rich six FA Cup final.
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1 hour ago, lost said:
Official forest twitter account suggesting they may take action over VAR being corrupt?
Something about this feels off-putting. Forest have had a real angry conspiratorial bent of late, much like the way their owner has behaved for years with authorities during his time with Olympiakos, but this feels like a declaration of war on the PGMOL. Much as I'm aware the refs have been having a bad season, I fail to see what this achieves.
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28 minutes ago, Neil said:
looks like the beginning of the end for gateshead, the council not backing the club with the ground is what led to the old aldershot club folding.
Not necessarily, but if this precedent is fresh in the mind of Aldershot fans, it's not an ideal thing to be compared to. Especially given Gateshead very nearly disappeared through a ton of off-field problems a few years ago.
Must also feel like a crude full-stop. Lost their manager due to him impressing EFL clubs and one duly coming calling, lost several key players in January, and now denied the chance for promotion because of administrative f**kery.
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Even if they win the tie from here, Man Utd blowing a 3-0 lead against Championship Coventry in the FA Cup to be taken to extra-time is pretty remarkable.
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Well, Chinese race was alright but was a variation on usual themes. Namely that Verstappen and Red Bull are basically racing in a different category to everyone else, Mercedes' car isn't as good as they need it to be, some team's strategists are easily overtaken by events and that Stroll is getting worse.
Norris getting a podium was impressive work by McLaren tbf.
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17 hours ago, gfa said:
I guess it depends what you'd call a larger act
LCD you said were £50 - they are definitely in the larger act bracket imo
but yeah more expensive - i have hardly been to any gigs recently, its all so expensive - tickets aside the drinks just cost a fortune too!
I mean it's cheaper if you don't drink at gig venues but even then the costs are escalating wildly. I want to see The Killers in either London or Manchester but I just can't get enthusiastic about spending £75+ to sit in the back row.
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I know a few in this thread are Aldershot fans so what do you guys make of Gateshead being denied a play-off spot but Aldershot also being denied the chance to sub in for them?
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7 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:
Little band called Coldplay topping the bill on the Saturday evening.
Eh. Too obscure for my tastes.
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12 hours ago, Sawman said:
Mannequin Pussy sound great and definitely are guitar based. Agree though that this genre is thin in the ground this year (so far at least) after being spoilt last year.
They're doing a gig in a small venue in Milton Keynes, near to where I live, on the Friday of Glastonbury weekend. Worth getting in on it?
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On 4/16/2024 at 4:51 PM, zahidf said:
£111.70 for arcade fire? Sod that
Clearly enough people were willing to fork that over given I got advertised a second night also taking place at Brixton for July 5.
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11 hours ago, gfa said:
Fontaines arena tour
£51 for ally pally
Interpol was £53 for their show at the same place there in November, while The National at the same venue last autumn was £58. Seems like the going rate there now.
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7 hours ago, gfa said:
its not that quiet here at the moment! not quiet enough for pure bait at least
Give it another month?
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10 hours ago, Benj said:
Can see him doing a couple of big o2 shows or similar, as per GFA though, I don’t think his audience are festival going types, those who’d got to R&L anyway.
IOW perhaps?
That could be more of a shout. Maybe also Latitude?
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1 hour ago, charlierc said:
I'd written it off and accepted England has missed the boat for this season. Although Liverpool and West Ham are both winning as I write this so maybe I was hasty, depending on how the rest of the games go.
Nvm both are out. Leaving Aston Villa as England's sole outstanding representative in the Europa League this season, with Emi Martinez doing a classic shithousing his way to the glory.
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1 hour ago, clarkete said:
I think tickets for RAH are usually a bit of a premium? They certainly have been for the few things I've been to.
I don't imagine it's a cheap venue to use for a showTbf I thought there was a premium when Muse played a very expensive warm-up show there in 2018. Then they did Hammersmith Apollo in 2022 and that was slightly more, so... pfft.
St Vincent is pricier than her own Hammersmith show two years ago, but that could just also be partly the fact there's about a dozen different ticket price points available.
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