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Post by Maximo Mark on Jul 12, 2014 10:54:06 GMT 1
Along with various high-profile players, Arsenal have been linked with Forest goalkeeper Karl Darlow. Maximo Mark, is he ready for Premier League football? If we'd gone up last season I'd have no hesitation in him being our number one, though would want to sign a good backup as he's only been playing for 18 months. Realistically the only reason he's linked with Arsenal, Liverpool, Spurs and City is because he's English and would be a capable home grown back up. I don't see what he's done above many other keepers that warrants him being linked to such clubs. I'd hate for him to leave to a club where he's not going to be number one, it'd be awful to see him follow in the footsteps of Jack Butland.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jun 28, 2014 23:26:28 GMT 1
Well I'm significantly better off after Colombia vs Uruguay. That's three matches this tournament where I've felt odds have been far too good to not place a decent amount of money on the winner.
Really pleased Uruguay went out too, was gutted for Chile earlier, thought Jara's penalty was better than the two that had them saved.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jun 28, 2014 9:50:19 GMT 1
If anyone has Virgin Media channels 990-992 (I think, they're in the 990s anyway!) are the main three BBC red button feeds which means they can be recorded. It tends to show more of sets, sometimes whole ones.
I appear to have set an incredible amount of stuff to record this year!
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jun 24, 2014 19:28:53 GMT 1
As long as FIFA are able to they should impose a lengthy ban. Are they able to ban him from all football or just FIFA matches? If a 7 game ban four years ago and 10 match ban 15 months ago haven't taught him he wants banning from football for at least the rest of this year.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jun 24, 2014 9:37:09 GMT 1
Holland v Mexico. That's a tough one to call. What odds are the bookies offering for Chile to upset Brazil ? Might be worth a flutter. Various prices between 4/1 and 5/1 it seems... It's tempting if Vidal plays, I assume he was just rested last night after his pre-tournament injury.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jun 24, 2014 9:34:21 GMT 1
The post Manaus record is now played 4, lost 4, scored 3, conceded 10, with the three teams that played well there looking much worse and completely ineffective in their match after. Thought it may have been a big factor for England's exit after Italy lost, definitely do after watching Croatia last night.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jun 24, 2014 9:00:32 GMT 1
01 (01) Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (01) (08) (5 weeks) 02 (02) Jon Hopkins feat. Lulu James - We Disappear (02) (06) 03 (08) Vic Mensa - Down On My Luck (03) (04) 04 (03) Elbow - My Sad Captains (02) (08) 05 (07) I Break Horses - Disclosure (05) (05) 06 (06) Oliver $ & Jimi Jules - Pushing On (06) (06) 07 (04) Metronomy - Reservoir (04) (07) 08 (05) Rex The Dog feat. Jamie McDermott - Do You Feel What I Feel? (05) (07) 09 (18) Hercules & Love Affair feat. John Grant - I Try To Talk To You (09) (04) 10 (14) Brett - Golden (14) (06)
11 (13) Arctic Monkeys - Snap Out Of It (11) (05) 12 (09) How To Dress Well - Words I Don't Remember (01) (13) (4 weeks) 13 (17) Alpines - No Other Lover (13) (08) 14 (12) Vancouver Sleep Clinic - Vapour (02) (17) 15 (10) Wolf Alice - Moaning Lisa Smile (05) (09) 16 (22) Eaux - Head (16) (03) 17 (11) iamamiwhoami - Vista (11) (06) 18 (20) Fink - Looking Too Closely (18) (04) 19 (25) Bipolar Sunshine - Deckchairs on the Moon (19) (04) 20 (16) London Grammar - Sights (16) (05)
21 (30) Daniel Avery - Knowing We'll Be Here (21) (02) 22 (24) Ferreck Dawn & Redondo - Love Too Deep (22) (03) 23 (35) Felix Jaehn feat. Freddy Verano & Linying - Shine (23) (02) 24 (23) Watermat - Bullit (21) (04) 25 (18) Say Lou Lou - Everything We Touch (01) (14) (1 week) 26 (28) Made In Heights - Pirouette (26) (03) 27 (31) Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better (27) (02) 28 (21) ODEZSA feat. Madelyn Grant - Sun Models (04) (12) 29 (**) Netsky feat. Beth Ditto - Running Low (29) (01) 30 (38) Kitty Pride - Second Life (30) (02)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jun 22, 2014 20:47:10 GMT 1
Glad I went for this at 2/1, thought it was good odds, Algeria an underrated team. They've run Korea ragged.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jun 21, 2014 11:24:59 GMT 1
Watching Italy you wonder if Manuas just completely knackered both teams on Saturday, shadows of their first performances.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jun 19, 2014 22:18:34 GMT 1
I'm not sure Gerrard has recovered from that slip yet, was disappointing tonight, as was Sturridge who I thought was very poor for him.
Bits were encouraging, but just so devastating.
Really pleased for Rooney though, he was England's best player by a mile.
Walcott and Ox could've made such a difference.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jun 12, 2014 23:09:14 GMT 1
It was a harsh penalty but it's yet another example of a defender making a stupid decision to do something needless and allowing a forward to make the most of contact, it's so frustrating.
Croatia badly need a holder, it's one of the things that I love about international football, is that some countries can be really good but have one position where they're so much weaker. Belgium and full-back is probably the most prominent example at this World Cup (or Argentina left back / keeper), having to play centre-halves out of position.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jun 5, 2014 22:20:58 GMT 1
Brazil Mexico
Spain Chile
Colombia Japan
England Italy
France Ecuador
Argentina Bosnia
Germany Portugal
Belgium South Korea
World Cup Winner - Argentina Runner Up - Brazil Two Losing Semi Finalists - Spain, France Four Losing Quarter Finalists - Colombia, England, Germany, Portugal
Predict The Top Goalscorer - Higuain Predict Total Goals Scored By Top Goal Scorer - 5 Total Red Cards in Tournament - 15 Total Goals in Group Stage of Tournament (48 Matches) - 125 Total Goals in Knock Out phase of Tournament (16 Matches) - 32 Total number of Matches Going to Penalty Shoot Outs - 3
Will More Than One Hat-Trick Be Scored? Yes Will a Goal be Scored within the first minute of any Game? Yes Will England score more than 5 goals during the Tournament? Yes Will a goal be awarded using goal line technology? No
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jun 5, 2014 22:18:07 GMT 1
I'll have Macedonia and Sao Tome and Principe
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jun 4, 2014 21:56:44 GMT 1
Something to bear in mind: Italy have drawn 1-1 with Luxembourg this evening. With something that's likely to be pretty close to their chosen starting line-up too.
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Post by Maximo Mark on May 27, 2014 20:59:49 GMT 1
Wembley
City of Manchester Stadium (Man City) Emirates Stadium (Arsenal) Old Trafford (Man Utd) Carrow Road (Norwich) Upton Park (West Ham)
City Ground (Forest) Pride Park (Derby) Hillsborough (Sheffield Wednesday) Bloomfield Road (Blackpool) New Den (Millwall) Keepmoat Stadium (Doncaster)
London Road (Peterborough) Meadow Lane (Notts County) Bramall Lane (Sheffield United) Vale Park (Port Vale)
Crown Ground (Accrington Stanley)
Edgeley Park (Stockport County)
Hoping to get up to 20 FL grounds next season, will definitely go to Rotherham, and hopefully at least two of the three London Championship grounds I've not been to.
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Post by Maximo Mark on May 26, 2014 16:20:17 GMT 1
I'm guessing one of these threads should be for singles?
01 (02) Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (01) (04) (1 week) 02 (01) How To Dress Well - Words I Don't Remember (01) (09) (4 weeks) 03 (06) Elbow - My Sad Captains (03) (04) 04 (05) Doss - The Way I Feel (04) (05) 05 (09) Wolf Alice - Moaning Lisa Smile (05) (05) 06 (03) Vancouver Sleep Clinic - Vapour (02) (13) 07 (04) Say Lou Lou - Everything We Touch (01) (10) (1 week) 08 (10) Brody Dalle - Don't Mess With Me (08) (05) 09 (13) Rex The Dog feat. Jamie McDermott - Do You Feel What I Feel? (09) (03) 10 (07) ODEZSA feat. Madelyn Grant - Sun Models (04) (08)
11 (20) Metronomy - Reservoir (11) (03) 12 (21) Jon Hopkins feat. Lulu James - We Disappear (12) (02) 13 (08) iamamiwhoami - Hunting For Pearls (05) (09) 14 (12) Vancouver Sleep Clinic - Flaws (12) (05) 15 (18) How To Dress Well - Repeat Pleasure (15) (03) 16 (11) Jimi Goodwin - Oh! Whiskey (05) (09) 17 (26) Baths - Ocean Death (17) (02) 18 (16) All The Luck In The World - Never (16) (04) 19 (15) Tove Lo feat. Hippie Sabotage - Stay High (Habits Remix) (09) (07) 20 (29) iamamiwhoami - Vista (20) (02)
21 (28) Lincoln Jesser - Wicked Son (21) (03) 22 (14) JAWS - Think Too Much, Feel Too Little (08) (06) 23 (23) Alpines - No Other Lover (23) (04) 24 (37) Brett - Golden (24) (02) 25 (**) I Break Horses - Disclosure (25) (01) 26 (17) Mr Probz - Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) (15) (05) 27 (**) Arctic Monkeys - Snap Out Of It (27) (01) 28 (33) Oliver $ & Jimi Jules - Pushing On (28) (02) 29 (24) Tokyo Police Club - Argentina (Parts I, II, III) (01) (20) (9 weeks) 30 (25) The Horrors - So Now You Know (25) (04)
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Post by Maximo Mark on May 25, 2014 20:21:21 GMT 1
It had Austria, Atletico and Real, but also that Fulham got relegated (they finished in the bottom 3 but only 2 teams went down) and it was the last time a team came from 2-0 down to win the FA Cup (but Liverpool did that 8 years ago).
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Post by Maximo Mark on May 25, 2014 20:17:48 GMT 1
As for the play-offs, I hate Harry Redknapp and QPR so much that even I, a Forest fan, almost wanted to Derby to win, though I was hoping they could find a way to promote neither team, Derby had been the much better side all season, play far better football and have done it in an admirable way, however what a perfect result! Something tells me that this won't be as prominent in our games next season...
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Post by Maximo Mark on May 25, 2014 20:14:24 GMT 1
They just have 6 out of 18 now, four for the final European place, and two in the relegation/promotion play-off.
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Post by Maximo Mark on May 25, 2014 20:07:29 GMT 1
The play-off system in Holland is even more bizarre, containing 10 teams!
- 16th & 17th in the top division (18th, bottom, go down) - 2nd - 5th in the second division - The 4 winners of each period, though with the same rules as above so it's usually always 6th-9th.
In round 1 the 4 period winners / 6th - 9th play over two legs, the winners qualify for round two and then play the two teams from the top division. The 4 teams who finished 2nd - 5th play each other (2nd vs 5th, 3rd vs 4th) The winners from the 4 ties then play two finals with the 2 winners playing in the top division.
This season Sparta Rotterdam almost got promoted despite finishing 16th out of 20 in the 2nd tier!
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