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Look at the way the UK is laid out, pretty much a major city every 20 to 50 miles, in England at least. You have the West Yorkshire conurbation that includes the Leeds / Bradford area and that extends out towards Huddersfield. Then you have a very small gap of 10 -15 miles and then you are in the Manchester area which includes the likes of Wiga, Bolton, Blackburn..then these are very close to Blackpool and Liverpool...Then you could go on an on with Newcastle and Sunderland basically two cities joined together...I could go on..... Imagine NSW and Vic being full of cities every 20 miles. Cities here are like their own islands. Sydney is surrounded by a ring of national parks and some smaller regional areas like Newcastle and Wollongong..both nothing like the UK major regional areas. The UK ****ed up, but the task facing them was always much harder in say Darwin Lancashire to Darwin in the NT.. Australia and NZ sit in a favorable part of the world at times like this.

A lot of people say it was Aloisi that won the game against Uruguay ( he did in the end ) but for me it was Schwazers saves that gave Aloisi the chance to win it.

That's terrible news Ed. 2020 certainly has been shite for everyone, but more so for some than others. Chin up mate. We are all thinking of you and your family.

Robbie Slater is a total cockwomble

Carl is going to have to go some to beat Babbel on the touchline fashion front though...he rocked some awesome outfits.

They have to Prydz...( turn things around ) or they will kill the fanbase sooner rather than later. There is only so much the koalas can bear.....

Can't say it better that WB has said it. Very sorry to hear you and your family have had so much heartache, Ed.

Ed......Ditto

This thread is intended to be more light hearted. But here goes. While I'm generally happy and upbeat, 2020 just keeps taking away. As I've mentioned before, my brother died in April and my father-in-law died in May. The wife of a former business partner succumbed to Covid at Newmarch. A cousin died in August. And this week, a nephew of one of my sons died just 2 weeks old. He was born 5.5 weeks prematurely with a rare heart condition and another rare disease. He underwent what was to be the first of four heart operations for 19 hours last week. The operation encountered difficulties but was successfully completed. Then an unexpected and not seen before problem occurred post op which proved too much for the wee bairn. RIP.

Imagine if Ruby Princess actually caused a larger outbreak than it did though NSW escaping unscathed was extremely lucky

On the same day back in july Victoria recorded 723 cases and the Uk recorded 763 cases: Last Tues Vic recorded 1 new case and no deaths on the same day Uk recorded 15, 560 cases and 136 deaths. Which would you prefer. Well done Dan Andrews.

Trumpie got hit by the Karma bus........

It's a well known fact that anyone with more than one or two brain cells is not allowed a job at a Murdoch owned entity.......Slater is a perfect fit......

The Kiwis were not shy about going for the head.....lol

Carle Robinho Have Cox score in the first ten minutes then park the bus for the rest of the game

One for the poms on the board.. RIP Bobby Ball (Cannon and Ball comedy act). Died of covid Northern England 'end of pier' slap stick type comedy..some here will know what I mean by that. To an adult they were lame as ****..but to a 7 or 8 year old kid in the 80's I loved them for a few years..happy childhood memories...

Nah the Jack Gibson look in the fur coat has gotta be the go....

My son ran an Instagram page for a little while that showed Markus wearing his fashionable threads along with some colourful commentary. His wife followed the page. Some of the comments were hilarious and she was very gracious when everything fell apart and they had to leave.

CR can wear a tracksuit or flip flops, don’t care! As long as he can coach a football team

https://www.extratime.com/articles/25996/so-who-are-arsenal-dundalks-europa-league-opponents

Hmmm...he didn't know when to keep his mouth shut!

Oh Ed

This might belong in the Armageddon thread. However, Daniel Andrews held out against the federal government bullies and won the day After Victoria's long and difficult coronavirus lockdown, it's now the envy of the world http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-27/coronavirus-zero-cases-victorias-achievement/12815424

Not harsh enough

I was actually at the following game. It was brutal in those days.

Despite being English I was in awe of the great Welsh rugby teams of the 70s....also fondly remember that famous Barbarians v All Blacks game

Carcelo RoBielsan will get this team going. Youth is his strength, that tells me he is psychologically good with the players. Moulding them, giving them confidence, belief. Combine that with Westie mongrel, never say die. His tactical nous, his ability to instill confidence, his track record with youth. In RoBielsan we trust.

Doesn't really matter. She'll be right there to help steal the election for trump if required, and will be right there to put the country back 60 years.

And another... Looks such fun!

One for Goat!

- Glad we got rid of sackwatch out of the thread title - I’ve got zero expectations, after what we’ve dished up year after year, can we just have a team that football? - CR can speak a good game, that’s half the battle. MB was good at that too. The key is how he gets the boys performing on the field, thats what Popa struggled in his last season or so, Gombau flopped, MB not far behind & JP, well he did his best. - There is so much to get right off the field, culture needs a reset & how long that takes? Won’t be overnight but you know that he’ll get everything he needs to turn things around.

Who Gibb's a shite?

I hear when you go down the path there's no time to talk.

about ******* time...

And this is an all time classic lol

I have seen this 100 times and it still makes me laugh out loud

I agree somewhat in what you say especially in regards to how lucky us and NZ have been and also comparative size and such, but do you think the actions of theTories...ie Boris....have aided or made it worse..? TBH I'm glad for our state Premiers.......Lib and Lab.....They did/have done a pretty good job. Thank god it wasn't left to Morrison.......

I would add....Privately Run......Federally monitored.....Aged Care Facilities.......where the govt (Fed) would not name the companies involved due to the bad name it might give them.

Two words Ruby Princess

This is what happens when marketing is in charge marketing ✅ who cares if it delivers https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/27/coalitions-100m-scheme-to-fund-recycled-products-has-spent-no-money?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Marcarlosovic Robinsombau.

That's where multiple batteries are required as supplied by Elon Musk to South Australia. Every power grid should have batteries wherever solar generation is employed.

I've hung in there with hope for a holiday before the year is out. But now I've given up. So, now I've told my suitcase there will be no holiday this year. I'm now dealing with emotional baggage!