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Our training ground has been evacuated after they found an unexploded WWII bomb, apparently.
Not sure how that happened, considering how recently it was built.
 
PleaseNotPoll said:
Our training ground has been evacuated after they found an unexploded WWII bomb, apparently.
Not sure how that happened, considering how recently it was built.
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Great, this can only lead to headlines about how our players want to leave for clubs who don't have high explosives on their training grounds...
 
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littleDinosaurLuke said:
Mainly unemployed wannabes yell and wail their way through renditions of tuneless songs.
The X Factor - what a lame idea for a TV show.
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Of course it wasn't even Cowell's idea really - he simply copied the previous similar series (which I think was Pop Star the Rivals?) and made a fortune. The weird thing is that Cowell isn't nearly as talented as 60s/70s version of him Tony Hatch, who not only was a great producer but could write great tunes too.
 
vimhawk said:
Of course it wasn't even Cowell's idea really - he simply copied the previous similar series (which I think was Pop Star the Rivals?) and made a fortune. The weird thing is that Cowell isn't nearly as talented as 60s/70s version of him Tony Hatch, who not only was a great producer but could write great tunes too.
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Until people actually heard of him on Pop Stars, Simon Cowell was a middling A&R man working for Simon Fuller - but while Fuller was responsible for the major acts on his label such as The ****e Girls and S Club 7, Cowell was in charge of the crappy cash-grabs like Robson & Jerome. This is reflected in their TV ventures too, with Fuller creating the Pop Stars/Idol format which is successful worldwide, while Cowell's X-Factor format is only really successful in the UK.

Also, as I was a student at the time of Pop Idol, which meant my options on Saturday evening were to go hungry, eat in my claustrophobic room or endure what my housemates were watching on telly, it's interesting to see that in the initial auditions it wasn't Cowell who was playing the Mr Nasty role but Pete Waterman (who at one point was offered outside by one contestant he slagged off who happened to be a top-ranked kickboxer) while Cowell was more in the middle.
 
UEFA have got themselves a very difficult conundrum after the incidents in Catalonia at the weekend. They are very keen on swiftly punishing any perceived political expressions by clubs or during matches, even their supporters. They're pretty keen to punish smallish Polish club for remembering those killed in the war. Well, Barcelona's central part in Catalan politics and the movement for independence is just a little bit political, isn't it?

Barcelona's official statement from yesterday says...........

"FC Barcelona, in remaining faithful to its historic commitment to the defence of the nation, to democracy, to freedom of speech, and to self-determination, condemns any act that may impede the free exercise of these rights. Therefore, FC Barcelona publicly expresses its support for all people, entities, and institutions that work to guarantee these rights. FC Barcelona, in holding the utmost respect for its diverse body of members, will continue to support the will of the majority of Catalan people, and will do so in a civil, peaceful and exemplary way."

Sounds like a political party manifesto to me. Rightly or wrongly [and without exception UEFA get things wrong] UEFA have to charge them..................Yeah, right.
 
"Thanks for that Brian" said:
... FC Barcelona, in holding the utmost respect for its diverse body of members, will continue to support the will of the majority of Catalan people, and will do so in a civil, peaceful and exemplary way."
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^will of the majority of Catalan people
^the majority of Catalan people in being able to fairly exercise those rights

and IMHO you have a statement that does not advocate/endorse the
independence politics.
 
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