EFL Conspiracy?

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Hiya bud, you ok, you over the disappointment yet?
We're definitely over on thursday 27th of next month bud, for the Dundalk game, not Cork<doh>
flights were stupid for next week the robbing bastards
we'll come over to Blackrock for a few beers on the saturday if you're up for it<ok>
 
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Hiya bud, you ok, you over the disappointment yet?
We're definitely over on thursday 27th of next month bud, for the Dundalk game, not Cork>doh>
flights were stupid for next week the robbing bastards
we'll come over to Blackrock for a few beers on the saturday if you're up for it<ok>
Let me think about that......................................................YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Although maybe we could meet up in my local Bakers corner pub. It's a few miles further than Blackrock, but it's up to you<ok>
 
Let me think about that......................................................YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Although maybe we could meet up in my local Bakers corner pub. It's a few miles further than Blackrock, but it's up to you<ok>
<laugh><ok>
That will do me fine mate, Bakers corner it is<ok>
Also over first week in Oct for a wedding so i'll need some drinking practice in<ok>
 
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Let me think about that......................................................YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Although maybe we could meet up in my local Bakers corner pub. It's a few miles further than Blackrock, but it's up to you<ok>
Feck me shakes i just googled that pub its a bit posh aint it. Also who the hell was sally noggins?.
 
Hiya bud, you ok, you over the disappointment yet?
We're definitely over on thursday 27th of next month bud, for the Dundalk game, not Cork<doh>
flights were stupid for next week the robbing bastards
we'll come over to Blackrock for a few beers on the saturday if you're up for it<ok>
If you see Spencer Tracy give him my regards.
 
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Feck me shakes i just googled that pub its a bit posh aint it. Also who the hell was sally noggins?.
Sallynoggin was a rough area back in the day, when the Nogginers used to regularly meet up with the Ballybrackers and have a punch up. Things have calmed down. To answer your question I don't know the reason the place was called Sallynoggin. I could google it but I can't be arsed. Bakers is a nice pub and the only reason I drink in it is because my two original pubs have closed down and had apartments built on them and Bakers is the handiest one for me and I've been barred twice from it and I'm back in because new owners bought it recently. <ok>

Just for you Wakey...<ok>

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The Irish Placenames Commission has researched the origin and meaning of Sallynoggin as a placename. In fact, the name is not Irish at all but English deriving from the "sally noggins" which referred to old timber-frame houses that were known to be situated there. The modern Irish word for noggin is the phonentic "naigín" hence "An Naigín" (The Noggin) as it is commonly called. More than likely this is a placename of English origin. Examples of the word naggin or noggin were collected in Hiberno-English, meaning ‘a wooden vessel’. The origin of the word is unclear to lexicographers. The following meaning of the word noggin also appears in the English Dialect Dictionary, ‘the clay and sticks, or bricks used to fill the interstices of half-timbered houses’. This is a more likely explanation of ‘sallynoggins’; in other words sally-rods may have been used in the construction of the houses.:)
 
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It's been said so often over the years that the EFL really don't want Leeds to get promotion to the Prem. Heck, you could even say the FA feel the same when you look at some of the refereeing panel decisions made recently. To add some fuel to the theory out there, here are some observations I made during last night's game:

Bamford yellow card - Lawrence fell over very easily after the slightest touch from Bartley in the final Derby league game, penalty given, no retrospective action from FA because "there was contact", regardless how minimal ... Grealish bought a penalty by dragging his foot against WBA to "initiate contact", penalty given, again "minimal contact" so no action for cheating ... Bamford gets properly barged by Keogh, he gets a yellow EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS CONTACT

Bennett penalty - "minimal contact" from Cooper, no trip even, penalty given and Cooper gets a yellow ... seriously? WTF?

Berardi red - yes,stupid indeed, but should not have even made it to the flash point as Berardi was fouled and ref should have blown ... no advantage for Berardi as he had to turn and face his goal ... WTF????

Derby winner - Bogle clearly dives in Leeds penalty area, ref should blow up and yellow card him but allows play on ... Leeds lose the ball, Derby counter and score ... Bogle DOESN'T GET A YELLOW AT ALL FOR DIVING ... WTF??????

yes, I know it sounds like sour grapes, but I have no issue with Derby winning ... I do have an issue with referees consistently getting big calls wrong against Leeds ... e.g. Pawson at Derby on Saturday gave a penalty incorrectly, and had his assistant not overruled his poor call, the pen would have stood ... something just doesn't sit right when you look back over the season and see how many decisions have gone against Leeds that were clearly bad

then there's the unprecedented £200k fine for "spygate" that clearly targeted Leeds ... how can receiving team information illegally from a proper "internal spy" be a £25k fine (Palace v Cardiff), yet watching a team train from PUBLIC footpath be worthy of such a massive "invented" sanction?

anti-Leeds folk will claim we're paranoid, that we wrongly assume the EFL, FA and Sky are all against us, but I honestly starting to feel that there is a covert agenda against Leeds .. I wonder what the "roll of dishonour" would look like if someone went back over our season and looked at all the dubious decisions against us ... here's a few to jog the memory:

Pontus red card at Stoke
Canos headbutting Alioski in the Brentford game at ER and the "panel" deciding it wasn't violent conduct
Watkins dive in same game for their penalty goal again being dismissed by the "panel" as nothing
Hourihane punching Klich in chest deemed by the "panel" as "not violent enough"
Bamford clearly fouled at Brentford yet no penalty given by ref standing 5 yards away
Baldock somehow committing GBH twice at Blades yet not getting sent off
and the list goes on ......

this truly is beyond funny, beyond coincidence ... it genuinely feels as if Leeds are fighting a losing battle against a regime hell-bent on keeping the club out of the Prem ... everybody knows that the EFL's TV viewing figures will plummet when Leeds do eventually go up, and that will equate to millions in lost revenue ... who's going to want to watch Boro v Stoke in all honesty? Leeds are propping up the EFL/Sky deal, as well as the EFL's global PPV money ... let's not kid around, there's more than just a game at stake every time Leeds United take to the field ... the EFL and Sky truly need Leeds United or a similar derivative in the Championship, it's extremely good for business

so, call me paranoid, call me crazy, but can you truly justify the treatment Leeds have received this season?

can you truly write it all off to coincidence?

if you think you can, please reply and show me that it's all just "one of those things", it's just plain bad luck, and it all evens out in the end ... be great to hear from you so that I can stop thinking there's a vendetta of sorts going on, it will be good for my sanity

PS. please comment responsibly, with intelligence and humility ... just spewing a load of filth is not a valid argument ... yes, we know about the Bamford "all fall down" moment, and we nailed him for it ... yes, we saw the Roofe handball goal against Forest, and agreed it was wrong, so no need to try and use these as "holier than thou" points


You are paranoid. You are crazy.
 
Sallynoggin was a rough area back in the day, when the Nogginers used to regularly meet up with the Ballybrackers and have a punch up. Things have calmed down. To answer your question I don't know the reason the place was called Sallynoggin. I could google it but I can't be arsed. Bakers is a nice pub and the only reason I drink in it is because my two original pubs have closed down and had apartments built on them and Bakers is the handiest one for me and I've been barred twice from it and I'm back in because new owners bought it recently. <ok>

Just for you Wakey...<ok>

Etymology[edit]
The Irish Placenames Commission has researched the origin and meaning of Sallynoggin as a placename. In fact, the name is not Irish at all but English deriving from the "sally noggins" which referred to old timber-frame houses that were known to be situated there. The modern Irish word for noggin is the phonentic "naigín" hence "An Naigín" (The Noggin) as it is commonly called. More than likely this is a placename of English origin. Examples of the word naggin or noggin were collected in Hiberno-English, meaning ‘a wooden vessel’. The origin of the word is unclear to lexicographers. The following meaning of the word noggin also appears in the English Dialect Dictionary, ‘the clay and sticks, or bricks used to fill the interstices of half-timbered houses’. This is a more likely explanation of ‘sallynoggins’; in other words sally-rods may have been used in the construction of the houses.:)
I'm sure I've heard noggin used referring to a measure of ale.
 
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