Couldn't Think - from November 2023

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  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    See it’s being reported we’ve put out feelers about increasing the match day capacity to 68,000.
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    edited December 2023
    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/dec/04/west-ham-offer-25000-reward-after-burglars-raid-kurt-zoumas-house

    Just seen this
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    It’s been on the OS today
  • stevesteve
    Perhaps he should get a guard dog =)
  • Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
    Maybe it was a cat burglar out for revenge

    .............. coat please
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Our u18's in action at home to Soton in the Youth FA Cup this evening, looking to repeat last season's success. 1-1 at the end of normal time, they're just about to start 30 mins extra time. Available to watch on Youtube and the OS.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    We win 4-2 on penalties 😊😊😊
  • stevesteve
    bit nerve racking guess they have been watching the first team =) on another topic Rooney looks in trouble at Birmingham why do players think they can become managers over night
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    I watched a bit but a WiFi issue limited my viewing.

    Thank goodness, cos penalties=🤯

    Well done our kids 😁
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    steve said:

    bit nerve racking guess they have been watching the first team =) on another topic Rooney looks in trouble at Birmingham why do players think they can become managers over night

    Not quite overnight. He's been managing/coaching for 4 seasons and he's got his Uefa pro qualification.
  • stevesteve
    Perhaps he should take it again then =)
  • SlackerSlacker
    Watching Palace v Liverpool, it took me a while to get it but from a distance Mo Salah is a dead ringer for Derek Hales.

    One for the kids there.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    The president of a Turkish club punched a ref:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67688071
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    Slacker said:

    Watching Palace v Liverpool, it took me a while to get it but from a distance Mo Salah is a dead ringer for Derek Hales.

    One for the kids there.

    I remember Derek Hales, unplayable during a full moon.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYaJhHtXYAAHeG_.jpg
  • KuchinghammerKuchinghammer
    Slacker said:

    Watching Palace v Liverpool, it took me a while to get it but from a distance Mo Salah is a dead ringer for Derek Hales.

    One for the kids there.

    Watching Man Unt and Bournemouth, I thought Van Gogh v Bruce Springsteen is really no contest. And I was right 😁
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    buffybegood said:

    The president of a Turkish club punched a ref:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67688071

    So Turkey has banned all football and Greece has banned all fans from football for two months. 😱
  • SlackerSlacker
    Kuchinghammer said:

    Slacker said:

    Watching Palace v Liverpool, it took me a while to get it but from a distance Mo Salah is a dead ringer for Derek Hales.

    One for the kids there.

    Watching Man Unt and Bournemouth, I thought Van Gogh v Bruce Springsteen is really no contest. And I was right 😁
    Never seen Dean Saunders and The Boss in the same room have ya?

  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited December 2023
    A brain teaser from GCHQ, aimed at school kids:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67707647

    I got the first 5 and answered the "Final Challenge", and reverse engineered 6 and 7 but haven't quite worked out the logic for them just yet.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    buffybegood said:

    A brain teaser from GCHQ, aimed at school kids:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67707647

    I got the first 5 and answered the "Final Challenge", and reverse engineered 6 and 7 but haven't quite worked out the logic for them just yet.

    I've got 6 now, d'oh.
  • stevesteve
    I gave up after the first one =)
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    buffybegood said:

    buffybegood said:

    A brain teaser from GCHQ, aimed at school kids:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67707647

    I got the first 5 and answered the "Final Challenge", and reverse engineered 6 and 7 but haven't quite worked out the logic for them just yet.

    I've got 6 now, d'oh.
    And the 7th now too.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited December 2023
    England chase down a target of 223 to beat WI in the 3rd T20 of 5 to keep the series alive. Phil Salt hit 109 not out off 56 balls, but it really came down to Harry Brook's stunning 31 not out off just 7 balls to see us home with a ball to spare, hitting 24 off the first 5 balls of the final over.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Btw, did no-one other than Steve have a go at the GCHQ brain teaser?
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Hadn't had time to look.

    I'm more or less ok with the first one. Got 2 of the groups, not sure about the third but is enough to get the Christmas link

    But then there aren't all the other questions... Do you have to go to another site?
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Oh, it might not even be 1.

    Could be 3 of a bigger puzzle set, on a different site ...
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    😭
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited December 2023
    Tbh, I enjoy cryptic crossword puzzles, although I don't have that much time to spend on them now.

    If anyone else is a fan, it would be great to have a separate thread where we can do the 'got the answer but not sure why it's that' ( also known as parsing) type discussion. For me, that's a big part of the fun.

    ( I know, I'll get my coat....)
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited December 2023
    All 7 puzzles are towards the bottom of the page linked, as is the "Final Challenge".
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Good result by our u18s, beating top of the table Spurs:



    We're 2 points behind but with a game in hand now.
  • Dodger58Dodger58
    Thanks for posting that Buffy. Some poor finishing in the first half, we could have had 3, but much better in the second. Good to see our keeper catching the ball!
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