Words I will never forget from Sean Connery brilliantly narrating the 1982 World Cup film Gol, "a squalid non-aggression pact between West Germany and Austria".

If you are going to make strong assertions then you need to make sure that those assertions reflect what you actually mean to say. As Toebash said, your initial comment said Australian citizens only, which by definition excludes permanent residents. So when you do make a fundamental mistake like...

Is that you Barnaby?

Taking the albatross metaphor a little mechanically further, although the wings are lighter than the body the extreme length of the wings still generates a considerable mechanical moment if any force is exerted on the wing tips, which will have a large twisting effect. So if a large force is...

The issue is that many people whose views are what many others would call the far right, actually see themselves for some reason as being just to the right of centre. Consequently they (the far right) then view those who are really just centre-left as being far left. And I suspect that if and...

"FIFA remains confident that the updated anthem ceremony will become one of the defining visual moments of the 2026 tournament, symbolizing unity, respect, and the global spirit of the game." A quote from one online article. Fuck off, FIFA are just pandering to the USA again.

What a crock! Is the next step for lining up the entire squad to eventually push for a gridiron-like situation, where you have unlimited interchange and different players go on and off depending on whether a team is attcking/defending, for corners kicks, a designated penalty taker coming off the...

Yeah, he has, 35 appearances in fact according to Wiki. Cardiff were in the Championship in the 24/25 season and Robertson was playing with them then.

Hezbollah v Houthis?

Ultimately Brisbane needs a new/upgraded circular stadium anyway in the next few years, which would be billions of dollars in itself (but most likely not as many billions as the Olympic stadium and other stuff needed). Without the Olympics, it’s possible that may have been the upgrade of the...

Except they are politicians. Core vs non-core promises? Promising no change to -ive gearing and capital gains tax? And donations from property developers is really no different to donations from unions, in terms of influence being sought. And a stadium of some sort needed to get built once the...

I primarily blame Palaszczuk and her vanity project in getting the games in the first place, when no one else wanted them.

Yep, I’d be happy for him to coach any other team in the A League!

Games in Seattle and San Fran should probably have reasonable temps too, albeit the Seattle game has a noon kickoff.

The away kit should have had white shorts, I think that combo would look quite good. As it is, the away kit shorts are not too different in colour to the home kit shorts, just a slightly different shade of green. If the away kit had white shorts we could have worn it against the USA.