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pretty much why I won't go near the big Main contractors or major works, I'm all for sensible H&S, We've employed hundreds of lads of the years, and had no major incidents and no fatalities, a firm down the road (more agricultural) has had 2 fatalities in the last 12 years plus my brothers, brother in law (who left us to work with them) fell 30ft through a roof light, god knows how he lived but he did and he's fine.... they take the "Fred Dibnha" approach to safety, no scaffold, no nets, cut costs and kill lads, "get up there lads, what are you a chicken!!"... nah not for me, I'd rather ma
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Mum done me a goat curry last week, was bloody lovely, her best friend when we lived in Bristol was Jamaican and we ate a lot of Caribbean food, she still cooks some of the recipes, goat curry is one of my favourites though.
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I've stuck my fingers in a few other pies in the last 10 years or so, but for 25 years since we first set up on our own the building game has been good to us, in the main... its certainly not for everyone, and I've seen it from pretty much every side (labourer to running a half decent sized firm), it's smaller now, manageable, maybe even enjoyable again! Lol... we don't chase work, haven't advertised for years, and are fully booked for 12 months, I don't have sleepless nights about it anymore, but I've had plenty over the years!
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Great pic... I came on the end of those days, 95/96 I think? safety changed it all really...but in the main for the better in our game..
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When I first got up on steel I was 19 and the bloke I worked for had me and my brother (completely inexperienced) climbing the steels, no cherry pickers, holding onto crane chains to support yourself, 40ft up and nothing to stop you falling, not even a harness ffs.. rather than put scaffold around for roofing we'd tack weld angles on the columns and put youngman boards on... one job was a new barn, tight farmer wanted his old asbestos sheets re used, so we're up there with no safety nets,walking old asbestos (brittle as hell) and cutting it with no masks etc... this is nearly 30 years ago... I
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At the end of the day the facts are, Fury won the titles in 2015, since then he's fought one other champion...Wilder 3 times...so in 9 years (I'm purposely forgetting his time out for drugs etc) he's fought one champion, 3 times... In that time it's been Chisora (again!!), Wallin, Naganu, whyte and a few bin men and a window cleaner... but we're supposed to buy into his resume is great, he'll fight anyone, no one like him, he'd beat any heavy from any era etc... its been a waste of time for nearly 10 years cause the fights that mattered aren't made...its almost over...no chance is there
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Agree mate, that was my point on making the rules clear.. the hand ball in the box and offside rules, coupled with Var is ruining the game, common sense is gone....if some one knows they'll be sin binned for 10 minutes for a clinical foul its a bigger deterent than a yellow so could improve some parts of the game.... all that being said, I'd take away VAR and the new offside/handball rules, keep goaline tech and go back a few steps.. so perhaps I shouldn't be for it! Lol
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Just read that mate... I think it could be a good thing as long as the rules are clear...
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Tiverton that mate... and Plymouth..lol
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I can't remember what pro said it but they were talking about Foden being the best they'd seen taking the ball on the half turn, it's a valid point, he's a different type of player to De Bruyne, but yeah is another top class player..City are full of them mate, you wouldn't swap many of them for another clubs starting 11... England have got to win something with this bunch, it's better than the so called golden era imo
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I'm not sure if "being on the same wavelength" is what makes Rice/Odegard partnership work so well, undoubtedly they compliment each other very well, I think Rice does all.the simple work brilliantly and then some... Odegard knows he can operate in that hole and Rice protects him... but Rice is more than just a holding midfielder, I'm seriously impressed with him mate, he's better than I thought to be honest...to step up into bone fide title challengers and it's seamless...he'll only get better and like you sat that partnership is developing all the time.. Jesus does everything well apart
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My reply was a bit tongue in cheek mate..it hasn't put the training camp or Fury in the best light ..
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I think we've yapped on here before about young Tzsu mate, I agree I think he'll beat Thurman... looks good don't he..
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It's a great partnership, Odegard has turned into some player hasn't he...De Bruyne is the best in that role imo, and I think Bruno at UTD is a great playmaker.. bit Odegard is the closest for me to De Bruyne...he needs a Rice though, Rice does everything very very well, you struggle to find a weakness...top midfielder.. England have some real talent now, with him and Belingham that must be the best midfield pairing in Europe currently?
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Got ya.. probably an avoidable accident then...
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Good points mate...it seemed very natural to Naz, that was hid style completely... where as, as you say, whitaker is gaining nothing from it and perhaps even detracting from his ability... its early days for him, and the comparisons to Naz are only because he's showy, he's got a bloody long way to go until that comparison means anything
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You could see he was half a yard off and that cosy one of the goals...
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On another note, so impressed with how Declan Rice has just slotted in at Araenal and is probably there most important player now, he was brilliant on Sunday, I'm not sure who I'd pick out of him and Rhodri at the moment to be honest...proper midfielders... must be gutting tinged with pride for Hammers fans, another brilliant talent through the club...
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I think, and not speaking for Gnasher, he meant he's only 28,in that, it's not a gamble on a 35 year old on loan.. the very fact you've got a player in his prime years is a good thing imo, he shouldn't take long to get up to match fitness.. I feel a bit sorry for the lad, he probably would've got a loads of game time anywhere other than City...
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I'm not sure of his record exactly, but he only lost the once and must've been in 20 or so championship fights... 35 plus fights? He had a lot of hand trouble later on, which probably was a big factor into him finishing when he did... Im unsure how many times he was actually hurt, he was so unothodox it made him look more troubled than he was at times, and then as you say he would produce some ridiculous shot from a crazy angle and that was that..lol You could say struggled, I reckon apart from Barrea he knew what he was doing!! Lol
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Don't know how true it is, but the media yap is he struggled with his sparring, maybe a bit got left in the ring with the Nganou fight, he certainly never expected to be put on his ass that's for sure... I think Paddy's point about his mental state is very valid as well, I've no doubt the cut is real, was an accident etc..but surely with only 2 weeks to his biggest fight you would be completely risk adverse and hard sparring would be off the agenda? The bottom line is the heavyweights division is a racket, none of the top 4 or 5 have faced each other and made the fights, Chisora, Nganu, W
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I think had a fair bit more than "that one shot"... yeah he got floored a few times, more glancing blows and off balance type put downs... Naz, for me, was one of the best we've had, he generally backed up his brag, entertaing, always, played the part perfectly, you need those chatacters imo..beaten by Barrea in the end, and no shame in that, I think his heart was gone by then....
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Yeah the showboating takes away from his talent rather than adds to it imo... you can see why he'll get compared to Naz, he could have real crowd appeal.though and attract non boxing fans to either love him or hate him (Eubank, Naz like)...but is still got real core boxing ability, I agree it is for public appeal, and him jumping behind the mic even further pushes that agenda... but .. I'd much rather that then the shit you tube fighters, or Tommy Fury with little to zero talent and only public appeal.... Time will tell if he can step up, my guess is there will be less showboating once he
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Yes mate both taken on phone camera...cheers
