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Reply | Hamstring Injuries
at 20:16 22 Oct 2026
Interestingly I do an actually think that machine learning, done correctly will speed up the understanding of how our complex systems (bodies) actually interact. It isn't going to arrive quickly though. The current version of AI is, in my view, nothing more than a very powerful search engine with a degree of weighting built in. Accurate it is not. I'm much more concerned about Quantum Computers than I am about AI (well, actually I'm probably concerned about the combination of quantum computers and machine learning as that will have a massive impact on every aspect of life). |
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Reply | Hamstring Injuries
at 18:16 22 Oct 2026
I used to compete at quite a high level (not football) and my data (along with a large number of others) was used in the initial versions of the Athlete Biological Passport. This was in the early days of APB - around 2004-2008 - and the data set was really only looking at haemoglobin and haematocrit. This was not DNA based - but actual levels. The challenge was to produce a baseline above which one could predict reasonably well that cheating was taking place (EPO).The pathways thatare involved in such a simple molecules production are complex - and the number of proteins (eg enzymes) substantial. This is important as DNA codes for proteins. As a species, like all successful species, we seldom rely on one pathway - so if we are deficient in one particular enzyme there is a strong probability that evolution has provided a work around. This is not always the case of course and some very nasty conditions arise because of a single enzyme deficiency - and this could be due to a single anomaly on one base in the DNA code. I have actually had one purchased test - IL-6 gene - because I can suffer from inflammation. The information received back was complete junk - a waste of £50 really. yes, it could tell me the 'strength' of the gene - but you could be 99% functioning and totally OK or 99.9% functioning and if the misread is in the wrong place then you could be in trouble. The data that you get back isn't (or certainly wasnt in my case) anywhere near good enough to make the call. I suffer from inflammation and it may or may not be down to IL-6 coding. The usual ones that you see are ACTN3 and COL1A1. I've seen a lot of papers on ACTN3 and I suspect that there is something in it - but I also sscpect that it is a small part of a much more complex mechanism. COL1A1 I've seen a lot less published on. COL1A! is probably the topic associated with this thread. I would treat it with great suspicion. Sadly I think that a lot of what one can read (and probably what AI farms) is mainly put out by companies selling a test to you. I'm a Biologist by profession. I work with gene sequences on a daily basis - but I'm more interested in Resistance (antibiotics). The microbial genome is very simple compared to a mammalian set - and it is a real challenge to determine what switches on and off certain genes at the microbial resistance level. Being able to predict how tissue performs from a DNA test is, I suspect, almost impossible today. Also, think of the sample, these people are already elite athletes - they unlikely to have got there by having weak genes in the places that matter.
Whilst one day I'm sure that it will be possible to predict outcomes from sequences more accurately I'm afraid that it's quite a long way off.
There's absolutely no AI input into the above! |
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Reply | New home kit
at 10:20 30 Aug 2026
I remember it from the Coventry and Colchester games but couldn't remember if it had been used in the first two rounds or not - I thought not but couldn't be certain. I do remember it being very similar to the Arsenal 'cup' kit! |
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Reply | New home kit
at 22:15 29 Aug 2026
I had the yellow shirt (with blue collar and filled in 'V') and blue shorts as a replica kit when I was a kid. I always called it the 'cup kit' - and I'm sure that was how it was considered at the time. |
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Reply | Dale Trust website
at 20:50 27 Aug 2026
I've mailed them direct as a reply to their initial mail. |
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Reply | Dale Trust website
at 19:54 27 Aug 2026
I also received the 'we want you back' email I've tried to give them my £7.50 but can't get past the Payment section (Block 6) - Apparently it can't verify that I'm human! |
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Reply | Refwatch - Newport County v Rochdale
at 20:44 16 Aug 2026
I was there - it was actually the first time that I'd seen them lose! I still do try to get to a few games a season - but I'm an exile and so I generally see more away games than home ones.
Oh, and yes, I'm over 65...but not that much over!! [Post edited 16 Aug 20:49]
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Reply | Fan numbers
at 11:33 16 Mar 2026
I stayed at The Royal Toby when I came up for the FGR game as Norton Grange was full. No complaints - would use it again. |
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Reply | Twelve Games in what next?
at 16:47 18 Jan 2026
Well I went for 54 from 24 - so I'm more than happy to see 55 from 23. The competition though has also maintained momentum. 55 from 23 is a good haul - one more than Notts County had at this stage - but for them it wasn't enough to hold off Wrexham - even though County finished with 107. Wrexham's second half of the season was massive - over 60 points from their last 24 games.
I predict that somewhere between 106 and 112 will be needed - and 112 is a lot (57 from 23 is a big big ask - Chesterfield's first 23 games brought over 60 points in their winning season - but over 55 points in a very competitive league is huge. We have done fantastically well.
The next 12 games are likely our toughest challenge - simply because they are so compacted into a very short period. If we come out of the next 12 games with 27 points then I think that we are set to win. Others will have good runs too, but they will also drop points. We cannot control what others do. I just want to see us 4 points clear before we host York. |
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Reply | Twelve Games in what next?
at 18:41 5 Oct 2025
On Christmas Day last year both York and Barnet had 48 points from 23 games. FGR were 3rd on 46 but only 22 games. Barnet's second half of the season was therefore better than their first 23 by 6 points. York were remarkably consistent - with 48 points from both sets of 23 games. I think that this year's winners will need a big haul - in excess of the 102 from last year. If we can get past the next 12 games and only drop point in 4 then we will likely be top at Christmas are well placed to win the league. I'm daring to think this way - we are top, with games in hand, we shouldn't be thinking of playoffs. So I'm thinking 54 points from 24 - but I think we may need 106 to win. With 3/4 of the games still to be played though there are a lot of unknowns can come and bite. If we continue to believe though, don't get hit by injuries / recalls and have the weather be kind to us I do think that we can do this. |
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Reply | Members who called the Trust EGM
at 09:23 28 Aug 2025
I got mine. I was surprised as I hadn't received renewal invite and so when I opened the mail that was what I was expecting. What I actually received was a 'lapsed member letter'' . If that was the 'renewal invite' then it was a very poor way of reminding me! Had I received it a week ago I would have just paid up. Now I'm wondering whether to or not. |
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Reply | Morecambe
at 19:27 20 Aug 2025
It will indeed be interesting - this guy is no mug, I have a friend who used to work with him and rates him highly. First he has to build a team - and then he has to get them to play for him. It's not going to be easy. But although this may appear as left-field he is no random pick.
I do think that NL has screwed this up though - it does appear to give a very unfair advantage to those teams playing them early in the season. Having said that, I'd rather see Morecambe survive and there be a little imbalance in the league than to see Morecambe fold. |
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Reply | Club Advisory Board
at 19:04 14 Feb 2025
My take on this that it is an early step on the way to fulfilling 'Project 5000'. If we look at it that way then 2500 new fans are 'yet-to-be-represented'. The more representation there is on this board, the more the segments can be analysed. It could become a board with significant numbers involved but it will result in direction falling from it. |
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Reply | Project 5000
at 09:58 7 Jan 2025
I don't know which numbers Andy Woodman is looking at. He's been there since 2021 and yes - that part ois true - in 2021 the average home gate was 900 - but it was Covid -affected reported figures. The season before's average gate was 0ver 2000 and the season after (AW's first full season) it was down at 1900. Today it's around 3500.
https://www.footballwebpages.c
I can believe that they have 2000-2500 season card holders - and I can also believe that if they make 3000 tickets available to home fans then they can sell them all (on Saturdays). This is not selling out 5000 every week though.
Do I think that it can be done? Of course. |
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Reply | No coach to Stockton
at 09:35 7 Jan 2025
...and the conversion of that money into shares gives SG a 20%+ position in the Boardroom. It also makes it very difficult for the Trust (or another form of Supporter body) to slowly buy him out. I mention this latter point because it is one of the differences between us and York. The "Trust" at York has a 25% share ownership position. Judd referenced York in an earlier thread with reference to how their Golden Share works. York has incorporated the key points of a Golden Share into its Memorandum and Articles - but it actually goes further than that - it incorporates other elements throughout the M&A that gives the Trust significant say. Note that what I am not doing here is comparing our majority owners to that of the family controlling York. I do think though that if we want a 'trust' position to work then it probably requires all non Ogden family shares transferring to it. I'd be happy transfer mine if the Articles of such a Trust were sound - but it's easy for me to say that as I don't hold half a million plus shares. It would be a way forwards though.
Edit: I was typing this as DAlien was posting - my comments on the Golden Share were made before I saw his. [Post edited 7 Jan 2025 10:02]
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Reply | Pitch update
at 15:47 1 Jan 2025
Or one 12-wheel Crown Oil Tanker every 100 minutes! |
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Reply | AGM change
at 11:06 14 Nov 2024
One important factor going forwards is the 'Golden Share' - both what it actually looks like and how it will be used. My understanding is that this Share will be held by the trust and therefore it is imperative that any AGM agenda item where the Golden Share input is relevant must be circulated well before the the actual RAFC AGM itself. I am a little concerned that a limited agenda AGM is being held prior to the full revision of the Articles having been circulated but I also accept that, with the exception of the Golden Share, actual non Ogden family shares count for very little. I fully share the views put forwards in Dalenet's above post - and am happy with the fact that cake exists - I don't have to eat it! |
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Reply | AFC Fylde Match Thread
at 12:15 13 Oct 2024
I'd take Bolton away. Their home form is poor and 50% of a 20,000 gate is worth having. Ideally of course I'd take two winnable home games and then a big one in the third round. But Birmingham, Bolton or 'Uddy away would be money in the bank (and I do think that Bolton is a winnable one). |
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Reply | Traffic Alert - Travelling yo York
at 18:53 19 Aug 2024
For any exiles intending to go north via the A1 there are serious road works just south of the M62 junction. These are unpredictable (usually no less than 30 mins) and it's better instead to take the M18 and then via Drax to the A19 - joining the A64 at the A19 intersection. If you are going by car (by whatever route) then there are reservable car park spaces available at the Monks Cross Retail Park which is a short wall from the stadium. There are only 400 reservable spaces in total but there was availability earlier today when I purchased match tickets. Away fans tickets were still available this morning on the YCFC web site and car parking (£5) can be bought at the same time.
The McArthur Glen Retail Park at the A64/A19 intersection has a decent food court (not great - but better than a motorway services) - and parking is free. It isn't feasible to use McArthur Glen for the stadium though - it really has to be Monks Cross for that. I mention it only because you have to drive past McArthur Glen on the A 64 to get to Monks Cross and so it's worth stopping there for food if needed.
The M1/A1 delays (between M62 and A1/A64 can also be a pain - but often cleared within 15-20 mins. |
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