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Reply | Sober curious
at 21:03 27 Jun 2026
I'll happily go weeks on end without a drink. Can't be dealing with the hangovers anymore. Still nice to have a few pints every now and then.
Non alcoholic beer is so much better these days. Shame it's as pricey as the alcoholic variety. |
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Reply | Boy Kemper
at 16:42 20 Jun 2026
6ft 1 left back. Seems the kind of signing Millwall would.make and I like it! |
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Reply | Gallstones
at 21:32 8 Jun 2026
I had mine whipped out around 10 years ago. I'd been struggling with back pain for quite a while so went to see doctor and turned out it was caused by gallstones. Because I was younger and low risk, they sent me to a private hospital in Wimbledon to get it done. I guess the NHS wasn't in such a state back then. From detecting the stones to having the op was only a couple of months. Maybe a week off work for recovery but other than that no lasting side effects. |
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Reply | 30 years ago today.
at 21:25 8 Jun 2026
Possibly my favourite ever tournament. I was 15. I'd just discovered beer and alcopops. I was certain we'd beat the Germans. The innocence of youth! |
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Reply | Care home
at 21:36 1 Jun 2026
If memory serves me correctly, we asked for a needs assessment for my mum from her local authority and there was quite a significant wait time. Her deterioration was so rapid that we didn't have time to wait for it and had to take matters into our own hands. Because she has property, money inherited from my dad (they were separated but still on good terms) and a decent pension the local authority only offered to pay something like £200 a month towards her care costs of around £10,000 per month. She was 75 when she had to go and live in a care home (78 now) and should have had plenty of years left to enjoy her retirement.
As LBlock mentioned, if your father in law has any assets it would be worth seeking financial advice as well so any legacy can be protected as best as possible. |
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Reply | Care home
at 18:39 1 Jun 2026
My mum was living alone and it became increasingly difficult to keep her safe. She would not engage with the carer we arranged to help her in her home. She stopped eating and was incredibly vulnerable. Fortunately we made the decision to move her into a care home before something really bad happened but a lot of people only make the move once a real crisis hits. It's an incredibly hard decision to make but we really had no choice. Caring for someone with advancing dementia requires specialists in a specialist environment.
Mum is doing well, having been in her care home for 3 years now. We are lucky that her dementia has not left her in a state of agitation. She does not really know who we are any more but she is happy to be in our company and we try and get in and see her at least once a week.
It's the cruellest disease. I've come to accept it but occasionally you stop to think about it and you realise how horribly sad it all is.
Good luck to you, your wife and your father in law. I know you will do what is right for him. |
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Reply | Care home
at 12:38 1 Jun 2026
Try and visit as many local care homes as you can to get a feeling for the place. They will also be able to advise on the steps needed if going through local authority. My mum doesn't receive any support from LA and her care home costs an eye watering £2300 per week. This is partly due to additional costs for specialist dementia care. We have been able to sell her house in Balham to pay for it.
Fortunately, you're not based in London so should be significantly cheaper to find somewhere you're father in law would be happy in Suffolk |
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Reply | Holidays planned this year....
at 17:58 7 May 2026
I'm playing in a football tournament in Sicily in 3 weeks time. Looking forward to it but it might be a bit hot for football. |
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Reply | Walsh
at 16:19 2 May 2026
Watched the first half and just watched the highlights. Once again the criticism of him is way OTT. I would like to see us sign a new keeper but how about our defenders also start to defend properly or our attackers stop passing the ball to the opposition. What the hell was Edwards doing for the third goal? Clear the damn ball man.
Sign a new goalkeeper sure but he'll also concede loads if we let the opposition dominate possession every week and defend as a team so poorly. |
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Reply | **Ipswich Town V QPR Match Thread**
at 13:07 2 May 2026
I'd definitely have liked to see Smyth out there. Not sure you can ask Madsen to do a job in a two given he's only half fit. Do we know that Kolli is fit? If he is then he must be finished at the club and being sold this summer. Nardi last week was worse than Walsh. |
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Reply | **Ipswich Town V QPR Match Thread**
at 13:02 2 May 2026
Bennie as a lone striker is a shambles. Twice in last two minutes we've regained possession and he's just passed it straight back to them. |
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Reply | **Ipswich Town V QPR Match Thread**
at 11:50 2 May 2026
Out of interest, with Kone and Burrell and seemingly Kolli injured, what would your starting 11 be that would be much stronger than the one we're putting out? As for the bench, can't think of many fit players not on the bench other than Cook. Am I missing anyone? |
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Reply | Bennie
at 09:55 27 Apr 2026
He's not better than Kolli. Showed a few glimpses that he might have a career somewhere around our level. Kolli has shown that he is a natural finisher and will score a lot more goals than Bennie through his career. Ultimately it's good to have a few decent young prospects coming through. One or two might make the grade. Morgan probably at the front of that queue at the moment. He was excellent on Saturday. |
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Reply | Bennie
at 20:34 26 Apr 2026
I did see his goal at Hull. Great strike. Did you see him against Blackburn? He was awful in that game. Young player, inexperienced. He's going to blow hot and cold. That's fine. A loan to a lower league where he's going to play more is best for him at his current age. |
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Reply | Bennie
at 19:28 26 Apr 2026
Kolli is a year or two ahead of Bennie in terms of development. He's arguably the best finisher at the club. He scores goals. Bennie was good yesterday but he's been baggage in other games we've played. Not surprising given his age/experience. Best thing for him and the club would be if we can get him a loan to league 1 or 2 and he plays every week. This is assuming we've got him on a decent contract length. |
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Reply | Bennie
at 17:40 26 Apr 2026
Agree on it being the right choice. The Xg of the cut back for Vale would have been higher than him scoring from that angle against a keeper having the game of his life. That said, I'd back Kolli to score that 8 or 9 times out of 10. |
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Reply | Bennie
at 08:17 26 Apr 2026
Bennie's best game by some distance. He's been really poor in previous games so I'm pleased he's finishing the season well. I know he's younger than Adamson but just one point re young/inexperienced players. Adamson has even fewer games than Bennie. I'm not saying I see him as an option at right back for next season but the criticism from him has been a bit much IMO. He got done by an outrageous piece of skill yesterday. Credit to the derby player for that. He got forward more yesterday than on Tuesday and looked to play the ball forwards more. Couple of decent tackles too. At 23 it's probably best he looks for regular football at a level that suits him better |
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