Pete Watkins

@mrstrellispope I used to do that with the cricket. The radio guys were much more insightful than the tv ones.

@GerzonkWatkins Oh god, absolutely! I used to try watching the TV coverage, but with the radio commentary, however there was always a time difference between the two, maybe only a second or two but enough to be distracting.

Oh no - why is Agassi in the commentary box?! Please don’t inflict him on us again - this could be a 5-hour final, I just can’t. #Wimbledon26

@friendschurches Absolutely not. I’m glad to say. I was about 5/6yo I think so that would date it to 1967/8. I’m 100% sure there will be photos (slides) somewhere. If there was an interesting church somewhere, we went to look at it. I still do actually.

@GerzonkWatkins Oh that’s wonderful to hear. We assume that not much has changed since you visited as a kid!

For most of the medieval period there weren’t actually benches inside churches and a small detail at St Mary's, Tal-y-Llyn on Anglesey alludes to this fact. 1/9

@Mikehomeseller Happy Birthday!! 🥳🥳🥳

Happy Birthday to my beautiful wife Susan!

@Ziva_vibes3y 111144.

Move two sticks to make the largest number possible What's your final total..?🧠

@Mikehomeseller Project: Hail Mary. Proper SciFi escapism.

What is the last movie you actually saw in a Movie Theater? #mikesquestions

@FormerlyWill You’d best go check under any hedges your property has as well.

@JVMonte2 Focus.

What is your favourite band that is NOT from the United Kingdom?

@DrHelenFry Yup. Both my parents. Dad was RAF Bomber Command, mum was a WAAF. Plus my Uncle was RN who served on the Artic Convoy system.

Has anyone in your family served in WW2? And how did you find out?

@SoyRubik Groucho.

NECESITO un NOMBRE para este GATO 😺

@castlehunteruk Knaresborough? Looks familiar.

This week is from a picture from a very scenic town, can you name the castle??

@TheHayride Baseball: guy throws ball, different guy tries to hit ball with a stick and run 90’. Other guys try to catch or stop ball. Yep, that’s very sophisticated.

The reason soccer is "the world's most popular sport" is that it's the cheapest one. All you need is a ball. That burned out car over there is one goal and that dumpster over there is the other. You don't need any equipment. You don't even need shoes. Kids with no hands can play soccer. Most of the best players seem to be from Third World countries where they live in mudhuts and wear Atlanta Falcons Super Bowl Champions shirts every day. Stop talking to me about what a beautiful, sophisticated game it is. It isn't. Yes, there are plays. There are plays in every sport. But football, basketball and baseball are far, far more sophisticated and require greater skill and athleticism than soccer, and you people sound like idiots trying to claim otherwise.

@Collinoscopy1 @sadler_nathan @KVanValkenburg Then we agree, no?

@GerzonkWatkins @sadler_nathan @KVanValkenburg So you’re saying that if our kids played futbol instead of football we would be better at futbol? What a novel idea that is exactly what Americans say

This is a good read.

@sadler_nathan @KVanValkenburg Absolutely! I learned to play as a kid of 6 on our local park with a load of others. No cares about team size. You only really need 4. Shirt piles for goals. IMO then, they aren’t coaches. Coaches should get the kids together and explain where they can improve. Not just cut them.

Additionally the U.S. needs unorganized games in the neighborhood, park, and school yard. Get technical skills from a coach and explore style, challenging moves, and creative passes away from a coach when failing in front of said coach can negatively impact playing time. Free play, without coaches and refs, and cheap access.

@sadler_nathan @KVanValkenburg If the US wants to compete at soccer with “elite” nations it needs a fully organised free set up at youth level that can then give the kids a chance to play if they want. Even if it’s just for fun. Maybe this WC will inspire that.

@GerzonkWatkins @KVanValkenburg I agree completely with that. I played basketball in the driveway with the neighbors. I could find a free basketball game anywhere. There is no such thing as a free soccer game for kids in the U.S.

@sadler_nathan @KVanValkenburg I take your points, however it’s much more of a cultural imbalance. Kids around the world kick a ball around with their mates, American kids shoot hoops with theirs. Just my experience as a reasonably regular visit to the US.

Disagree with it. Not completely, but those saying the best NBA athletes would be elite soccer players is not the argument. If some make it, they are also wrong. A major factor that can’t be overlooked is how good the USA is at so many sports, including summer and winter Olympic sports that do translate better than basketball. I played on an extremely high level soccer team and it had no where near the athletes that the rest of the sports on campus had. Wasn’t even close. Speed, balance, coordination, etc… not a size comparison just an ability comparison. Yes, Messi is 5’7 and that supposedly voids the nba player argument; okay I’ll concede that…. but track athletes are overlooked in this argument. Tyson Gay, Tyreke Hill, Allen Iverson, and many others do have the physical tools to be world class at soccer (and none of their tools are size). It’s not that nba athletes need to be chosen as children to be soccer players it’s that the athletes that could be elite at soccer don’t play it ever in their life.

@liderfiscal Well, Hossam, I watched the match and YOUR decisions lost you the game. You tried to “park the bus” at 80 mins, giving Argentina the impetus they needed. Oh, and by the way, I wanted you to win. Deal with YOUR failures.

El entrenador de Egipto, Hossam Hassan, no pudo contenerse después del tiempo reglamentario: "Diré lo que pienso sin importar las consecuencias, este partido fue claramente amañado y todo el mundo lo vio" "Y quiero decir una cosa más, si tanto quieren que ellos [Argentina] ganen, ¿por qué llaman a todos a participar?"

@ex8qft @mm2710922 Absolutely. He had Argentina worried all game.

@mm2710922 بعد خروجه خلاص المنتخب المصري فقد شخصيته

🚨🚨 سؤال للجميع ما هو سبب هزيمة منتخب مصر اليوم ؟ -

@crumar92 At full speed I thought it was. The Slo-mo shows it differently. At that point Salah had overrun the ball. If those are going to be given then we will see so many penalties per game it’ll become a shoot out from the 1st minute.

🤔¿Consideran que era penal para Egipto previo al 3-2 de Argentina? Sin insultos ni vulgaridades, debata como persona civilizada.