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[shunwick]

Leyton Orient manager Justin Edinburgh has died at the age of 49 - five days after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Edinburgh, who guided Orient back into the English Football League in 2018-19, had been taken to hospital on Monday.

"We are completely heartbroken by this tragedy," Orient chairman Nigel Travis told the club's website.

Edinburgh, who won the FA Cup as a Spurs player, managed Northampton Town, Gillingham and Newport County before moving to Orient in November 2017.

"All our thoughts and love are with the Edinburgh family and we know from the messages that have flooded into the club over the last week that the wider football world will share our sentiments," added Travis.

"The success that Justin brought to Leyton Orient was incredible, but more importantly the impact he had on us all as a winner and a wonderful, inspirational human being will be his legacy and will stay with us forever.

All our thoughts are with Justin's wife Kerri and their children Charlie and Cydnie."

After turning professional at Southend, Edinburgh - a left-back - spent a decade playing for Tottenham, making 258 appearances and winning the FA Cup in 1991 and League Cup in 1999 before moving to Portsmouth.

He became player-manager of non-league Billericay Town in 2003 before spells at Fisher Athletic and Rushden and Diamonds.

His managerial breakthrough came at Newport County, whom he led to promotion to League Two in 2013 having guided them to the FA Trophy final a year earlier.

A 23-month spell at Gillingham from January 2015 followed, before nine months at Northampton in 2016-2017.

He was appointed Orient boss in November of 2017, and led the club to 45 wins in his 82 games in charge.

RIP Justin.

Best wishes,
Steve

[loki100]

well the new rules on awarding penalties are going to have some serious consequences. Maybe the best solution is to surgically remove the hands of defenders?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... tch-report

result was a perfectly fair reflection of the match but thats another warning as to how ridiculous this new interpretation is going to be

[Chickenboy]

Team USA versus Sweden on in 5 minutes. Go team USA!

[&o]

[Chickenboy]

Up 2-0 now. Go team USA! [&o]

[Chickenboy]

Well done women of team USA! [&o] On to a match against Spain next!

[Orm]

Well done indeed, USA. You won against a team that apparently wanted to draw the game by boring the opposition to sleep, while saving their best players against Canada.

Anyway. I do not understand football any longer. I do not doubt that the second goal was correctly allowed by the referee, but then why bother at all with the offside rule?

[Orm]

And now the tournament begins for Sweden. USA has one more round to go before it begins for real.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: loki100

well the new rules on awarding penalties are going to have some serious consequences. Maybe the best solution is to surgically remove the hands of defenders?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... tch-report

result was a perfectly fair reflection of the match but thats another warning as to how ridiculous this new interpretation is going to be

The rule is indeed a sad, sad joke. At least when compared to other types of fouls that gets ignored.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Orm
Well done indeed, USA. You won against a team that apparently wanted to draw the game by boring the opposition to sleep, while saving their best players against Canada.

That's OK, Orm. If an opponent wants to sleepwalk through a match while 'looking ahead' to another in front of it, I'm OK with that easy win. "Losing momentum" in tournaments like this is usually something that teams cannot just turn on and turn off on a whim. Teams that don't prepare for all their opponents-particularly the good ones-generally lose track of their standing and lose out altogether. It's not good coaching to be 'too clever by half'.

[Orm]

If it is good coaching, or not, is up for debate. And I wasn't claiming that the players Sweden started with didn't want to win. I am sure they did. However, the coach 'rested' many of the starting players (half?). And matches were both teams advance tends to become slower by default. Who wants to risk injury, or getting banned from the next match, when the team will advance regardless of the result. I why expend all your energy when you know you will play a more important match in just a few days.

USA rested their players earlier in earlier group matches. Or perhaps they call it rotating the players?

[Orm]

Football is a wonderful game, and the ball is round.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Orm

Football is a wonderful game, and the ball is round.

Technically, the ball isn't round, it's spheroid. [:'(]

Also, how about that TEAM USA! A beatdown of Team England in early July by team USA? It's been done before. [;)]

[Orm]

Well, the football is, technically, a sphere. But, by the very definition of a sphere, it is also round. Therefore I am technically right to say that a football is round. [:D]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Orm

Well, the football is, technically, a sphere. But, by the very definition of a sphere, it is also round. Therefore I am technically right to say that a football is round. [:D]

If you played the game with a hoop or a circle of two dimensions-then *that* is round. A 'ball', as you describe it is spheroid. It's only 'round' if you don't give it a third dimension. IMO, that would make a boring game-or at least one very different than 'football' is considered.

I'd just as soon not have Warspite1 ask me to play 'hoop' with him. [:'(]

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Orm

Well, the football is, technically, a sphere. But, by the very definition of a sphere, it is also round. Therefore I am technically right to say that a football is round. [:D]

If you played the game with a hoop or a circle of two dimensions-then *that* is round. A 'ball', as you describe it is spheroid. It's only 'round' if you don't give it a third dimension. IMO, that would make a boring game-or at least one very different than 'football' is considered.

I'd just as soon not have Warspite1 ask me to play 'hoop' with him. [:'(]

Two dimensional sports are for flat earthers.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Orm

Well, the football is, technically, a sphere. But, by the very definition of a sphere, it is also round. Therefore I am technically right to say that a football is round. [:D]

If you played the game with a hoop or a circle of two dimensions-then *that* is round. A 'ball', as you describe it is spheroid. It's only 'round' if you don't give it a third dimension. IMO, that would make a boring game-or at least one very different than 'football' is considered.

I'd just as soon not have Warspite1 ask me to play 'hoop' with him. [:'(]

So are you saying that a sphere isn't round? I thought that 'round' was in the very definition of a sphere. What is the sphere then? Rectangular?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Orm

Well, the football is, technically, a sphere. But, by the very definition of a sphere, it is also round. Therefore I am technically right to say that a football is round. [:D]

If you played the game with a hoop or a circle of two dimensions-then *that* is round. A 'ball', as you describe it is spheroid. It's only 'round' if you don't give it a third dimension. IMO, that would make a boring game-or at least one very different than 'football' is considered.

I'd just as soon not have Warspite1 ask me to play 'hoop' with him. [:'(]

So are you saying that a sphere isn't round? I thought that 'round' was in the very definition of a sphere. What is the sphere then? Rectangular?

A sphere is no more 'round' than a cube is square, my fine Swedish friend. If one elects to omit the observation / measurement of a dimension (e.g., look at it from the side and omit any perception of depth) then it appears 'round' or 'circular'.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy




If you played the game with a hoop or a circle of two dimensions-then *that* is round. A 'ball', as you describe it is spheroid. It's only 'round' if you don't give it a third dimension. IMO, that would make a boring game-or at least one very different than 'football' is considered.

I'd just as soon not have Warspite1 ask me to play 'hoop' with him. [:'(]

So are you saying that a sphere isn't round? I thought that 'round' was in the very definition of a sphere. What is the sphere then? Rectangular?

A sphere is no more 'round' than a cube is square, my fine Swedish friend. If one elects to omit the observation / measurement of a dimension (e.g., look at it from the side and omit any perception of depth) then it appears 'round' or 'circular'.

Some learned theories say our universe is just a projection of a higher dimensional multiverse. This is mainly because scientists are no good at Tetris.

[Zorch]

Meanwhile, at London Stadium, a game of Rounders was played. The Yankees defeated the Red Sox 17-13. Outs were declared, but no extra points were allowed.
(That oughta confuse them Limeys)

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

Meanwhile, at London Stadium, a game of Rounders was played. The Yankees defeated the Red Sox 17-13. Outs were declared, but no extra points were allowed.
(That oughta confuse them Limeys)

[&:]

Say what? Words seem to have lost their meaning to me. I do understand most of the individual words but their meaning in this sentence is beyond me.

And Limey? Is that some kind of exotic fruit?

[:(]