Paul Cantley
@pecan39.bsky.social
London-based Glaswegian and retired digital experience consultant. Interested in people, fairness, and all things Hoopy.
Some really poor batting, especially from England in lower middle order and the question marks over Crawley will continue. However, if he gets going in subsequent tests, it should be more interesting.
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Some really poor batting, especially from England in lower middle order and the question marks over Crawley will continue. However, if he gets going in subsequent tests, it should be more interesting.
That was an absolute fuckin doin.
November 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
That was an absolute fuckin doin.
It wasn’t the match ticket that I was referring to. That’s only a % of the outgoings.
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It wasn’t the match ticket that I was referring to. That’s only a % of the outgoings.
I sat up until 3am. Woke up an hour ago and couldn’t believe that Australia were back in for their 2nd innings.
Feel sorry for the punters who have tickets for Day 3 and 4 and who forked out so much money and for many a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Feel sorry for the punters who have tickets for Day 3 and 4 and who forked out so much money and for many a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I sat up until 3am. Woke up an hour ago and couldn’t believe that Australia were back in for their 2nd innings.
Feel sorry for the punters who have tickets for Day 3 and 4 and who forked out so much money and for many a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Feel sorry for the punters who have tickets for Day 3 and 4 and who forked out so much money and for many a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
You can catch the morning session at least. Easiest way is to go into night shift mode but that’s effectively shutdown for 5 days. I hated night shifts when I did them during summer work experience - could never adjust my lifestyle.
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
You can catch the morning session at least. Easiest way is to go into night shift mode but that’s effectively shutdown for 5 days. I hated night shifts when I did them during summer work experience - could never adjust my lifestyle.
7h ahead is a bugger of a time difference, with a 02:00 start. Easier when the matches are on in Melbourne and Sydney. Carnage on the batting sides for both teams.
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
7h ahead is a bugger of a time difference, with a 02:00 start. Easier when the matches are on in Melbourne and Sydney. Carnage on the batting sides for both teams.
I suspect Rodgers has been lining up his next oppo and has been hoping to get sacked. Be interesting to see how quickly he gets back into work.
Absolute shitshow
Absolute shitshow
October 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I suspect Rodgers has been lining up his next oppo and has been hoping to get sacked. Be interesting to see how quickly he gets back into work.
Absolute shitshow
Absolute shitshow
Playing with half a team. The drop off is frightening and the manager isn’t doing himself any favours with his bizarre 1st team selections.
Root and branch change required at the club.
Root and branch change required at the club.
October 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Playing with half a team. The drop off is frightening and the manager isn’t doing himself any favours with his bizarre 1st team selections.
Root and branch change required at the club.
Root and branch change required at the club.
Everyone now agrees we are heading for a global financial crash. It's only a matter of when, and not if. And the sad thing is, if only we'd reformed our tax reliefs on pensions and ISAs we might have avoided this disaster that's now in the making. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
We could have avoided a crash
This came from an email from The Economist yesterday:
Today Gita Gopinath, a former chief economist of the IMF, sounds a warning. In a guest essay for The Economist she argues that America’s bull mark...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
She's equally as impressive from this side of the pond as well - I'm a UK citizen in London. Every time I hear @repstansbury.bsky.social being interviewed, she gives me hope that there are still folk out there holding power to account and doing their f*cking job.
October 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
She's equally as impressive from this side of the pond as well - I'm a UK citizen in London. Every time I hear @repstansbury.bsky.social being interviewed, she gives me hope that there are still folk out there holding power to account and doing their f*cking job.
Well done Paul. That was a shift and a half going through that governance FUBAR.
As one of the other replies said, pretty essential listening for fans wanting to know what really is going on in their parallel universe.
As one of the other replies said, pretty essential listening for fans wanting to know what really is going on in their parallel universe.
October 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Well done Paul. That was a shift and a half going through that governance FUBAR.
As one of the other replies said, pretty essential listening for fans wanting to know what really is going on in their parallel universe.
As one of the other replies said, pretty essential listening for fans wanting to know what really is going on in their parallel universe.
Next week it’ll be foraging in the Galloway forests.
September 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Next week it’ll be foraging in the Galloway forests.
Electric Light Conductor
September 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Electric Light Conductor
Of course it’s OTT; it’s a chaotic comedy!
Character development is superb - enjoy the rest of the journey.
Character development is superb - enjoy the rest of the journey.
September 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Of course it’s OTT; it’s a chaotic comedy!
Character development is superb - enjoy the rest of the journey.
Character development is superb - enjoy the rest of the journey.
It was filmed in and around my area of West London. I wasn’t sure if it was a bit parochial and wouldn’t be recognisable outside its own metropolitan bubble. How wrong I was!
September 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It was filmed in and around my area of West London. I wasn’t sure if it was a bit parochial and wouldn’t be recognisable outside its own metropolitan bubble. How wrong I was!
The tactics persistently challenging MSM outlets in interviews, such as Ed Davey and others have done with the BBC, are hopefully the shoots of recovery against the barrage of powder-puff interviews and coveting that this numpty has enjoyed for years. Labour should be all over this, at conference.
September 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The tactics persistently challenging MSM outlets in interviews, such as Ed Davey and others have done with the BBC, are hopefully the shoots of recovery against the barrage of powder-puff interviews and coveting that this numpty has enjoyed for years. Labour should be all over this, at conference.
I unfollowed all of Celtic’s official social media accounts. I can’t be doing with any of their “look a squirrel…” shite atm.
September 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I unfollowed all of Celtic’s official social media accounts. I can’t be doing with any of their “look a squirrel…” shite atm.
Hard to think who would take him given his current form and confidence levels. Looks like a player that’ll be out of the game in the a few year’s time.
August 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Hard to think who would take him given his current form and confidence levels. Looks like a player that’ll be out of the game in the a few year’s time.
I don’t expect any Celtic midfielder to come anywhere close to The Maestro but what I meant was at 22, he should be more influential than just being up for the fight. I want him to succeed and it’ll take a lot of character from him to turn around his Celtic career.
August 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I don’t expect any Celtic midfielder to come anywhere close to The Maestro but what I meant was at 22, he should be more influential than just being up for the fight. I want him to succeed and it’ll take a lot of character from him to turn around his Celtic career.
Even at throw ins. We’ve been so predictable and easy to defend/turnover for years.
August 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Even at throw ins. We’ve been so predictable and easy to defend/turnover for years.