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Foundation for Jewish Camp Launches Affordability Program
December 10, 2014 by PJV Contributor Leave a Comment
— by Jason Edelstein
The Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) has launched a new, national program that matches eligible families with high-quality nonprofit Jewish summer camps at a more affordable price.
BunkConnect has launched nationally with 75 participating camps, representing various movements and denominations. The program is for first-time campers, basing eligibility on a family's adjusted gross income, number of dependent children, and place of legal residency.
After income-eligible families supply some basic, confidential information into the program's online system, the system matches them with available camp sessions at low introductory rates (between 40% and 60% off list prices). This initiative is modeled after the success of FJC's One Happy Camper program – a need-blind grant initiative for first-time campers.
For more information, or to determine eligibility, please visit BunkConnect's website.
Filed Under: Living Judaism Tagged With: BunkConnect, Camp, FJC, Scholarship
URJ's New Jewish Science and Technology Camp
November 22, 2012 by PJV Contributor Leave a Comment
The Union for Reform Judaism is proud to announce new directors for its two specialty camps. Eric Lightman will direct the new URJ 6 Points Science and Technology Academy and Alan Friedman will oversee the already highly successful URJ 6 Points Sports Academy.
Both camps aim to attract a new cohort of campers, who, were it not for the sports or science components of the programs, would probably not enroll in a Jewish camp. Funding for both URJ 6 Points Academies is made possible by the Foundation for Jewish Camps (FJC) Specialty Camps Incubator grants, jointly funded by The Jim Joseph and AVI CHAI Foundations.
"The URJ is thrilled to have both Alan Friedman and Eric Lightman as new members of our team," said Director of URJ Camping and Israel Programs Paul Reichenbach, "They are leading the effort to grow and establish specialized camping for young people who want camp experiences in sports or science and technology, that are filled with fun, friendship and skill acquisition, but that are also intentionally and joyfully Jewish. Alan and Eric join an exceptional group of URJ camp professionals who are creative and entrepreneurial leaders in their field."
Lightman to Head 6 Points Science and Technology Academy
Eric Lightman, a long-time camping professional with an impressive background in computer science, will become founding director of the URJ 6 Points Science and Technology Academy, to open near Boston in summer 2014. The camp will serve upwards of 600 campers entering grades 6-10 and will build on the growing interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to attract unaffiliated and currently unengaged Jewish families.
URJ 6 Points Science and Technology Academy will not only engage campers' curiosity about the world through hands-on scientific exploration; it will immerse them in a vibrant community filled with Jewish experiences and connections to Israel. Judaism will infuse all aspects of the camp experience through song sessions, blessings at meals, Shabbat celebrations, and the presence of Israeli staff. Campers will develop meaningful Jewish friendships and create shared Jewish memories.
Lightman is an experienced Jewish communal professional who was a long-time camper and staff member at Capital Camps in Maryland. He has a degree in computer science from the University of Maryland and worked as a software engineer for MicroStrategy, Inc., an international business intelligence firm. Lightman participated in Project Otzma, a 10-month volunteer and learning experience in Israel, and served as teen services director at the Weinstein JCC in Richmond, VA. He received the prestigious JCC Association Graduate Scholarship and the Taub Foundation Fellowship, which enabled him to pursue graduate studies at New York University in public administration and Hebrew and Judaic studies. Most recently, Lightman was the director of the 2012 JCC Maccabi Games in Rockland County, New York.
"I am incredibly excited to begin work on the new 6 Points Science and Technology Academy, which will require tackling not only the logistical challenges of running a summer camp, but also the task of crafting a program that melds Judaism and science into a single, cohesive experience," said Lightman. "I look forward to sharing these meaningful and impactful experiences with hundreds of Jewish teenagers each summer."
Friedman to Direct 6 Points Sports Academy
Alan Friedman, the former director of a leading sports camp and a thriving Jewish residential camp, will assume the helm at Six Points Sports Academy, a Reform Jewish sports camp in Greensboro, NC. At 6 Points Sports Academy, Jewish children entering grades 4 to 11, participate in top-level sports training alongside the beloved traditions of Reform Jewish camping.
Friedman was active at Camp Mah-Kee-Nac, a private boys' sports camp in Lenox, MA, since he was 12 years old – first as a camper and then as a CIT, group leader and finally director. In 2006 Alan took his passion for informal Jewish education and summer camping and became the executive director of Camp Mountain Chai, a Jewish residential summer camp and year-round retreat center in Southern California, where he grew the camp from 125 to 550 campers. Friedman was active in NFTY throughout high school and spent ten years working as senior youth group advisor at four Reform congregations in the northeast. He earned a degree in Communications and Business Management from Ithaca College and has had a successful advertising career.
"I am excited to join the 6 Points Sports Academy team," said Friedman. "I look forward to building on the huge success of the past three years as we continue to offer campers the unique opportunity to develop athletic skills while being part of a caring Jewish camp community. I will ensure that 6 Points Sports continues to be a special place where campers and staff can become the next generation of proud Jewish athletes."
URJ Camp and Israel Programs serve more than 11,000 young people each summer. Responding to demand, the overall URJ camping program has dramatically expanded in the past few years. For morinformation, visit their website.
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Giving Back, Going Green and Growing Bigger
August 26, 2011 by PJV Contributor Leave a Comment
— by Alicia Zimbalist
Foundation for Jewish Camp Presents Summer 2011 Trends
As summer 2011 winds down and record numbers of kids are coming home from Jewish camp, parents all over North America are wondering: What did my child do this summer at camp? The Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) is pleased to share that amidst the lip dubs and flash mobs, campfire sing-alongs and Maccabiah competitions, kids of all ages were participating in a variety of amazing and inspiring activities at nonprofit Jewish overnight camps this summer.
More than 70,000 children and 10,000 counselors experienced overnight Jewish summer camp this year. Over 10,000 of these campers did so with a need-blind incentive grant from FJC's One Happy Camper program (OHC). OHC works in partnership with over 67 organizations including Jewish federations, foundations, national camp movements, individual camps, the Jim Joseph Foundation (JWest), and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation's PJ Library program (PJ Goes to Camp) to provide $700-1500 to families for their first, and sometimes second, summer at one of over 150 nonprofit Jewish overnight camps.
FJC's Specialty Camps Incubator camps, funded by the Jim Joseph Foundation, completed their second summer and shattered their expected enrollment numbers for summer 2011 with an increase of 67%. The camps – 92Y Passport NYC, Eden Village Camp, URJ Six Points Sports Academy, Adamah Adventures, and Ramah Outdoor Adventure – offered 1,010 campers, hailing from 34 states and 10 countries, a new kind of Jewish camping.
The Jewish camp community continues to increase opportunities for children with special needs. As many camps and camp movements already have well-established programs for children with emotional and developmental disabilities, many camps are creating new, more specialized programs going forward. B'nai B'rith Camp in Oregon introduced Kehilah this summer, catering to children with physical and cognitive disorders and the Union for Reform Judaism recently announced a new initiative for special needs programs in their camps and Israel programs with Chazak, a program for children with communication and social delays at Eisner and Crane Lake Camps. Dietary needs have also become a priority at Jewish camp. New Jersey Y Camps partnered with the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University Medical Center to create the first of its kind a completely kosher, gluten free kitchen.
Greening has been a developing trend in Jewish camping with new innovations introduced each summer. Many camps grow their own organic gardens and use a hands-on approach to teach campers about the environment, integrating Jewish values and lessons. This summer, four camps participated in a gardening project by Amir which designed programs to guide in the creation and cultivation of gardens with Jewish educational components. At Camp Tel Yehudah, Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake, Camp Ramah in California, and Camp Ramah in Canada, Amir representatives helped campers plan, nurture, and harvest new gardens. The campers also decided how much of their crop they would donate to those in need and helped deliver their crops to local charitable organizations. nurture Jewish camps are also beginning to take huge steps to lessen their carbon footprint now that basic changes – like changing light bulbs and forgoing disposables – have been made. Shwayder Camp overhauled their waste water system to an eco-friendly cleaning system. URJ Greene Family Camp is currently creating an Eco-Village, expected be ready for campers in 2012. Camp JRF is also working on an Eco-Village which campers participated in the design of this summer and will help with the construction of next summer.
Caring for community and "repairing the world" — tikkun olam — is a key programmatic element of Jewish camp. Throughout the summer, campers across embark on a variety of philanthropic endeavors on a national and local level. Four camps piloted a new philanthropy program this summer with help from the Jewish Teen Funders Network (JTFN). Aimed to provide campers with opportunities to engage in collective philanthropic giving with their peers while guided by Jewish values, camps created programs in which teen campers decided together how and where to donate money provided by JTFN. Habonim Dror Camp Galil, JCC Maccabi Camp Kingswood, URJ Camp George, and URJ Green Family Camp participated this summer, building on the successful teen philanthropy programs already in place at several of the Ramah camps. JTFN, in collaboration with FJC, is hoping to expand the initiative next year.
Another way camps modeled tikkun olam as well as pikuach nefesh (saving a life) for campers this summer was through Bone Marrow Donor Drives with the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation. 24 camps held drives for counselors and parents (when held on opening/visiting/closing days) to get cheek swabs which entered them into the worldwide registry for patients in need. Almost 850 new donors were added to the registry from Jewish overnight camps alone between June and August 2011.
"We are so proud of all Jewish camps for what they are doing to create the next generation of strong, committed, compassionate Jews as well as maintaining a healthy planet for them to live on," says Jeremy J. Fingerman, CEO, FJC. "This summer, my staff and I collectively visited over 80 camps. At every turn, we were overwhelmed with pride at the innovations taking place throughout the Jewish camp community."
The Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) is the only public organization dedicated solely to nonprofit Jewish overnight camps. FJC employs a variety of strategies toward a single goal: to increase the number of children in Jewish summer camps. To this end, the Foundation creates inspiring camp leaders, expands access to and intensifies demand for camp, and develops programs to strengthen camps across the Jewish spectrum in North America. Through strategic partnerships on local and national levels, FJC raises the profile of Jewish camp and serves as a central resource for parents and organizations alike. FJC works with more than 150 camps, 70,000 campers, and 10,000 counselors across North America each summer to further its mission.
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Long Island Massacre Suspended Last Year After Strike by Animal Liberation Front
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Activists Target Mayor of Lloyd Harbor After Deer Killing Resumes
Lloyd Harbor, NY- The mayor of Lloyd Harbor, NY has again come under attack by animal liberation activists for his support of the annual deer slaughter there. Last year, the New York State Parks Department suspended the Long Island deer massacre days after the town's mayor, Leland M Hairr of 6 Beech Hilll Rd., Huntington, NY was targeted by the Animal Liberation Front. The so-called hunt allowes hunters to shoot the deer point blank with shotguns, in a misguided attempt to limit the deer population at Caumsett State Park.
Also last year, the nearby Diocese of Rockville Centre suspended the practice at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, when a new rector at the seminary decided to assess the situation after protests from animal rights advocates. Forty-six deer were to be killed on the properties – a move animal rights activists didn't like. "There's no need to take a life," said Dennis Glassberg, a Dix Hills resident and member of Save Our Animal Friends, a Suffolk County-based animal rights group. "These animals were put on earth to live their life and they have a right to live their lives."
This year, according to an anonymous communique received by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, unnamed activists painted "LELAND HAIRR IS A MURDERER." on the office building of EEA Inc. (http://www.eeaconsultants.com/biography/) where Lloyd Harbor Mayor Leland M. Hairr works. The painted message also stated activists would return unless Hairr put a stop to the deer kill.


After doing four films with Varun Dhawan, would you say that you have reached a point where you exactly know how he will react to a scene, how he will take a cue and how much emotion he will pack into a scene?
I know every instinct of his; I know when he is being his complete honest self and I also know when he is lost during a take. Before he says 'cut' (sometimes he calls for a cut, if he is distracted by something), I know that he is going to say it. I know him too well, I guess, and it is vice-versa. I also feel that it makes our association much stronger. When we are doing a love story like Kalank, in which the love has to be powerful and at the same time organic, you have to play off the actor. The power will come with the passion that we both feel for the part and for each other. The beautiful thing about us is that, if I am passionate about my performance, I feel the same way about his. Honestly, I feel grateful that I found this association with Varun, because in an industry like ours, the pairing of screen couples goes a long way in the audience's hearts and memories. It feels like Varun and I have grown up together (in our careers). We did 'Student Of The Year' (2012) and we took a break from working with each other, then we did 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania' (2014) and took a break. Whenever we come back together, we are a little wiser, with more experience, and probably with some more hits to our credit. But that doesn't change our vibe.
Talking about another meaningful relationship in your life, and probably the most special one right now, you are dating Ranbir Kapoor. It is something that he had admitted to a while ago. However, you took your time to talk about it openly. And when you did, it was a moment to behold and for all to see. What kind of change has this being-in-love state of mind brought about in you?
Love always makes you a better person. It has definitely brought about a positive evolution within me. I am beginning to sense and feel different things, and things that I have not felt before. The attitude that I have towards my life is different now. My relationship has brought about a beautiful feeling of wonder within me that feels so precious. I feel like I'm walking around, holding on to it closely and carefully. May be, that's why I am not so vocal about it, because I don't want it to become a show.
So, when you went up on stage and expressed your love for Ranbir at an awards event, was it a moment that you had played out in your head?
What I said was not rehearsed; it came from the heart. Since a few days before that, I was feeling a lot of gratitude. 'RRR' (SS Rajamouli's Telugu film), and 'Inshallah' (Sanjay Leela Bhansali's next with Salman Khan) were just announced. I had won this award (Filmfare Award for Best Actress for 'Raazi'), so I was feeling very blessed. I believe that in a moment of gratitude, it is important to thank everybody, who has contributed to your life. The energy that I have today... Ranbir is a very big part of it. So, I thought that it was only right for me to thank him.
Two brilliant actors in a relationship — does that mean there is a lot of talk about movies, acting, this process, that prep and all that comes with the territory?
Of course, he is way more informed about all kinds of cinema. I have always been a Bollywood buff, and I mostly watch Bollywood films, which I am happy about. Ranbir has watched far more Hindi films than I have and all other kinds of cinema, too. He is way more in tune with cinema, so I am constantly trying to absorb all that from him. On set, our shooting process is very similar. We both are switch-on and switch-off actors. I was always looking forward to this moment, where I would get to work with Ranbir and see the actor that he is. I have always looked up to him as an actor; he is fabulous on screen. What I realised a few weeks into the shooting of 'Brahmastra' is that, he doesn't have a process, and if he does, you don't see it. I have actually heard people say that about me as well. With Ranbir, I keep wondering…where is his process, what is it, is it hiding behind a chair? When he is in front of the camera, he is in the moment, and that's the beauty of it.
You shot for 'Kalank' and 'Brahmastra' in the same year. Needless to say, these are drastically different films, set in a different space and time. As an actor, how does it work out when you are mentally tossing from one part to the other, especially for someone like you, who delves so deep into each character?
I will admit that last year wasn't easy for me. There were a lot of moments when I questioned myself…. Am I doing my job well, can I give it my 100 per cent? It was also my eagerness to take on these films that helped me through it. It was nerve-racking, but that's where the director comes into play. It was my director's prerogative to bring me back in to focus, in case I was doing some other kind of acting. Abhishek Varman likes a certain kind of acting, Ayan Mukerji ('Brahmastra') likes another kind of acting, and they are both poles apart. There was a time when I was shooting for 'Kalank' (a period drama) during the day and for 'Brahmastra' (a fantasy film) at night, and even now, when I was dubbing for a scene for 'Kalank', I saw some flashes and I told Abhishek, 'I am doing a terrible job, please save me because I am not my best today'. Also, luckily, I found my characters soon enough, so on the set, I just had to keep reminding myself of that.
Safeena was an impulsive character. In that sense, I am impulsive, too. Not in my actions, but in my thoughts. My thoughts race way ahead than they should, so I have to gradually bring them back. Earlier, I would behave more impulsively, but now I have calmed down. I am more centered. I needed to do that. A lot of Safeena's 'I don't give a damn attitude' comes from how I want to be in life. I don't really think I can be that way, but yes, it comes from a space where I want to be (laughs!).
Everyone who works with you says that you don't come across as a 26-year-old and that you are way ahead of your age. Does that maturity help when it comes to going deep into the psyche of the various characters you play?
My experiences have made me realise that the anxiousness that I had (not always in a negative way, but even in an excited way) would drive me crazy. So, I needed to bring myself to a middle-ground, where I don't feel every feeling that I am going through. You know what I mean? At times, you have to eliminate some feelings and thoughts going through your head, and this is something that I have learnt in the past year. I won't say that I have mastered it, but it is a process. Speaking of being ahead of my years, to understand the characters you play and empathise with them, your emotional quotient (EQ) has to be supremely high. I believe that I have very high EQ and I credit all of that to my parents (Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan) and sister (Shaheen). The way we have been brought up, we are a very vocal family. We don't bottle up things inside us; instead, we say things that one wouldn't usually say. Even when I was younger, and I would cry for no real reason, or if something would upset me, my mom would no matter what age I was, never stop me from crying. She would tell me that it is okay to cry, and it is good to cry. That is also the reason why I have been able to explore the emotional space inside me so much.
I would think that actors need to have a high EQ, right? How else will one tap into the range of complex emotions to play so many parts?
Yes, they need to. Actors have unusual life experiences. You play different characters, you are saying so many lines and you have to mean them. That's why it is often said that an actor gets too close to the character. You can't help but feel a certain way in certain situations. You get close to people working together on a film, and then, you don't see them for really long. This is also why sometimes actors prefer being quiet, instead of spending too much time with too many people, because later, you have to balance it within yourself. Sometimes, when you are not feeling up and about, you still have to show that it is all good. That's what I mean when I say that actors tend to lead very unusual lives, hence, they generally have a very high regard for emotions and real moments. This is something that I have noticed with all the actors I have worked with. Whenever there is an honest, real moment in life, the way they respond and hold on to it is amazing.
At 26, you are successful, you have a slate of films ahead that any actress would vie for and you are unquestionably growing from strength to strength. But you have also set the benchmark very high for yourself, does that stress you out? Does that give you reason to fear, or let anxiety lurk around you?
There is fear that I might change as a person, so I am constantly keeping a check on that. I don't want to ever become overconfident or affected by success. That is something that my father and Karan (Johar) keep telling me… 'Just stay grounded'. Every time my film does well, or I do well according to the people in my life, they praise me for two minutes, but for five minutes, they remind me that I have to stay grounded. So, my fear is that all this might change me as a person, but I don't think that I will ever get there because I won't allow it. Talking about anxiety, it is something that could happen to you even while everything in your life is going just right. That is what I discovered in the last year, that I was having these bouts of anxiety and I kept telling myself that I was imagining it. Then, I spoke to some of my friends and they told me that it is no imagination, if I am feeling it, it is for real. It is amazing to learn how you can accept happiness with so much warmth, but in the same way, you can't accept your anxieties. I decided that every time I feel low, instead of trying to decode it and feel better, I will go through it. I did that. The reason was also that I was working round the clock and I didn't have a moment to myself. Every day was feeling the same, I would wake up and it felt like I never went to sleep. While I was enjoying it, somewhere it was taking a toll on me. In retrospect, I was happy that I went through that experience because it has toughened me and it made me ready to take on bigger challenges.


The tour will continue on foot through the Capitol, a unique treasure of history and art, and then the Roman Forum, the most enchanting and important archeological area in the world: the view of it from the Capitol Hill or the Titus Arch will leave you breathless! We will then arrive in front of the Constantine Arch and of the Coliseum, majestic symbol of the Eternal City (stop).
Proceed by bus, passing by the Piramide Cestia, to St. Paul's-outside-the-walls (visit) built where the Apostle of the People is buried. Return to hotels or nearest point.


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Seasons2018-19Everton News
Richarlison encouraging Neres to join him at Everton
Lyndon Lloyd	Sunday, 16 June, 2019 74comments | Jump to last
Richarlison says that he hopes his Brazilian international team-mate ends up with him at Everton this summer and admits he has raised the prospect with the forward.
The pair are on Copa America duty in their home country this month and Richarlison was asked for his thoughts on the speculation linking Neres with a move from Ajax to Everton.
"I've spoken to him about it already," the Blues' winger said. "I told him the doors are open for him there, and that he could help us a lot.
"I hope he comes. He'd be very welcome there. I've known him since we played together for Brazil's U20 side, and he's a guy I get along with really well. Hopefully I'll see him there."
Neres himself was asked by the Liverpool Echo if he had anything to say about the transfer talk regarding Everton but he refused to be drawn on the matter.
"I try to stay focused on what's happening on the pitch, and on the competition I'm playing in. I leave those things to my agents to deal with.
"Of course the Premier League interests me. It's the best league in the world, and I've always wanted to play there. But I leave all that in God's hands."
Alan J Thompson
It looks like we are doing to Brazil what England has been known to do to some of our players.
Liam Reilly
Really refreshing and positive to hear Richarlison talking so highly of the club as opposed to the garbage we are used to hearing from our players as soon as they are on international duty.
Martin Berry
His fee (if you believe it) will mean this will not be happening for many interested clubs.
Perhaps there are more suitable viable options?
Is history repeating itself here? Well sort of, I remember when we had a player called Mirallas, who was quite decent then... (oops we still do) being on International duty and persuading a guy called Romelu Lukaku to join us?
Well, that turned out to be okay in goal-scoring terms and profit too when he was sold on.
I keep hearing conflicting reports about this lad, from being the next Neymar (no thanks) or being a superstar of the future, to will he be able to cope in the Premier League?
I've also heard the argument that, for what he will cost, we could get better, the likes of Everton Soares. Ah, but there's a difference in my opinion, this lad has a mate at Everton, has expressed (loosely) interest in coming, and has seemingly limitless potential.
I trust in Brands to do the very best for us and, in my opinion again, has not let us down on any transfer business yet. I know many will say Mina, but apart from his injuries, and hence limited game time, he has only had one bad game for us. Like I mentioned on another thread a player who played for 90 minutes (Argentina v Columbia) and kept both Messi and Aguerro quiet all night can't be that bad!
Ajax apparently turned down £50m from China for Neres. I hope we would not pay near that amount for him. He looks an exciting young player but he's not on the De Ligt, De Jong level and he's never been tested outside Holland. Richarlison was something of a punt at £40m but Silva knew him very well and he has a bigger stature and was tried and tested in the Premier League.
Justin Kluivert cost £18m from Ajax last season after having a similar season to the one Neres has just had (except Champions League performances). I hope Brands would not want to pay much more than £30-35m for him and I'm not sure that would appease Ajax.
In Silva we trust, I say!!!
I'm all for tapping into the Brazilian market, the more the merrier for me.
Neres is young, fast, tricky and a Brazilian international, what's not to like.
Rob Halligan
Rumours that Ajax want £80M for Neres. Time to look elsewhere I think, as no way we will pay that kind of money for him.
We won't pay £80m and neither will anyone else. Ajax will sell, they always do, and if he's within our reach, and Silva wants to pay it, then for me he deserves the benefit of the doubt – he absolutely smashed it with his other Brazilians.
Brian Keating
Sam Hoare: never tested outside the Netherlands?
He's excelled in the Champions League and is playing in the Copa America for Brazil.
I don't see this guy as a gamble at all. The Dutch league is a traditional jumping-off point for Brazilians. The great Ronaldo started at PSV Eindhoven.
Biggest issue now with transfer fees are that they will all be inflated due to the past few seasons' madness.
£80m is not a fee that is baulked at any longer, it's becoming the norm, unfortunately.
Good point Rob, it does seem a lot, but as Tony @10 says these ridiculous amounts of money are all too commonplace in Premier League football these days.
The other point being is there enough in the war-chest (assuming we offload a few more) to spend that much on one player, with other areas to address?
The lad called "Everton" would seem a better signing to me,just the novelty factor alone!
But he knows where the goal is, still young, international, he'd be playing with other Brazilian's around him & the RS would never dream of signing him.
A total no-brainer for me, folks.
[BRZ]
Is this a case of think of a number, double it and start a footy rumour?
As I've already said on another thread, I'd rather go for the lad who subbed in for Neres against Bolivia on Friday and did more in 10 minutes (including scoring the best goal of the game) than Neres did in 80 minutes. Everton (Sousa Soares) for Everton!
Possibly the best player in the Brazilian league right now.
Allegedly available for a contract release fee of 50 million EUROS (45 million squids).
See what he can do here. Compare his pace and finishing to that of Bernard's and ask yourself if wee Bernard will ever give us the same. Then imagine an Everton team with him on one flank and Richarlison on the other. I'd rather see him as a big summer signing, rather than Neres.
Ajax's run in the Champions League, and the fact that they have already lost De Jong, and will likely lose De Ligt, mean that Ajax will only accept an irrefuseable offer.
The other two sales mean they are comfortable financially, and there will be the added pressure of not having the team demoralisingly broken up after such an exciting season. So that means the likes of Neres will cost more than they 'should'.
For this reason alone, we should look elsewhere, as Jay is advocating, Everton Soares ('Cebolinha' as he is known or 'Jimmy 5' in English – a character from the popular 'Monica's Gang' comic strip here in Brazil) is an exciting talent.
Malcom is another Brazilian talent who, despite moving to Barcelona too soon, could well flourish in a new environment.
After the experience with Klaassen, we need to be careful about overpaying for players.
Unfortunately, Everton seems to have set his heart on Man Utd.
Let's hope Marcel can weave his magic somewhere.
Fran, I wondered what you meant the other day when you called Everton Sousa Soares 'Jimmy 5'!
I didn't know the famous Brazilian cartoon character 'Cebolinha' went under the name 'Jimmy 5' in English editions – 'Jimmy 5' for his five strands of hair that look like a sprouting onion, thus his name 'Cebolinha' – 'little onion'.
As you also wrote the other day, the consensus in my social group in Brazil is similar to yours: Brazil is better off without Neymar for the Copa America and with 'Jimmy 5' instead.
This link shows a hybrid cartoon of the footballer and the cartoon character, right down to the footballer being depicted in a Gremio jersey, carrying the blue stuffed rabbit the cartoon character always carries with him.
I wish Richarlison was in his ear, rather than Neres'. Everton's, that is. Not the rabbit.
Meant to add also Fran, Malcom is another option I like. I was hopeful last season when there were tenuous links to him before ending up at Barcelona where he hasn't had the opportunities to shine. Could be surplus to requirements and available. Brands certainly seems to have a good relationship with Barca.
Jay and Fran, I'd definitely be tempted to take Malcom before Neres, his long range shooting would really add something and we could use a player along with Siggy (and maybe Digne) capable of scoring from range.
I guess Barca would only want to loan him though. Or at best sell him with one of their low buy-back clauses.
Brian @9, obviously Neres did well in the Champions League last season (as my post states!) and has done okay in his handful of caps for Brazil but the vast majority of his time has been playing for Ajax in the Dutch league.
I'd happily have him as he looks a talent. But the price is an issue. Definitely a risk over-paying for someone on the basis of one decent Champions League campaign (he scored 2 goals and got 2 assists in the Champions League which is less than Vlasic, by the way).
To be fair, Sam, Neres barely played any first-team football in Brazil with his boyhood club São Paulo before Ajax took a punt on him aged just 19, about 3 years ago, so most of his 'education' of first-team football has been almost exclusively with Ajax.
Even now, he hasn't yet played 100 first class games. He's good, but he is nowhere near £80 million good, even in this inflated market.
I know people crave for and hope that Brands and Silva can unearth some unknown gems. But such is the thoroughness and scope of nearly all top-level professional clubs these days, no one we sign – whatever age – will be 'unknown' to other clubs.
They all maintain huge global databases of literally thousands of players across all age groups and constantly monitor their progress.
It's almost 'quaint' to hear people humph on here when an alleged Everton target gets 'snatched from under noses' because, whilst we dallied, we alerted the likes of Spurs and West Ham to the player, who were quicker to get the deal done. ALL clubs will 'know' ALL our targets, as we will be equally aware of theirs.
Kevin Molloy
I don't see how all clubs will know our targets. they may know the player, and know our club, but they can't know we'd be interested in them.
There are no secrets in this world, Kevin. Word gets out, whether it be from the club, the media, the player's agent or somebody's buddy who knows somebody else. You just never hear of clubs "poaching" anymore... everybody knows everybody else's business.
Sam, I'm with you on Malcom. Extravagant talent, lightning quick and can shoot from anywhere. But Valverde ignored him for a reason, and not just because the club stole him from Roma without asking him -- Malcom is a defensive disaster. Makes no effort at all going back. He'd have a great deal to learn before he could be effective in the Premier League.
Neres has done well in the Dutch league. But I'd be looking at how he's affected the really big games for his club. And I'm not sure he did that much in the massive games for them this season, outside of goals vs Juventus and Real Madrid. Particularly in the ties vs Spurs in the semi-final of the Champions League he was largely anonymous. And that is worrying for me. The best players affect the big games and he hasn't done this at all for me.
He certainly has talent and, at a price of £35-£40M, I would be pleased with the signing. I don't think he has proven worth above this yet.
If we are talking £60m and above, I'd rather we looked at different players who I think would be ready to join and make a big difference to our team. Lozano would fit the bill here. Or a double swoop for Berardi and Belotti.
Kevin, I meant exactly what you say: that all players that ANYONE signs will be 'known' by all other clubs. There will be no 'unknown gems' unearthed by any club this, or any, transfer window.
NOT that other clubs will 'know' EXACTLY who we are trying to purchase 'cos they got a glimpse of our shopping list scribbled on the back of an envelope.
But even that does become known once we start negotiating with agents and the selling club. It's not in the player's agent or his selling club's interests to sell in secret to the first club that makes an offer.
All parties on t'other side benefit from having a bidding war for the player. So if any club bids for any player, word will quickly get out to flush out other potential interested parties.
To believe otherwise would be naive.
Bill Gienapp
I'd be extremely excited to land Neres, but if Ajax genuinely expects to get £80M, or even £50M, I say look elsewhere.
Jay and Fran, would either of you know why Sousa Soares has the first name Everton? Is it a common name in Brazil, or is there something deeper, like his old fella is a distant bluenose, who always dreamt his son would one day play for Everton?
Or, they've recently had a 'falling out' and to spite his old fella, he has expressed a desire to join Man Utd? Well, it could have been a lot worse – wanting to be a RS!
Derek #26,
There's been a lengthy discussion on this subject before. I dint think we got a definitive answer. Seems to be a popular name in Brazil and the West Indies.
Derek, It is a very common name here in Brazil – Everton, Ewerton and possibly other spellings (due to poor literacy levels, there are a wide range if spellings of common names here).
I found this on Google: Significa "o que vem da cidade dos javalis"; "corajoso", "bravo" ou "resistente". Everton tem origem no inglês arcaico Eofor tun e era um sobrenome.
Translation: "Meaning "what came from the city of the boar", "couragous", "brave", or "resistance". Everton comes from 'Eofor tun' in Archaic English and was a surname.
Probably a result of colonialism.
Until Richarilson arrived at Everton, no-one here knew who we were. It's quite amazing how now, the same people who just a year back said 'Everton quem? Nunca ouvi falar' when I said who I supported, now say "Ah Everton, time bom, gosto deles". (From "Everton who, never heard of them" to "Oh Everton, Good team, I like them.")
Rob Rothwell
Was "commin" a freudian slip, Fran?
Thanks, Fran, that explains a lot, but also dashes my hopes that he had some Everton connection in his family. Turns out they've never even heard of us, but Richarlison has put us on the Football Map. Good on you, Richie lad!
You never know, Fran, he might be more of an asset than we ever imagined.
Crist�bal Apara
Not sure about this one. I mean, of course, Neres is a great player, but we already have Lookman, Bernard and Walcott to play in his position. So I would spend that money on a striker or in a striker and central defense combined. Now our priorities should be the right full back, the central defense, and the striker. I would go for Mitrovic or Zapata, Zouma or Rugani, and Meunier or Wa- Bissaka.
Dan Sanderson
While signing players from the land of Pelé is obviously a really attractive idea, the actual highlights of him as a player don't look particularly amazing. No better than the highlights looked of Klaassen the last time we bought Ajax's spare player which then allowed them to keep the rest of their squad together and paving the way to the Champions League semis. There are much better players in the Ajax team to try to buy than this one; I hope the club would be cautious.
Wow, some underwhelmed people on here. This lad is going to be world class. He's unbelievable. If we pull this off, it could leave us with one of the best four attacks in the Premier League. This would be our biggest signing since Lineker. When was the last time we beat top four clubs to a player who starred in the Champions League.
I'm just trying not to get too hopeful as these players have a habit of looking like we can sign them and ending up elsewhere. I'm spending all day everyday hitting refresh on news about this lad. I can't remember the last time I was so excited about a potential signing.
Fingers and toes crossed here.
Edit: since Kanchelskis. He's a Kanchelskis-level signing and that's the last time I was this excited about an incoming player.
Steve @ 33, 'The Boys from Brazil' (yeah, still alive and kicking), and they see more than we do over here, reckon Everton Sousa Soares poses a more potent threat. Oh, what the heck, let's get them both in with Malcom too.
We can tell Moshiri it's a good investment for the Club and it's future.
Moshiri, scratching his head, saying something like, "I'm sure some Dutch prick said the same thing to me some time ago. Now let me see, can we afford it?"
[Picking up the telephone:] "Alisher, I have an offer you can't refuse." :-)
Steve @ 33. 'Overwhelmingly' (rather than 'underwhelmed') posters on this thread acknowledge Neres is a very fine player.
The question many pose is if he is worth the rumoured £80 million.
Now £80 million may well be a tabloid-inflated price, but if it isn't, my opinion is that he most definitely is not worth that figure at this stage of his fledgeling career.
There is better value on proven quality out there, rather than the still – as yet – promising potential of Neres.
Fran, on the subject of Everton as a name, I think back to the 90s. In the 90s, there was no-one called Chelsea (or variations of the same) in the UK. But over the years, particularly as we saw more American TV, Chelsea became a popular girl's name. Now those girls aren't all the daughters of fans of Chelsea FC, far from it. The name certainly comes from the place and so is connected to the club.
Think back to pre-Premier League Chelsea FC. They were a despicable club. No real history, no real success, famous only for their hooligans. But over the years they have become a glamour club, fitting in with the glamorous place they are named after. So what impact has the name gaining popularity had in that respect?
In terms of Everton, there's only one place called Everton. The name is a reference to the place, whether people know it or not. There's a sizeable contingent in the Caribbean, descendants of freed slaves who took the name.
Everton also toured South America and left their mark in Chile, Argentina and of course Brazil. Without Everton FC, Everton Soares would have a different name. whether he knows it or not, he's named after the place in Liverpool that the club is named after.
So, with the rise of popularity of Everton as a name, a bit of wealth in the club, some glamorous players and a more glamorous style of football? Could we be set for a change in perception of the club in the same way as Chelsea experienced? (Albeit we'd be returning to our glamorous past rather than a complete reinvention like Chelsea?).
This is just one of many things I was thinking about during my recent cycling holiday where I spent 6 hours a day on the bike!
Jay, I doubt anyone is spending €80m (it's euros not pounds) on him. The figure I keep seeing is £30m (GPB). As for baulking at the price, we need one world class player and everything could change. Paying over the odds for this lad might be our "Robinho moment". Even if like Robinho the lad is largely a flop. Flop or not, Robinho is the player that changed everything for Man City and was the statement signing that allowed them to gain a higher profile and opened the doors for better quality signings that came off.
Neres, a Champions League Semi-Finalist, would be one hell of a statement. There are so many rumours that he's about to sign right now, it's difficult not to get carried away. Everton Soares has been mostly linked with Man Utd and that's not a fight we could win. Beating Arsenal to Neres is one I think we could win.
Tony Abrahams
I've heard it said that this is the way Moshiri wants to go Steve, and would sooner buy three top players on big wages, rather than get in a load of squad players.
In saying that, I hear a lot of things! And I'd sooner you tell us how your bike ride went, because that's one hell of an achievement you have just completed, mate, if indeed you went the whole distance, which must have been torture at times?
Steve #36.. 'I remember you well at the Chelsea Hotel...'
Steve, I genuinely take a back seat during transfer windows and pay little or no attention to rumours.
As I said earlier in this thread, the transfer fee attributed to Neres – be it in Euros or pounds (not a great disparity, these days...) – appears to be a case of think of a number, double it, and start a football rumour.
I don't follow your (IMO) flawed logic in seemingly viewing Neres as a 'world-class player' that could 'change everything' about, presumably, how Everton is perceived in the football world.
For one, Neres would not be a marquee signing of an established world-class player. He still represents raw, largely unproven, potential.
It's also flawed that you describe it as our possible 'Robinho moment', effectively bracketing us with Man City.
As you yourself acknowledge, Robinho was a flop. If anything, it made Man City the laughing stock of the football world at the time: noveau riche wannabes, an easy touch to be had when they came in for your players.
We are not in Man City's league to do what they did: able to throw as much money as they liked, on as many players as they desired, which would inevitably, eventually, pay dividends for them. We still have to be very careful with our money, all the more so given the Koeman - Walsh signings we are still encumbered with.
Neres, you say, is a Champions League semi-finalist and so would be 'one hell of a statement'. Sorry, but that's a pretty hollow statement. It could be said David Klaassen went one step further and contested a European final. That didn't end well for Everton.
If you think playing as a losing semi-finalist in the Champions League (in which Neres really didn't make much of an impression) is worthy of mention, how about Everton Soares at a younger age than Neres playing in the final of the South American equivalent of the Champions League – the Libertadores – and winning the trophy with Gremio in 2017?
Or going on to contest the subsequent World Club Championship in which Everton Soares scored the winning goal in the semi-final to guarantee Gremio's place in the final against Real Madrid, in which Soares also featured in losing narrowly 1-0?
Finally, I don't get your final contradictory statement, all the more so that we are talking about mere rumours. How does it work that beating Man Utd to the signing of Everton Soares is 'a fight we could not win', but beating Arsenal to Neres is?
Steve @33,
Did Neres really star in the Champions League though? Ajax did very well admittedly but he was not one of the top 5 or 6 players in that team by my reckoning. He ended that tournament with 2 goals and 2 assists in 10 games. Less than Nikola Vlasic.
Taking a player from a team who has had a good European run does not always end well, as Jay points out with the Klaassen comparison.
I like Neres as a player. He looks a talent. But he's not yet at the level Robinho was and my worry is that we overpay for a youngster because he is Brazilian and part of a team that won some hearts last year.
If we can get him for £25-30m then great but I'm not sure that's likely given Ajax have little need to sell. Much more than that and I reckon we are paying for hype primarily.
If we managed to sign either of Neres or Everton Soares, it would be exciting. It would no doubt give us a dangerous and exciting attack with bucketloads of pace. With the right tactical setup and mentality, it could potentially be as dangerous as Liverpool's front 3.
No matter who it is, I'm glad we're being linked with players of this ilk – pace, skill, goalscoring ability and unlimited potential. Far better than those who think our manager is Roy Hodgson, the year is 1999, and that Alexandre Mitrovic is the answer to our prayers.
Jay, your opinion and mine over the talent and reputation of Neres appear to be different. Clearly, he is not as well regarded in Brazil as I would hope for. I considered Everton Soares to be the shiny new toy rather than the real deal, and would file him under "Need to see more of him". Neres is someone I think a lot of.
Whether Robinho made Man City a laughing stock is a matter of debate. I would argue it opened the doors to all the transfers that followed. He was known around the world and other players noted he went to Man City and then heard about the wages, and so others then followed him thinking they would have a bit of that.
If you disagree, Jay, well that's your opinion and I ain't getting into a debate on it.
Sam, there's a hell of a difference between the Europa League and the Champions League. If you look beyond the statistics, then Neres was the most exciting player in that Ajax team, for me at least. He's the player I would have selected for us to sign. I would also welcome Donny van de Beek as a Gueye replacement, as he was the unsung hero of that team.
Tony, it went alright mate. I did 1,500 miles training this year (as opposed to 500 in years gone past), including the 175 miles on the coast to coast when I raised some cash for charity. We went to Girona and rode over all the big hills / mountains.
There's a nifty little smart phone app called Relive which shows a speeded up replay of the rides with you as a yellow dot (in the style of the Tour De France stage previews) that's fun to watch and you can see where I went and where my friends cycling where in relation to me.
I suffered a crash on Friday, where I was extremely lucky to walk away relatively unscathed. I had been trying to cycle safely (new expensive bike) and was braking heavily into corners (reducing speeds from 40-50 mph down to 15-20 mph). The brakes heated the wheels and the wheels heated the tyres and inner-tube and on one such corner my inner-tube exploded. I was taking the corner like a motorcyclist and leaning into it, The explosion sent the bike up in the air and I fell onto my head and shoulder. The helmet took the brunt of it, cracking in four places. My shoulder took the blow well and didn't snap my collar bone. I also landed heavily on my hip, and whilst my clothing stood up to the subsequent slide across the tarmac, I did suffer a load of "road rash" to the same hip. I've been limping along since Friday and couldn't cycle on the Saturday, missing my last chance to do the Rococorba (having abandoned on the Tuesday after my rear derailleur snapped). There's not a mark on my head or face, despite landing on it, and not even so much as a headache, but I have a stiff neck from whiplash.
Moral of the story is always wear a helmet. It might save your life, or prevent serious injury. If you want to see the Relive videos, I'll stick them on my Twitter.
Steve, very glad you're okay. Bravo on the decision to wear a top-quality helmet. Your brain is a precious resource.
Gotta say that every bicyclist I know has a "wipeout" story to tell -- some of them two or three -- and most of them come with surgical scars and slings, not happy endings like yours. That's why I opt for walking/hiking instead. You can't go over the handlebars when you're walking.
I do own a bike, but it has flat tires and cobwebs. I got scared off once too often.
Steve, sorry to hear about your crash. Hope you're okay.
As for Neres, I do think he's exciting but I'd certainly take De Ligt or De Jong over him! Possibly Ziyech and De Beek too.
My worry is that he may not have the work rate to suit Silva's system and physically he's obviously quite diminutive. Is he really that much better than someone like Lookman?
Personally I quite like the look of Malcom as his long-range shooting is great and he looks to me like more of a playmaker, with genuine vision.
I think we'd be very lucky to have either!
Moral of the story is always wear a helmet. It might save your life, or prevent serious injury.
Never a truer word said. Keen cyclist myself and I have been run off the road by a motorist in Frankby on the Wirral and had my helmet save my life in a crash while overtaking another cyclist who didn't know his left from his right when I shouted "Coming through on your right."
He veered right, instead of keeping his line or moving left, and I went A over T into a thick wooden fence hitting the back of my head (helmeted) and split the helmet at the site of the impact. Had I not been wearing a helmet, that fence would have been very badly damaged, I can tell you.
Steve, sorry to hear about your accident but glad you're relatively okay. Cautionary tale for all those who think helmets aren't necessary. I still see bellends cycling without them despite all the publicity surrounding their usefulness.
Glad to hear you're okay, Steve.
In regards to Everton, wouldn't call him a shiny new toy, but another product of what I consider one of the best footballing teams in Latin America over the last few years.
Winners of the Libertadores 2 years ago, and were robbed in the semi-final against River last season. They are possibly the only team in the Brasilian Serie A that is actually enjoyable to watch. Their last export was Artur, who is doing well at Barcelona.
They have 3 players I would consider – Everton, Luan (who has long been touted for a move to Europe, heavily linked with our neighbours during a period) and Matheus Henrique. The former 2 being attackers, and the latter being a creative midfielder. Their 28-year-old Argentinian defender Kannermann would also be a decent punt if we lose Zouma.
Steve @ 43. Hope you are on the mend after your crash.
As for your comments addressed to me - yup! My opinion is not fully aligned with the one you expressed in the earlier post I replied to. And..?
As Andrew Keatley replied to you on another thread, presuming people know less than you because they are not in agreement with you is - as Andrew wrote - a bit insulting, really. To that I can add pompous.
Again, in addressing me, you make some very strange claims. I've consistently acknowledged Neres is talented in this thread. I wrote with reasoned counters to temper your evident enthusiasm for him and suggested he still constitutes potential and cannot yet be regarded as 'world class' as you labelled him, especially at the rumoured prices.
How my humble opinion expressed to you here on TW extends to "clearly, he is not as well regarded in Brazil" is a contrivance on your part. I'm not THAT influential in my adopted land! Your claim is not the case. Neres IS highly regarded in Brazil - including by me! Brazilians CONSTANTLY big up their own players, particularly those plying their trade in Europe, ever hopeful of uncovering the latest Ronaldo, Ronaldinho or Kaka.
As for your (deliberately provocative, I fancy) throwaway comment that you consider Everton Soares is "the shiny new toy rather than the real deal", well...where to start?
Can you not see the absurdity and hypocrisy of that statement, all the more so that you add you would "need to see more of him", given that on the other thread you sniffily presume people have not seen enough of Carvalho to make any judgement call on him?
The same derisory comment you make against Soares can be thrown right back at you with regard to Neres: he is your 'shiny new toy'.
Following Friday's opener of the Copa America, the consensus of the commentators was universal: Everton Soares did more and carried a greater threat in the 10 minutes he was on the pitch - including scoring the best goal of the match - than the man he substituted, David Neres, did in 80 minutes.
There is a genuine debate (something you don't appear keen on) as to which is the best option for today's game against Venezuela, but the whisper is that Tite will persist with the same frontline - Neres, Firmino and Richarlison - in his starting XI.
Whoever plays, I will be watching with interest hoping either or both play to the level I believe they are capable of. Heaven knows, the Brazilian national team is in desperate need of new and real heroes, because Neymar ain't it and never will be.
So I'm pompous. Thanks Jay. If you're really a sporting fan and watched their games, you'd also be saying that people calling Carvalho slow and immobile is immensely wide of the mark. You'd also be pointing to the pace he does possess (once he gets going) as you'll have seen the occasions he actually shows what he has.
Those making comments on his lack of pace and immobility were making MotD type observations. Clearly they were very wrong as any sporting fan would say. It's not an opinion, it's a fact. It's like when people said Jags was slow and then he was clocked on the speed gun as the fastest in the league. Unfortunately, there's no speed gun for Carvalho, and whilst he's no Bolt, he's not slow. Lazy comments based on snap judgements. Yours should be a more considered opinion being a sporting fan and you should be able to corroborate what he's capable of.
As for Neres and Soares – I stand by what I said and will discuss it no further as I can't be bothered getting into another long-running debate with you.
Thanks for the well wishes guys. Healing up quickly, all things considered.
Brent Stephens
Steve, glad you came out of that in one piece, unscarred.
I probably look a dick in my cycle helmet, Steve, but I always wear it. Had a mate years ago who had a tyre burst coming down the Horseshoe Pass into Llangollen caused by brake shoes on tyre – he almost took the rest of us with him.
Paul Birmingham
Steve, glad you came out relatively injury free from your crash.
Good luck, mate.
It's not good at all, Brent. The explosion on 100 psi tyres is enough to throw the bike into the air and you come down on the tyre-less rim and then it's only a question of how you will eat the concrete. In my case, head and shoulder first. It would have been very nasty without a helmet. Even so, I was very fortunate not to snap my collar bone or do serious damage to the shoulder or hip.
I'm on strong pain meds right now, but I'm getting more movement back everyday and hope to be back to normal soon. Bike's okay too, but needs some repairs (front wheel has rim damage, bar tape, rear mech and tyre). I got a 40% reduction on a new one as it was crash damage (Specialized policy).
Steve #50, regarding your being called "pompous"... well, consider the source. And laugh. But gently, so you don't shake your bruises.
However, regarding Carvalho, I don't know what a "MotD type observation" is, but I've watched him play many times, and I still think he's about two steps quicker than your average glacier.
Steve, sorry to hear about your accident, you are obviously a more serious cyclist than myself, whose limit is the 'Tour de Chester et
la Canal'.
Actually, I have only recently purchased a bike, after many years of car and motorcycles, more for fitness reasons and leisure.
Brent, so that was you I saw the other day! :-)
Although Ray Roche keeps telling me I need to see a trick cyclist. :-)
One step!
I'm glad I asked, Steve, because it just shows you how important it is to wear a helmet, especially because I can't get my little kids in now they've learned how to ride a bike.
It sounds like you've had a great time, and although you never felt lucky, you definitely was mate, because, if your helmet was cracked in four places. I'm not sure you would have been posting on T/W anymore, Steve, even if this accident has made you a little bit pompous!
'This is just one of many things I was thinking about during my recent cycling holiday where I spent 6 hours a day on the bike!'
'Moral of the story is always wear a helmet'
Moral of the story is 'concentrate on the job in hand'
6 Hours in the saddle is impressive, thinking about the state of the transfer market is daft – while riding a bike at 40/50 mph ?? There are three recent instances of 'professional' riders coming to grief and from what I see it was their own fault.
Stick to the day job – would be my advice – there is no defence for showing off, especially at ridiculous speeds!!
As far as Neres is concerned, it would be good to sign him.
'Geraint Thomas: Team Ineos rider taken to hospital for checks after crash'
Robert, I was not thinking about the state of the transfer market when doing high speed, it was as I tried to climb the mountain before descending it. If you get as high up as I was, your bike descends at speed, it's simple physics. And I was braking heavily, hence the extreme heat which caused my inner-tube to explode, I was doing everything I could to keep my speed down.
As for showing off, not sure what you mean? This is my first tumble on the bike since 2009 and that was a minor one due to sand on a corner. Not sure what you expect me to do, walk back down the mountain? I've descended hundreds of times and never came close to an incident, the incident was caused by excessive braking and had I descended like a nutcase I would not have had an exploded innertube.
As for the Professionals, well it is a very dangerous sport and has one of the higher fatality rates. They take risks at high speeds for the glory, and risks can result in serious injury, like what happened to Chris Froome. Note that despite his crash, and all the injuries he suffered, there was not a mark on his head or face, as once again, the helmet did it's job.
Derek #55 "Brent, so that was you I saw the other day! :-)"
I don't know - I have bikes in various places. If it was in Southport where I live then I would have been on the local bike?
Solanke starts over Calvert-Lewin... pfft. 😑
Tony Hill
I think sometimes we're too quick to envy footballers. Look at the tough weekend Gylfi's just had by Lake Como, getting married to his rather plain girlfriend.
Peter Mills
Steve, I'm glad you got through your accident relatively unscathed.
I remember you writing once that you promised your Dad you would improve your fitness – it sounds like you have been more than true to your word. Nice one.
Dermot O'Brien
Tony #64...cue hundreds of internet searches for "Gylfi Sigurdsson wife" Prrrrrr.
Yeah, good but not exactly unexpected news, and a bonus at the right price, still a lot of money in this crazy world of Transfers but at least it's not some of the crazy £30-35M that was being bandied about earlier.
I think one of the best signings we have made recently was Marcel Brands, the guy has only been with us a year and in that relatively short time has shipped quite a few out, albeit temporarily in most cases and not made one bad incoming signing.
He knows the Football World, and how these Transfers work with their agents, with a few he has a working rapport. Personally look forward to seeing who else he manages to get shut of, and who else he manages to get through the door.
Not sounding ungrateful in the case of Andre Gomes, but there was little chance he was going to go anywhere else but Everton, and I'm glad he is on board at the right price.
Watching Brazil vs Venezuela. Neres starts, the general consensus is that he 'doesn't look up enough'. He runs looking at tje ball, he shoots looking at the ball. He had one good chance and fluffed it. In fairness, Brazil as a whole are playing poor.
Richarlison looks lively, one good shot saved. But not influencing much and little space in a tight venezuela defence.
On a side note, Firmino is annonymous, and ex red Coutinho looks a shadow of the player he was. Awful.
Fran, managed to get it on Premier Sport Channel, got to agree it hasn't exactly got us off our seats yet, but you have to give some credit to Venezuela's stout defending.
Mind you wasn't the opener against Bolivia a bit quiet first half too, then they seemed to go up a gear?
They've subbed Richie at half time for jesus, doesn't make a lot of sense to me Fran, as he seemed to be one of the few up front actually producing anything, if any criticism it was lack of service to him, which will surely be the same for Jesus.
I am slightly biased of course.
Meant to mention before that Yordan Hernandez Osorio (Paredes) looks a good option for Centre back if we can't get Zouma, which is looking increasingly unlikely, 25 years old and probably wouldn't cost a King's Ransom either.
Everton comes on for Neres, does the best 'jogada' of the game and wins it for Brazil.
Pity about the VAR decision eh Fran?
Brazil once again very ordinary as they have been since the WC in Russia last summer.
It wasn't blue tinted glasses Derek which made you question replacing Richarlison with Jesus at halftime. Our boy was again the most lively forward or midfield player, showing good movement and high energy. He was the only one to draw a save from the keeper.
Maybe Tite's idea was that Firmino and Jesus would unlock the Venezuelan defence by them linking up down the middle. It only made it easier for Venezuela to defend.
But unless Richarlison picked up a knock - and there is no mention or suggestion of one - why he was sacrificed and not Neres was strange.
Because in that 1st half Neres was three times clear on goal coming in from the left and either shot wide or crossed wildly on each opening.
The loudest chant on the night came after an hour with the stadium chanting Cebolinha's name and he was finally introduced for Neres with 25 minutes to go.
He brilliantly created the 'goal' for Coutinho, but it was rightly ruled off for offside with Firmino being directly in front of Coutinho as he scored.
Brazil roundly booed during and after the game. The first home game in 5 years they have failed to score.
Their problem is in midfield. There is little or no creativity with Coutinho, Casimiro and Artur all looking very pedestrian.
Very poor showing.
SF 60 " If you get as high up as I was, your bike descends at speed, it's simple physics. And I was braking heavily, hence the extreme heat which caused my inner-tube to explode, I was doing everything I could to keep my speed down."
Do you thinks this is a case of gross negligence me lud?
The defendant was descending at high speed, indeed the law of physics states that what goes up high, will come down at speed. If me lud recalls, it was Newton that was hit on the nut with a pomme - should he have been wearing his helmet there is a fair chance that the law of gravity would still be something of a mystery.
Braking heavily is not a recommended way of coming to a halt, and I put it to you me lud, this again shows the defendant guilty of braking, nay breaking the fundamental rule of safety in charge of a bicycle. Indeed if the defendant was travelling at the speeds he claims his first consideration should have been 'how the fuck am I going to stop this without blowing my own trumpet or my inner-tube.
I put it to you - if the defendant had shown a modicum of nous he would not have been travelling in such a reckless manner, so high up in the mountain, knowing full well that the only way was down and without controlling his speed to that which his tyres could cope with the extreme heat generated.
I put it to you me lud, that not only was the defendant not in control of his bicycle, neither was he in control of his bowels. In shorts me lud he probably shit himself.


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Aug 20, 2022; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports.
This is Episode 146 of VikesNow, a YouTube channel devoted to daily Minnesota Vikings analysis. This episode examines the Vikings strengths through Week 7.
Particularly, penalties, turnovers, and the offensive line, among other items, are discussed.
Email any feedback — especially constructive criticism — to DustinBakerNFL@gmail.com.
The Vikings knocked off the Miami Dolphins in Week 6, 24-16, courtesy of a Minnesota defense that showed up with a ferocious pass rush, arguably for the first time in 2022. The Vikings offense, on the other hand, was incredibly dry for much of the 1st Half but found ways to create just enough big plays to win the game.
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Wide receiver Justin Jefferson recorded 6 catches, 107 receiving yards, and no touchdowns in a game that felt pedestrian for the Vikings playmaker. But that's just the norm now for Jefferson — 107 receiving yards is "no big deal." Jefferson also procured a marvelous 2nd-Half reception of 47 yards that helped turn the tide in Week 6.
The Vikings are early 3.5-point home favorites against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 8, who won in Week 7 over the New Orleans Saints, 42-34. Minnesota first has a bye week, though, enough time to champion a 5-1 start while prepping for the confusing Cardinals.
The Green Bay Packers also dropped a third game in a row, sinking Aaron Rodgers' team to 3-4, with a bizarre 2.5-game deficit in the NFC North to Minnesota. The Vikings are the No. 2 seed in the NFC behind the Philadelphia Eagles and would host a home playoff game if the playoffs started today.
Ed Donatell's defense continues to embrace the ultimate bend-don't-break philosophy, curiously ranking 27th in yards allowed but 12th in points allowed. This might just be "the way it is" for the 2022 Vikings defense — spotty throughout most games but rising with victory in its grasp.
A 5-6 record the rest of the way would plop the Vikings in the postseason. Of course, winning the division is preferred, but subpar football the rest of the way, as a worst-case scenario, would net a playoff berth. That's the perk of a 5-1 start.
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Wanda Sykes Comes WAY Out
Filed By Prince Gomolvilas | November 16, 2008 10:00 AM | comments
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Tags: comedy, Las Vegas, Prop. 8, same-sex marriage, Wanda Sykes
Anyone familiar with Wanda Sykes's stand-up comedy knows that she's gay-friendly. In her 2006 HBO special, Sick and Tired, she exclaimed, "If you don't believe in same-sex marriage, then don't marry someone of the same sex!" But Sykes has taken her support for the community one step further by going public with her own sexuality on Saturday. According to The New York Times:
In Las Vegas, the comedian Wanda Sykes surprised a crowd of more than 1,000 rallying outside a gay community center by announcing that she is gay and had wed her wife in California on Oct. 25. Ms. Sykes, who divorced her husband of seven years in 1998, had never publicly discussed her sexual orientation but said the passage of Proposition 8 had propelled her to be open about it.
Her appearance at the rally was a surprise to organizers. Sykes was able to attend because she was in town performing at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Associated Press captured her remarks to the crowd:
You know, I don't really talk about my sexual orientation. I didn't feel like I had to. I was just living my life, not necessarily in the closet, but I was living my life. Everybody that knows me personally they know I'm gay. But that's the way people should be able to live their lives....
Now, I gotta get in their face. I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay.
I know some activists have expressed their disapproval over closeted Hollywood types and don't think celebrities deserve praise for coming out, seeing it as an act of "too little, too late." But as someone who occasionally runs in Hollywood circles, I know the homophobia that plagues this town and how it can cripple someone's career.
And coming out at this point in her life, Sykes wields so much more influence than she did earlier in her career. And let's face it. We all stand to benefit more not when young unknown actors start waving rainbow flags but when known celebrities make gay headlines.
Wanda Sykes, I love you. Thanks.
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Michael Crawford | November 16, 2008 10:26 AM
Congratulations Wanda! Way to step and speak out.
Bil Browning | November 16, 2008 10:31 AM
I always wondered if she was a lesbian - she gives off the vibe. But I saw she'd been married so I assumed I was just doing that whole, "You think everyone is gay!" thing.
I'm glad to hear she's a dyke. I'll enjoy being able to claim her as one of our own. She's definitely a positive gain for the community.
Now if others would follow her lead. Imagine if the entertainment industry started coming out over Prop 8?
Reformed Ascetic | November 16, 2008 6:19 PM
Me too Bil. Some time ago (years?), I saw Chris Rock on Leno saying that Wanda was quite popular with the men and enjoyed being so. Can't remember the actual language he used.
I decided I must have just been hopefully imaging and tried to let it go. Every time I would see her though I would wonder why it was that I wanted to interpret her as gay.
Dragonslayer | November 16, 2008 11:09 AM
I love you Wanda. You:re and angle. One of my favorite comedians. Loved her as the skunk in over the hedge.
Marla R. Stevens | November 16, 2008 11:21 AM
I've always loved her acerbic wit and way of looking at things -- now I understand more why I did.
Congratulations, Wanda, on your wedding and on taking this courageous step. Now you have a whole lot more people who'll have your back!
MonicaHelms | November 16, 2008 1:32 PM
I always had a wonderful feeling watching Wanda Sykes perform. Now, I'm going to be even happier when I see that women. Way to go, Wanda!
golfwidow | November 16, 2008 4:47 PM
In my head, I hear Kathy Bates yelling "To-WANDA!" like in Fried Green Tomatoes.
Rory | November 16, 2008 5:25 PM
Wow. Thanks for bringing this to us, Prince. And congratulations to Wanda for coming out, and in such a dramatic fashion. I've never known anyone who regretted coming out, other than wishing they had done it sooner. Thanks for speaking up.
I also agree that Wanda coming out at the height of her career has more impact for us. Anyway, since we can't go back in time, we might as well be glad of it now.
I don't think celebrities are obligated to discuss their sexual orientations in public. I don't believe Wanda was being disingenuous when she said she already felt she was living openly.
I do applaud and am thankful for those celebrities who choose to publicly announce their orientation.
Whether it should or not, being a fan of Wanda's makes it even more special that she decided to come out at the Las Vegas rally.
Now I'm a bigger fan than ever.
Jeremy Bishop | November 17, 2008 4:48 AM
Its so important at this stage for African-Americans in particular to come out to stop this stupid bullshit that right-wingers are trying to do to put a wedge between the communities.
Thank you Wanda. Thank you.
BARBARA SCOTT TOMPKINS | November 17, 2008 10:47 AM
GREAT JOB WANDA, WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET .


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