Nigel Bayley

Pastor of Dereham Baptist Church in Norfolk. Son and Servant of Jesus. I love life but I can't wait for the real thing. #MCFC #DallasCowboys

[Nigel Bayley @babydrums]

@AllyFogg Harsh.

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@BestOfUKComedy Another one of Paul Whitehouse's great characters.

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@city_rabin I think it might be Sting.

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@IanClarke41 So sorry. He was a very special one.

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@acambridgediary Is that the grim reaper?

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@FootballCliches From the live commentary on the Man City app. Surely you can't "turn the screw" when you're losing? If not, then what are the parameters for screw-turning?

[Nigel Bayley @babydrums]

@FootballCliches If not, what does count as linking up? Is it just playing in the same team? Club, country or both? Do you have to have been playing near each other on the pitch to have linked up? Has a manager and all his players linked up?

[Nigel Bayley @babydrums]

@FootballCliches "Linking back up"? Does playing against each other count as linking up?

[Football on TNT Sports @footballontnt]

Mikel Arteta faced 17-year-old Raheem Sterling back in 2012 😳

12 years later, the pair are linking back up at the Gunners.

[Nigel Bayley @babydrums]

@FootballCliches Can a club have its own GK union? Surely Matt was already in the union. Other questions: what positions have unions & at what point does a player join a union? Can you play that position and not be in the union? Are there any other footballing unions?

[Crystal Palace F.C. @CPFC]

Addition to the GK union ✅

Matt Turner joins on a season-long loan 🇺🇸

#CPFC

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@IanClarke41 Great news! Congratulations!

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@SpottedPlayers He should probably have used a ball.

[Premier League @premierleague]

🏆 MAN CITY ARE CHAMPIONS! 🏆

[Nigel Bayley @babydrums]

@FootballCliches During Forest v City he delivered a few KEVIN DE BRUYNEs (0.86s) and even an ANTHONY ELANGA (0.94s) but later he settled for a HUDSON-ODOI, presumably because when you say it with the CALLUM added it takes 1.13s, and by then, the game's moved on.

[Nigel Bayley @babydrums]

@FootballCliches I've recently noticed that Peter Drury loves to shout the full name of players when they look like they might be about to score, the perfect example being ERLING HAALAND! But is there a name length limit for this to work? From my working out, a second seems to be the maximum.

[Nigel Bayley @babydrums]

@FootballCliches Surely scoring just after the break is far better because everything the opposition manager has just said goes straight out the window.
Besides, THE perfect time to score is clearly the last minute - as was conclusively proven later in the game.

[Nigel Bayley @babydrums]

@FootballCliches When Liverpool equalised just before half-time against Man Utd, Sam Matterface called it 'the perfect time to score'. How has this idea perpetuated when scoring just before the break gives the opposition manager the ideal opportunity to rethink & reorganise?

[Nigel Bayley @babydrums]

@FootballCliches Then I saw a video of the clips online & I was horrified to discover that I had been happily commentating on a goal that for various reasons was one of my most hated: Ji scoring against City in the last minute after we'd totally dominated the game. Now the whole thing is ruined!

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@FootballCliches I just wanted to share a cliches example of the final irritation on Thursday's MHD about having to endure annoying goals from the past. For the 1st couple of years of listening to your superb podcast, I happily joined in with all the commentaries in the opening sequence.

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@MaySting1 @RealMattLucas Oh. I'm slightly embarrassed to admit that as a 10 year old, this represented the absolute peak of contemporary humour!

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@IanClarke41 Great news! Congratulations to all concerned!