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I went to the 2002 world cup and enjoyed every minute.
I went to the 2002 world cup and enjoyed every minute.
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Show posts MenuQuote from: Hound on March 13, 2018, 03:44:27 PMQuote from: brokencrossbar1 on March 13, 2018, 03:25:44 PMBut in a 50/50 pool, the chances of randomly picking 9/3 in favour of one is miniscule.Quote from: Hound on March 13, 2018, 03:19:39 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on March 13, 2018, 01:09:13 PM
Was chatting to the brother in-law who's a solicitor and he was saying by now the jury will have already made their mind up and the arguments at the end wont make a big difference.. for him, having 9 lads on the jury is crazy and they might be aquitted on that..
I think there's more than a reasonable doubt where their guilt is involved, so who knows
The gender bias on the jury seems extraordinary, although clearly doesnt guarantee getting off as there's definitely more than a few lads on here who would convict based on what they heard (and one who'd convict before he heard anything!).
David, do you have an explanation as to why it's not 50/50 or at least 5/7 ?
Do you have to be in the workforce to get called? Maybe stay-at-home parents would be out of the net given they need to be at home for their children
Juries are picked randomly by the court clerk. The defence and prosecution can challenge with or without cause. Everyone is expected to do jury service apart from members of the security forces, those within the legal profession and people with certain criminal convictions I think
So something must change the dynamics.
Someone said earlier in the thread that the "challenge with or without cause" is US tv stuff and not real and that you can only challenge if there's a direct link to the case or someone is clearly biased
Quote from: Syferus on March 05, 2018, 06:50:04 PMQuote from: Clov on March 05, 2018, 06:44:33 PM
I think it is probably more accurate to say Jacksonville rode their defense to the championship game. Fournette had a good season though arguably 2 later round picks (Kamara and Hunt) had better seasons. I don't think Fournette was worth the 4th overall pick.
Having so much draft capital and needs at nearly every position does give the Browns the option of going with the 'best player available' approach though. I just think the upgrade an elite RB gives you over a serviceable back is not as great or as transformative as as the upgrade you get with other positions - QB being the obvious one, but also edge rusher, left tackle, inside rusher, CB and even WR. The running back position is relatively less valuable than each of these positions in the NFL imo.
May be some evaluators think Barkley is a Walter Payton or Barry Sanders level talent, in which case he might go 1st overall. I suspect they'll either take a QB first or trade out of their with someone looking a QB.
The time Fournette ate up rested the defense. Continual 3 and outs on offence will destroy even the best defense in history.
It's no coincidence that most of that defence was in place in 2016 but it wasn't until Fournette got the running game going and upped their time of possession that things really clicked on defense. Kamara and Hunt would have been destroyed by Fournette's workload last season. Very different types of players. It's also a hell of a lot easier to run when you've Drew Brees and Mark Ingram around you..
Quote from: magpie seanie on March 05, 2018, 02:49:41 PMQuote from: gallsman on March 05, 2018, 01:31:00 PMQuote from: gallsman on November 20, 2017, 06:25:10 PM
http://amp.si.com/college-football/2017/11/16/shaquem-griffin-hand-ucf-nfl-draft
Pretty cool and inspiring story about Seahawks rookie CB Shaquill Griffin's brother, Shaquem. Hand his left hand amputated as a kid but was DPOY in the AAC last year and could well be in his way to the NFL
Lighting up the combine and a cert to get drafted. Great story.
Absolutely amazing. Fair play to the lad.....some story. 4.38 speed at that size. Mental.
Saquon Barkley had some combine too. Outrageous athlete. I wonder are Cleveland still feeling burnt by the Trent Richardson experience or do they take this guy.
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on February 08, 2018, 06:32:35 PMQuote from: trueblue1234 on February 08, 2018, 04:25:55 PMQuote from: north_antrim_hound on February 08, 2018, 03:16:10 PMQuote from: sid waddell on February 08, 2018, 02:53:37 PM
I think it's quite interesting that Syferus is being rounded on here when there are a lot of posters here who have clearly made up their minds in the opposite direction based on nothing more than "rumour, wild speculation and innuendo", as the previous poster puts it.
Certainly the rumour and innuendo so far has been pretty much one way traffic against the complainant.
I haven't made up my mind and won't pass judgment on either party. However flawed the judicial system is, its the best way to determine innocence or guilt.
How can Syferis pre-determine who is the innocent party based on media reports. To criticise other posters is to criticise himself.
If you study his post on any subject their is a constant theme of using it to project an image of superiority and condescension through belittling the average view. I find his writing quite delusional and completely devoid of any class or balance.
If he pulled the plug on this board you won't find too many expressing thoughts of sorrow and disappointment.
One the worst posters on the board.
Unfortunately Sfy has made this thread about him rather than the issue at hand. And you can be sure that is there is a guilty verdict, he will see this as victory and will point to other posters who had stated they would rather wait to see the rest of the evidence before making a decision as being wrong. He will play it out, trying to reinforce his superiority despite still being completely incorrect to make a decision based on one day's evidence.
Unfortunately he pollutes too many threads now.
I'm a little reluctant to take this thread off-topic more than it already has, but as it is...
...I have been messing about on the interwebs since around 1999 when I was first exposed to it as a naive, wild-eyed teen and ever since then I've participated on quite a lot of forums, message boards, chatrooms, newsgroups etc. right up to this day. And in my experience I don't think I've ever came across a poster/member/individual of any forum etc. that I have been on, or even in the off-line world, that displays a more blatant, stunning example of the Dunning-Kruger effect than the poster on this board who goes under the handle of Syferus. It is f*cking painful to read most of his/her posts, even though I have him/her on ignore they are inevitably quoted by others in response.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131125-why-the-stupid-say-theyre-smart
And back on-topic, the trial has only really just begun, I'll wait until all evidence has been presented before I even being to start forming an opinion.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on February 05, 2018, 02:03:02 AM
Big decision gone to Philadelphia there.
Quote from: Minder on January 14, 2018, 12:44:02 AM
Horrible play calling from the Falcons inside the red zone there