Apparently the guy attacked a woman on the DLR with a machete on Thursday night. BTP had been looking for him.

KT2, it could be deemed unsporting behaviour so an indirect free kick would be awarded.

Hear you Doughty. Distance needed from a knife but in a confide space it's kicks to create distance and something to strike the hand/throat/temple.

Really upsetting how bad this country has become. When you have greggs having to have security guards on the door, fizzy drinks not in fridge but behind counter, booze locked in cabinets in Morrisons having to ring bell, kids killed at Taylor swift dance class, kids killed at arianna grande gig, man stabbed to death walking dog, stabbing on train, rock star paedos, mps not fit to serve, hatred on left, hatred on right, economy tanking

Trigg - indeed, and one of the two suspects appears not to have been involved, and has been (hopefully correctly) released from custody - not sure why he was arrested… 🤔

Hypothetical question for the WUP refs: I am playing at CB, under attack from the oppo CF who is running with the ball towards the edge of my 18 yd box. I shepherd him across the edge of the box, towards the centre, to reduce his options to trying to beat me and my fellow CB or shoot from range. I lunge in slightly with the intention of dummying a challenge but not intending to commit, hoping he'll rush his decision, but at the same time I scream 'TACKLE' as loudly as possible directly at his face. Is that in contravention with the laws of the game?

It sounds like all the railway staff involved deserve significant praise, driver, signaller and guard.

Sounds like a member of LNER staff got themselves seriously injured whilst trying to stop yesterday’s knife attack. Wishing them a full recovery and full recognition of their bravery.

It's a surprise to see Peterborough bottom of the league, let's hope we can get up to the early season levels and get a few more wins before January

Well back in the day I had the jason Donovan/john scales look (so a few said)I suppose nowdays I'm more Sean Connery or right said fred:-)

Spit, have you always been a babe magnet ?

I will definitely feel safer on the diamond isle.rekon my only fear will be the old girls on their saga and national coaches Holidays keeping their hands off me :-)

…….and as for even thinking of using one’s mobile phone whilst walking around our once great city, forget that these days.

MAD my mate was working on the basis it might work as some sort of deterrent if say you were suddenly confronted by the horrendous situation some were faced with on that train yesterday ie no escape. Also on the basis it’s probably impractical to carry a 9 inch bread knife around with oneself 24/7.

Oldy, places like Surbiton are extremely untypical of the filth that a substantial amount of people have to encounter using public transport. The 'incidents' are numerous and rising. I've had the absolute misfortune to have to be in and out of east/north London over the last 6 months. Not a public transport journey you'd want to be doing if you're female or elderly. I've seen crap that 30 years ago would of resulted in arrest. Not any more. It's out of control.

And it’s only “in the moment” where we learn how we react to these things. 3 lads tried to swipe my rucksack in a pub after work last week. I got it back.

Haha. I’m not sure they need scouting after yesterday :)

There are apparently 18K trains scheduled each day, so nearly 6 million in a year. This is the first mass attack I can remember since the 2005-7 attacks. Whilst each case of violence is worrying and like TF I'm waiting to hear more of this, it isn't going to affect my use of public transport.

Hope it goes well later Doobs.

Quizzers! Reminder that tonight is sold out so if you’re coming along I’d advise you get there a wee bit early to grab a table (and a drink and maybe a raffle ticket or two). KO is 7pm. It’s going to be a good ‘un - see you there!

I think I’d like to know a lot more detail about yesterday’s incident. I understand they don’t want to set rabbits running. Problem with carrying a knife/weapon with you for self defence is that you then have to be prepared to use it. And if lots of people start doing that it’ll be bedlam because some people behave differently when they know they’re “armed”.

Thankfully don’t use transport very often but from now on I will be carrying a can of heat spray, something I already do if walking the dog alone in isolated places. Know a few women who do this.

DM, I can assure him that a Swiss Army knife will be no use at all when confronted with a killing blade.

On an upbeat note, with only a third of the season completed, we are half way to safety assuming a target tally of 50 points. On a downbeat note, a mate told me this morning that he is going to keep one of those Swiss Army knives on him at all times from now on as “that’s what it’s got to now in Britain”. At least yesterday’s savagery wasn’t ’terror related’, so we’re told. Well if that isn’t terror related, what is ? Just another isolated incident. Move along now, there’s nothing to see here.

That mascot footage is fantastic 😂