Antony Noble
@antonynoble.bsky.social
Protanomalous (red-green colour blind) operational research analyst, ageing grassroots goalkeeper, Spurs fan, Nintendo geek. Kings Heath, Birmingham UK
🎶 You know I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when you're sad (Tottenham!)
I feel glad when you're glad
If you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile...
watching this crap.
#COYS
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when you're sad (Tottenham!)
I feel glad when you're glad
If you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile...
watching this crap.
#COYS
January 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM
🎶 You know I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when you're sad (Tottenham!)
I feel glad when you're glad
If you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile...
watching this crap.
#COYS
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when you're sad (Tottenham!)
I feel glad when you're glad
If you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile...
watching this crap.
#COYS
January 2, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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So finally this weary football supporter looked to see what “xG“ - “expected goals” - actually meant.
What were these impressive sounding, precise statistics being banded about by ever-so-earnest, knowing pundits?
The answer?
Utter pseudo-scientific subjective flapdoodle.
What were these impressive sounding, precise statistics being banded about by ever-so-earnest, knowing pundits?
The answer?
Utter pseudo-scientific subjective flapdoodle.
December 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
So finally this weary football supporter looked to see what “xG“ - “expected goals” - actually meant.
What were these impressive sounding, precise statistics being banded about by ever-so-earnest, knowing pundits?
The answer?
Utter pseudo-scientific subjective flapdoodle.
What were these impressive sounding, precise statistics being banded about by ever-so-earnest, knowing pundits?
The answer?
Utter pseudo-scientific subjective flapdoodle.
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🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
Much better from #Spurs tonight against the European Champions. Why couldn't we show that intensity and intent in the NLD? That's football for you I guess.
Hoping for a rip-roaring performance against Fulham this Sat night to turn our home form around, especially as I'll be there! #COYS #THFC
Hoping for a rip-roaring performance against Fulham this Sat night to turn our home form around, especially as I'll be there! #COYS #THFC
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
#Radiohead ticket purchase process was a shambles. What a waste of a morning, and the stress to boot. And the irony of being accused by a computer of being bot! I did everything you asked Radiohead! Everything! And no tickets to show for it. #Oknotokcomputersaysno
September 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#Radiohead ticket purchase process was a shambles. What a waste of a morning, and the stress to boot. And the irony of being accused by a computer of being bot! I did everything you asked Radiohead! Everything! And no tickets to show for it. #Oknotokcomputersaysno
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A word on immigration. Don't prejudge this, just listen to the data, and then consider what the solution is.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
August 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A word on immigration. Don't prejudge this, just listen to the data, and then consider what the solution is.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
Well deserved @stirchleywines.bsky.social !
You know when you're doing something right when @petebrownbeer.bsky.social includes you in his list of the UK's best independent beer shops!
It's a thrill to be recognised especially when our favourite bottle shops are also listed.
The full rundown will appear in tomorrow's Sunday Times Magazine.
It's a thrill to be recognised especially when our favourite bottle shops are also listed.
The full rundown will appear in tomorrow's Sunday Times Magazine.
August 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Well deserved @stirchleywines.bsky.social !
Thanks for the memories Sonny. So glad you stayed and got us that trophy you deserved. True spurs legend. #COYS . www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2025/ju...
August 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Thanks for the memories Sonny. So glad you stayed and got us that trophy you deserved. True spurs legend. #COYS . www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2025/ju...
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search term -ai
produces results without the ai summaries btw
produces results without the ai summaries btw
July 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
search term -ai
produces results without the ai summaries btw
produces results without the ai summaries btw
Went to see Hamlet Hail To The Thief tonight in Stratford and was blown away. Shakespeare and Radiohead mixed together, somehow it just really works. #Radiohead #Hamlet
Hamlet Hail to the Thief runs at Manchester's Aviva Studios, home of Factory International, until 18th May before making its way to @the-rsc.bsky.social in Stratford-upon-Avon on Wednesday 4th June.
Limited tickets left waste.lnk.to/hhtttBS
Limited tickets left waste.lnk.to/hhtttBS
HHTTT - schedule
Go to HHTTT - schedule.
waste.lnk.to
June 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Went to see Hamlet Hail To The Thief tonight in Stratford and was blown away. Shakespeare and Radiohead mixed together, somehow it just really works. #Radiohead #Hamlet
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Review In Progress: Mario Kart World (Switch 2) - The Perfect Introduction To A New Console Generation?
Review In Progress: Mario Kart World (Switch 2) - The Perfect Introduction To A New Console Generation?
Highway to Shell
www.nintendolife.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Review In Progress: Mario Kart World (Switch 2) - The Perfect Introduction To A New Console Generation?
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This is the context for Spurs' trophy winning season and needs to be brought into sharp focus for Levy and co.
Our injuries have been unprecedented... we had a teenager start more games out of position than our first choice CBs, who hardly ever started together!
#AngeIn #COYS
Our injuries have been unprecedented... we had a teenager start more games out of position than our first choice CBs, who hardly ever started together!
#AngeIn #COYS
The CB with the most minutes for Spurs across all competitions this season is...
Radu Dragusin - 2,180
Then
Ben Davies - 2,176
Cristian Romero - 2,102
Micky Van De Ven - 1,678
Kevin Danso- 1,129
Honourable mention for Archie Gray with 3,244 minutes across 5 different positions.
Radu Dragusin - 2,180
Then
Ben Davies - 2,176
Cristian Romero - 2,102
Micky Van De Ven - 1,678
Kevin Danso- 1,129
Honourable mention for Archie Gray with 3,244 minutes across 5 different positions.
May 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This was a brilliant moment at the match on Sunday, it was clear the team were massively hungover and just ran out of juice in the 2nd half, but nobody cares. I was in the North stand and was willing on a rendition of When The Spurs Go Marching In as soon as the 4th goal went in. Scenes. #COYS
Gomez curls in a brilliant fourth for Brighton but the home supporters respond with a rousing rendition of 'Oh when the Spurs'. Tottenham are going to finish 17th, as the worst of the rest, but fans making it clear they could not care less.
May 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This was a brilliant moment at the match on Sunday, it was clear the team were massively hungover and just ran out of juice in the 2nd half, but nobody cares. I was in the North stand and was willing on a rendition of When The Spurs Go Marching In as soon as the 4th goal went in. Scenes. #COYS
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I was the most emotional I've ever been as a Spurs fan at the tonight, like years of pain was released. And my 13 year old son was in tears too. He has never experienced this. And we hugged. And it was glorious. This is football. This is Spurs. My club. #COYS
May 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I was the most emotional I've ever been as a Spurs fan at the tonight, like years of pain was released. And my 13 year old son was in tears too. He has never experienced this. And we hugged. And it was glorious. This is football. This is Spurs. My club. #COYS
Finally! I can get a new mug! Can't wait to see the trophy and players next Sunday against Brighton, its going to be a massive celebration! And I got tickets ages ago!
May 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Finally! I can get a new mug! Can't wait to see the trophy and players next Sunday against Brighton, its going to be a massive celebration! And I got tickets ages ago!
So, the Israel vote bots were still not enough to give them the win, but the rest of Europe public still obviously hate the UK. Zero points?! #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
So, the Israel vote bots were still not enough to give them the win, but the rest of Europe public still obviously hate the UK. Zero points?! #Eurovision
The UK public voting for Israel then 👀
May 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The UK public voting for Israel then 👀
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🧵A thread on the current #PremierLeague table with original club names👇
1️⃣ Everton FC and Athletic Grounds Ltd
Liverpool FC (1892) span out of Everton (founded 1878) after a dispute with Anfield’s owner, John Houlding. Houlding wanted to retain the name ‘Everton’, but had to go with #Liverpool
1️⃣ Everton FC and Athletic Grounds Ltd
Liverpool FC (1892) span out of Everton (founded 1878) after a dispute with Anfield’s owner, John Houlding. Houlding wanted to retain the name ‘Everton’, but had to go with #Liverpool
May 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🧵A thread on the current #PremierLeague table with original club names👇
1️⃣ Everton FC and Athletic Grounds Ltd
Liverpool FC (1892) span out of Everton (founded 1878) after a dispute with Anfield’s owner, John Houlding. Houlding wanted to retain the name ‘Everton’, but had to go with #Liverpool
1️⃣ Everton FC and Athletic Grounds Ltd
Liverpool FC (1892) span out of Everton (founded 1878) after a dispute with Anfield’s owner, John Houlding. Houlding wanted to retain the name ‘Everton’, but had to go with #Liverpool
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Spurs are on their way to Bilbao... 🎶
May 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Spurs are on their way to Bilbao... 🎶