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Grassroots referee. Here to educate fans and improve their knowledge of the LOTG Trolls and abusive people will be blocked 🌈 Married to a wonderful husband

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2 years
If people want to abuse me or not have any interest in a mature conversation, I'll have no hesitation in blocking people especially if you are an account with 012345 in your name.
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@yawmajesty_ @SkySportsNews He has never let England down and was in the team of the tournament at the Euros. Why wouldn't he pick him ?
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@Utd_4_eva @David_Ornstein @TheAthleticUK It's not assumption, it is based on medical evidence
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To add to this the assistant was either Dan Cook or Mark Scholes. Dan is not just a PL assistant referee, he is a FIFA listed AR and Mark has been a PL assistant for 13 seasons. Between them they have officiated in 516 PL games. Maybe it is Wilder who should learn some respect
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This is a spectacular thing for Chris Wilder to have been annoyed by
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@LoganAnfield @SkySportsNews Because he has never let England down and is still England's best centre back. Less than 12 months ago he was in the team of the tournament
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@SkySportsPL Arteta should be sent off for his actions in this match. Pure disrespect for the officials who've had a good game. No way was that handball
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@Welshracer @standardnews If she has every right to do it then let her continue then if anyone does anything to her it's their fault and they get arrested. When is the right time then?
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@BBCBreaking Now mention that there is an 8million increase in the amount of people who are atheists and don't follow believe in a religion rather than trying to create anger and resentment towards other religions
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@SkySportsNews Right decision. They deserve a tournament just like anyone else does. Well done to them for standing up to the clubs trying to bully them
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@SkySportsNews In come the anti-vax brigade jumping to conclusions with no proof
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@its_me_axad @SkySportsPL Why is it a weird thing to say?
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@BrotherMohamz @premierleague The amount of homophobia in the replies to this show you the problem football has with homophobia
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@DeanHallbert @SkySportsNews A plastic bottle can still be a missile. Think you need to talk to Susie Dent about the meaning of the word
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2 months
The amount of fans who don't know the handball law and are talking about the "sleeve line" is staggering but it is proof that they don't know the laws. It was handball
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@PLMatchCentre
Premier League Match Centre
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#BOUNEW – 90+3’ VAR OVERTURN Ouattara’s goal is awarded on-field. The VAR overturned the decision as they deemed it to be a factual handball by Ouattara, therefore an on-field review was not required and the goal was disallowed.
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@Spriher3009 @BBCBreaking What has that got to do with the rise in atheism?
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@SkyNews Now mention that there is a big increase in the amount of people who are atheists and don't follow believe in a religion rather than trying to create anger and resentment towards other religions
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@VBG_10 @SkySportsNews And what were Liverpool thinking about when they tried to set up the European Super League?
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@SarpongAhmed @BBCWorld If they are being forced to dress like that then that is exactly what is wrong with it
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@William04150909 @SkySportsNews Why does this upset you so much?
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@SkyNews Disgusting decision. Scotland should have the ability to determine their own future not people that they never elected who don't care about them
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@sterizen @SkySportsPL Yet she still plays at a higher level of football then you and has achieved more than you could ever wish to achieve
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@blyth_mike @premierleague Stop the racism, just creating more division
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@CFClawal @SkySportsNews What is wrong about singing a song that is about unity?
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@GordonFyfe76 @SkyNews Why do you think depriving someone of human rights is funny?
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@GascoyneDr @BBCSport Sadly people do still care and they will try to make him suffer for it. I've experienced homophobia on here and on the pitch, it may be less than it once was but it's still there
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1 year
@BBCWorld What Matt did isn't the issue, the issue is the homophobic laws in Malaysia that need to be abolished
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@FrancisWai2 @BBCBreaking Human rights isn't irrelevant stuff
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@SkySportsPL Can't believe people are saying this isn't a penalty. It's clearly a foul
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@nia_brownmochi @BBCBreaking Or 0 seconds to celebrate the zero good she did
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@MortyMark @SkySportsNews So you think racism is ok do you?
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@BBCBreaking rightly so, if he's not got the correct visa and/or exemption he shouldn't be allowed in just like any of person wouldn't
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11 months
How can Gary Neville be so confused by 2 yellow cards for dissent. Once you are shown 1 yellow card it doesn't give you a free hit at showing as much dissent as you want #LIVMNU
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3 years
@btsportfootball @rioferdy5 @fara_williams47 @rach_brown1 All 3 of them don't have a clue about the laws of the game. Intention means nothing and endangering a players comes into consideration for serious foul play not a reckless challenge which this was. BT Sport really need to send their pundits on a referee course to learn the LOTG
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2 years
The FA need see this and give him a long ban. He's clearly not bad any attempt to avoid the collision and even digs a shoulder into Stuart Atwell
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@ranny_ft @SkySportsNews You don't know if he has done anything. It is innocent until proven guilty
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@HarrySmwanza @SkySportsNews How is having 3 extra players ruining football?
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Mixed feelings about my game today, very sad about the incident but also heartwarming how both sides responded. You can't always help having an idiot in your team but the away side showed how to deal with it if you do. He won't be playing for them ever again #grassrootsfootball
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@Skiphogan @BBCNews KSI, Declan Rice and Aaron Ramsdale. It says in the tweet
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@SkyNews Fake, money grabbing tories. Shame on everyone who enabled them. If you want to donate money then do it direct and not to their back pocket. And before anyone asks I donate £5 per month to the Trussell Trust
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@btsportfootball The 3rd goal should be a goal, easy as that! Trying to talk to the managers is like trying to talk to my microwave.
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@TheTurkishPride @BBCSport It's about not supporting these countries and standing up against bigotry
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What a child. I really can't wait until he leaves the Premier League and never comes back
@diqzyl
Honourary Scouser 🔴
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Yes! Klopp didn’t shake hands with Chris Kavanagh Shambolic refereeing by that man today
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@BBCNews Rightly so, no place for transphobia in this world
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@otienowen @premierleague When people stop homophobia
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@MrMk_Kinyanjui @btsportfootball Michael Oliver got the decision 100% correct
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@DG6888 @SkySportsNews What is funny about this?
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@joe____l @BBCBreaking This will be the 9th time the UK have hosted it
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@glamsng @SkySportsNews Helping starving children is worth more than any medals got through football
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@Mike_Oxlo @SkySportsPL It was the correct decision
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@John_Berry95 @SkySportsNews That's not what he said. He said that Arsenal don't forgive and evidence shows he might be right, look at this situation and how they treated Ozil
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@TheAthleticFC Brilliant to see and very brave of him. Shows the progress that has been made but we still have a long way to go in tackling homophobia in football
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@itvfootball 2 clear yellow cards. Why are you trying to make controversy where there isn't any?
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@kal3xx @premierleague Lukaku was offside and Mane wasn't
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@mickdobson @Spriher3009 @BBCBreaking Maybe read the census before spreading racism
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@SkyNews How evil of this government but hardly surprising.
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That is never a yellow card, some fans will moan about anything.
@James__wwfc
Wolfie 🧡
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No second yellow apparently 🤣 hes 3 feet in the air. State of this league 🙈 #wwfc
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@davey0511 @BBCBreaking It takes a long time to plan and put together the Eurovision song contest, it's not something that can be arranged overnight
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@SkyFootball Sky Sports are really desperate to create controversy. Why can't they just accept the referee had a good game and this was a correct decision?
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@BBCNews No need to cancel anything, the world still goes on and bills still need to be paid. what about people who work at these events who now can't afford buy food for the next week?
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@BBCBreaking Why don't they call them racist comments as that's what they were?
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@BaldDavid1967 @BBCSport Listen to what he has to say and you might understand
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Time for change. Time for a referee strike. Enough is enough. I've been laughed at for saying it is only a matter of time before a referee is killed. Thankfully there will have been stewards who could help Craig but if that is on a park pitch the referee is by themselves
@EFL_Comms
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Joint EFL and @FA_PGMOL statement: “We are appalled by the incident in today’s League One fixture between Port Vale and Portsmouth which saw referee Craig Hicks chased off the field of play and condemn the mindless actions of the individual involved. "Match officials should
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@SkySportsNews This is only the start, more and more will start to feel confident enough to report this abuse after years of having to keep quiet about it
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@RedAlexCrewe It wasn't a red card as he didn't stop a goal or clear goalscoring opportunity due to the lack of pace on the ball and the covering defender who would get to the ball before the attacker. Correct outcome should've been a yellow card
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10 months
There are 2 VAR officials at Stockley Park and as it was a yellow card offence thus VAR didn't look at it. Another person moaning about the officials but doesn't understand the basics
@BrawleyDarbon
⚒⚒ Brawley Darbon ⚒⚒
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Not West Ham related but can anyone tell me how a referee on the pitch and 3 VAR referees at Stockley Park have looked at this multiple times and still concluded that this is a red card offense? In what world is this even a foul against Boly?!?!?
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@Yusof_I @premierleague @stonewalluk Feel free to never come back
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The media yet again don't know the laws. You can't get a direct red card for dissent
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Sky Sports Football
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Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham has been given a two-game ban after his red card for dissent in their 2-2 draw with Valencia ⚪
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@daveloz1 @SkyNews Good to see you've not actually read the data. How about commenting on the increase of atheist's?
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@jxjuszn @Football__Tweet @NewyddionS4C Not that difficult to be a decent human and not have an issue with a hat
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@BBCNews I bet she's not even in the box
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This is a disgraceful tweet from an official club account. Whoever has posted this needs sacking. Nottingham Forest lost today as they were not good enough. It would be great to see the PGMOL stand with their referees and refuse to referee a Nottingham Forest game.
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Nottingham Forest
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Three extremely poor decisions - three penalties not given - which we simply cannot accept. We warned the PGMOL that the VAR is a Luton fan before the game but they didn’t change him. Our patience has been tested multiple times. NFFC will now consider its options.
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@premierleague @stonewalluk Nice to see the LGBTQI+ community being supported but football still has a long way to go to eradicate homophobia as shown by 2 ex players thinking it's funny to make a joke about coming out
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@nicsadventure @BBCNews Probably the tick box that they are a very good actor
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@uniquelyjoe @SkySportsNews The police have arrested a person for breaking the law
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@BBCNews Lot's of other things we can and should be doing before that like reducing food waste and not having foods that travel half way around the world.
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No idea why there is so much debate about this. It was offside. My only issue with the decision is that it shouldn't have take VAR as long as it did to confirm it #NEDFRA
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BBC Sport
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The Dutch think they have taken the lead but after a lengthy VAR check from the English officials, the goal is ruled out.❌ What did you make of it? #BBCEuros #Euro2024 #NEDFRA
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If you have been in professional football for over 30 years and "never even heard of [IFAB] until about three years ago!" That says more about you than them and shows how clueless these managers who've played the game are about the laws.
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BBC Sport
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Sean Dyche says the penalty decision was "bizarre" 😬 "I'd never even heard of [IFAB] until about three years ago!" #BBCFootball #EVEMCI
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Am I shocked by how many people don't know you can't be offside from a goal kick? No I am not. Shows how so many fans (and looks like players) don't know the basics of the offside law #BREMCI
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@AKSimpson123 @SkySportsPL Is this really the time or place to make petty comments like that?
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@Dreebs8Ryan @SkySportsNews Go educate yourself if you think it's a cold. Start by talking to front line health workers or the millions of families who've lost loved ones due to this virus
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@SkyNewsBreak Probably because Israel are the side refusing a deal.
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@FootballFruitc1 @SkySportsNews By doing something illegal
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@BBCNews Just when you think this country can't sink any lower. He shouldn't be allowed to be an MP never mind the PM
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@rcssmedasmith @BBCWorld Or just follow the rules would be a start for him
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@LeeJamescord @SkySportsPL The Manchester United one was never a penalty, this one was. Jon Moss got both 100% correct
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@PIEMAN_1962 @LoganAnfield @SkySportsNews We got to a Euros final and lost on penalties which had nothing to do with him
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@ptmacey @BBCBreaking It's not, it's called climate change.
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@haynesey89 @BBCNews It probably was worth it as she got justice
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And this quote from a Nottingham Forest player after their Play Off final win sums up the issue in football. They only want decisions going their way, no accusations of corruption that day.
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@Rod_Studd
Rod Studd
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Forest go beyond self serving excuse making. They didn’t seem worried when VAR turned down Huddersfield town penalty appeals in the play off final. How about considering the option of accepting the results + trying to improve the playing performances?
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@superleedsmacca @SwannyHypno @SkySportsNews The club have a contract that includes FIFA regulations that they must release players for international duty
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@SkyNews Hope Budweiser sue them for a lot of money
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@Utd_4_eva @David_Ornstein @TheAthleticUK Go watch the documentary Alan Shearer did. There are stats that back up that ex footballers are more likely to develop dementia or similar than normal members of the public
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@BBCSport Clear red card, there can be no doubt about it
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@BBCNews Imagine being a crisis and potentially on the verge of a war and she turns up.
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@BigMikeFiedler @BBCWorld Why should he do the governments job for them?
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@rowlandsbb @BBCWorld Don't think she will care if a few bigots don't watch
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@BBCNews Spend it on people who are unable to afford to pay for food and heating not a party
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@SkyNews Keir Starmer yet again failing to support strikers. Cowardly actions.
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The director clearly looking to continue the disgraceful and baseless abuse that Lee Carsley is getting for not singing the national anthem. He has every right not to sing it if he doesn't want to, strange how it's the "free speech" brigade who are at the front of it #ENGFIN
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Anthony Taylor correct not to show a yellow card to Joelinton, it wasn't a reckless challenge and he didn't stop a promising attack as the advantage was player. More proof that fans and players don't know the laws #LIVNEW
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@Utd_4_eva @ldnisblu3 @David_Ornstein @TheAthleticUK Weight isn't the only factor. Why do you think you know more than the people who have done the research?
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