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Why should the market for youth players be different to adults? If a lesser player comes along afterwards asking for the same money they can either accept what we think they are worth or move on. Having different pay for different abilities is common in most jobs.

"Reset" = "reduce", fair enough if we want to make our academy less attractive, but how the heck do Lyon afford him (if that's where he ends up), when French clubs don't have the television money of the Premier League, nor the crowds, by and large?

Yes, it would be a bitter pill to swallow if we now don't get him.. "Oh a spoonfull of Suga helps the medicine go down, the medicine go down..." Sorry, it's before my second cuppa of the morning..

Alpine wasn't a troll, just hard work.. 🙂

Are Lyon one of the French clubs with a millionaire owner, because many of them will be in the &&&& due to the failure of their television deal? Generally French clubs aren't that well off so as Saint86 says.. Maybe some dodgy deal, so it'll be interesting to see where he goes subsequently..

That's the thought that occurred to me.. According to the OS the keepers are Rendell, Haaland and Stenson. There was another one I saw at Havant & W last year: Beth someone? Unlike all those years ago women's football is getting specialist goalkeeper coaches and it's certainly made a difference over the last few years.

"Give it to Ron" surely?

Welington Damascena? The likeliest one to convert into a signing I reckon.. 😉

Oz, from memory, which can be a bit random. (Edit: Don Osman)

As any expansion would be over the Kingsland perhaps the extra catering within the new fence is connected and they are seeing how it might work? But I presume the external wall would also be further out than now so the internal concourses would be extended, but maybe not sufficiently? Who knows? At least there is some small sign of investment going on.

If you thought the flurry of transfers in June was a bit odd, so do the Premier League: https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jul/04/premier-league-set-to-scrutinise-unofficial-deadline-day-transfers

Definitely hairier though..

First time I've looked at this thread (very briefly) and my, the ones I had down as right wingers are really showing their spots. It's been amazing how low profile some of the government have been during the campaign, and then there is Johnson who, naturally, has been on holiday and Gove who is on one long trip. Saw this article today which gives a flavour of our last 14 years: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/03/list-terrible-policy-conservatives-britain-2010

Surely it's a virtue when a player scores when playing indifferently? Story of Ted McDougall's career!

Mikautadze, CHDAJFU? €15m on transfermarkt..

Wouldn't cost very much, most of us have senior bus passes!

The Guides play football now you know..

Pundits or just Factless Allen? I shan't be betting on the first 7 games but immediate relegation for Portsmouth.. hmm. Then if it comes off I could wave my betting slip down the pub where I watch football in a PO10 area.. I suppose I could do a double with Saints, but I reckon we'll do better than they do.

I dashed all sweaty from training to watch in my local pub. Why did I bother?! Well, at least I had a few pints of Gooden's Gold and moaning about the game is so much better in company.. Pedestrian, unimaginative, poor passing, unambitious; very few positives to take from the game. Mainoo perhaps? And why Gordon with only a couple of minutes to go, that's just a time wasting exercise, surely?

Yes, with us grassroots types it's more important to play with people you get on with and hope the subs don't go up too much! If you're a not very well paid professional in the first place the extra money might be vital.

Shall I get your coat for you?

yep, and having had their fibre installed a couple of months ago I'm pleased with the speed of 943Mbps download and just a little less on upload. Decent product so far and better than another betting firm. If I get enough referrals it could pay for my season ticket! 🙂 My credit card bill came through today and for a moment I thought what the heck..

Too many hints on here and very little actual information. I can't remember, I know the manager has been kicked upstairs, have we got a new coach yet?

That's enough guys, behave! There's got to be an element of truth in the best jokes.. 🙂

No, by half way through the season Saints knew what they were doing and made space for each other and understood the angles and their individual roles. Nobody did last night: Rice may be a good player but had too much to do and looked lost, TAA is not a midfielder and to be honest Downes would have done better there with his dynamism and keeping the ball moving - the odd long pass from TAA doesn't make up for doing what a central midfielder needs to do. As one article I saw said, they were playing with so much fear and gawd knows what will happen when we come up against a team like Spain. I saw some of the Scotland game and thought what appalling passing, and then last night thought it all over again. The only good thing is the local pub's turnover getting a much needed boost, even if drinking more in sorrow than celebration.