Holmes_and_Watson

I recall the chance to remove an extra layer of embedded bureaucracy, as a plus mentioned by people too. I recall reading articles regarding the amount of corruption, misapplication and misuse of EU funds, from well before this. There are often transparency articles showing citizens concerned about the levels of corruption, and feeling powerless to do anything about it. That came up a fair bit. Our lot are bad enough, so why encourage more waste in an EU that was happy to bring nation's even closer under its influence, and bureaucratic control? It's an area that I had to give some thought to, when it came to voting.

Eggs 101: Eggs to avoid.

I think there was some confusion implementing menus. "No, not awful, I said offal." 🙂

Well said. There are loads of players who have spent time in the PL, it's not been fantastic for any party involved, and who have done perfectly well elsewhere. I hope he does well. It's a little nod to our scouting, if he does, too.

By 1000 votes to none, the club are proud to announce the FansVoice signing of Bijlow to the club. A landslide vote. We'd like to welcome our voter to the stage...🙂

As Leeds slipped down and out of the PL, I remember Harte getting a ton of abuse. As I wasn't paying that much attention to them, it seemed a bit OTT at the time. But perhaps he had that outspoken approach then too.

In related news, the Saints shop is now selling club themed protective face masks. 🙂

Noon

A moment to remember SaintsWeb poster, Egg. Consumed in an overzealous forum health kick.

When I read that, and had seen his injury record it came as no surprise that we'd sign a player just coming back from injury. I was just moving onto the next post when I went "wait a minute" 🙂 Just to be devil's advocate here. If the record of poor decisions, which were based on SR being smarter than your average club owning bear, has resulted in us having to take risks, knowing what the record has been, then something more fundamental might be the issue. Which I think has kind of happened. SR implemented a strategy not fit for the overhaul required. A panic window and loan debt and relegation just sunk us further. But there were, and are positives in there, and you can see the move to a more cohesive squad under Martin.

Picking up on some earlier posts, I know educated, intelligent people who accepted the prospect of financial loss, and voted leave. As it stands now, a number of that group still think it was the right decision. There's a number who bemoan the way it was prepared for and implemented. But still a few who stand firm that it is still the right way to have gone. At the time, it was less about slogans on buses for them, than it was dislike of Maastricht; the thought of ever closer union that was being pushed; the consensus approach resulting in us following down that path, and now being given an option to stop it; the adoption of new members that were nowhere near stable enough, threatening economies - Greece for example. There were rumblings about Turkey joining at the time too. No doubt immigration control and sovereignty did come up too, but not for most. That's off the top of my mind now. There could have been other reasons too. Across most of them, I think an economic agreement would have been preferable, but was not an option, rather than continuing to be closer in so many other areas. My point being, like a lot of polarising debates, is that by lumping those that don't agree into being a group that's less intelligent, less informed, utterly wrong and other abusive terms, says more about the people making those remarks than those that voted that way. If that's how they are categorised, if that's how they are thought of, what chance is there for constructive dialogue? It's also not true. Like everyone who voted remain had their finger on the pulse of every facet of the EU, as they made their vote.

Thanks for the video Turkish. I'm watching it in calorie controlled chunks, as I get the time. Seeing the links to generational issues is very interesting too. As the video said, it's not an industry controlled for health, or for dietary benefits. It's an industry controlled for profit. Like other historical examples such as pharmaceutical and tobacco industries, there's a lack of trust in the information put out by them. It makes logically argued discussions from various expert sources, not necessarily beholden to that industry, very valuable. Although, I can just look at my grandparents and parents, and the relatives of my peer group. Traditional diets that helped in lowering risks of various things. I got the benefit of that too, growing up. Even if I'm a bit rubbish at it now. I know my system prefers the healthy options. It just gets a bit hijacked at the thought of a multi pack of salt n shake. 🙂

Saints

Interesting. Adds another angle to datasets, recruitment and growth of the club's all buying into a shared resource.

Seven

There's certainly lots of interesting discussion points (probably complete conjecture, since we're not likely to know) about our team psychology. We deliberately drop pace at times, favouring control over taking too many risks chasing or pushing a game. One player said the approach meant a major revision in how they were taught to play. I'd argue that playing, and sticking to that possession style makes it more difficult to shift gears when we need to. We have done it, getting a number of late goals. Sometimes, we just can't make the switch. Nathan's view that it's tougher against 10, come to mind too. Style of play, mixed in with ability, adaptability and mentality making us unable to break down a team happy to let us have the ball. But a bit removed now from Stewart, who I'm hoping will be the centre forward option that really helps to unlock such teams. With Lallana (it took me 2 paragraphs to realise that's who Adz was 🙂 ), I guess all older players will go through the expected emotions as their career winds down. Insecurity over injury will be there too. Interesting that you say it can be a mentality to not kill off teams. That's one of the reasons he's here. To instill that belief in the squad, and show them what higher performance goals should be. So, very much working on pushing the squad mentality (and coaches too)

I'd be very happy to see a JWP return. A versatile midfielder with bags of PL experience, and set piece specialist. Yes, please. And generally, you end up in the bracket your wage outlay suggests you'll be in. SR have set their stall out to buck this outcome. Partly by bringing in younger players on lower wages, who happen to be incredibly talented so we stay up, while selling them on. Then repeat the process. In practice, they did lower the individual wages. However panicked buying of lots of additional players, made it a false economy, that also got us relegated.

Hound

Stone

Of course you'll have a chance to play, if you re-sign Mr Meghoma. You're practically on the pitch already. Just behind KWP, Manning, Taylor, Bree, Larios, Stephens, Targett and Fraser are on their way too. Oh, and Mrs Miggins, the tea lady is left footed. 🙂

So, still a bit of a gambol then. 🙂

Presumably Mara and his agent have agreed to go to a club, that better suits him. Win for us, getting the fee. But also to see how he gets on. Martin said he works very hard in training. This will be a chance for that to pay off. His all round game will have got better under Martin, even if we didn't often see the results. All good things for him to have going forward.

Hill

Chelsea working the rules. They need the immediate profit. So they buy Felix, splitting the cost, across as long a contract as they can get away with. Madrid then use the funds they get to purchase Gallagher. As he's home grown, any sale will be pure profit for Chelsea. Madrid will defer that cost across a similarly long contract. Clubs will develop relationships to assist each other to get round the rules.

Some players get better in the mind, when they are out the side for a while. Balancing that up... 🙂