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That's a scary thought. Let's hope they guard against that happening.

I had a quick look to see what Malkinson's minimum term would have been. Had he admitted guilt, it was 6.5 years, when he'd then be eligible for parole. Even if the first hearing failed, he would have had access to various sex offender programmes designed for prisoners to be able to be released. By refusing to admit guilt, he couldn't get onto any of those.

Quite the day. Lots of players will be seeing the advantages of staying with an in-form, promotion chasing side. From the rewards of promotion. But also the shop window, and satisfaction, of regular games at a very high level. There may be some PL clubs enquiring. But some thought has to go into potentially joining a side that comes straight back down. Then you've got the same wage reduction, and possibly less chance than we have of going back up. The sign on and PL wage spike may not be worth it long term. Not to mention upheaval and possibly just being a fringe player. Hopefully Bree sees it that way, and decides to stay. It's been a tough time for him under certain managers. But he's a consistently strong performer for us. SR set their stall out to pay wages that made transfers attractive. So, I can see him weighing up his options. Stewart is a different scenario. He's had a good end of it the season for us, with managed minutes. He's only played one season with over 25 league games in it. That was followed by 4 injury ravaged campaigns. Then this one, where he got injured in the early part of it. Sure, he could look at extending with us. Whether out of loyalty for previous injuries, or because we'll continue to manage him. But at 29, and with that injury record, I do understand him wanting to look for the best deal for him and his family. A guaranteed PL, or higher wage than ours, would make a difference should another injury occur. He'll have to stay fit over the World Cup, so he can get that best deal, wherever it is. A long term injury now would be grim for him

He was getting better all the time with us. A good goals return, and offered us a different, and needed approach, up front. It also allowed Stewart to have his minutes managed. I think that worked well for both of them, knowing they were both important. And now both at the World Cup. Also, I don't think the asking price was that high. Half a Downs or something.

No, that's Will Salt on his Scouting for Beginners retraining course. If you can see him, tell him he's failed.

Just what I was thinking. We just offset their costs, and they get some wages off their books. Failing that, a loan exchange for the season. Gives us a chance to see how much scar tissue any of their players has. I'd expect Martin to pick up Small one on a free too, if he's Leicester manager. Then he'd have two key RussBall players in his first team.

Like the new formatting!

You're going to have to give up on saying Fabrice Fernandes was our best goalkeeper. It was just the one training session, when they were mucking about. 🙂

Politics in football, as Celtic Fans for the Liberation of Palestine object to Celtic hiring Robbie Keane as manager. This supported by another 67 or so groups. 67! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c33234zxvl8o He went onto the likes of Leeds, Spurs and I others. But I remember Keane as coming into Coventry under Strachan, from doing well at Wolves. Strachan had Dublin, Whelan and Huckerby as an attacking 3, and they looked good. They just couldn't keep hold of them, and we got Strachan when they went down.

Welcome news, and a sign of intent for the season ahead.

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I put on a light watching episode of death valley the other night, and I was also thinking that the BBC is a destructive cancer at the heart of Britain. 🙂 In Lowe's favour, a scientific search engine query does indeed show his party a distant third, but with a vote share just about at the combined total of 3 parties that got an invite. Expected third spot by some margin: 5 parties invited: Restore not one of them. I can see why he'd be annoyed.

Looking forward to seeing you on the news. "Sure, no port will take us in, and no one wants us. But we're still more liked than Southampton after Spygate."

He's improved this season, and could make the step up. But the destination is important. Is the odd pay increase worth it, if it's for bouncing around relegation contenders every season. Would that still give him the chance to move further up, and break that cycle.

"And for my next trick...gold from lead!" - Tonda the Tremendous, available for intern leaving dos and hotel/golf club functions.

1 Glad it worked out for him. If the club prefer Bree, and can convince him to sign, that option to buy for Suga would bring in some handy pennies. Wins all round.

While Peter Murrell awaits sentencing for embezzling £400k, the site that started it all posted a nice summary of one of the main threads. https://wingsoverscotland.com/up-the-hill-and-down-the-slope/#comments But just after that was posted, the SNP have, after 6 years, admitted the allegation that started the whole thing rolling. That, following setting up a fund specifically, and only, for anyone to donate to a second independence reverendum, the SNP in fact spent the near £700k on anything but that. The latest, of many, excuses and denials is that since they promote independence as a party, then it's fine for them to spend fundraisers on themselves, whether you actually voted for them or not. https://wingsoverscotland.com/the-truth-does-out/ Both links show a party with a massive mandate, get into financial difficulty through troughing, alienating their own support and donors and embezzlement. They used ringfenced funds, ostracised critics, centralised control, held onto branch money and rigged internal elections to keep everything under wraps for as long as possible. Ironically, the only thing that's kept them afloat all this time is the money they got from Westminster. But, with a series of elections hollowing out the funds, and Peter helping himself for gifts for his wife and others (signed off by the few in control, including Sturgeon), they just couldn't refill the coffers to cover it up.

Until you're a pariah, with an unknown virus, in international waters, you've just not lived! Oh, bon voyage @Whitey Grandad!

That was a scary opening to read. "What kind of industry?!" 🙂

I am proud of our sponsors. The next time I'm out cruising...oh wait, that's a different thing...

Trousers eating trousers... Is that the SaintsWeb Ouroboros equivalent?

Ed Miliband insisted on keeping the "Keep Your Battlefield Tidy" logo on the front.

I missed half of it, trying on all my balaclavas, to see which one I looked best in, for the cameras.