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Reform’s King of DOGE is not keen on picking up dog 💩 it seems. And I suspect more personnel blow-ups in the future. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c991epp257lo

several comments on there that it was a staged fart incident - made me laugh either way!

No idea whether Naga Munchetty is guilty of bullying or not but does enjoy a good old fart on BBC Breakfast

Nicer temperature in the Brecon Beacons yesterday, drier and 25 degrees. Lovely. Not so pleasant here in Glos though, very humid and airless.

Taylor? Play him at LWB, that type of player gets you promotions and on a small sample size he looked better than Manning who is ok as back up. Larios will be a wage-write off loan to the Spanish lower leagues. Taylor shouldn’t be judged on seeing through two bullshit football managers, 300 PL appearances. ABK will get a Bundesliga club as long as we keep the fee under 5m Euros, get him off the books. Fraser - agree with you there, but could be a useful impact player like last time if Still can get him fit and focused again.

I’ve seen several posters on here say Joe is one of the top earners at the club and whilst one wanting to re-open the facile debate about the merits of AI sites estimating player wages, there’s enough circumstantial evidence that he’s on £60k or so p/w, maybe more pre-relegation cut. He’d just scored in a European final which might account for some of it. He’s off anyway, year left on his contract, Galatasary or Beskitas I reckon. Rangers fans would love him back, and so would Martin I suspect, but he’d need to lower his wage expectations.

He was never going to be a signing we turned for a profit in his late 20s, like Carrillo was signed to dig a manager out of the crap by going route one. And just like with Pellegrino, Jones got the sack shortly afterwards. Pure stupidity for the same top flight club to make the same costly mistake twice in just 5 years. If true, Spores has made the best out of a bad lot there. Good luck to Paul Onachu though, gave his best and there are few Saints players who can hold their head up and say the same over the last 3-4 seasons. Whereas Sulemana will go for a similar fee and should’ve been a Mane type transfer. Lacks some of Sadio’s football brain let alone someone incredibly mature like Matty Fernandes, but can’t help feeling that the Southern League standard of coaching over the last 3 seasons at the club has not helped Kamaldeen at all. Sad, as not that long ago the club regularly improved players with raw attributes.

That is horrific. That looks like a JD Wetherspoons carpet or a hotel which hasn’t seen a renovation in 30 years.

🤞 for all parties sake that’s accurate. Allegedly personal terms were already agreed although might have been from one of those clickbait sites. Should’ve happened last summer but they pushed it to the wire and Saints understandably wouldn’t give him away for next to free when he’s already scored goals on loan.

He was finished 3-4 years ago and even Danny Ings has better knees. Hope nepotism isn’t keeping him on a contract. Grateful for his part in the cup wins and contribution overall but not sure he’d get in another county squad.

Could still win but these need to be in close to the finish to do it. Bollocks - Vince is out

MLG’s local shop ought to stock up on *Kleenex *other brands of tissue are available

Having read the full article, Dragan is saying the first three signings will be without the need for sales, DC (Quarshie), AMC and striker, there will be more incomings but needs to be some sales and squad reduction for those. Which means Ramsdale would leave if there’s to be a new first choice keeper, which makes absolute sense. If the release clause is true then he will be although keepers are a different market,

Sounds like he got fed up with Martin’s and Juric’s inflexibility - not surprised they’ve opted for Will Still and a more adaptive approach. He thinks Martin would do well in the PL much longer-term but probably needs the maturity from a spell at a club the size of Rangers and others to know when to be adaptive.

*MLG Mode deactivated again

We are linked with a lot of first choice keepers though and Baz’s report card from Belgium was not good at all. He might end up as second choice if AM moves on in his final year.

Should’ve guessed it would be that. Still, a welcome addition and let’s see how he does https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cx2v5yn4xdpo

Happy with that, Edozie offered far more in the Championship last time, as did Fraser come to that.

Heated debate raging within MAGA and the GOP https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wp72224jzo

Context - if Still wants a central midfield 3, no reasons why he wouldn’t use Smallbone whatsoever as alongside Downes and Aribo he often performed well. In a central two however, Smallbone got swamped for Martin in the Champ.

Inevitably a few of the 28k will have turned up on other crossings but the sheer scale of escalation from the smugglers and new boarding tactics https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpd1l6p8vw9o means the Gendarme will need 1) more licence to intercept and arrest at sea, 2) help from both Navies to accomplish this and 3) immunity from prosecution if something goes wrong unless they literally drown someone with their bare hands. The inflatables are being so overloaded that a sinking soon is inevitable if we get a more choppy/windy day in the Channel.

Weatherley is borderline in the top 5, and Albert’s been struggling to get it off the square in red ball. Surprised we had the decent start we have but can’t see us making the knock outs and staying up in red ball is the priority, maybe a One Day Cup run again with the kids.

That was one of the most one sided matches I’ve ever seen involving Hampshire - lots of leg-side slow rubbish, Dawson and Howell pulled it back slightly but 25-30 too many still. Wood - he was finished at first class white ball standard three years ago and has no knees. Why is he still under contract? Then on a slow surface against far better bowling, too many onside swipes. Overall, can’t be too harsh as only Vince, Dawson and Brevis get in their team, and probably their seconds, but you’ve got to play with some discipline and focus.

Yes, forgot Rangers were after him, but he’s played for Liam Manning before at MK (ironically another ex-Martin club) and originally from Cambridge direction so once Manning took the Carrow hot seat this looked a formality.

Third para from the base of the BBC article from today you shared - 940 boats intercepted in the same period with 28k migrants on them. That’s an average of roughly 29 a boat - more sinkings are on the cards sadly as they aren’t meant to hold anywhere near that number.