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As a main striker I agree but nobody is taking him with his injury so hopefully next season he is a David Connolly contribution with cameos of important goals inbetween injuries. One year left so might as well use him if fit.

Quite the betrayal of Britain https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-britains-nazi-loving-press-baron-made-the-case-for-hitler/

‘Accused’ by the worst leader of the opposition this country has ever seen, and when you’re worse than IDS or Corbyn (Hague was too young and up against Blair) then that’s really a low point for their party and paper. If the Mail is outraged, that’s probably a barometer that it’s not a bad initial deal. Pity Starmer didn’t go much further and burst a few blood pressures. Andrew Neil is well over the hill and far away, like Whelk, I wasn’t sure Littlejohn was with us any longer. Although at (only) 71, he’s actually a few years below the Tories average voting age. Maybe he votes Reform instead? Paper for old biddies.

Paid £4m to Luton for Nathan Jones….

If Rohl is clearly ahead of Still then it’s bonkers. If it’s more a tie breaker situation and they’re the top two then it’s a more reasonable variable. Personally I’d go for Steve Cooper but not SR’s cup of tea.

Agree, and also getting a good response from business https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgvp0wlnl3o Obviously I would like it to have gone much further in fixing the economic damage a hard Brexit has caused but it’s a compromise with the more reasonable Brexiteers. It won’t go down well with the ‘Two World Wars and One World Cup/Napoleonic Wars/No Surrender brigade but nothing would. The Tories are hilarious - Labour have just completed three trade deals in a week and all they mustered in 6 years was Truss’s Australian deal which utterly shafted UK agriculture and derided widely by her own party let alone anyone else. And that after they increased the size of the Cabinet Office to eye-watering level to facilitate all of those so-called deals.

Add in Stewart, Larios, and the University Medical and Sports Science Faculties are well in business. A few research grants from those three.

Technically correct In the sense we’ve not that many ooc, but plenty with a year or two left that will be on their way. Bazanu and Larios on heavily subsidised loans to League 1/League 2 and Spanish lower leagues respectively. Can’t see Gavin coming back for his final year unless he suddenly looks like an actual keeper and gets in that division’s team of the season. As Stewart is finally and staggeringly getting fitter (credit to him), might as well keep him around for the final year to be a David Connolly. Taylor or Manning will be on their bike on loan as they can’t both be competition to Wellington. Aribo and Bednarek will be off fairly early in the window (esp given the latter’s £6m release fee), probably Onachu as well. They’ll be a fair turnover already before the few desirable assets under contract - Fernandes, Ramsdale, Dibling and possibly THB (despite a shit season) - are moving on for the bigger fees. And Will Still shouldn’t be lumbered with problems and SR vanity projects like Bazanu, Larios, a million other left backs and some of the strikers who clearly don’t want to be at the club. Wrexham for example might fancy BBD and probably match what he’s on here if we keep the fee modest. Maybe AA if their owners push the boat out. At least give the bloke a bit of a cleaner slate to work with. Even if it means some very targeted writing off on wages and book values in places, SR needs to do it.

No idea if it’s a reliable source https://www.facebook.com/red.way.526/posts/️-excl-watfordfc-have-completed-deal-to-sign-32-year-old-striker-danny-ings-foll/1082763080576928/ If true, it would stop all of the posters in here who will be banging on about re-signing him. Nothing on the Watford forums though which is odd.

Even worse than Pellegrino which I didn’t think was possible.

Saints (42 years), Torquay United (14) and Cheltenham Town (2) for me. Follow Gloucester City and Sholing’s results (same division) and probably go that game.

Don’t know on the last question until more unveiled, but I can’t see how they would. Within the EU, who is anyone seeking asylum from? Hypothetically, perhaps an LGBT+ person from Hungary or Slovakia, or a smuggled woman from Romania, but that’s more of an Albanian issue and they aren’t in the EU.

First priority is not to do what Luton and Sunderland before them have done and fall straight through. One hopeful aspect is that Still’s teams seem better defensively whereas Martin’s always leak like a sieve, and we did under Ralph towards the end as well. To help with that, Bazanu will need to go out on heavily subsidised loans for the next 2 years. A lot of writing off is needing to happen and huge turnover of players even by Saints standards. Still needs to be given a clean slate and that means all of SR’s vanity projects - Bazanu, Larios, Sulemana, Wood and loads more - being shipped out at a loss, or as many as Dragan will pay for. Very, very difficult job for anyone at the moment. I do think if Saints appoint him that he needs a more experienced assistant who can break the back of the player power which has infested the club over the last few years.

But they aren’t going to draw on our public services and once they stop sightseeing, will take up temporary jobs we can’t fill in hospitality etc. Really can’t see the issue.

It reminds me of the last Dell game vs Brighton except technically that was a friendly. Everton are playing an XI that would struggle to get 50 points in the Championship so they can focus on enjoying the day.

Dreadful signing. Another loan out next season happening, one of many. At least unlike Bazanu we shouldn’t have to subsidise the wages too much.

Wearing Wellington boots there.

If you sign a player from a lower mid-table Championship club for a League 1 fee, funnily enough they aren’t anywhere near good enough in the top flight.

Pinch of salt with the source but looks to be Still https://sports.yahoo.com/article/still-advanced-talks-become-next-084551837.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACRJM_iadAB1PiBSVNqM6ezWqBIQd3k8UiHrYGOqz1ZWsff9bf0AJTtH-swoxDyuXqlHwCwnaIssescrUrAgAoLwin83qbttPCanhx3skMpBBr3-HqrzznVWV91uAuqChnmtGl18veAVsizyY0VzmvMNEwM0e5Z-oShcRCYNoOsd Independent just ran the same story

Starmer needs to show backbone. Ludicrous by Badenoch and Tice to lump in a young people reciprocal visiting scheme with freedoms of movement. Boomers need some boundaries setting that not everything is about them. Young people visiting rarely use our public services so that’s not a valid argument, it’s the insular, island mentality that led to our young men smashing up European cities through the 1970s and 80s at England games https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c706e6nxwr4o

After Jones was sent off that was David Howells going in goal. But yes, like Gavin Bazanu, having outfield players in goal never has a happy ending. Goalkeeping is a specialist position not suited for outfield players like Howells or Bazanu.

Really poor from him, despite spending a developing nation’s GDP on players, his turgid style of football has been worked out. No excuses and blaming opposition players.

Delighted for Palace, I know some of their fans who are there today. It’s their 1976 moment. Lovely moment with Dean Henderson there about his father who passed away at the start of the season. Fully deserved. As someone else posted, repeat of last Saturday but with Palace’s extra attacking threat. City did have a go 45-55 minutes actually getting Silvinho attacking and getting crosses in and then reverted back to ponderous Martinball.

It can’t be worse than 1996 with Neil Heaney filling in at LB during an injury crisis v peak Andrei Kanchelskis. 5-0 down within half an hour. Mind you, I saw us concede 4 goals in 10 minutes either side of half-time up there in 1999 including a comedy own goal mix up between Claus and Paul Jones.

The away end (Jimmy Seed Stand) is the only original part of The Valley pre-closure. Early 1980s IIRC, not the worst away end for its era but pillars are annoying viewing the game. Stewards alright whenever I’ve watched Saints there. Still repulsed 🤢 by that enormous Charlton fan taking his top last night when they scored and waving man boobs and a stomach the size of the nearby O2 Arena. Apologies in advance if you had a late supper