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Porkbarrelling is the phrase used in US politics for that practice IIRC, been going on for donkey’s years.

Pretty sure if Leicester were getting deductions it would have been last summer when the breaches were more obvious. Everton unlikely and with City the can will carry on getting kicked down the road.

Came in pre-Election on statue book https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-act-explainer/online-safety-act-explainer I wouldn’t get too concerned though, OFCOM struggles to deal with GB News and a bit of language on Channel 4, they hardly have capacity to be closing loads of websites. There’s not much posted on here that would bother a regulator. You see far worse on Next Door apps! It won’t be football sites, it’ll be websites promoting suicide pacts, extremist ideologies covered by existing legislation eg Prevent. At most, the site admins might need a minimum age limit of 18 to register accounts.

The only manager since Ronald to stand up to the board was Ralph, and did alright, so hopefully an omen. Puel was dignified towards Les despite allegedly not wanting Forster’s extension and some of the tat Reed brought in, but Les shat all over him anyway. Pellegrino was his poodle and then shat on Hughes summer 2018 with more players Mark didn’t want. Rasmus brought Jones in and loaded the club with all of the January 2023 window tat. Post-Wilcox he and Martin were not a positive combination for SFC. So a bit of challenge to the board might shake things up a bit.

I’d assumed that with majorities, albeit slender, in the House and Senate that most of what Trump wants to do would proceed with less drama. Clearly not so and could be a very bumpy ride. This grouping hasn’t come up on my radar so much but perhaps in the context of the next two years they will now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Caucus#:~:text=The Freedom Caucus%2C also known,right bloc within the chamber. Ideologically, they sound like the former Tea Party sect of the GoP but with the nutty evangelical social and health stuff added on. Supposedly loyal to Trump but might flex their muscles as they’ve done here. Trump is a spender rather than the dry fiscal conservatism this mob wants so might be an early attempt from them at playing Conservative pick and mix. I suppose it’s like assuming the unions will always play ball with a Labour government here - not necessarily so. Trump might have reach across to the Democrats to build some alliances issue by issue if this Freedom Caucus are going to become a regular pest to him.

My expectations after the season so far are zero, so Juric can’t really fail. Conceding 3/4/5 goals at home and numerous unforced errors. Something in it for him as if he does really well, other PL clubs who think they should be top 10 and finish lower down will want him in the summer. If he does OK and he feels comfortable as well as the club, then have a tilt at going up next year with the Champ’s biggest budget. If it doesn’t work out - what’s been lost?

I’m not sure Moyes will take another PL head coach job at this stage. Celtic maybe if they get fed up with Rodgers/he with them but they’re romping away with the league and just won the league cup. Whereas I think a role like Rasmus’s overseeing a multi club model and managing younger head coaches would probably more his thing now.

Out of all of SR’s appointments, this one has the most logic to it given the situation. We weren’t going to get a PL survival specialist, Martin needed to be given his P45 after the Bournemouth game to be feasible at all. Juric has some positive top leagues experience, Roma is a political basket-case so I wouldn’t judge on that. Plays more our sort of quicker/counter attacking Saints historically play and are more effective at. If he makes little impact, he moves on in the summer and nothing lost. If he does well, and we go down still, he could get a top 10 PL job. Or he might be OK, work well with the club/owners and decide to try to win the second tier next year.

In effect he is - Kraft’s interview a few weeks ago let that particular kitty cat out of the bag. Bitcon is barely an organ-grinder let’s be frank, a fig leaf DoF whatever his title actually is.

He’s certainly not the ‘grateful for the job Rasmus’ candidates that Jones and Russell were from the sounds of it.

Having just seen the news where I’m at, had heard of him but not that familiar with his style. Will welcome the departure from ponderous error-strewn Martin/Pep on a shoestring, sounds like he plays more like the club does from what people are posting. Does have major leagues experience. With the situation it was never going to be an experienced PL manager - Moyes would have only considered Rasmus’s job I suspect rather than a head coach at his career stage and the situation doesn’t suit what Potter wants - so a try it and see doesn’t feel the worst option for both parties. Juric could do well and get another PL job in the summer but he could also think he might like to win a second level title and have a bit of a stay at SFC. Or it doesn’t work out and nothing lost.

Yes, that’s correct, that’s what I was saying.

Using Rasmus logic, if it isn’t blown up already, then blow it up.

Yes, I’m sure one of them will remind us of Mr Cryptocurrency’s role (just in case MLG reads this, it’s a deliberate play on Bitcon).

Bet Rasmus was looking into a full length mirror when he had it as well with an Issac Hayes track playing.

He’s what I’d describe as serious, very detail focused, which was totally lacking with Boris and Truss. Sunak was more detail focused but they’d shot their bolt by then. Which is fine for a PM but Rayner hasn’t provided the lighter side that might have offset some of that seriousness. Someone like Wes Streeting has that aspect of humour which he seems to land well. Gordon Brown’s seriousness and that of George Osborne wasn’t such a problem as Blair and Cameron were more natural public performers.

Possible, we have been linked earlier in the season. In fact, if the club are speaking to at least three options as per House’s tweet it’s quite likely Eustace is one of them. Would mean paying compo to Blackburn though and he’s got a lot of his contract left to go. Unless it’s a fixed release then it would be potentially as costly as Rohl or Corberan.

I would say a big risk rather than own goal. Minimal big leagues experience and what he did have Mainz was almost as bad as what Jones and Martin gave in the PL. Won the Danish league at a small club so that was more impressive, the Danish national team is what he’s best known for. Apparently likes possession-dominant football which is more of a risk again. He’d be better starting off in the Champ now and if he makes a good start he could be in the PL with someone else next season. Saints need top leagues experience - with a proper DoF in place, the set up severely lacks major football experience at either the club or within SR. The last two appointments have gone wrong because of this.

I did think that, last time they were in power SM was nowhere near the force it is now. Plus some of the tabloids - I include the DT in that category these days sadly - are solely propaganda tools. They’ve always been right-leaning but in a way it backfires because most people who aren’t politically partisan assume they are just banging on at the behest of the CCO and their non-dom, tax dodging owners.

Not everyone’s cup of tea in here but I think they need an Alastair Campbell type figure, or Bernard Ingham the other way, so they get the communication of policies landing better. They’ve got plenty of technocrats but lacking in people who can understand optics in presentation.

If it’s not him that probably rules Corberan out for the same reasons unless his contract is a lot shorter than Rohl’s.

And still committed two absolute howlers trying to play out from the back in the way Russell loves costing us three points.

Some of Labour’s own communication isn’t very good either and in opposition they complained about the unfairness as the Tories did yesterday whilst admitting they couldn’t have afforded it too (which is a lesson for all opposition parties, Lib Dem’s and tuition fees as well for balance as I vote for them). It wasn’t in their manifesto to tackle it and given the state of the country’s finances there are groups like the PO and blood scandal that I’d rather were prioritised.

Quite. Labour has been indifferent so far but compare that to 2016-24 with the legacy left behind and it’s hard to see how it could have too much better. Tories admit they couldn’t have afforded the £10.5bn compensation either and it was their poor communication in the first place. Much rather the infected blood and post office scandal affected groups and individuals are made a priority for compensating - but of course they don’t have a large female boomer generation campaigning voice behind them in the same way through the tabloids. Alan Bates is popular but not got the columnists going into bat for the PO affected in the same way.

Good, pity that didn’t start with the Forest home game. I’m not saying Rusk is the long-term solution but he could read the situation of the match and adapt. That’s one up on anything Martin did this season.