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Or the correct sweatshop workers to be 'encouraged.'

Makes you wonder just how quickly they can churn them out!

Oh.

Curious.....

Totally agree. The old boys type organisation at the top of the FA is strangling any hope of progress in the national side. Any organisation's philosophy will be reflective of it's leadership, be it complacent, ambitious.... or in the case of the FA and the National team, self interested and cliquey. My personal instinct would be to abolish the FA as it exists and take the running of the national team into the portfolio of either the Football League or the Premier League. Ensure a direct requirement for improving the national team in line with the running of the domestic leagues. How the leagues and non-league set up would then be administered would be another matter entirely, but in the case of the national team I believe it would make the best sense.

It's easy to criticise something to try and make you look good, his observations have been made elsewhere but this is the first time someone who had been that close to becoming England manager has stated it. Having a set structure from youth level through to the national team has merit, but to really make things work we need to find a way to get rid of the rifts that exist between the football league, the premier league and the FA. Three entities, three agendas and none of the conducive to improving the english talent coming through.... not to mention the individual aims of all league and PL member clubs.

A come and get me plea to any suitors. If we have been working on this it's time to finish things off.

Now, a Red/White version of that like the St Mary's retro shirt released when we left the dell and wore against Brighton in the final game there... I would love it!

Nonsense. Those cheap sausages and pastas will save you a fortune!!

Not just since then, it's permeated human history since the very beginning!

Can't agree, WGS tended not to take fools lightly rather then simply be glib or entertaining for the sake of it. Certainly he isn't random for the sake of attention like Ian Holloway.

The Villa shirts are certainly distinctive. Thumbs up from me... and I have hated the Macron shirts previously.

Governments using data beyond the apparent realms of the DPA? No, surely not! I have no doubt that this happens. The only difference will be that in Europe it's done even more quietly. Just imagine, a file in a secret facility holding the records of every single piece of porn you have ever viewed....

Yeah, you have to hate a nuisance with the 'twins.'

Just saw that Scotland won 0-1 in Croatia. Fair play to WGS!!!

Either I always lie, or I never tell the truth. I am relaxed, but still, you are the only person who uses it. I'm not going to follow, it just doesn't sit with me.

Jelle Van Damme

+1!! Using a nickname that implies he has been lying by associating him with a character that did is really bad form. Just a cheap measure because there may be a very vague similarity between Pochettino and Pinocchio..

Not really. I can only recall seeing you use it. It's a pretty disrespectful nickname, implying he's a liar.

Yes. But stranger things have been known, no doubt he will be grilled about his destination.

Have we ever had a player declare they are joining us before the club has confirmed it?

Tabloid radio for a Tabloid audience. I preferred it when it actually had a 'talk' element.

Done.

Hey, I'm selling a three bedroom property in Coventry for £130k, do help yourself.

Glad it was free. That was completed very quickly!!