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I'm just popping to the lavatory to flush the contents of my wallet down the toilet. If that's not "ambitious", I don't know what is...

That scenario could be even worse if the other team is that cesspit of a club down the road...

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Permission to exhibit my stupidy / naivety m'lud... Having regulations to ensure products are generally safe sounds like a reasonably good idea to me, on the premise that unsafe products aren't a good idea.... But the bit I don't get is, if I make something in a country that is inside the EU and sell it to another country that's also inside the EU, why wouldn't I be adhering to the same or similar regulations as a country that makes the same product outside the EU selling into to a country that's inside the EU? Surely there's "paperwork" involved in adhering to any kind of regulation, regardless of whether your company is inside or outside the a given trading block? The ultimate aim here is to ensure products are "safe", wherever they are made, surely...? In other words, what does a company outside the EU have to do differently to a country inside the EU to prove that their goods are "safe"...? As I say, maybe I'm being as thick as those that voted for Brexit here.... p.s. my company produces software... we sell it to countries inside and outside the EU without any significant difference in paperwork.... (indeed, UK contracts are often more complicated than non-UK ones....) why can't it be that simple for other sectors...?

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I may be misremembering here, but didn't one of the head honchos (Parsons?) at the last Solent Fan Forum state that there was a huge sigh of relief in the boardroom when we got promoted because we'd have been in a spot of bother financially if we hadn't come straight back up...?

Yup... https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/jose-mourinho-ready-premier-league-return-manage-club-bottom-avoid-uefa-competitions-man-utd-draw-red-card/bltabf4cbaf43dc8209

*Cameron (You'd have thought a 'club plant' would know their onions... )

Wouldn't be unhappy with that 👍

Ah, fair enough. My telepathy skills let me down again!

Yep, myself and a few others have advocated this before. Given we're already as good as relegated, I see a caretaker manager as a pragmatic "nothing to lose" option for the remainder of the season and I'd be happy for Lallana to be given a crack of the whip.

Given you only joined the forum in October 2023, what User ID were you using when the takeover happened...?

Don't know what you mean.... all seems above board to me.... afterall, Sport Republic were the "Perfect Solution" and all's going according to plan.... 😂

And there was me thinking it was to avoid becoming a Pompey fan...

Wasn't Ralph's contract end-date June of this year...?

Indeed, however, having owners with ambition, but who spaff their money up the wall, are worse than owners with no ambition, in my book. #falsehope

Add 'holding the fans in contempt' to the growing list of faux pas that this manager and the ownership have presided over...

Absolutely crazy if they get 2 days off after a game, especially after a defeat... Surely that can't be normal for a professional football club playing in an elite league, can it...?

Cheers for the insight James, but here's hoping its a different 'line of contact' to the one that fed you this info on Nathan Jones' credentials....

And his wife's maiden name is Allen.... Hmm....

Mobilise? I've seen colonies of sloths move quicker than the SFC board...

Maybe its a subliminal message.... Archer.... Arrow....

Always a good tactic to come up with a preemptive cover story so it can be wheeled out as an alibi at moments like this...

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F**k it... Given we're already as good as down, give Big Sam a 6 month caretaker contract on a "nothing to lose" basis. Would just like to see what a 'proper' manager could get out of this squad in the PL. You heard it here first (and last).