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Yep, there's clearly a lag between becoming eligible on the booking system and being told about it. My advice to anyone who is waiting for a letter / text is to try out the online system anyway.

Funny old season

I'm 52 but classed as 'CEV', so in priority group 4. Was hoping to get my invite by now but nothing received yet. However, I went onto the online booking system on the off-chance today and was able to book a slot for next week (at local Superdrug) Huzzah!

I may be mis-remembering things here, but my recall is that Ralph used to eulogise about how important it was to his system not to play players out of position. I guess it's a case of reality trumping idealism. (Or just my poor memory!)

Because if they'd placed orders amounting to 'just enough' they'd be slated for not ordering enough contingency stock to cover production or distribution issues...?

Out of curiosity, do we know if Salisu is more of a Bednarek or Vestergaard type of CB?

I think that's something most of us have always suspected but don't think I've ever seen it confirmed 'in writing' before? Not even considering managers who are currently managing someone else because we refuse to pay compensation is false-economy and/or shooting-ourselves-in-the-foot territory, is it not? Surely its better to pay compensation for a manager that's deemed better than the best available out-of-work manager?

Heart: hope not Head: Probably our best chance of maximising his value

Will pretty much be our u18s I'd imagine...?

Cheers for the 'first goalscorer' betting tip

June 2022, so less than 18 months Hmm, has all the hallmarks of ending in tears this one...

I'm from the "if they're good enough, they're old enough" school of thought.

Does it matter if we paid more?

Burnley coming up on the rails. Dark horse for a top half finish?

Think we might have to make an exception to our "no loans for players we want to keep" policy on this occasion. When does his contract expire BTW? Can't have more than 2 years left I'd have thought?

I've been, somewhat annoyingly perhaps, banging the Jankewitz drum last season and this season and touted him as a natural Hojbjerg replacement rather than going out looking for a replacement in the market place. (My 'fear' being that we should see Hojbjerg's departure as an opportunity to promote from within rather than blocking the path of someone of Jankewitz's calibre). Despite Ralph labelling Jankewitz as "the next big thing" from the academy towards the end of last season, it often baffled me why we hardly ever (never?) saw him on the bench this season up until the Shrewsbury game. Obviously we went for an external Hojbjerg replacement in the end, and Diallo looks like the bee's knees, but it's totally understandable why Jankewitz would be hacked off. It has seemed a bit one-step-forwards, two-steps-back for him so far this season. Anyway, I would view the transfer request as a positive - I'd rather have eager and disappointed younger players than those that just coast along with the flow. Hopefully Ralph sees his frustration as a positive too, rather than potentially ostracizing him...

Yep, I may have been banging on about Jankewitz's calibre for quite a while now...

Bit harsh on Corbyn that... Edit: Ah, sorry, see what you mean now

# Trousers curiosity klaxon # When did 'Whataboutery' become a bad thing? I remember the good ol' days where comparing one thing against another was a valid analytical tool. I guess the advent of social media, and the self-appointed intelligentsia therein, probably had a part to play in it becoming de rigeur?

Yep, but at least it gives one longer to laugh at them whilst one is waiting

McCarthy KWP - Bednarek - Stephens - Bertrand JWP - Romeu Armstrong - Diallo Ings - Adams Bench: Forster, Valery/Vokins, Ramsey, Jankewitz, Watts, Redmond, Walcott, N'Lundulu, Long

Bobby Davro. He asked me to pose the question

Just about sums it up...

Since when did Arsenal turn into an intense high pressing team? Was that just to counteract us this evening or is that how they're going to play for the rest of the season..?