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Fucks sake, have we not learned anything from last year? Relying on kids between 5 and 13 isn't going to get us promoted!

Cheers. Suspect that might be more embarrassing for Boris than the report itself.

Does anyone know if MPs will actually vote now that Boris has resigned? I'd be interested to see how much support he has left in the Tory party.

Completely agree mate, apparently Boris didn't even eat the cake! It's mental. People talk about lying but they're all the same. Boris got the wrong type of Brexit done and that's good enough for me AND he didn't lie about it!

I can't believe we've had a report and all this fuss over some cake. Madness.

I'm definitely going to miss his work against the ball. I'll be honest, it wasn't something I'd really considered before but it was joy to watch him in his pomp when he glided over the pitch in the general direction of where the ball was and, in terms of being in the vicinity of the ball and yet not actually having an influence on the game, he's been unparalleled. TBF I'm not going to criticise his commitment or work rate. I'm sure he's a nice bloke that has tried his best but he should never have been a premier league player.

Not really having a go so hopefully you don't take it that way but aren't you supposed to be in your 50's? If you've voted in 12 GEs then the youngest that makes you is 67. Also, if you've voted against the Tories more times than not then it begs the question who you have voted for - obviously UKIP in it's various incarnations will take up some of those but I reckon you're a closet Lib Dem for the others. It makes sense as the initials match up.

It doesn't really matter if we're all fishing in the same pond, under blue skies and pulling in the right direction while contemplating the lack of an "i" in team (but there is a "me").

I don’t know much about him either but was the players player of the season for 22-23. Seems like a steady all round midfielder rather than anything outstanding. There’s a bloke on YouTube who rates him as his favourite player.

We should be aiming higher IMO. Rodri is 26 now so resale value won't be that high and I'm not sure what he's like on freekicks. Personally I think we should sign every single player we've been linked with (except Rodri), and keep Tella.

That's probably a fairly small percentage of the population isn't it?

Yeah, I'd be happy to keep him. It was a strange signing because his best position seems to be as an out and out winger but he's rarely had the opportunity to play as one. Certainly under RH it was all about working against the ball and cutting inside but think we could have utilised him far better. I'd really only want him as a squad option so if he goes then it's not going to be the end of the world and definitely need to get the size of the squad down.

Probably right although it's hampering them as much as us. They'll be wanting to appoint a manager soon themselves so I expect we'll come to a predictable agreement without too much fuss.

Tella seems an easy one. Either Burnley stump up 20M or we keep him. I’m fairly relaxed either way, I’m not sure he’ll make it in the premier league but looks like he can in the championship so he’ll be an asset to us. He doesn’t look the type to be difficult either. Similar with Sulemana, if someone offers us our money back then I’d probably take it but I don’t think many clubs will. I’m also happy to keep him, could be a great player in the championship. Out of all of them, I would love to keep hold of Alcaraz. The lad can be something special for us.

Midfield needs to be a bit stronger IMO. I wouldn't want to go into the season with Grimes, Diallo, Smallbone and Aribo. Grimes might be OK but the others either aren't proper CM or not good enough at it. Otherwise it's probably decent enough.

Quite like all the DSB mockups. They're mostly all quite clean designs but whatever we usually get always seems messy in comparison.

I'd be happy with that if they kept the stripes on the back.

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Yeah so when I said generally I meant most of the time rather than all of the time. Obviously there's a whole host of considerations that come into play but generally the quality of the squad will be more important than whoever happens to be the manager.

Can't say I'm much bothered either way and certainly not that worried about any delay. Obviously wouldn't want it stretching out too long but this feels like the usual haggling that generally gets sorted without too much bother. I think it was Mick McCarthy who said that generally speaking clubs tend to finish according to the quality of the playing squad and, while managers have an influence, they're not that big a deal. Obviously there's exceptions and really bad ones will mean you do much worse and really good ones could be the difference between promotion and staying where you are. Seemed to make a lot of sense to me.

It was a joke.

Just got a ST for first time in 10 years or so. Quite looking forward to a half decent season where we hopefully win more than we lose, goals, 3pm Saturday kick offs and thinking we have a realistic chance of winning every game (I don’t mean I think we’ll win every game but none of this going to a game and thinking the best we’ll get is a draw or narrow defeat). This optimism will last till end of August…..

Fair enough - I thought the deal included the option to match any bid but I can't find it anywhere so you could be right. Doesn't really matter though - if City want him then they'll get him (assuming Lavia wants to go back there). In fact City are in a position to match any bid and still get him cheaper because of the sell on clause and I don't see a situation where they would be unaware of any potential deal. Not sure the timing is right for a move to City though - Lavia needs to be playing regularly and that's probably less likely if he went back.

Pretty sure City have the option to match any bid as part of the deal to get him here.

I don't feel that students should be included in the figures, or if they are then it's made a bit clearer. Economically they're a huge bonus to the UK and limiting numbers would come at a cost we could do without right now.