Sheaf Saint

If you thought beating the PL champions and getting to a Wembley semi-final where we gave Man City a bloody nose was just a distraction then maybe supporting football isn't for you. The confidence that came from that cup run bled through into our league performances, and our ability to rotate regularly without dropping massively in quality meant it didn't cause unwanted fatigue. This idea that we shouldn't take the cups seriously and just concentrate on the league is utter nonsense.

Yes but that will only be the case for a small number of the overall centres. Anyway, my understanding is that these facilities are intended to provide early intervention for people before they reach crisis point, so the opening hours won't necessarily be a problem. Currently if you go to the GP with non-urgent concerns then you will likely be referred to an under-resourced psychological therapy service and often have to wait months just for an initial telephone appointment with a counsellor. That's why the number of severe cases has risen so drastically because the early support just isn't there to stop things from spiralling.

Did you miss this bit of the report? I'm all in favour of this idea. From 2010 onwards the Tories ripped apart provisions for MH support in the NHS under the guise of austerity and, surprise surprise, the result was a massive increase in cases of severe MH episodes. I've known more than one person in recent years who have had major MH issues and trying to get any kind of help from the NHS has been like trying to get MLG to admit he is wrong. One person I know had a major psychotic episode and had pretty much detached from reality completely, but because they hadn't threatened to kill anyone, the doctors couldn't find a bed for them at a suitable facility and they had to stay at home and be cared for by their partner who had no training in this area and had to take time off work unpaid. The stress of this ultimately destroyed their relationship, and led to further MH issues for the partner. Walk in centres with properly trained MH professionals is a great proposal because GPs generally don't have a clue in this area, and if they can't give an immediate prescription or make a suitable referral, they mostly don't want to know.

Not that I know of. At youth level he mostly played in the 10 position with Ellis Simms ahead of him as the target man, and I know that's his preferred position. He might well be capable of doing a job in that role if called upon, but we shouldn't be relying on that as an option IMO.

He scored a great goal in pre-season last year as well. I don't think we can read much into that.

Yeah the point seems to have overtaken him somewhat doesn't it. Or maybe it just didn't qualify as humour for him.

Doesn't necessarily have to be a PL move. We'll have to sort something out with him because if he stays he's not even guaranteed to start and he's far too good to be warming the bench for a Championship team. I'm also fairly sure we wouldn't have wanted / been able to sign Peretz if we knew there was a chance we couldn't offload Ramsdale before the window shuts.

Let's just hope it's not a sign that the wheels are coming off of our youth development strategy.

So having already loaned out JRob to Monza, we've now sent this lad off to Le Mans. Either we're in a race to get rid of them. Or we're hoping they will come back with big improvements in their speed and endurance respectively.

I expect it was also largely driven by the club wanting/needing to get his wages off the books to assemble a squad for the Championship. But inevitably loads of people have just lazily concluded that he's a bad apple / uncommitted, and use that as a stick to beat him with.

Good move for someone who plays on the wing.

Hottest, sunniest and driest July on record in England and Wales. 19 counties recorded <1mm rainfall

5 episodes in and the back story has had plenty of screen time so far. The latest episode was mostly future-focussed, but felt like some major pieces of the puzzle have finally fallen into place. I was also pleasantly surprised to see yesterday that S4 of Strange New Worlds has dropped, and the first two episodes are up on Paramount+ now.

Joe Lumley started for Wednesday yesterday in their final pre-season friendly. They lost 4-0 at Oldham and by all accounts he didn't cover himself in glory (especially for the first goal) and showed why he's spent most of his career on the bench. They've got quite a collection of ex-Saints now, with Slattery joining from Motherwell and Yan Valery one of the few remaining senior players from last year.

Woeful defending from Wood for that goal.