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And yet there is no actual evidence of this available anywhere, only speculation. But you continue to state it as absolute fact and flatly refuse to accept that you might be wrong. Why is that, exactly?

Ahem...

So many people apparently don't understand this. It's very easy to criticise the club for not getting their business done early in the window, but they will have done all they possibly can by now, and it's simply a case of the players/agents holding out for a better offer from another club before deciding to commit. This is why so many deals don't happen until the last day of the window and it's the same for the vast majority of clubs, not just Saints. It's frustrating, of course, but it's not a stick to beat SR with. It's simply the way transfer windows work. We have our place in the pecking order, and short of doing a Pompey and spending waaaaaay beyond our means, there's nothing we can do to change that.

Where are you getting that information from?

You think it's obvious, because the assumption you are making supports the narrative that you want to be true. But have you even considered other possibilities? I suspect not. Perhaps because she realised that the appeal would only be relevant to the disqualification in 2023 and would therefore not change anything, so it wasn't worth the stress of going through an appeals procedure when the body that disqualified her has been completely discredited and it would not stop her from being able to compete in other competitions hosted by bodies that are satisfied with her gender eligibility. Or, given the dodgy nature of the Russian-led IBA, perhaps she was being threatened somehow, or offered incentives to drop the matter. We'll never know. Quite simply, there is not enough information out in the public domain to settle this one way or the other with any certainty. But what is certain is that your earlier claim that simply having XY chromosomes makes you biologically male is false, given that not even the IBA are making such a claim in this case.

She's got you wrapped around her finger Turks 😉

You keep referring to this dodgy test by the IBA as proof, but even they would not go so far as to state that Khelif is biologically male, so how you can do that despite never having seen the results of this secretive test they did is beyond me. As to why she withdrew her appeal against this, I cannot say. There are numerous reasons why she might have done that, but it does not in any way prove your case. Seeing as there is no watertight universal definition, no. And neither will you. But this is just a deflection on your part to distract from the key issue here, which is you being unable to substantiate your claim about Khelif being a man. As far as I am concerned, if someone presents as a woman, identifies as a woman, has female genitalia, is registered as a female on birth certificate, raised as a girl, and passed multiple gender tests to allow her to compete as a woman, then she is a woman.

Wow. Went out fir a few hours and he's still on his crusade I see. So basically Hypo, what you're saying is that your entire argument is based on some completely unverified reports you read somewhere else online but can't actually substantiate. That kind of ignorant rumour-mongering is what led to the violence on the streets of Southport the other day. And for the love of God would you please stop referring to Khelif as 'them'. It makes you look like a colossal prick.

It doesn't upset me. You're just wrong, and evidently completely unwilling to acknowledge that.

Wrong again. https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/swyer-syndrome/ "Girls with Swyer syndrome have an XY chromosomal makeup (as boys normally do) instead of an XX chromosomal makeup (as girls normally do). Despite having the XY chromosomal makeup, girls with Swyer syndrome look female and have functional female genitalia and structures including a vagina, uterus and fallopian tubes."

It's not fact. And your repeated doubling down in this only makes you look foolish. Typically, people with XY chromosomes will be male, but in some rare cases (such as Swyer syndrome), this is not true. Khalif was registered as female when she was born, due to the outward presence of female organs, and was raised as a girl. As a result, she identifies as female. Therefore, your continued insistence that she is male and referring to her as 'they' is monumentally twattish. As to whether or not she should be competing in female sports is another debate, but it is far from being as black and white as you make out.

This tells me all I need to know. Thanks.

You keep repeating this claim that Khalif is 'biologically male', but she* isn't. She is intersex, which means that strictly speaking she is neither male nor female. I recommend you watch this TED talk to better appreciate the medical struggles faced by intersex people (who make up 1.6% of the global population). * - you keep referring to her as 'they', but that is not her preferred pronouns. I don't know if this is born out of genuine ignorance or if you are being deliberately obtuse, but either way it is disrespectful.

Brandon Thomas-Asante, whose name was mentioned as a rumour on here recently, has been sent to Coventry.

As it stands, the Everton squad needs major improvements to be competitive this season. They've already sold Onana and Branthwaite will go. They will probably cash in on DCL this window as well, although he's a shadow of the player he once was. If they have to rely on the likes of Keane, Holgate and Coleman in defence for any sustained period then they're screwed. With massive financial problems, a collapsed takeover deal, and more FFP penalties hanging over them, it will be interesting to see if they can/do make the signings they will need.

Very brave. Could have taken them both out.

I had a mate from Hedge End who was a Man U fan because his dad (who also wasn't from Manchester) was a lifelong fan. All well and good, but I would often ask him who he would be supporting if his dad was a fan of Port Vale or Grimsby Town. He obviously had no answer.

A few on here have been touting his name for a few years. I hope he turns out to be better than the last one of those that we actually ended up signing - Duje Caleta-Car.

They remind me of Sunderland in the years before they finally went down. Like a turd that won't flush.

Watching the way he fell, he was in no state to threaten anyone. He was face down on the floor, conscious or not. And it's not whataboutery at all. If the copper had used reasonable force, and by some freak set of circumstances the guy died, then sure. But stamping on someone's head is not, and never will be considered reasonable force. You only do that if you are in a state of rage and intent on seriously injuring the recipient. Whatever the full circumstances that led to this incident were (which I'm sure we'll find out in due course), the kick and stamp from the copper was entirely unnecessary. I get that he had just been attacked, but he was clearly out of control and not acting rationally. I don't see how he can keep his job when he's proven that he can't be trusted to keep his cool under pressure. So I can't accept that the guy "got what he deserved". Once he's been tried and convicted of assaulting an officer / ABH or whatever, and sentenced accordingly, then he will have.

They did neutralise the threat. He got tased and was lying unconscious face down on the floor. At this point, he was no threat to anyone and the decision on what to do next should have been a very easy one for that copper - put some handcuffs on him and that's that. Stamping on the guy's head could have killed him. Would you still be saying he "got what he deserved" if he had died?

So they lost 2-1 to Salford yesterday. No Branthwaite again. And DCL with a miss that would make even Che feel embarrassed. The gallows humour on GOT is truly something to behold. There's a pretty unanimous opinion that they're going to go down this year.

He did well to control that and shoot. Who played him in? Couldn't see.

What? You mean Celine Dion doesn't represent the zeitgeist?

Yep. And the rain actually accentuates that.