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Depressingly I can see Sheffield United winning today quite handily. If we lose we will likely only be above the on goal difference.

I haven't personally seen us create a shed load of chances. Most of our dangerous play breaks down in the final third. We've had a few chances that have drawn good saves from the keeper but other than the Swansea game I haven't seen a load of glaring misses. I reckon they count chances in an odd way.

Which is why we need to play with a more attacking style.

I genuinely don't understand. If we're conceding a load of goals either way then why not at least go more attacking and try to out score the opposition.

Will still: "it's not about the names or positions" Bollocks. I hate when managers say shit like that.

Starmer pushing hard on digital ID over the last couple of days which has morphed from a system to prove who yo are for work to all manner of other things.

There's been no proposal that I have seen to physically police loos. The principal is no biological men in women's spaces.

Great we agree. No biological men in the women's loos.

Agreed. Seems very odd to me.

Right but there does now appear that there are a number of people invited on this panel who are not grooming gang victims. These people have also confirmed that they were looking to widen the scope of the investigation-a charge that Phillips denied in the commons- which would have the effect of diluting the findings. You're right that some people are politically partisan but that fact is surely not a good way of discovering the truth.

That's what needs to happen here. You will never be a citizen, you will never have leave to remain, you will never receive benefits or aid beyond the very basics. That will reduce the numbers undoubtedly.

Given the counter statement today about jess Phillips, the big question that now needs answering in relation to this issue is who on earth invited loads of victims of individual grooming or wilder child sexual abuse on a panel relating to an inquiry on grooming gangs? Was the purpose to dilute the findings?

Exactly. Some perverted man may still try to break the rules and encroach on women's spaces but I am confident that less will do so when the law is explicit that they are not welcome and should not be entering women's spaces.

It now appears that there's a number of people invited on the panel who aren't group based sexual abuse victims and are victims of other types of childhood sexual abuse and they are the ones pushing for the scope to be expanded. Given your final paragraph presumably you agree that this is not on if true?

I don't see why it's not possible for us to discuss it. As I said, many men have close female relatives or daughters so it's relevant to them as well. It's also possible to represent the views of those women in the discussion which I think both sides have done. I think the recent high court rulings have made it clear what the rules are regarding single sex spaces so even though I think there very much is a majority opinion on the matter, the courts have told us what should be happening anyway.

Can't remember the details and can't be bothered to look.

I agree we should train more of our own people. Pretty sure I read recently that a load of junior doctors trained in this country were striking because there were no jobs for them after graduating because hospitals were taking immigrants instead

They're allowing porn shoots to run after 4pm on a Sunday?

It's not just the money it's hospital appointments, availability of housing, public services etc. I accept that some people only care about money in their pocket but I personally think more care about things beyond that than we might think.

Polling indicates that immigration numbers have been one of the top issues for voters. Consecutive governments have been voted in promising to reduce immigration and have the done the opposite.

Evidence that making something socially unacceptable and clear that it's wrong will result in more people complying? I'm sure there's plenty of evidence but off the top of my head the wearing of seatbelts in cars. There's a few examples I have seen of tribunals or other incidents where men in women's changing rooms are extremely brazen and entitled about being there. Something like that should stop those at the very least but clearly the atmosphere of being unsure of what is allowed or not and being ambiguous about who is allowed in has meant that those in authority have felt unable to do anything (see the recent NHS fife tribunal for details.)

Fair enough. In fairness it's probably a bit of playing politics and a bit a reasonable point.

I don't consider it likely that Maggie Oliver has been manipulated. Even Labour ministers and backbenchers have been critical of Jess Phillips. She's temperamentally unsuited to lead this sort of thing.

A rabid response there may be but the British public have consistently voted for lower immigration for decades and the opposite has happened. I'm not surprised that many people are angry.

It's not the players we signed, it's the players we didn't sign and the positions we prioritised.