hypochondriac

If we lost the last five games then it's still not certain. Stranger things have happened with saints!

Why is he a twat?

Almost certain to lose. A draw would be a good result though. I hope so!

Utterly pathetic. Uefa are a joke.

Not as bad as the Kevin de bruyne one. When I read that earlier I audibly said "oh fuck off." these players all employ social media managers to curry favour.

Losing weight:

I can honestly say I would. It's not really a choice between 250K a week or nothing is it. They'd still probably get 100K a week by going elsewhere. There comes a point where you really don't need even more money. I'm sure some players will feel similarly.

All they're doing is articulating in public what they've said in private for years.

You know we'd be lower mid table!

It will be really telling which managers and players speak out. If a load of them keep their heads down and just swallow this then they need to get it both barrels from all fans. Make them ashamed to walk down the street for their complicity.

Happy with my reply.

We haven't played pressing stuff for months. We are an entirely different team than the one who started the season. It's bizarre.

I think it's more that the concern is that a better manager would have tried something to arrest the alarming form we've been in for months now. We will almost certainly not be going down this year but I wouldn't like to say with any certainty that we won't next year.

I'm not sure that Ralph can coach a defence.

Simply unacceptable to concede this many goals in a season. If we lose at the weekend then I think Ralph needs to seriously consider if he is the man to resolve this issue.

And so far he's been very underwhelming. The one thing you could say about corbyn is that he had clear things that he stood for even if lots of those things were ridiculous things that the majority didn't want. The answer then isn't to stand for nothing and just exist with some nebulous positions in the centre. Starmer needs to start by actually standing for something appealing, reject identity politics and provide a viable alternative to the government that the average person actually wants to vote for. Corbyn had a clear appeal to a certain type of person, who does starmer appeal to and inspire?

I expect they do. The problem is they don't want to risk upsetting the majority of their membership. I expect quite a few would rather stay with Corbyn's politics even if it meant never getting in power again.

Yes for the moment. I wouldn't want to rely just on him and a youngster though when ings leaves.

He's alright. He's not consistent enough but he's a mid to lower prem striker.

I haven't spoken to anyone for a while I'm afraid so I wouldn't know. What I do know is they expected him to leave last summer and they didn't use him in any promo photos. Maybe covid changed things but that was the plan anyway.

It means that disliking and talking down the country, moaning about seeing the union Jack, having debates about all women shortlists that include men, not being able to define what a woman is, writing off anyone who voted brexit as a thick racist, refusing to condemn riots, kneeling for BLM etc etc is all part of the same sort of mindset that infests institutions like universities, the BBC and increasingly the Labour Party. None of these traits will appeal to traditional Labour voters and its why they are still doing badly. There's so much wrong with the Conservatives but imo the popular view is that at least they aren't labour at that should tell you how badly Labour have got it wrong and continue to get it wrong.

Labour has been a uneasy alliance of ultra progressive liberals, unions and student types for a few years now. I think they need to actually try and appeal to the average person rather than trying to keep all these groups onside and actually keeping no one happy.

Bertrand and ings are going. Vestergaard I think might stay.

Yep. Ings and Bertrand off, I expect we will get a young striker in as a replacement and probably get in a lb then wait till the last minute for a midfielder. I hope we sign a midfielder anyway as that's clearly an area we need to improve.

The best news is we officially can't finish bottom if Sheffield lose their next game.