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Rio Ferdinand

Who knows?

Loving the positive vibes!

Sad news breaking overnight from Australia regarding Robin Smith.

Certainly the budget was designed to placate Labour MPs rather than deliver for the country as a whole. No different from the Tories, nor I suspect ReformUK.

My wife was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in March 2020. First Saturday of first lockdown. She required immediate life saving surgery. I wasn't ware of any real delay in the chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment which followed. CAT/PET Scans were not delayed either; she was in the system. She was part of the bowel cancer community and quickly became aware that the treatment she had was not being replicated across the country. In short, I couldn't fault her initial treatment however when the cancer returned in June 2021 the cracks in the system were beginning to show. Access to specialist treatment centres like North Hampshire Hospital in Basingstoke was impossible and her only other lifeline was through UCH in London. Despite several consultations with the latter and proposed ways forward nothing materialised quickly enough as her condition worsened. 4 years ago I was sat in exactly the same spot I am sat now and was told that she wouldn't see out the week. That sadly proved to be the case.

Passed away aged 79. Iconic player and manager for them.

Millwall did a number on us today plain and simple, but we don't help ourselves do we?

I'm amazed people have! 😂

I presume we'll see 'and there it is' very soon.

They never were but it'll be competitive to get in to them.

Think we might be disappointed this pm. Just a feeling. Not related to Scienza’s absence, but the sort of game where players and fans go into with high expectations only for it to bite them on the arse. Hope I’m wrong.

Pompey are absolute dogshite, but there again we’ve always known that.

Existing or future liabilities?

Why hasnt this been picked up by the CoT. No CoT no party!

As a kid I never thought much of Frank Saul, makeweight from Spurs in the Chivers deal for those too young to remember.

If Brenda was made of chocolate he'd be ten times more likely to eat himself than Russell Martin

TSP covered why he perhaps should remain just an interim even if it extends beyond the International break.

Man U loanee

Ron Davies Mick Channon Oh, and the scorer of our most famous goal was a lad from Paulsgrove.

This, like many things needs breaking down. Firstly the untold weeks off. Teachers can only work when children are in school, apart that is from the 'training days' which I'll come to in a bit. Obviously there are historical and societal reasons for the term/holiday times particularly the 6 weeks in the summer which have faded in importance. There's quite a lot of solid evidence of learning loss particularly around primary to secondary transition and arguments spacing out term/holiday time throughout the year have some value. A full-time teacher is contracted for 1265 hours annually over 195 days, including 5 training days. and receives the statutory holiday entitlement of 28 days paid annual leave which is factored into the salary calculations. As leave has to be taken during the school holidays teachers have a great deal of flexibility as to when they can take it, but outside of those 5.6 weeks that all full time workers are entitled to all other time off is not paid for. Payment is spread across twelve months rather than just term time for convenience. Put simply, teachers are paid during school holidays not for school holidays Looking at those training days which are something of a nuisance, I agree, if you put those in the school holidays where teachers are not working nor being paid for you'd have to pay them just to comply with the existing contact of employment. Extrapolating my salary to 2025 from 2015 when I retired, me attending training days would cost the school £1700+ whether during term time or in holiday time. Putting them elsewhere won't save any money. The other flaw is around when teachers go on holiday, particularly in the summer. It would be a logistical nightmare to ensure everyone could attend during holiday periods. Another thing to consider is that some schools, including ones I've worked in use twilight (after school) time to deliver training in lieu of the training days. Most secondary schools do two or three days at the end of the summer holidays and split the rest across the year during time.

I always thought that the team was better when JWP had Romeu in the side that without.

I've lived in the Reading area for 45 years, apart from Saints games I've never thought about watching or supporting them. Mind you they're shite too.

You forgot, at the alehouse.

Will Still, the Keir Starmer of football management.