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Neither played for the u21's so I'm guessing either injured, earmarked for a loan, or around the squad but didn't make the 2O.

They played Friday so Sunday lunchtime would be too early. That said, Moses Sesay apparently played well, and could be one to breakthrough. Not sure what's happened to Barnaby Williams though.

Some great shouts up there - Woods, Thompson, Maradona, Senna, Calzaghe, Warne, in particular. 3 alternatives: Michael Jordan Steve Redgrave Ronnie O'Sullivan

I was on a ferry. Everyone was out of signal, and when we got in range, hundreds of phones went loopy. When that happens, you assume it's for something serious, not telling us the bleeding obvious.

Yep. The COVID era also had a huge impact. Alas, many people can't or won't recognise conditions that haven't touched them.

Yet retaining the triple lock, even for those without the need. In this AI world, this economy , in a country with minimal manufacturing, I dread to think where we're heading where people are removed from benefits. Without a job to go to, which many of them would undoubtedly struggle to do even if there were jobs, it's going to be a car crash. This needs balance. Remove the triple lock, free up some cash, revise benefits to sift the needy from the greedy, means test PiP and the child equivalent - people are chucking their PiP into an ISA or SIPP!! Madness. We can't have a society where people -pensioners/children/disabled/unwell people are squirrelling away monies from the state - yet hundreds of thousands of people are left without support with the expectation that they get a job that isn't available and/or that they can't actually do.

People calling the police because their neighbours are having a BBQ. Idiots.

And an assist, 2 goals in the cup, and goals assists in pre season. He got grief for going when he did, but he did time on loan, and got his move to West Brom. He'll be a decent player. Good luck to the lad.

I'm not talking generally. The point was regarding a persons direct family. If my old man's dad was an axe murdering madman, I wouldn't feel too proud about him. That his generation flattened Dresden doesn't make me want to hang my head in shame though.

Yep. Accept the past, learn from it, move in.

I'm not so sure. If people can feel proud of their ancestors, it follows that they can feel embarrassed or upset about their behaviour. Sure, it shouldn't impact their lives, but it's strange to say that people can't feel upset about it.

Yep. People will still believe the BS though. State of the nation etc.

I'm not sure you were the strongest Whelk. Duck, in particular, has/had this belief that the Israelis are a peaceful lot, and that all would be well if their neighbours were more tolerant of them. Hypo got upset when I, rightly, described him as naive on the issue. On the wider issue, we've not yet seen the tip of the iceberg.

Indeed. A properly horrible thing to do.

33, grab yourself a jumper Del. 27 this time of evening here. Bliss.

Yep, it's ridiculous that we sold off our utilities. It was obvious to anyone with half a brain that private enterprises wouldn't provide necessary infrastructure upgrades which don't provide a ROI. Mental.

I'm in the Vendée. 39c yesterday, 37c today, no breeze, incredibly dry everywhere - the driest I've ever seen it here. It's bloody lovely.

I'd hope so, but if we do I think it'll be a free or loan.

I'm assuming Matsuki gets that gig, or Azaz drops deeper with Matsuki or Dobbin ahead.

Nice. Good bit of business is that.

They deserve more than a tough few years. More to the point, it's astonishing that they haven't picked up the full bill for the post office fallout, and that the government has an ongoing relationship with them.

I think you're trying to rewrite this mate.

Yep, we found it, now we've recouped it. I'd like to see us spend, but given the £99m we owed in transfer fees, we don't have spare cash for transfer fees. We now need to sell to buy, or Dragan needs to put cash in.

"The money"? We need to balance the books - this money isn't for transfers.