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Score prediction. 0-3

We need to, but I'm still not convinced we'll get much business done. I think there's some book balancing going on and it'll be loans late in the window.

Nico Lawrence. Young CB who, I think, came from non League then went on loan to a league 2 club before getting injured. Never heard of the other lad.

That midfield and GK isn't.

I'm not sure why you see that lineup and bench and that's your first thought. Far bigger issues than that.

Yep. That's left us with a properly crap midfield.

Ditto. Seems very decent. I wonder if it's his height that's Still's issue, and why he played him in a 3 today.

"Thoroughly depressing". Just a tad dramatic. Anyone who thinks that we don't have a squad of championship level players needs to give their heads a wobble. Sure, we need a bit here and there, but thoroughly depressing it is not.

The focus by some on him is ridiculous. Yep, he ain't the best, but he's fine at this level. A decent GK, creative AM to replace Fernandes, a CM to cover Downes and Charles, a wide player who'll create/score, are far more pressing issues.

Yep. They're the team to beat imo. Cracking squad.

Shocking news about Princess Di.

What needs to happen to give Israel safety? Kill thousands more civilians under the guise of taking out a few Hamas blokes? If something else, what would that be?

What do you want instead? Every Hamas member killed with whatever collateral damage that entails? Hamam disarmed and not in power is the most that's realistically possible. Anyways, what's your stance on recognising a Palestinian state?

I think you're just being obtuse. Canada and the UK have put clear conditions on recognising a Palestinian state. They both provide for no Hamas involvement in running Gaza.

You still miss the point. Our business model is to sign players who'll give us a year or two then be sold for profit to a bigger club. We have to sell those players to be able to attract the next batch - they won't come here if we don't do that. Other clubs who operate in that way do the same. Clubs that don't operate in that way don't. You can't compare how we operate to a club that doesn't.

That's the condition of the Canada and UK position mate. Keep up.

I'm not saying it's the right model, but it's our model. Anyone expecting us to not do what we have been, and will be, doing needs to appreciate the reality. You can't operate this model and block players from moving on. People like Fernandes are glorified loan signings, but with the intention of making a profit.

I think it'll be loan kids to support the experience we'll be left with. If we get 4 new starters I'll be amazed.

First part, absolutely. Second part, no. That is not all.

Asking that question misses the point. We've become a stepping stone club for players capable of bigger and better. To get those players, we have to sell them when a half decent offer comes in. That's our reality.

Us needing new players is obvious, but it's not obvious that we'll get them. There's a very real prospect imo that we rely on Baz in goal, and BBS, AA and Fraser as our 3 behind. I wouldn't want to start the season with Quarshie personally. I'd rather we partnered Edwards with an experienced player. Whatever the fans want, that'll probably be Stephens.

Trump now suggesting that Canada supporting a Palestinian state threatens a US/Canada trade deal. Wow. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2lkp8rlenxt?post=asset%3A14d36e90-1299-4ca3-b4fd-219f7261b956#post If Hamas are taken out of the equation, what reasonable objection can there be to a Palestinian state?

Surely The governance of a state is different to recognising the state itself? It makes no sense to have an official policy of supporting a 2 state solution, but only recognise 1 state. That's a contradiction. It's possible to address both issues: we recognise the Palestinians right to statehood, and recognise the West Bank (without settlements)/East Jerusalem/Gaza as the Palestinian state, but do not agree with it's right to self governance in Gaza whilst there is an armed and ruling Hamas presence. It's academic though as the US will never get on board, and Israeli will continue to tell the world in one breath that they're fighting Hamas, but in the next breath say that they can't live next door to Palestinians and do all they can to force all of them out of a decimated land.

Yep. And £4m ISH in saved wages. Decent business for a lad who was always going to move when went down.

I'm with you in the 2nd paragraph, but unless I'm mistaken, this suggests that we will not recognise a Palestinian state if there's a ceasefire and the other conditions are met. The right thing to do is to support a Palestinian state, and insist on a ceasefire plus other requirements.