egg

Nice to see him back, and hear him sound positive about it. Poor bloke really went through it.

I can't think of any other manager who'd have picked that squad, and then put out that team. Call me old fashioned, but I like a full back at full back, and in form players in the team. The basics ain't difficult.

I'm going with the back 3 option, James RWB and Saka LWB. Or some other random bollox.

Wild

What is that?! Maguire hasn't played, no left back. It has to either be a right back at left back, or someone (Saka?) At left wing back with a back 3. Mess of a line up.

Yep, but the BoE ain't got a chance with a plunging pound pushing up inflation quicker than they bring it down.

It has a Reagan feel to it, but he was staunchly against inflation though, calling it a mugger etc. I can't see how this government will tackle that. I'm with you on tightening fiscal policy, logic says to me that was the way to go.

Wars

Hope you're right, but I think it's a lot to do with what's a safe haven currency. It ain't ours!!

A weakening pound, particularly against the dollar, means we're importing inflation. That situation doesn't look like it'll be remedied.

Behave.

I doubt that very much. Inflation ain't going down after that budget today. Unless she takes rate control back from the BOE, they'll push rates up until they see inflation where they want it to be. I'd hazard a guess we'll see 5% + before spring. In reality, that's still a low rate.

Not sure how that helps for the rest of 2022, and 2023. So yep, meaningless.

Nope, it's very low. People need to appreciate that it's going to go much higher.

He must be loving all the attention he's getting now he's gone. He's like the Roy Orbison of forums.

To be fair, this thread has been full of the views of amateur experts. Alexi has a different view to most, but there are others who seem to think that they have a greater insight than most.

Double

You partly answer your own question at the end. A tanking pound in our import led economy means we're importing inflation. If oil prices were frozen tomorrow, and the pound drops another 10% on the dollar, that's another 10% oil inflation right there. We need to stop the pound falling otherwise the inflation fight becomes more difficult.

Mason

He's not block5...but he's definitely still around and posting.

Instinct

Counter

Our boy Edozie scored and played 70 mins in an England u20 win today. The report suggests he was pretty involved. https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2022/Sep/21/england-mu20s-chile-pinatar-match-report-20222109

Surgery

What's with all the Fonte/Puel bollox?