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Yep - I'm guilty of it, I suspect most of us are!

Good line up. I reckon that's a top 4 team. Pretty amazing that the likes of Mane, Bale, Shaw, and Danny Wallace can't even make the bench. We've had some great players down the years.

You say "we could have tried moving on redmond to Norwich" and also that he is "not good enough for premier league football". If he ain't good enough to play Premier league football, we won't be selling him to a Premier league football team. On the rest of it, hindsight is a wonderful thing. I can say with certainty though that people would have whinged to high heaven if we'd signed Andros Townsend and only spent £1.2m on Demari Gray.

I have no doubt that many of those Hungarian twats are racist, and their reaction to the knee has exposed them for what they are. That achieves nothing though. The branding is out there, and it's been in here. Zaha, Toney et al highlight the stupidity of that branding.

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I don't agree that there was an issue to be highlighted. Racism exists. We know that. The issue is what is the solution, if there is one. The conversation has come down to some people believing that the knee is part of the solution, and others feeling that it ain't working and won't. We then people saying that all of those who can see that it ain't working must be racists. That's a sad fall out from a well intended thing, and that is a bad thing.

For me it's no more complex than this action has achieved nothing positive, and never will. I'm not persuaded by your shifting along the spectrum point - I'm struggling with the concept that racists can be shifted from their ideology by footballers taking the knee. In short - lovely idea, but ultimately a counterproductive one.

Influencing what opinions? How do the opinions of right minded people non racists need to be influenced? Is this campaign going to influence racists to not be racist?

Nice theory, but didn't go well. The front 5, or whatever it was supposed to be, just weren't making enough runs. Grealish looked good until he was taken off, Foden decent enough, Kane shit, ditto Sterling, and barely noticed Mount.

He's hooked him now, but agreed, Grealish had looked dangerous.

But there is no takeover talk?! I'm not what the issue is about discussing the city in which the club is based. If people were discussing Lincoln or some other random place you'd have a point though.

Resting him so that we can unleash him on Leeds. Very kind of him I say

Absolutely. I can just see the King of Jordan's yacht moored alongside Jim Davidson's. That city of culture honour is all but in the bag.

Airport links for players, owners, sponsors etc, has to be a consideration.

Thanks for that bit of enlightenment. Anyways, some people think the city is relevant to a possible takeover, and no harm in a discussion about that. You know what to do if you're not interested.

Veysey or Ralph?

It was only available to me yesterday as well...I assume Lighthouse could see as he's a mod...very odd if some users could and some couldn't.

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Ooh, that is an interesting feature. Amazing how many lurkers react but don't post.

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I think the mental part can come from the expectation of where there career is going, and the comedown when reality bites. Take N'lundulu. He's 22, no lower league loans, been getting PL mins, gets a 3 year contract. In his head he's a PL player, but on the pitch he's a league 1 or 2 player. Where must his head be at when he rocks up at Lincoln aged 22, sees lads his age who've played loads of football, and he struggles to make the team at first? I know from the mouth of the horse that Les Reed thought Sims was destined for big things and told him so. Sure, he got loans, but iirc, one or two were last minute and he struggled to get games as he wasn't at clubs for pre season or friendlies. Personally, I think we handled his development and career appallingly, and his head must be all over the place.

The club thought that Sims was going to be massive. Les Reed was a huge fan but he seemed to struggle to win over managers. That run and ball against Liverpool shows the lads talent, and with encouragement and regular games, you have to wander where his career could have gone. I hope he gets a club. The one that shocks me is Hesketh. From PL to Eastleigh's subs bench. My take on this fwiw is that we keep hold of lads that won't make it in the PL longer than is good for them or us. Consequently, they don't get a chance develop at the level they'll eventually play at, and when they get there other players have far more experience. N'lundulu getting a move to Lincoln at 22 is a case in point. He's at his level (at best), what good has it been doing him getting 5 mins at the end of a PL game and the odd u23 game? Crazy. He should have been getting 75-100 league games at lower level over the last 3 years and learned his trade.

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