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Mate, whatever you're smoking / drinking, give it up.

Indeed. I'd hate to guess how far short their issued numbers are from the reality. The crammed living in crammed conurbations, and the seemingly heightened risk to south asians, makes for a proper horror story. For them we can do very little. For ourselves, all we can do is tighten our borders and hopefully we can carry on easing ourselves back to normality.

Yep, they're in a mess and that mess will go well beyond its borders, whether that be variants, vaccines, medicines, medics, etc. As for their true infection / death numbers, we'll never know but their population to ours is roughly 20:1. On a rough adjustment, 400,000 cases a day is like us having 20,000 and 3,500 deaths a day is like us having 175. If the pictures we see are telling an accurate story, I'd imagine its a lot worse than that.

Wow, appalling decision if so. On the plus side, hopefully we'll get to see Salisu lcb.

Really?? Outrageous.

We're safe, but it's £2m a league place and we're skint so I doubt Ralph will throw the kids in.

Very sad news, 54 is no age. RIP.

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No. The video you're referring to is of 1 guy being moved away from the crowd and being restrained by 3 coppers, and one of them coppers punch him to the body a few times. He didn't get a kicking from 3 coppers.

There's no "systematic and institutional bias" against us. People need to get a grip. Sure, loads of shit decisions have gone against us, but anyone who thinks that there's an agenda to give decisions to the big boys and shit on poor little Saints is nuts. Back to the game, they need the win desperately, and will get it. Not because we're victims, but because they're better than us.

Yep, he's looked good. As others have said, they've got a few lads I'd take. I like McNeil, and Tarkowski rather than Bednarek would be decent.

Yep, I'd go with that. It's hard to separate those 3. They've all over achieved with their squads, Moyes in particular.

You haven't got a quote because nobody has said that he's a "a managerial genius" or words to that effect.

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What have female pundits added when you've heard them, or read what they've written? What do they know? Not enough about the level of football that they're doing the punditry for - female players haven't played football at the level or intensity that their male counterparts have played at. To have played at the level that you're a pundit for is a prerequisite for me.

I like him and he's not had the run he needs to get up to speed. I'd like to see him in the role Redmond has been playing up front but dropping off and linking up with the midfield. I think he'll offer more than Redmond does there.

On that last point. There's playing the game, and there's playing the game to a standard. I wouldn't expect a player who's played league 2 footy to appear in mainstream TV as a pundit for 2 reasons. 1, I'd never have seen him play, and 2, he's never played at the level that he's expressing opinion about. That matters to me - if Ashley Cole starts criticising Bertrand's performance it has validity to me cos he's played that role at the highest level and I respect his opinion because of that. If Bob Smith who's played 300 games there for Chelmsford City starts to criticise I take less notice. However, if he talks about the physicality part of the game, he can at least relate to it and I'll listen. Substitute a female pundit for Bob Smith...she's never played the male game, has played at a level we can all see is much lower, and can't have a view on the physicality. Then you have the crap that Cairney says and posts which confirm that she is struggling at this level. The Vestergaard decision, the Saka foul/dive. This is someone who couldn't have a discussion about Arsenal's situation in a game looking "ominous" as her vocabulary such that she didn't know the word. Cairney is miles out of her depth.

Good little post. Agreed.

Nobody has condoned abuse. Twitter is a forum for opinion, and if an opinion is given, a counter opinion is to be expected. If the opinion is strong, it's OK that the response is strong. Sure, it shouldn't become abusive, but anyone who puts an opinion on twitter that they know is likely to be controversial must accept that to receive controversial comments in return - if they're not willing to accept that, don't post.

Sad times. Leader in my mini league has 5 and I'm close behind so not all bad.

Pathetic. Fans have gone. If they try getting back, give them a whack. No reason whatsoever to call the game off. And I have 4 of them players in my fantasy team.

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The phrase "Don't get in the ring if you don't want to get punched" comes to mind. She spouts some shite and can't be surprised there's been a reaction.

I know people in the initial 6 groups waiting for the second jab. It won't take long to get through them, and arguably through to group 9 with a second, then if we're not good to I'd be surprised. Indeed, if that happens before 21 June I'd imagine they'll bring it forward.