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Nonsense. It doesn't help any of us fans to know any more. We don't need to. Instead, we have a few people clamouring to know more, seemingly because they feel an entitlement. There is no entitlement, and knowing more won't make a jot of difference to any of us - he still won't be available until he's available. It's clear from what Ralph and Vest have said that he's working through some issues. It seems obvious that they're sensitive otherwise there wouldn't be a press embargo. I'm not sure why it's so hard to let it play out.

Blues

Welding

You know what I meant...a proper trade agreement...border check agreement, especially with time sensitive cargo such as this.

Ha!! Ego's are the lifeblood of politicians Weston, but the clever ones know when to reign it in. When your future involves imports from Belgium, but with no trade mechanism in place, the lip zip is needed.

Hancock had no need to say what he did. It was a pitiful attempt to make a government who haven't covered themselves in glory, to seek a bit of glory, and score some anti EU points whilst doing so. I'm with Tajj though, what is claimed is disingenuous. Add to that we're staring down the barrel of no deal in a few weeks time when importing anything from Belgium, let alone this, is going to be a nightmare. This stunt gives us a few weeks worth before it gets messy. A humble "we're grateful to those who developed it.." would have been more sensible than the "look at us, aren't we clever, we nipped in before you lot..." that he actually delivered. Amateur conduct, and no wander the grown ups are trying to row back from it.

Cheers, what with all the fuss over the Irish border, I hadn't appreciated it's going to be business as usual for Irish players. Irish footballers yes, Irish beef no. French footballers non, French beef non. Makes no sense!

Yep, that's what stood out for me. That will hit us. Jankewitz, Obafemi, Valery and many others wouldn't have been able to sign under those rules.

It's beyond me why this thread still open. Just close it. If there's any announcement or he's in a squad, then re open it.

Plank

Chips

Ring

Berlin

Price

I have Fernandes and also subbed in Rashford. Feels wrong.

Watched it in the break. Horrific. He's a lucky boy.

It's far from needless. Pass it back and keep the ball, or hoof it long and lose the ball.

That was McCarthy's fault. Came and stopped.

Their line up suggests a different shape from them, possibly 433. Will be a decent game, and if we can keep Fernandes quiet, I think we'll get something out of it.

I can't speak for others Del, but so far as I could see the only actual criticism people were making was a) that he can’t / won't throw cash at the club, and b) that he doesn't make public statements / noise. There's also idiots that assume he's a crook / money launderer.

Agreed. In addition to that, I like that Gao stays out of the limelight and gets on with it quietly. On his watch we've hired Ralph, Semmens, Crocker and ditched Reed and the hockey man. Whilst he's pumped in his own cash, it's obvious from the accounts that we've spent as much as we can. I'm happy as we are.

Hairdresser

When you write "he was Argentinian and he cheated in the 80's, that was enough for me to dislike him." people who can read will take that to mean that you disliked him because he's Argentinian and cheated in the 80`s. Sticky patch. Bless.

That's the spirit, bear a xenophobic resentment for over 30 years. On the first point, addiction can flow from use, not abuse. Abuse does not necessarily lead to addiction.

Society also needs to move away from seeing substance addiction as substance abuse. The fella was unwell.