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LD = woke 😂

In spite of him, not because of him. That said, we're going into the season with him as our man, and hopefully he can continue his decent pre season form.

I once questioned whether they were one and the same, but clearly they aren't. I do wonder if AI can say whether any 2 or more regular posters, past or present, are likely to be the same poster but using alternative logins.

How about Duck?

I'd have bought a Gervais comparison, so I'll take that. No idea who Bill Burr is though.

Starmer is a bright fella. Worse comparisons to be made.

Who were your Paxman alternatives Hypo?

Today's Israel/Gaza update is grim At least 135 Palestinians, including 87 aid seekers, have been killed and 771 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. The number of people who starved to death in the enclave during Israel’s war has risen to 193, with the five new confirmed hunger-related deaths coming in the past 24 hours, the ministry says. UN Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca told the UN Security Council that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reported push to occupy Gaza fully is “deeply alarming”. European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera also described the plan as an “unacceptable provocation”.

There's a world of difference between the expectations at a mid ISH table side and one fighting for something at either end of the table. We'll agree to differ, but Everton aren't going to be in a relegation fight with the promoted clubs and a weakened Brentford.

Agree with all of that, although the extent of the allegations against Wallace surprised me. The Torode thing was ridiculous on multiple levels but mainly because he was singing a mainstream song, and that his "trial" didn't actually involve him. Mad world.

Yep. It's a self imposed straightjacket that isn't helping one bit.

Ah, so the carnage of 14 years of the Tories is irrelevant, and Labour should have sorted it in a year. Right you are.

Probably, and anyone else who's likely to be off. ABK I'd imagine will be in that group.

That only works if the club let you go and don't hold you to the contract. Doubtless he wouldn't want a Lallana type situation. The only compromise would be a lucrative 1 year extension, but if I were him, I'd be after a decent 4 year deal with an established PL club now. Everton feels a good move to me - not too much expectation, but no real risk of relegation. Everton is a stepping stone to a top 4 club. Saints in the championship isn't.

Or a very simple "we're ALL a product of our genes" message. It's only a white supremacist thing of you look for the things that would support that position. Would the ad would have been ok with a white brunette?

The CB's see the whole game ahead of them. They see how a bad team set up can expose the team defensively and going forwards. It's the best position to observe and understand the game from. Many successful coaches were CB's for good reason.

It's utter nonsense. The ad does not denigrate the genetics of any race, or seek to promote genetic superiority of white people. It's a play on words. Nobody would have batted an eyelid if a black model had done the ad.

Yep. He tailed off massively last season which makes me wonder how committed he'll be if he doesn't get a move this window. As talented as the kid is, if £40m + is on the table now, I'd take it and move on. Does anyone know if anything is due to Chelsea as some kind of sell on after he came back?

Jesus wept! RM has gone. Let it go!

It's utterly pointless though. He was here. He was shit. He's gone. He's now Rangers problem. The end.

Baz would have kept one of his famous clean sheets, and added a load of world class saves to his highlights reel. Or something.

I never claimed he was special. He did better than Baz would have done though and we got the results we needed. At the end of the day, neither Baz or McCarthy are good enough, but there's no denying that Baz getting injured in the push to promotion was a blessing.

I've just looked at the accounts, and yep, no directors loans over a nominal amount. Seems capital input is simple capital, and loans. My mistake, I'd assumed he'd loaned capital.

I didn't mention a dividend. Directors loans in/directors loans out I'd imagine.

He'll inevitably claw back some of his investment where he can without harming necessary inward transfers. Solak plainly isn't making money out of the club, but I doubt that he won't take money out to partly repay his capital input.