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If anything, I expect the non-footballing operations at the club are relatively undersized for a business of such a size and profile. It's such an odd business model because the majority of turnover is contingent on being in the Premier League. There aren't many other businesses where the amount of "customers" can remain pretty constant but where your turnover can suddenly be cut in two.

It's an unexplored market, the old "score a screamer" market.

Seeing as Pulisic is still at Dortmund then any deal (which would seem unlikely) would presumably involve a loan back until the end of the season.

That seems quite surprising. There are plenty of direct commercial flights from Nantes into London and Southampton and I'm sure Cardiff would have happily picked him and hot-footed him over to Wales. This guy was obviously doing well in France but it's not like he's a global superstar who can't travel on commercial flights. I guess everyone was just in a rush. If Cardiff didn't book it and neither did Nantes then I suppose it was probably his agent. Horrible situation for his family who will always be left with the thought that if he'd got one of those commercial flights he would have arrived safely.

"rarely post unless upset by the ref" - haha. There are few things more annoying than a bad ref!

Are Gtech AirRams any good?

Who arranged the plane? I doubt it was the player, so presumably Cardiff City? There could be quite a lot of fall-out here if it was a clapped out old banger.

I see. Thanks.

Why didn't you feel comfortable - because it's a single engine and there's nowhere to land? Sorry, if that's an obvious question. Genuinely interested.

According to this https://www.leedsunited.com/news/academy-news/22588/jack-clarke-signs-professional-contract he is under contract until the end of the season after next so there's no chance he is getting sold for £5m unless there is a release clause or Leeds are about to go bust. He'll be worth £30m easily in a year if he carries on playing well. He's 5 years younger than Maddison who went for £20m after one decent season in the Championship. Edit - why is this post called "ambulance"? I did not write that. Very odd. Forum must be hacked. Probably those PMs that were doing the rounds.

There is a strike. It might get cancelled. It might not. Sorry.

I agree, I would keep things as settled as possible for now. We can work on a back 4 next pre-season if that's the long-term aim.

Similar moustache

But we played a flatter 352 yesterday. If we were playing 3421 then I'd have Armstrong over JWP.

Yeah, he's definitely improved on that. Fair play. The change in shape (well, same shape as v Derby but different to usual league shape) today helped him as well, along with Everton being a mess and leaving loads of space between their lines. I think that was probably his best performance for us though.

I doubt 36 will be cutting it fine either, to be honest, unless we lose to Cardiff. I agree though, we should be aiming for much more than that.

We aren't going to need 39 points to stay up.

Fitness levels are much more impressive lately. Shows what a difference it can make if you maximise basic things as and suggests that Hughes and his staff couldn't really be arsed to train properly. I've never seen JWP look so strong after 90 minutes, and that's with Wednesday's match just behind him as well.

Stephens is awful in a back 4 and so is Vestergaard. We should play the 3421 that's worked well for us with Armstrong and Redmond behind Ings.

- Alright, Wes here. I need a price for 28m 4x2, 300 tungsten-tipped screws (16mm) and a bag of sand (British). - Hi Wes. OK... ... der... let me see... plus that... and the sand.... that'll be £39.95. - I'll walk away, so help me. Just try me, pal. - I can call it £36 - Done. It's exactly like Brexit.

Which EU policies stifle competition from smaller rivals? Genuine question.

Thought I'd help out Lezzer by paraphrasing in more sober language. In the interests of balance. Think of it like a golf handicap

Stability. Bug business doesn't want disruption. Disruption is the playingfield of challengers. Disruption is a threat to big business. Even the strongest advocate of no deal would, I think, acknowledge that no deal is more disruptive than a deal which reconstitutes membership as far as possible. If they don't, then they're a loony and not worth worrying about. Big business favours stability, that's a bland truism. Why would you take a political risk when you're doing fine as a corporate CEO? There are a few outliers, like the Wetherspoon chap, but clearly the vast majority of big business leaders would not have wanted the referendum in the first place. People have broader concerns than big business leaders.

Indeed. It's all done.