benjii

He's such a drip. Can't handle anything without having a tantrum.

TV money is the lion's share of revenue for clubs like Saints. Our wage bill is something like 65% of revenue and we may not be able to shift our duds this summer. This could have a material impact on our spending and financial standing over several years. We won't go into admin but we could end up in something of a debt spiral.

I can't see any way it finishes by the end of June. There's 51 days (fewer by the time it starts) to play something like 90 matches. Isn't going to happen. So they need to settle the contract issue in a fair way as well.

It's a country of over 50,000,000 people with approximately one twentieth of the number of recorded cases the UK has and less than one hundredth of the number of deaths so, yeah, I'd say it's much safer than Kev, Wayne and Trev waddling round B&Q

#stablegenius

I totally agree it wouldn't have worked overly well in the UK as a whole compared to, say, Hong Kong, Singapore or South Korea. But I think the point the "lift the lock-down" folk need to understand is that demand for services and for certain types of experience will remain low for some time. Ultimately, the economic damage has been done by the virus, not by governments taking precautions. The idea that everything would have been fine if we'd kept calm and carried on is a nonsense. That's not to say governments aren't important. Clearly they have a role in managing the disease, in providing safety nets and stimulus measures and providing calm and clear leadership (maybe we could, errr, inject disinfectant?).

UK "lock down" started 23 March. Most forms of transport use were below 50% against baseline by that date. Sure, you'd still have pubs, restaurants and what have you open if there was no mandate and no economic safety net but they'd be virtually empty in most places.

It's still up, seems to work for me, but maybe the address changed. https://quillette.com/2020/05/08/enough-with-the-phoney-lockdown-debate/

https://quillette.com/2020/05/08/eno...ckdown-debate/ Worth a read. Limited data points cited but essentially makes the point that lock-down has been a public response to the virus and not influenced hugely by government policy decisions or actions. Obviously test and trace needs competent government intervention though so you'd think the countries that do best with this over the long-term will be those with sensible, well-educated populations and organised well-led governments. No surprise we're doing badly, then.

https://quillette.com/2020/05/08/enough-with-the-phoney-lockdown-debate/ Worth a read. Limited data points cited but essentially makes the point that lock-down has been a public response to the virus and not influenced hugely by government policy decisions or actions. Obviously test and trace needs competent government intervention though so you'd think the countries that do best with this over the long-term will be those with sensible, well-educated populations and organised well-led governments. No surprise we're doing badly, then.

I dunno. It was a genuine question. Non-consensual finger-banging is bad. Pretty depressing really.

It's not a good look for him, and he's a depressing candidate, but what exactly is he accused of? A few comments, a pat on the ass, waving his todger around...? Whereas we know Trump: - grabs women's genitals, so he says - sneaks into girls changing rooms - is accused of raping a 13 year old up the ass - used to hang out with Epstein - sexualises his own young daughter

Yeah, he was one of the most portentous around. Giving it large about running out of ventilators and bodies stacked up everywhere. The reality is, this disease had the potential for exponential growth with fat-tailed attributes. Precaution was needed. Comparisons with malaria, cholera etc., whilst showing the real tragedy facing many people in the world's poorer countries, are largely irrelevant when it comes to managing this risk in any other given country. Now, there will come a point where we have enough data on mortality rates and infection rates, hopefully soon, where we can start taking a more calculated approach and get back to something more akin to "normal".

"bloody hell", Lower East, circa 1991 - 1993.

This is a reasonable summary, I think. Not sure if the 30% false negative stat is accurate or not.

Do Amazon deliver by yacht?

He's been spotted dining with Mr. Dalian Wanda recently.

Hi Jeff!

They refused to grant him a confession for a waffle stand by West Quay. Needless to say, he may have the last laugh. As I said though, if Bezos gets the right response regarding Dibden, that will be only game in town.

The only bad feeling as far as I'm concerned was between Les and Ronald and Les has gone. Realistically, there aren't many targets for those people. None of the "Big 6" are for sale, as far as I know, and are probably too expensive anyway. Newcastle obviously not any more, unless that deal craters. Leicester probably not. Wolves probably not. Villa probably not. Watford? Probably not. Would West Ham owners sell up for the right money? Maybe. What about Sheff U? Could be complicated for their owner if the Saud's complete Newcastle so he could be looking to exit but are they a better long-term bet? As for the rest, is anyone a better target than us, particularly if our owner actively wants to sell? Anyway, it's all academic if Bezos goes ahead.

They sound horrific. Vulture capitalists looking to get distressed assets on the cheap as a “macro investment”. In other words, buy cheap, invest the minimum necessary and flip it on when the market picks up.

Nice. I knew what you meant. Just tried to do a joke.

Backs up my sources.

"June"?

Don't shoot the messenger..... As we all know, Gao bought the football club so that he could invest lots of money into Southampton's infrastructure. Well, it's MUCH bigger than we thought. The real plan all along has been to develop the long-heralded Dibden Bay docks. The Chinese want to extend belt and road to the UK south coast to give them a strategic presence on either side of the EU. Whilst Gao could feasibly have been used to front the redevelopment of the gas works / Itchen foreshore, he's not a credible front for Dibden Bay, which will need mega billions. Now, it just so happens that various US interests are also keen to establish a sizeable logistics base on the outskirts of the EU. The US government can't be seen to openly collaborate with the Chinese on this but the boss of a certain US business with a need for logistics capability has the liquidity to underwrite a sufficiently scaled development, for his own needs, but with strategic excess for the B&R / Uncle Sam. None of this can go ahead without acquiring SFC to grease the wheels.....