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I was speaking to a US client today. He reckoned that Trump's new mate Mr Tesla, was able to tap into the voting machines ie those which were accused of fiddling Biden's victory, and ensured that Trump won this time round. No idea if there is any credence in this but just suppose that Musk had been a supporter of Biden and this rumour was circulated amongst the MAGA mob, it is likely that another violent protest, stoked up by the Orange One, would have been on the cards.

I am in two minds re Tyler. He is obviously a talent but needs to learn more about his performance against the ball which is an important ingredient for a modern player. From the club's perspective if they can get a big transfer fee plus a future sell on deal, hopefully this will help finances. All that said, I understand that Tyler has recently bought a house not too far from Staplewood so perhaps that provides an indication that he may be with us next season.

Christophe, Thanks for your posts. Really interesting Bonne Chance for the remaining part of the season and next year.

Lesley has been no more than average for us across the season. I believe he cost Chelsea around 22-25m euros and dont think any club would be looking to pay that sort of money for him. Cant see him getting anywhere near the Chelsea first team so another loan here perchance?

Good grief. Rupert Murdoch and his clan must be well proud of their incisive and balanced News Service.

I must admit not being enamoured when he was signed from Spurs. Not first choice there and the fee was fairly tasty at the time. However he has been a shining light in our team since arriving and I will be sad to see him go but wish him all the best for the future KWP, Fernandes and Ramsdale have been the only players worth their wages this season and, as far as I understand, KWP has been nowhere near the top of the wages here.

Hopefully Shea Charles will come back to us next season and bolster up midfield. I dont really like being critical of Will Smallbone as I feel sure he is a decent lad. He might be OK as a bit player next season but he doesnt have the pace or physicality to be a starter even in the Championship.

Carillo at around £20m and even Mara at £8-£10m were awful buys but dont think we can point the finger at current owners for their purchases.

Does Livramento come into the good value category?

I'M WORKING DILIGENTLY (APART FROM MY REGULAR VISITS TO FLORIDA TO PLAY GOLF AND WHERE I SET COURSE RECORDS WHENEVER AND WHEREVER I PLAY)

Wasnt that Jess Yates who thought he was the father of Paula Yates but it turned out to be Hughie Green

I reckon SAA will be a decent player. However I wonder if there was an expectation within the club that Jay Robinson will turn out to be the longer term winger option.

I have spent an hour or so of my life which I will never get back watching the live broadcast of Trumps Cabinet meeting. It reminded me of what would be expected from a similar meeting in North Korea or in the bygone days of Royal Courts, full of sycophantic warblings from his appointed stooges. To be fair there seemed to be one or two ideas that seemed reasonable if the actual detail contained within the presentation was actually correct. As we know Trump makes up figures off the hoof. One which stuck in my mind was his claim, made more than once, that the USA had lost 90,000 car plants in recent years due to relocation of vehicle production away from the domestic market. If this was true and assuming the US domestic plants build around 10m vehicles a year, each plant would build an average of 111 vehicles a year. Mass production that aint!!

I will be renewing but have been a season ticket holder for many years and have had the same seat in the Itchen since St Marys opened although I am the only one of the five of us who sat together when the stadium opened. Sad to say that three of the group are not with us any more.

Quite a few empty home seats again?

Talk about pandemics, apparently the vaccine sceptic, Robert F Kennedy Jr is having to travel to Texas to console parents of a dead child who contracted measles. Having more or less eradicated the illness a few years back the pushback against the MMR vaccine has led to significant numbers of children not being immunised allowing the very infectious illness to return. Perhaps ingesting bleach might help?

Marjorie Taylor-Greene is one who apparently shorted stock a day before Trump's Tariff announcement. She is obviously knows a thing or two about the stock market!!

You are right, most workers have a defined contribution pension scheme called a 401(K) named after the relevant US Tax Code.

In his younger days Trump created a non de plume, John Barron, who used to make calls to various people/media outlets etc with positive comments on Trump. Unfortunately he couldnt moderate the tone of his voice or the words used and most people knew it was Tump calling, His youngest son is named Barron which provides an additional clue.

I think they would most probably be German from cruise ships operated by Aida Cruise Line who call regularly in Southampton as part of a European rotation. I walked through the centre of Southampton recently trying to visualise the place from a foreign cruise line passenger viewpoint. Unfortunately there was not a lot of positive things that I would be able to recommend to friends.

Interesting to note that Trump used to complain that Obama took occasional time off to play golf. Trump seems to have forgotten that now and seems to fly from Washington to Florida to play golf most weekends, at considerable financial cost to the US tax payer, when the expenses of security, aero fuel etc etc are taken into account. Good old Donnie is en route for another game of golf as we speak.

In defence of Tariffs They raise prices, slow economic growth, cut profits, increase unemployment, worsen inequality, diminish productivity and increase global tensions. Other than that, they are fine.

Latest bit of Trump 'magic' Laura Loomer, that well known conspiracy theorist who actually has the honour of being accused of 'being off the scale' by Marjorie Taylor-Greene, dropped in for a fireside chat with her orange hued hero a couple of days back. She came bearing gifts ie a list of people within the Defence Dept she considered were not toeing the Trump line. As a consequence six National Security Officers were given the heave ho. Heaven help us all.

Anyone know what the 'official' attendance was for the game compared to the actual number 'Marching Onwards' through the turnstiles?

When you look at the two wins this season. One was against Everton, who were in a poor run of form under Dyche. They had a goal very marginally given offside and then hit the bar in the closing stages. Could very well have been a draw. Similar at Ipswich. They were the better side then, fortunately for us, their keeper messed up presenting Tall Paul with the winner. If these fine margins had gone against us, then we would now be on 5 points and no wins.