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So Puel is the French Alex McLeish?

F**k off vardy Stephens really stepped up tonight.

Try to read and think a bit before chatting s**t.

I thought Hojbjerg was pretty average - not just the chances he fluffed but the number of times he dawdled in possession and gave the ball away.

You rightly note that United States and Canada are each others largest trading partners; however, what is most striking about Canada-US trade is not how large, but how small it is versus the level of trade within the two countries. Studies find that there is as much as 10 to 20 times less trade between two places if they are on opposite sides of the Canadian-US border than if they are on the same side of the border -everything else being equal. All this despite the fact that the US and Canada share many economic, linguistic and cultural similarities, that nearly 90% of the Canadian population lives within 100 miles of the US border and the two countries have signed numerous trade agreements, culminating in NAFTA. Home bias in trade has been described as one of the "six major puzzles in international macroeconomics". Geography and history matter - contrary to what the Brexit clowns think.

This is a good, if in places technical summary of the literature: as I say it is one of the most robust findings in economics. http://www.cepii.fr/PDF_PUB/wp/2013/wp2013-26.pdf

That doesn't make any sense either. Reed also pointed out he wouldn't let Fonte go if it was on the last of the window. If we're replacing from within, it doesn't matter when a player leaves - the replacement is already in place. As such Reed clearly meant an external player: but being in a position to replace a player is not the same as actually bringing a player in. 'Being in a position' speaks only to the opportunity to replace the player e.g. having enough time to get a deal done for a replacement. Whether we do so is another matter. It may happen but it doesn't logically or automatically follow from Reed's statement.

Yes

It's not particularly snide - it's actually a reference to Thomas Friedman's book "the world is flat" which popularised thinking about the death of distance due to containerisation, miniaturisation and the Internet. Keep up Les

That's not borne out by any serious academic evidence. Propensity to trade is heavily determined by geography (whether understood in narrow spatial terms or cultural, administrative or economic similarity). It's a fact of life, even in services where a lot of work can be digitised and effectively sent or outsourced cost-free.

You're focussing too much on tariffs -as opposed to nontariff barriers which are more relevant for the UK's predominantly service-sector based economy. For what it's worth, US tariffs (weighted average applied to all products) are very low (and zero for many products), so talk about eliminating tariffs may make for good politics -and the chumps will lap it up- but it won't move the dial.

Rat-faced little c**t

I agree in terms of his reading of the game, especially when the play is front of us; on the other hand, he can struggle when we're on the backfoot and he's required to track runners etc. Again that might have something to do with his mobility.

Very good news. He's not as good as is sometimes made out -mobility and positioning are question marks; nonetheless he's been one of our most consistent performers.

#MLGmindgames

Well done Trident

The main winner from today's ruling is the reinforcement of parliament sovereignty and the rule of law in the UK. Les, Baldrick, Trident and others will surely agree.

50/50? It was a nasty cynical challenge. If he was genuinely going for the ball, he would have slid and lunged for the ball.

Cheers -was looking for a replay.

So can I. Lets be clear: I've never thought that Yoshida is a bad player. Unlike the dopey weathervanes here, I was among the most vocal in defending him when he got plenty of flak. But I also know his limitations -and however much people claim he's kicked on this season (in large part an euphemism for admitting he got it wrong) and that he's not as good as Fonte.

Are you bum chums with ALWAYS_SFC? You seem to be picking up slack during the little fella's absence.

Of course it wasn't true - AR-10 made it up.

Many leading economists for leave conceded there would be an immediate negative shock e.g the infamous Nike swoosh. Where many differed from remain is that they believed that this would be followed by recovery and long-term net beneficial impact. You misunderstand: people can be correct or incorrect in their short-term assessments; but short-term noise means f**k all in the grand scheme of things. Sorry if that doesn't suit your agenda pal.

So did Leave. Only the long-term will tell whose fundamental assessment of the economy was correct.