shurlock

Goa seems a fit lad

Make this a sticky.

So you conveniently forget the years in the political wilderness when under the likes of IDS, the Tories shifted to the right? That Cameron and co were a response to the unpopularity of those leaders and their brand of conservatism -and hey presto it got them elected? Can always count on you for a history lesson

There’s a difference between the electability of a leader and opposition on the one hand and their ability to provide effective opposition, to master policy detail and hold the government to account for its business on the other. Indeed the two skills or qualities don’t necessarily go hand in hand. David Miliband was clearly more electable than Ed Miliband but that doesn’t mean Ed Miliband was incapable of providing effective opposition. Which goes back to my initial point: it’s worth treating “weak opposition” claims with a bit of scepticism, especially from those who don’t side politically with the opposition. Often it’s no more than virtue signalling, a ruse to appear more reasonable they really are.

Les mindlessly spouting clichés that bear no connection or relevance to what’s been said does you no favours pal.

Never mind that much less separates Ed and David Miliband politically than, say, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn or that many politicians who served in Ed Miliband’s shadow cabinet, leading the opposition’s response on the economy, crime, health etc would have likely filled the same or similar roles in a David Miliband shadow cabinet.

I suspect the Tory scum Whitey has in mind are the same scum pandering to swivels like you Les.

This and

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/05/20/do-standard-liege-boss-comments-on-southamptons-20m-moussa-djene/

Hello Les. Have we left yet

Good lad.

Somewhat disingenuous Balders. You mocked Labour before Corbyn which suggests whoever was leader would not provide credible opposition in your eyes. Suggests your problem is with labour rather than the quality of the leader or opposition. Nice try though pal.

Has he ever claimed to be ITK? He’s a China based, market analyst who knows the Chinese football and sports scene and is approached for his opinion on it.

Mark Dreyer, founder of the China Sports Insider website, says Saints fans ought to be worried. "There are just so many red flags with this whole deal," said Beijing-based Dreyer, citing Chinese investments in English football that have gone awry, such as Tony Xia's ill-fated spell as owner of Aston Villa after he came out of nowhere to buy the club in 2016. Two years later the money dried up and Villa found themselves in a perilous financial position. "Typically when it comes to Chinese investment you've got to pay attention to the red flags," said Dreyer. "Nobody has heard of this company (LD Sports), nobody has heard of this guy supposedly behind it and there's no information about how much money they're supposed to be paying for this 'record' deal. "Why on earth would Southampton fans have any confidence that this company is going to be around in three months, never mind three years?" https://www.france24.com/en/20190516-red-flags-raised-over-southamptons-record-chinese-shirt-sponsor

Don't worry Sky Sports, BBC, Reuters and AP have all interviewed LD Sports live. So what if they're nowhere to be found in the backwaters of google. They're as legit as one of Glasgow's betting slips.

Valery has done well but if Ralph wants to play a 4-2-2-2, we can't have enough full-backs. That formation is particularly taxing for fullbacks - far more so than even a 3-5-2.

#jamiebingo

Guy mowbray is unbearable.

Zzz

The Tories and arguably Brexit are f**ked if Johnson becomes PM -and it’s hard to see the Tories installing anything but a true Brexiter after the EU elections and May’s resignation (leaving aside the obvious fact that a true Brexiter wouldn’t have done any better in negotiations with the EU than May). Bring it on.

Relatively optimistic with Ralph on board -welcome both his honesty about the squad’s deficiencies and sense of urgency to ring the changes. However, let’s see how this bumps up against financial reality - that we probably need to sell first to free up resources and that is unlikely to happen on the timescale that Ralph is hoping. Btw are moggy and soggy related? Both have the same posting style that wouldn’t go amiss on mumsnet.

Is there, by any chance, a picture of Gary Diaz in the new kit conducting one of his training sessions at the Academy?

Why? We already have a top 10 squad. Just wait till Ralph works his magic.

Think the UA designers have a hard-on for those ‘iconic’ 90s Nike Aggassi tennis/polo shirts. Shows up in the away kit too. Problem is football shirts are, by definition, a lot more constraining.