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Son simulating again - they'll do anything to win a game cheating fuckers.

VAR trying hard to give it to Spurs but failed.

Bednarek off to hospital with broken ribs. Fabulous goal by Che - waiting for VAR to chalk it off!

Yep, there's no talking this one up - it's going to be simple for Spurs to hammer us in the 2nd half making our GD even worse at a time when we need it to start clocking the other way.

As Selles said, he broke his trust in his teammates - turns out the man he was marking had no influence on the goal, but the man he is paid handsomely to mark scored the goal. And yes, Ely-no-usey is to be found ambling back as the ball hits the back of the net.

Get Onachu on - why? We can't cross a ball and JWP's corners and indirect free-kicks are shit. If he comes on I wager he'll not get a header in on goal.

I've thought Perraud was a good defender - not the best, but very capable. However, he's gone down in my estimation quite considerably by allowing himself to be pulled so far out of position and allowing a Spurs player with that much room, especially in the first half when you shouldn't be stretched that much. I'd be inclined to put KWP in at LB and Bree at RB next game - probably more defensively sound set-up.

Somehow Lavia has managed to lose his passing ability.

Doing well then a complete and utter defensive fuck up by Perraud and Ely-no-usey. Game over - could be embarrassing.

FFS - JWP with ANOTHER very shit corner.

Forster runs a ball out for a corner for us. Thanks mate.

LOL - JWP trying to impersonate a dribbler - defender got a foot to it and it's a corner. Oh shit, our afternoon is over - AMN coming on for Bednarek. We were looking OK, but now it's going to be an utter shit-show.

We're looking very very exposed down our left hand side. Bednarek down now - who's on the bench???

Lavia with a corner - must have heard me!

I don't know how Spurs didn't score there - completely switched off.

OMG, stop JWP taking corners - the myth that he's great is wrong...he's fucking rubbish.

Bazunu did well commanding his box - came out and claimed well, then distributed nicely. Then we take an age to move the ball forward losing it high up the pitch giving Spurs the momentum.

Saints having the lions share of possession at the moment. You know how this goes now then.

First shit cock-up by Ely. He's slower than drying paint.

Great - ABK fouled and injured so badly that he's off. Bastards.

Not now - looks like he's off with an injury. Nice. Won't affect the result.

Well either Selles will show us what an absolute tactical genius he is with that line-up or it'll suggest that there are other reasons why he has to pick these players and he's just another wannabe Prem Manager that can't get it right. I know where my vote would fall and it wouldn't be in thinking he's after Pep's job. Talk about capitulation - this is a real shambles.

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Interestingly, one of the things that I learnt from studying Economics at College was that the UK's balanced economy has generally served us well since the Second World War and this is brought about by a swing between the Conservatives and Labour - in simple terms one advances us in a certain direction, the other advances us in another direction. The Tories of course have seen the lions share over recent decades and the Blair years were successful (in home affairs) because his Government was centre left. Boris got a huge majority because he presented a pseudo-Socialist agenda and pretended to be Mr. UK for Brexit. You're spot on with the lack of credible alternative - the way things are, 'Joe average' voter may still not vote Labour, mainly because there's a growing apathy to make change in general - the majority being comfortable enough not to risk change and adopt the better the devil you know stance. On the other hand, there may be some that are now of the opinion that enough is enough - the pendulum needs to swing the other way for a while to regain that 'balanced economy' and perhaps a 'balanced society' too. If Labour find the right Policies they'll get a landslide which is preferable to a hung parliament.

Don’t often get drawn into political chat as generally I’m of the opinion that politician's have no real answers to most of the things that really matter to the country. Plus it really pains me to hear anyone spouting off about the Govt not spending enough on this and that, but then in the same breath complaining about taxes being too high. Sustainable energy supply is of critical importance to our future yet neither party is committing seriously to how new power infrastructure (nuclear and adequate to serve the Nation for the next 50+ years) will be achieved within the next 10 years. And it has to be state owned or at least owned by a UK resident company. We should not be ‘held hostage’ by another country ever again, but there’s no cross-party strategy (which needs to be embedded in law to ensure longevity). Our utilities (e.g. water supply and sewage) are crumbling due to under investment. Water supply is a basic human commodity that should be owned by the State once again to serve the Nation. But there’s no backbone to address it or the money, so nothing will happen even under Labour. The NHS is a fantastic concept and deserved of success, however it’s been terribly mis-managed over decades and in its current over-stretched form is unsustainable as a free to all service. It is broken…anyone who’s tried to see a GP lately will testify to this. There are some unpalatable decisions that need to be made to cut the cloth, including the exclusion of certain non-life threatening conditions from free treatment, but neither party will bite the bullet…not even the Tories, who have deliberately steered the service to its state of failure. Even Labour don’t have any cohesive sustainable answers either…just sticking plasters at best. The whole concept of attracting retirees back to work is laughable. Successive Governments have previously encouraged people to scrimp and save for retirement to increase their chances of a more prosperous, longer life. Working times meanwhile have increased and pressure from employers to do more and more have taken their toll, so more and more people are realising that having a life outside of work with less money, is better than going to work to enjoy a small percentage of the week (when you’re knackered from work anyway) and then dying before enjoying retirement. And of course this was very much encouraged by loosening the pension controls giving more choices from age 55. A good number of my friends have realised that they’re better off in all respects being retired and would not contemplate returning to work to earn more money which they’ll have less time to spend and will get taxed to the hilt anyway. Rant over!