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He’ll play a part I think, he’s a tidy player in possession he just doesn’t really do much

Yeah I was never sure about that tbh, its a personal thing but Stephens has always been a reactive only CB, he just doesn’t show any signs of a modern day proactive CB for me I also always thought he was a bit shaky under pressure and so far has shown that in both friendlies Bednarek looks ok, I actually think with the right partner he could have a very good season but Id rather that not be Stephens

Um… at a basic level, if you understand trading at support and resistance levels then Crypto, especially when its bullish is perfect because of its volatility.. you can trade it like any other asset or currency but it tends to offer you more opportunities The differences are trend reversals can be hard and the market always shits itself in either direction depending on Bitcoin price action BUT I made a fair amount during the last bull cycle leveraging support/resistance lines… just make sure your stop losses are super tight in the opposite direction.. i.e if you are longing support then set a stop loss just under support etc Ive not traded again with it yet as the market got really stale post Russia/Ukraine so I moved most of my trading money into the S&P 500 so I might mess about again if the Crypto market starts to wake up abit

I don’t think he plays that way really, it feels more like he wants width from his FBs and the two supporting midfielders are more of an 8 with the 6 dropping into a back 3 The two ‘wingers’ will probably operate as inside forwards ‘although’ he did have tino pushing inside a bit against Goztepe, I just don’t see that being his MO come Sheff Wed

I fucking hope we don’t start with Stephens in a possession based system

I think we’ll see 4-6 depending on outgoings, Id say we’re on 2 right now not counting Abu or the City academy guy (Mcnamara) The final figure will of course depend on outgoings Id also bet we’ll be the league’s biggest spenders unless Leeds new owners decide to throw the kitchen sink at it

Ahh tbf… there is plenty of money to be made from Crypto, although Ive changed my view on it as not something really that I would be comfortable investing anymore than 15% of my net worth into… but trading, if you are applying safety into your trades, is very profitable

I believe we are looking at strikers

In a similar way to how Lavia was unproven ?

Ahh I see you’re one of them… fair enough

I think Ill definitely say time > money but that is an easy statement to make if you are at a point where you are financially comfortable What I ‘would’ say is time isn’t as important when you’re a bit younger, of course its lovely being able to piss it up all day if you wanted, in your 20’s, but its vastly more important to be able to witness your young family grow, so trying to get yourself into a position to do that is priceless imo Of course thats no disrespect to those that actively chase the money hard, we’re all different Ive always found chasing more knowledge/responsibility is better in the long run to chasing immediate recompense…. Knowledge/responsibility generally has more longevity and doesn’t work you into the ground

Watford etc and even us are different because you’re still constrained by FFP, albeit it is a work around.. for instance we ‘could’ get Goztepe to buy Che Adams for 30m but it’ll effect Goztepe’s FFP levels eventually The issue with the Saudi involvement in Newcastle and the SPL is they could effectively allow any or even all of the Saudi clubs to buy Newcastle deadwood at inflated prices which then allows NUFC to increase their FFP thresholds The other crap you’ve waffled on about is just laughable whataboutery you read on the internet so im not even going to bother responding

😂 done 3 of them, its just not cool anymore

Teflon Turkish

I know not really Saints related but this is what is going to destroy FFP governance and it’ll be interesting to see how the PL deal with it Effectively the Saudi’s own both Newcastle and the SPL and Id suggest will enable them to move players between the two that effectively circumvents the issue Its a problem

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Have you lived through many transfer windows ?

Thats a great record but its also a HORRIBLE injury to rehab

If these channels were being watched by anybody with the intellectual ability to form any form of opinion for themselves without dribbling then it would be worrying, but Id suggest 90% of the morons that watch it don’t understand a word Mogg says and the other 10% are too busy wanking themselves off to notice the issues anyway

Reading between the lines I think there is an area of truth in that narrative but, in part, the whole situation has been blown up by social media platforms for clout and by the Sun to sell the news His legal innocence hasn’t had anywhere near the level of exposure the ‘scandal’ had to begin with, and the BBC literally had to be seen to do something I think and unfortunately Huws position is probably now untenable whatever the outcome FWIW it’s difficult, you should be able to do as you please in your own time but as a senior employee on a platform as large as the BBC its hard to argue that they would not be best pleased once he’d been found to have had an extra marital affair, with a person of the opposite sex to his partner and mother of his kids, who was considered under the age of adulthood and he had ‘apparently’ been funding his drug habit

I think a lot of the fires of disillusionment these days are stoked by the swathes of social media accounts that portray their lives as being idyllic (which is all part of the algorithm) or even being smashed round the face by get rich schemes etc Times are very different in that case and as a bloke in my mid 30s I sort of feel I have a foot in both camps, one in the older world pre SM overload and one IN this new world of SM overload I started as a youngster with a dream of a job in sport, and through some connections I have managed to get plenty for coaching experience as well as my badges… fortunately in the back ground Id also embarked in a career in engineering and, long and the short I had to weigh up what I wanted and frankly the rewards were better in engineering Its a career that gives me a LOT of autonomy for a very good pay, I just have a significant level of responsibilities and the odd unsociable hours of which I sort of don’t have to do ‘officially’ but also due to my employment I have to to avoid critique FWIW I also, couple of years ago had a semi successful SM career, I earnt about 1k a month out of it but it was SO much work to stay on top of and so I let it slip, so despite the promise of riches it really is a hellish landscape and takes up FAR too much of your time

I think generally pre season friendlies are, for all intents and purposes, finding out which players can carry out your plans, and who cannot… its a chance to improve cohesion and fitness but ultimately the result doesn’t really matter, especially because you’re enforcing so many changes its hard to maintain stability From what I saw the obvious lads are still capable at this level and these tactics, JWP, Lavia, Alcaraz, Tino and even Bednarek all looked a level above Aribo, Meghoma, Amenyaw, Tella all looked good Unfortunately from what Ive seen Lyanco, Stephens, Armstrong aren’t really up to the task… Smallbone is what I thought he’d be, tidy on the ball but just doesn’t offer anything Che dissapointed me yesterday, he’s recovering from injury so Ill give him the benefit of the doubt of course for now Will be interesting to see the progression into the next game, we played some good football and dominated but the conceded goal was dreadful both defensively and goalkeeping wise and we simply need to start creating more chances in the final third From what Ive seen - - - - - - Baz - - - - - - Tino - JB - - New - - Manning - - - - - - -Charles - - - - - - - - -JWP/New/Smallbone- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Alcaraz - - - Tella - - - New - - -Edozie/Sulemana All reinforced by the young lads and potentially new additions

Is it being streamed on the website again ?

Some quite astoundingly serious allegations in here which obviously won’t get the same amount of media amplification as the Huw Edwards story unfortunately

This little episode, if it turns out to be nothing more than what you say looks set to be another complete embarrassment for the BBC, especially so close after the Lineker fall out Im not really sure what’s happening with BBC top brass right now but its all a bit of a mess isn’t it