Danbert

Smallbone seems only ever to pass sideways or backwards

I'm not sure that we're good enough to play possession-based football.

Bella-Kotchap to Juve? https://www.juvefc.com/stuttgart-and-southampton-defenders-named-as-possible-bonucci-replacements/

"It is not guaranteed West Ham will move for Zakaria, who is an affordable option. They have not made a final decision on their targets. There is strong interest in Fulham’s João Palhinha, who is expected to cost at least £50m, and Southampton’s James Ward-Prowse. Southampton are desperate to sign Flynn Downes, who has made little impact since joining West Ham last summer." https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jul/06/david-moyes-loses-second-west-ham-coach-paul-nevin-strasbourg-patrick-vieira

Mine too

We don't have half a dozen teenagers in and around the first team - only Lavia, and Livramento - who, for my money, have both been decent

As also reported by the Grauniad

An actual rumour 😳 "That could enable Southampton to sign Bojang’s international teammate Dembo Saidykhan, a defender who also plays for Steve Biko FC. Both were part of the Gambia side that reached the final of the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations in March, where Bojang scored four times and was named in the team of the tournament." https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/20/manchester-united-and-newcastle-adama-bojang-the-gambia-premier-league-bundesliga

Why no McAdams for Scotland?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-uk-embarrassment-australia-b2350567.html Boris showing his thorough understanding of international diplomacy once again

Post Brexit boom in UK companies setting up in Germany

Wait, wait, I have a Brexit benefit! We get bush foods

Mea culpa from the Torygraph reporting that the City is also struggling post Brexit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/05/17/barclays-paris-traders-hiring-city-of-london-brexit/

Bonkers Liz on a visit to Taiwan is calling for an "economic Nato" to combat the Chinese. I don't expect she knows what she means, and I certainly don't, but it did strike me that we used to be a member of an organisation dedicated to economic cooperation between European democracies.

No-one seems prepared to invest in a UK battery production plant at a time when it is desperately needed if car manufacturing is to survive at scale in the UK. I wonder why? Tesla chose Germany for their European manufacturing base. Funnily enough, it's in the EU.

It's a betrayal. If only Baidenoch had kept the faith we could have had a bonfire of all those pesky EU regulations and worked all the British hours God sends in unsafe British conditions.

42 appearances 3 goals and 5 assists - seems solid rather than spectacular. Let's hope he kicks on next season.

Indeed, businesses are going to the wall across the country thanks to Brexit https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/imf-forecast-botched-brexit-deal-contributing-to-economic-malaise-346599/

Meanwhile in my home town of Ashford, 100 million quid has been pissed up the wall developing a huge site with utter contempt for local opinion and planning regulations because Ministers believed their own bullshit and not the expert advice they were given. It will never be used. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/21/giant-brexit-border-control-site-sevington-kent-ukrainian-pets

Roses are red, your passports are blue, you voted for Brexit so stand in the queue.

Of Premier League teams, only Leicester and Saints have won more points away than at home. It's only West Ham, they're just as shite as we are, are in a worse run of form, and I'd love to see them relegated. We have every chance. COYS!

Palace vs Leicester is a dire game - they both look very poor

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/23353860.southamptons-livramento-underwent-small-surgery-following-setback/

We'll struggle to hold on to Lavia, KWP and JWP if we're relegated. Depending on how Livramento's recovery goes this is going to mean we're short on numbers and quality at full back and in midfield.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/12/china-byd-blames-brexit-as-it-rules-out-uk-for-first-european-car-plant