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Klopp didn’t pick him much until the end of the season apparently but he put in a few reasonable performances which they judged him on . Vest came back with a new hair cut and seemed to get stuck in for a bit then dropped off a bit for us .

According to Liverpool’s site Brighton , Burnley , Newcastle and Saints have shown an interest in Nat Philips . Price said to be £12 to £15M on another site . I suspect he is in our price/wages range so probably coming our way .

Stats say he is a better winner of headers than Vest so would be a plus on that front !

I don’t quite understand why we need rainbow shirts or whatever, I worked with people for years without realising they were gay . No problems at all , one guy told me he was gay after a few years but made no difference.

Thought the whole Messi /Barca/Real/LaLiga thing demonstrated what is wrong with modern football . Messi blubbing one day then cock a hoop the next in Paris with over £500k a week deal over 2 years net , Barca wage bill 110% of income without Messi , Real taking legal action over new LaLiga finance deal as they lose 10% of TV rights .

Calf I would say , although there does seem to be something over his kneecap ! We saw lots of tape used in the Olympics even in the diving . I'm not sure if it does any good though .

He’s pleased to be joining a massive club with a great fan base !

I thought that already on here but is he an experienced organizer or a washed up pointer of the finger of blame !!!!

Looking forward to how our new signings pan out , it will be quite a few games before the team gel obviously but here's hoping !

I think we are in Monty Python territory now ! The Govt don't help ( with their culture war ) but then they don't want to lay the country open to reparation payments over the slave trade . ( I don't think reparation is the answer myself )

Shelling out £20M plus for Armstrong 2 would be a big gamble , we have seen with Adams how long it can take to get up to speed in the Prem .

Yep we need a sloth up front .

It is easy to see that everyone has an inbuilt bias , unconscious because it is how you see the world . Now can it be measured ? I would say not . We used to subjected to tests at work to find out what you thought and would you fit in to the required requirements for the job . It was a timed questionnaire which after a few questions I had no idea what box to tick as reason wasn’t involved. Needless to say I wasn’t scored highly , a bit of a joke as I already had position ! Other , in my opinion top managers , got sidelined because of the same test .

It has to be put in law before companies change , the Equal Opportunities Act was a good start although it turns out the Queen had an escape clause put in for the royal household as they were all white at the time ! Big business inc football clubs do all the PR stuff but the inequalities remain . Our current govt has learnt from the Trump advisers that if you start a culture war then you can sit back while both sides attack each other which makes the situation worse ,so you don’t have to address the problem . This has been demonstrated on here where we are throwing accusations at each other till we reach the usual stalemate . In football it is down to the clubs to ensure there are equal opportunities at their club , no need for gestures then .

Right , I just read that they still had to pay the rest of the money so assumed it was staged payments to L pool

Plus they still haven’t been paid all the money yet by cash strapped Barca !

Aston Villa are expected to pursue a deal for Norwich's English midfielder Todd Cantwell, 23, if Grealish completes his £100m move to Etihad Stadium. (Sky Sports)I know it's Sky Sports but perhaps Villa not 100% after JWP

Is that the same as having long Covid . ?

Was JWP the smokescreen ?

He looks like he’s thinking “ what have I done?”

Even Rabb said this year , judge the economic success in 10 years time ! Hope I last long enough to enjoy the 'fruits' of Brexit.

See above, attitudes were different when we were at school in the 60s/70s , what you could read in the papers then were totally different and would be considered pretty racist now . So I’ve moved on from then was my point .

I was referring to the 60s and 70s when attitudes were different , I like to think I’ve moved on from there ! The Qatar issue is a different problem , if English footballers wanted to boycott it I imagine they would be penalised by FIFA and they would carry on without us .

The tweets are just a small part of the issue so the “it’s just a few tweets , most from non uk accounts” doesn’t negate the problem . The message is not that our country is an oppressive racist society but that racism does still exist in our country . It is slowly improving (I include myself in that ) but some more work is required . We are not helped by May’s hostile environment or stop and search bias or even COVID on the spot fines bias .

I thought the Prem teams would stop taking the knee this season and take another route more aligned with the kick it out program to disconnect from the political side and promote equal opportunities in UK football at all levels of the game.