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The tickets are attached to an email you should have got.

That's the crucial question determining the success of the season ahead. If Charles and Jander go, we need comparable quality in return; not easy. If THB goes, the task for Spors to find a good enough replacement is also difficult. Accommodating Stewart or finding his replacement, while important are third tier priorities in my book. Stewart staying brings the ever present injury risk, while finding a good enough replacement is not easy, since before Larin, our last good striker recruitment was Danny Ings.

Writing on the names is too small to read but back to Attlee?

I can remember 18 of those.

There’s an appetite for change for Burnham in a way there never really was for Starmer but he’s got little margin for error. He can tweak around taxes to generate a bit more change but he’ll need to use the scalpel on the welfare budget https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/what-can-andy-burnham-actually-do/ Interesting piece by the Conversation on what he might do https://theconversation.com/how-andy-burnham-may-try-to-give-the-uk-economy-a-boost-in-his-10-year-plan-286207. His initial statements are bold and it’s hard to see the fiscal headroom he’s got to deliver it with. As for Farage, he’s very tarnished now by the bung, money laundering and other scandals, more to come out as well is the rumour. Whatever they’re doing in the polls at the moment, they’re going to get hit by tactical voting in an actual GE which is why Farage gets so tetchy with YouGov. They’ll get a Lib Dem+ amount of seats next time which very impressive from where they’ve come from but no-one is collaborating with them for power. Enjoyed seeing Badenoch, Starmer and Davey queuing up to take the piss out of Farage in Starmer’s final PMQs. Even their own MPs were laughing. Not the same core base without Farage as leader and would lead to lower turnout as some don’t vote normally but Reform are damaged anywhere beyond their base with him as leader. Coalitions likely but they are too toxic for the Tories to consider let alone anyone else. Not sure he’s the ‘change, just any change’ for enough people now.

My grandson was due to play in a tournament at Stoneham FC tomorrow. Just been informed that it's been cancelled due to water supply problems in Stoneham Lane, so no toilets etc. Don't know if this will affect the Saints game in the evening.

Something's got to change, unless we really are making plans for Nigel ?

Any reason Ben Garner's photo has gone from the Saints team page? Odd.

So hard to be an influencer in the social media age. 🙂

I remember some of the Italia 90 (England) squad saying they hated that game Suffer the heartbreak of a semi final defeat they just wanted to get home after that, not hang around the hotel waiting to play another game that everyone thought was pointless

I get the respect for their track record, but you have to look at the actual performances in this World Cup, not just the names on the team sheet. They haven't been tearing anyone apart. My point is that England didn't lose to a peak, unstoppable global superpower; we lost to a beatable, transitioning side because our default setting is to panic and sit back the second we get a lead. We played the badge, not the actual team in front of us. Mentally, England are weak when it comes to the crunch.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11700/13564527/tonda-eckert-exclusive-southampton-boss-reveals-he-received-police-protection-after-threats-during-spygate-scandal

Depends how much of our midfield we manage to keep and who we replace THB with if he leaves

Nah. What about the play off semi final?

Has anyone got tickets through the new app yet? Mine aren't showing yet.

If ever there was a pointless football match it has to be 3rd/4th place in the World Cup.

It's been said. In fact, I've probably said it. On balance, we were probably favourites and probably should have beat them on the night if we hadn't shat the bed in the last 20 minutes. However, to say Argentina are bang average is nonsense. They're the current world cup holders and Copa America holders, now in a second successive world cup final, with some world class players, including the greatest player of all time (albeit in twilight years of his career). Looking back, England clearly underestimated them, which was their biggest mistake. Even at half time the England assistant coach was talking about expecting England's Premier League fitness/power to shine through. It's clearly bollocks. There's no shame in losing to Argentina. But there is major shame in the manner in which it happened.

If we manage to get Ross back and the fact we’ve signed Larin. IMO this is enough for us to get autos behind West Ham.

I'd rather 3 strikers in a 1 striker system but I guess that's why we signed Dobbin who can play there if needed. Tricky one because if your main 2 strikers stay fit and suspension free all season then the 3rd striker isn't getting much game time but it only takes one injury to start thinking about hitting shit creek and using the youth. Re-signing Ross for example (or signing another striker) and bringing in someone younger (or another AM that can play up top) would be less worrying. I appreciate Archer may go but at least he could also play wide as well as striker.

I remember CM96/97, I believe it was Jan Molby who had a Pace of 1. I'd imagine Vestergaard is similar now.

What that shows @Holmes_and_Watson is my first (nearly) 20 years of life = 3 PMs Last 10 years = 7 PMs

Ah yeah, he was born on Sept 13th so he chose that number when he arrived

Being a Trump whisperer didn’t exactly help Starmer domestically in a political sense although it did help the UK’s interests when Trump was re-elected and had momentum. The Iran war has hurt Trump and he’s banging on about election fraud yet again without evidence because he knows one or both of the houses are going Dem in November (probably Congress). I wouldn’t needlessly pick a fight with him but if he wants to back his populist puppet Milie (beyond the huge sums of US taxpayers funds he’s already gambled on him) on the Falklands then a robust form of fuck off will go down well.

Yep. And the app works a treat too, to be fair.