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Of course it is. If my house was magically transported to Outer London it would instantly gain over £700k in value.

No I am not. What you "get out of the system" is not necessarily reflective of what you "put in". ( Going on a tangent, for many years Croydon was a net beneficiary of the national Business Rates pool, whilst Blackpool was a net contributor. ) What I am saying is that, perhaps, proportionally more of the total tax take should be redistributed northwards. This does not require any change in an individual's "contribution".

Edwards has turned down Burnley.

maybe not, but as we know, he's a very naughty boy.

Harsh but true....

Player has moved to that area, if he’s willing to compromise a bit on bonuses/wages then it may be Saints can on the fee

so a max of £21.5m.

Paul Joyce has confirmed in the Telegraph that Middlesbrough and Everton have reached an agreement for Hayden Hackney £16.5m guaranteed initial fee £5m based on Everton appearances £3m possible in event of England caps + UCL qualification with Everton

Nice kits, the honours board on the right could do with revising though 🤣

Well that’s a more socialist view of the world (I’m not saying that in a disparaging way). It forgets the view that the few who are net contributors to the tax system need to be incentivised to continue to take the burden rather than killing ourselves to pay for others. This change again would penalise those who have aspired for financial security for themselves and their families. Unfortunately though that seems to be the mentality of the incumbent ruling party. The increase in property values and incomes isn’t “luck of the draw” and doesn’t reflect a significantly reduced cost of living in the north. Can you explain where that has been factored in? Whether you want to or not you are essentially agreeing that he would be increasing current taxes on those in the south and reducing taxes for those in the north.

Actually love all of those !

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This feels low but if Tonda doesn’t see a role for him there is probably a deal to be done to get him off the books.

Not as long as Aribo’s.

No. Everybody faces the same tax burden: Income Tax, VAT, NI, etc are not regionally defined within England. Some people have geographically enhanced property values and incomes, but that is the luck of the draw, and if as a consequence higher rate taxes or taxes of opportunity such as Inheritance Tax kick in, so be it. How Government decides to spend it's tax revenues should be decided by greatest need. Ultimately all people should have the same chances in life - historically the North has lagged behind because the country is London focussed.

Wiki says £7m on a 4-year deal. So, £3.5m left on amortisation. Plus, we have to consider his wages. If he doesn’t hand in a transfer request (highly unlikely) we’ll also have to pay up his contract. Deadwood can be expensive to get rid of…

Genuinely not sure if this is an attempt at banter, but Saints are playing Eastleigh in the first preseason game on Saturday, July 18

That's a bit more than I was prepared to pay to be honest.

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Not sure creating a new department that will work for all the nation, and then calling it "No 10 North" is the smartest move he could make.

So did Archer. I think Fellows was disappointing last season. If you think he wasn’t, fair enough but his finishing was dreadful and he has shown that he can score previously.* Eckhert has shown that he can coach but he is not the Messiah. Buying players in the hope that your coaching team can turn them into something else is not a wise strategy (unless you have bottomless resources) as we have seen to our cost before. We had a good squad that was underperforming. Eckhert got us playing as a team, which Still failed miserably at, but not every player improved under him and his coaching team, which is my point. To point out the obvious, you can’t just assume that because he has got the best out of some, it will work for all. If that is the case and he can turn any player around, let’s save some money and bring back Downs and BBD. *9 goals for WBA

Don't forget to add goal bonuses paid out to him while banging them in for us.

How much did he cost and what was his co tractor length?

Think that we'd want £3.5m minimum. Otherwise it could be an accountancy loss. Although we would have recouped two loan fees as well.

Count Binface had the right idea: "I'll cut your taxes and raise everyone else's"