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Up to him. Fair play. If you feel passionate about anything you should always stand up even if you are on your own.

Well-balanced article here on UPFs highlighting the issues but also that it’s case by case with each item rather than a blanket ‘it’s all bad’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqn4knlj9v81o

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I've heard it's a subject he is truly passionate about and he just simply won't drop it.

Looks like Bazunu is going it alone. Putting politics above football will do nothing for his career. He might be able to get away with it as a world beater but at best he's a league 1 level keeper https://news.sky.com/story/ireland-confirms-nations-league-game-against-israel-will-go-ahead-13592048

I thought the Villa friendly was next Friday. I read elsewhere we lost 1-0. No details. Surprised no one on here knows anything about it if it did get played.

WBA last season were docked points when spend on charities was treated differently from previous seasons.

Breaking: Several men have been arrested overnight on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act amid what appears to be a threat to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, a major base for US operations in Iran. The security posture has also been stepped up at US airbases in Suffolk, with an air ambulance denied access to Mildenhall airspace last night while returning to base. It remains unclear who has been arrested and what stage the potential plot was at, but the police operation comes months after the IRGC made threats towards Fairford and the "British monarchy regime". This week, GB News revealed that American personnel at bases in Suffolk had not been made aware of plans to house small boat migrants at RAF Barnham. One councillor told me that when he spoke to some USAF officers about the possibility of unvetted Iranian migrants being placed near the base, "They had no idea about what was going on there. They had no idea what was planned for there." Several Iranians who have crossed the Channel illegally have been arrested by counter-terror cops. The IRGC has claimed that it controls several smuggling routes and that covert operators have been moved into Britain. So far the Trump administration has mentioned the RAF Barnham plans and the security risks it poses to the US airbases. But after these arrests and the major security shift, what will they think of potentially having unvetted Iranian migrants near to some of their critical bases?

They'd stay up every single season, and probably scrape a lesser European place also. That's not a proper punishment.

Luton got a huge deduction - 30 points IIRC which relegated them to non league in 2008.

Moses Sesay, who's on loan at Colchester scored two great goals yesterday. Lovely comments from their manager too: "He's going to be some player, that kid."

It doesn’t take Einstein to suggest that demoted to L2 even they’ll start the season with a bigger and better squad than Cheltenham, Exeter, Gillingham and the like.

I'm not sure that would be the case, as long as you have access to a Euro league. Three up three down that sort of thing. However never happen, no one is paying mega bucks for Bournemouth v Porto. The model they have is as good as it gets really. The success of the conference shows there is an appetite for it, with smaller clubs. The real battle is to avoid the franchise, closed shop model, so beloved of the Americans. No doubt they'll continue to push for that, whilst stopping any other league becoming a competitor.

AI says they had 9 in March 2010, first PL team to go into admin. 10 in Feb 2012 in the championship 10 in April 2013 in L1. But despite this and the gun runner owner, they simply never cheat .

i see Larin got the assist for Canada's 1-0 win over Peru last night.

For what purpose? So that someone else can qualify for the 2018/19 Champions League, for example ?

This is a good thread here, Swedish Dave, (or David in Sweden). Raises some interesting points (in your inimitable style) but has gone overlooked as a) there are fewer old sods to read it, and b) most are understandably caught up in the FA/Spygate affair. Mention of Derek Reeves. His career was came to an end before I was interested, although older relatives rated him. I didn’t understand your comment re record club goal scorer as Channon and MLT would in my lifetime both overtaken him. But on reading about him realise you must have meant in a season, when he scored 39. Big Ron got close once but ‘only’ managed 37 or 38. Other things about Reeves, reading he scored four away at Man City in the FACup, and five v Leeds at home in the League Cup. Both 1960. Has anyone scored four in an FA Cup match for us since ? I’ve thought of myself as fortunate to have seen Davies, Paine (et al from the ‘Alehouse’),Channon, Keegan, Ball, MLT and Lambert play for Saints (although Big Ron and Paine past their peak). If you’ve seen Reeves, Big Ron at his prime, (and George O’Brien - another name from the older ones) play then that seems a pretty charmed time to have followed Saints.

I think a good punishment would be 20 point reduction for the next 9 seasons. That matches the 9 years they cheated for

For the 9 year time period this was happening City were effectively cheating against every team they played so all their points should be deducted and awarded to their opponents.

May make it a mockery but they'll be out of the top league for a season or two and fall massively behind the others.

If City are relegated to the bottom tier of the EFL surely their owners will be looking to sell the club as it will hold no attraction or benefit to them. City will have to sell all their main players and will be playing in front of small crowds even at home with little tv money or sponsorship deals. Also shouldn't we expect court cases for individuals over the massive fraud for false accounting plus it's also alleged they paid players and managers more than declared to HMRC. This is either going to blow up massively or be swept under the carpet - my bet is on the latter to protect the Premier League because City are their biggest cash cow. Interesting times ahead.

I can’t really get caught up in the hysteria about Man City. It doesn’t come as any surprise when you look at the ownership of some of the clubs that there are ‘dodgy’ dealings. My concern over this is the timing and how it might influence our outcome. Will the FA be swayed by the outcry and the masses baying for blood to dish out a heavier penalty to Tonda, just to put them on a moral high ground and being seen to “clean the game up” type of bollocks ?

Another good reason Frank might want to come here.

Give me 3 reasons for Frank to take that job?

I read somewhere that if their deduction was pro rata with Leicester's financial failings then it would be about 1,000 point deduction.