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I don't think I've ever seen a more obvious case of the Dunning Kruger effect than in this thread. The total lack of self-awareness is truly something to behold.

If he was going to resign anyway why didnt he just say the spying was all his idea and take the rap before moving on , no one will care in Turkey

They're making it up as they go along. Without the pressure from Boro and their journalists, it would've been us in the final I'm sure.

Thank you for everything you've done for us Rasmus ❤️

One thing I can not quite get my head around: if spying is such an offence that it's considered reasonable to penalise a club for potentially £100m+, and damage the career of a manager, why isn't the practice simply outlawed? What makes it a gargantuan crime to spy within the last three days before a game, but completely fine and dandy on the fourth day before a game?

Fine with that. Just so long as he has no hands-on involvement with our club.

Blocking is I think what used to be obstruction but it never seems to be given nowadays

Our Line up against them away last season when we won 5-1 had Edozie, THB, Charles and Jack starting, otherwise it is the same as our starting line up is now. We've replaced THB with Schlotterbeck, arguably Wood is better than Jack, JWP has slotted in well and is not a downgrade on Shea and Scienza over Edozie is a no brainer. Ergo IMO we are will put out a stronger team than we did earlier in the year. Obviously question marks over Flynn (he should be fit according to Tonda), and whether Jander will be back (give him the International break to get fit), but put the strongest side out and hope for a similar scoreline. Peretz, Bree, Wood, Schlotterbeck, Manning, Downes, JWP, Matsuki, Azaz, Scienza, Larin. No brainer. Tricky to see past a Saints win right now but stranger things have happened.

Indeed. Otherwise a save from behind the goal line whilst the 'keepers feet are touching the net but his hands are the other side of the line, would be classed as a goal. Even VAR would be able to get that one right.

Fucking paper trail 🤣 they really took the piss. I remember the sky reporter stood by the tree talking about this vital bit of evidence uncovered by golf club staff tieing the suspect back to Saints, skills Inspector Poirot would have been proud of. They went so far out of their way with bullshit desperate to stitch us up when we were perfectly capable of doing that ourselves , wish some of the Saints journalists had a least questioned some of the nonsense more.

Agreed. But that is VERY different to stating 'pensioners don't deserve a pay rise'!

The triple lock though does have to go, that is almost universally agreed. The problem is that none of the political parties will admit this because it will lose them votes.

I think @egg is going to have to do a reassesment of your intelligence! Comparing 'raw gross wages against the state pension is folly' is the quote from the simpleton who posted a graph comparing 'raw gross wages against state pension'. Do you even understand the things you post or did it just appear in your timeline?

If we don’t like the Fa’s punishment, is there anything we can actually do? Independent sports arbitration? One thing that has been clear throughout all this is no-one has a clue, as fans we’re completely guessing at random.

Lol. Cost of living, inflation, price rises, etc, etc, etc. For someone extoling the virtues of 'abstract' thought, you seem to be really struggling with thinking about the very fucking basics! Should we just let the pensioners - who were previously net contributors - have less and less money in real terms just because they are old, despite the fact that they are still 'contributors' (maybe your abstract thinking couldn't understand that simple concept?)? One day, assuming you make it that far, you will also be a pensioner. I wonder what your views will be then?

Nice one Turkish, lucky fella!

I have to agree with this post. You (Osvaldo) make a lot of good points IMO, but the language you use leaves you open to ridicule and consequently people will play the poster rather than the post. It goes both ways though, I see agressive language from those who disagree with anything right of centre.

The FA didn't charge Bielsa; and you'd think the club will be drawing attention to that in mitigation of any ban now – nothing has changed in the FA's rules. I'm interested why you think the Canada case is comparable - the charge was brought by a completely different organisation? And wasn't it also in relation to a specific ban against the use of drones?

It still irks me that when I was about 11 playing in goal for a side, I let the ball go so that the ball was outside the area and then volley kicked it, the useless amateur ref ( a dad of the opponents ) gave it as handball. Itold him he didnt know the rules (it probably was Whitey lol 😀) Football was my life and so I knew these things, Im not sure but Rich Chorley was on my side that day I think.

And even then, completely different facts. Bielsa isn't a comparable. The Canada case is.

Just some overdue housekeeping apparently - retains his shares in Sport Republic but doesn't have an operational role at Saints anymore (and for a while now)

It did when I played - I'm 64 now - once a team moaned so much that I was handling the ball outside the penalty area when I did my crap dropkicks, that the referee came and stood inline on the wing with the edge of my penalty area to watch me drop kicking it. I told him what I was doing beforehand but he had to do that. What I was doing was throwing the ball inside the area outside the area and kicking it then - he saw it three times and said I was doing nothing wrong and 'play on'. Maybe it was me who made them change the rules?

The FA did not charge Bielsa in 2019. The only charge was by the EFL against Leeds. You can't claim Bielsa as a precedent if no charge was brought.

Think only half the allocation went on sale. Still got half of G and all of H to go on. Be surprised if we sold this out.

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