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And also lovely to take on a picnic to a demonstration atop your bandwagon. 🙂

Good summary. Supported by his own comments. He was learning his way to finding solutions with the squad. That was painful all round, as it changed from what had been in place through things he tried, but then had to adjust. Tonda seems to have come in with already prepared solutions. He's no doubt also building on those relentlessly, while Still hadn't found that foundation to do that.

In the last couple of weeks, I picked up fig, apricot and cranberry sourdough and a cranberry, raisin and cashew bloomer from Tesco. Both lovely, and nice with salads or pretty much anything.

He's consistent. Some of the things he mentioned, he spoke about (very honestly) when he was our manager. His background could get him a berth in a number of countries. If he was still on our payroll, we could have offered him the Valenciennes project. 🙂

I thought Leicester was a much better fit for him than Rangers were. Now, it depends on who he has left to work with. I did read that in L1, Leicester will have a higher wage % to work under. Also that some players who have been there for years, but on high wages, would not form part of that %. It allows clubs dropping from the PL to not immediately breach rules, when they can't shift players fast enough. That may give Leicester a more stable squad to work with. Russ has been there before. And he got us promoted from the league above. He will also have an amazing PowerPoint presentation.

Leo for me. He made a massive impact in turning us around on the pitch. But it's not just for his own ability. When we were struggling, he was always there encouraging and supporting his colleagues. I think he also had a large part to play in turning around the culture of the squad too.

Yesterday, Keir wanted to tell us about the majority of the PLP who supported him. He took the chance to remind everyone that they were in pain lower, had waited a long time for it, and he was the leader that got them there. He said there was always talk, but he had serious business to be focusing on, instead. And he does. It was senior cabinet ministers and whips who were taking a less nonchalant view, by phoning MPs last night. Gordon Brown was trotted out, and it's a three line whip. All according to the Times. With all that lot going on, behind the scenes, Kier isn't remotely as confident as he made out. I noted that today's discussion was thing pressure to make the Mandelson appointment with Starmer my is leading parliament. Combi ING multiple points increases the risk of tripping him up. He may not have misled parliament on a technicality. But with Mandelson announced, his pals pushing him in place, his already having access to information, and the need to get it done before Trump got in, of course there was pressure. All the reasons we know about, we're known to Starmer. He even knew, via an Independent front page, there were issues. But it was full steam ahead at the time. Today's committees should give us more on that. Probably, only for McSweeney to deny it.

I've seen the likes of Fatawu, Mavadidi, Thomas, Codova Reid, Ayew, Monga and Daka all have good games. But not recently. We'd need to lose players from our better squad, for any of them to get a look in. Just as long as we don't bring back Vestergaard as our Nostalgic Player of the Season, I'm happy.

Thank you for the suggestion, Mr Polanski. 🙂

My local Wetherspoons has the widest guest ale selection. In the end, that gets me in more than nicer pubs, with little choice. Some favourite ales at lower prices is a bit of a no brainer. CAMRA members can even get a discount. The food is...exactly what you expect. Always the same standard, good value, and lots on their menu. I've had a lot worse from more expensive places. Ours has been here about 10 years. It's the busiest in town, by a mile, every day.

Jeez. What happened to applauding off an injured player, indicating a hope for a quick recovery?

Margin

Unless Trinidad and Tobago FA has a garden centre, I'm not sure he has the experience to be an analyst here. 🙂

My mum has said much the same. Mind you, that was when she was working on the orbital death ray from the 4th Reich's Bolivian jungle base. So, maybe not the best parallel on reducing life expectancy there. 🙂

People helping themselves is the problem! Gluttons! 🙂