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And there you have the reason @sadoldgit struggles with it.

Over £120 million raised! Give generously to raise £200 million for Middlesbrough, I mean, Unicef.

Windy Militant 🙂

Do his plans involve fighting each employee in turn?

A great testament to sportsmanship, But, if both clubs win, then both names would be engraved on the trophy. That would lead to much bigger trophies. That will increase their weight. Which leads to a sharp increase in back injuries, as players lift them. Faced with multi million euro compensation claims, UEFA goes bankrupt. I'd have a concern about teams being ultra defensive, to hold onto a draw. But mainly the massive trophy bit above. 🙂

Ferry

And there you have the reason @sadoldgit struggles with it.

Apparently Nicola Sturgeon has come out as a massive Saints fan. She has declared innocence in the face of overwhelming evidence, and said she has no knowledge of any wrong doing, in spite of running our intern programme, data analysis and signing off on the accounts. 🙂

Could we just put Lowe in charge, and sell the UK to Elon? Since Trump likes golf and his heritage, Scotland could be sold off to him, to give spending capital when the debt is clear. I'm sure we'd all get used to government being run from Elondon in Muskland, and look north to Trumpton. Simple problems, solved by simple people. That's my election slogan. 🙂

The first articles I read about it, made it clear from both hotels and FIFA that all of this was standard practice. FIFA had a structured, detailed timeline of when they, and the hotel groups, would allow room availability at higher prices. It was clear this wasn't the first time either had been involved. And Both will also have taken practice from other areas. Pretty much every ticket, to every big event is set out to fleece consumers. FIFA, being FIFA, can never be greedy enough. So, along with "incentives" to host the thing, they have their fingers in deals for transport, merchandising, TV, and sponsorship. The states are pulling them up for the transport fleecing too. A slightly closer look will see than mini-don Infantino is at it everywhere else too.

Edited for likely reality. 🙂

What's the current UEFA ruling for when one set of mums calls their side in for tea. 🙂

Thanks for the squad and transfer news Christophe! While it was a poor season, it’s interesting to note the number of first team/ regular league players who have now left the club. Koem; Coeff; Boissier and Appuah. All of these were better than the alternatives in the squad. Appuah, in particular, looked to be the one who would improve with experience, and support. El Hadary and Baghdadi had fewer appearances, but were often first choice players, while Takaoka had quite a few sub appearances. All three of these were young players, and a lot was put on them to create in a stuttering attacking side. VA will no doubt be looking to bring in stronger creative players this season, preferably with a bit of experience behind them. Of those in the perhaps not staying group are:- Bryan Passi and Ahmed Diomandé. Both with contracts ending 2026?. Passi came in during the window, and was growing stronger towards the end of the season. Often the most dangerous from attacking set pieces too. One VA would want to keep hold of. Coming in are Zogba, who finished 10 points ahead of VA this season; Ekra, who is stepping up a division and Lebouath, who has some sub appearances in the league above with Pau. So, next season looks something like this so far (no doubt with errors to be corrected):- GK Jean Louchet; Justin Lacombe DR Derrick Abu; Salif Lebouath (MR); ?Erin Airhiavbere? DL Abdelwahed Wahib DC Loïck Landre; ?Nolann Bourichon (Youth)? DC Maël Zogba; ?Sakhalou Niakaté (DR)? MC Mabrouk Rouaï; Quentin Daubin; ?Joel Ngoya? MC Samir Belloumou ; ?Thibault Maréchal?; ?Kaïs Lesueur (Youth)? AML Alain Ipiélé (MR) AMR Rayane Ekra AM Daou Kader Diomandé; ?Ben Osman? FC Gaëtan Courtet; Kylian Kouakou (Youth); ?Marks Inchaud? FC Charles Abi; ?Célestin Nyemb? VA could do worse than re-signing Passi. Niakate and Nyemb and Maréchal are options too, with some potential. Perhaps it’s time for Courtet to take on a supporting role, behind Abi/Nyemb where he’d also be able to bring in the wider players too.

One badge on each, as a memento of the uncertainty of this season's play off campaign. 🙂

Yes, it is possible to link Lowe's reverse takeover, world class radio station, getting a bigger stadium and great catering to future "interestingly leveraged" takeovers, the rise of social media, and pushing for improved fan experiences respectively . That's not even mentioning getting in the best from other areas to... hey! what's all this politics stuff here for?! We'll get moved to the Lounge if we're...never mind...