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I was surprised to see Archer on the penalty, I assumed it would be BBD based on previous track record when AA isn’t selected.

Which is OK when you have the budget and squad for that plan A. When what you have available/transfer budget doesn’t fit plan A, adaption and pragmatism is needed, or the change will be the manager. The task now is to get the team defending and attacking as a unit before the Ipswich game otherwise SR will be making another change one suspects.

Not sure I’d go that far but appreciate what you are saying. Needs to be up front, use his physique. The work rate across a lot of the team after the first goal today was well below professional standards, and I mean even lower leagues and below. Dibling, KWP and Lesley excepted from that comment but that’s insufficient, all 10 outfield players have to be fully committed and organised doing their jobs.

That is what a lack of organisation and structure causes. Over to SR to learn from their mistakes. The trendy option rarely works in football.

Bar the missed penalty by Cameron Archer, which Jeffrey would have taken with more conviction, CB Fry got it spot on didn’t he?

It’s not just about Jack, or any individuals. We need to defend as a team, as we did under WGS, and that starts from the forwards and midfield helping the wing backs stopping crosses coming in. We got away with it last year because the quality of the delivery isn’t as punishing. Jack let his people run today and we know his limitations but since Ronald crosses and longer range shots have come in unopposed more or less, and that is down to lack of standards within the club and coaches. The squad must be far fitter with that, Poch type double training sessions to return please.

Probably, the NHS won’t get a hugely bigger settlement without some blood letting of ineffective leaders in the Trusts and arms lengths bodies. It would be giving Russell Martin a £250m transfer window budget with his odd tactics otherwise and waiting lists won’t clear by themselves. On renewables, we’ve got to build the market more to increase our energy independence. It was a manifesto pledge as well so they have to go do some forward looking things, the economy was left in such severely bad shape that you could spend all of your time repairing it. Foreign aid - depends where it goes, but it can be a soft power solution to reducing asylum pressures somewhat. If you look at just how much the country has been spending on short-term accommodation for processing claims (most of which will be rejected) it is worth a try.

For me there are two options. Either back him further, but get a PL coaching set up around him to deal with the training and tactics in each part of the pitch eg Pulis 2 days a week to work with Ramsdale to drill the defence and midfield in the PL basics of marking/shape and in stopping crosses (an ongoing problem since Ronald that started under Puel and got worse). The first two goals today I’d be disappointed if Cheltenham Town in the fourth tier conceded without effort. It might be boring to drill 100 times during the week on the basics but we know as fans that is what’s needed right now and imperative that the owners are listening. The forwards need some similar specialist input. Also, the Pochettino style double training sessions need to return. if that isn’t an option than better to move on now. It’s unlikely the season can be saved but more likely to get a capable manager to instil the top flight basics now than in November when relegation is all but confirmed. Unfortunately the owners and management are a lot less experienced than the fans in what’s needed to survive let alone prosper in the PL. If Dragan will push Rasmus aside to listen to us, we might have some hope.

Here’s what he said. He’s going senile - that’s as bad as mixing up the Ukrainian President and Putin did https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wp6q132p2o

Good win in the end, Salt got England off to a good start, excellent knock by Bethell but MOTM with bat and ball Liam Livingstone enjoying being up the order.

Mike Clarke normally on the money. I reckon Putin will end up with the Donbas, which is Russian speaking more or less, and Crimea which is less palatable to Ukraine. I’d let him have Donbas, his minions have destroyed it completely anyway and they can’t afford to rebuild it with their shot away, sanctions-riddled economy. The interference in US politics isn’t working this time either. Xi and Modi would kick his arse also even if he used tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, an arse Xi owns. Get Ukraine into NATO asap, and shore up Georgia and Moldova which Putin is eyeing.

Aussies got 193. Rashid, Livingstone and Carse did a great job pulling it back but Topley and Curran bowled county medium dross and got smashed all over Cardiff, as they got smashed all over Southampton midweek. Pity about Carse’s gambling ban as he’d have got Test opportunities this summer but might get a game on the Pakistan tour coming up. Hopefully a better start with the bat than Southampton.

Started to claw back the Aussie start until Rashid bowled a floaty pie. Him and Carse are actually international bowlers though. Curran is in for his batting these days and Topley lost whatever he had. If you are only bowling at 80mph, you need plenty of variations.

They are keeping the seat warm for Andy Street to firstly get a safe seat to win and secondly for him to get onto the front bench for whoever loses in 2028 or 29. Then when the Tory right/ERG is rejected again they will turn back to One Nation.

This brings back some memories….how anyone could ever thought that looked like Ted is beyond me before it went on display.

Not especially, it’s actually good to have some governance without the constant infighting and lurching all over the place we had since 2015. There’s a reason as a Lib Dem why my seat has it’s first ever Lib Dem MP on a substantial majority having overturned 24k - as a party if you don’t understand why that it is, it will be an even longer road back for you. FWIW I don’t agree with the outdoor smoking plans, but the NHS initial approach sounds sensible albeit needing more flesh on the bones and there needs to be more focus on social care to stop the hospitals from clogging which the Lib Dem’s are rightly pushing Labour on. I’m sure you’ll be honest enough to admit the Conservatives failed dreadfully on this with 5 ministers in less than 5 years. The emphasis on preventative health is also sensible. Streeting is quality and I wish we had him (Lib Dems). The winter fuel allowance issue is trickier but overall I think the burden needed to shared across the generations, I just hope the means testing is done properly. But I do respect that not everyone will agree.

Really basic error to have a go at one of the Chambers’ best orators for lack of experience - when he’s been shadowing health for 2.5 years and the Clown Car brigade had 5 Health Ministers in that time. She metaphorically watched the pie of a cricket ball she bowled disappear back over her head into the stand with a thud. Although Streeting really took her to the cleaners today apparently on the debate about the Darzi report. What a fucking legacy to leave https://news.sky.com/story/darzai-review-key-points-from-damning-new-report-into-state-of-nhs-13213159

You heard right, 23 August apparently. Anywhere that offers a minimum choice of Landlord, Vibrant Forest and Black Sheep is worth a visit https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/rockstone-southampton-188544

Which pub did you go to in Hamble? I was thinking Jolly Sailor as that’s never been cheap but of course there’s a nice little selection around the High St https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/olde-whyte-harte-hamble-le-rice-188127 Looking forward to visiting the renovated SW Arms. They always did a lovely pint of Blakes’ Gosport Bitter in there when Blake’s were brewing. A dark bitter verging on a porter/stout. I loved it but not all of my friends did, one of them tried it in the SW Arms, took a gulp and exclaimed ‘they’ve burnt the beer!’ Groups of Pompey CAMRA branch used to use the SW Arms and Dolphin on a Friday night often.

Whoever it is, they will need to avoid getting rinsed like this 😂

Douglas Hurd. Hadn’t heard of Thora but same principle.

I probably walked beneath your windows many times to go into BV! Rockstone sounds promising, we were in there once when they were having a Play Your Cards Right game with a jackpot which reached an amount well into the hundreds as nobody had won for a few weeks. One of my best mates played and won the jackpot. We’d never been in there before. Did we get some filthy stares?!

Good point Whelk, let’s get back onto the OP. Saw the full debate tonight, Harris nervous start but got into it and laid some ranting carrots which Trump couldn’t resist crunching on. It won’t move the dial for most of that country and the highly polarised support either side, but it could be a background factor in the swing states where every vote counts for the electoral college. He’s in trouble and the campaign funds are almost dry for those swing states. Whereas Harris getting both the big donations and smaller individual ones at scale. It’ll be close still but I can see a similar result to 2020.

I know from your other posts that Brexit has been horrible for you, you didn’t vote for it, you’re a good poster, one of my favourites, and really I wish it wasn’t like that for you. I hope it gets better for us all. Plenty of over 60s didn’t vote for it too. FWIW, I’ve lost far more than that from Brexit and then Covid, thousands pa, as has my wife. Whilst costs have shot up. All relative I know to each household, family and circumstances but standards of living are miles below the 00s for most people. On the train drivers and unions, I have no love for them either, in fact the unions advocated for Brexit sickeningly so I particularly loathe Lynch and Whelan but the country had to get moving again, the industrial action was clogging up the roads badly, medical appointments missed, contracts missed. It was awful to get anywhere of any distance and it’s not over until the new drivers are on stream. The doctors dispute was heading the same way. If Labour keeps feeding the unions, I’ll be angry too, one of the reasons I don’t vote for them is the unions. The public services have to get back on a even keel, I think the public will do their bit but if in 18 months time we still can’t see GPs and the trade offs aren’t emerging, there will be wider unrest and it won’t just be ex-football yobs and kids next time.

On the pensioners £300 winter fuel allowance, and that’s the maximum, some won’t even get that much, it’s not ideal but the vast majority of those who actually need it will still receive from what I’ve seen and plenty like our parents who really don’t need it as much. One of them is still moaning about it (Telegraph reader) having said in the past they didn’t need it and it should go to someone who did. If we are talking intergenerational fairness, the u55s have had to eat nearly all of the shit sandwiches arising from Brexit thus far (with a blank where the supposed benefits are) so only fair the segment of the population who voted for it in the largest numbers take at least a small bit of the burden the economic shortfall of £40bn is causing. Because without Brexit, £22bn unaccounted for hiding migration accommodation spending by the previous government and an unfunded tax cut would have caused moderate spending cuts and freezes, but not the same impact. And the new government has pledged to be responsible with the public finances, yet the tabloids want this policy retained and Rwanda policy reinstated for tens of billions. From where? They’ve stymied their grandchildren’s prospects through selfishness so if their Brexit is so brilliant, it’s a small price to pay surely. I very much doubt if Labour has thought about it in this way but I’m a Liberal Democrat and it’s about time some of the tough decisions stopped falling at the doors of working folk and the young. Apologies by the way to those over 60 in 2016 who voted Remain or didn’t vote. Unfortunately, as we found out over the last few years, we tend to get punished for the actions of others whether we voted for it or not.