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Presume they'll be removing that irksome "Land of the free" line from the national anthem?

Shouldn't this be in the "small things that annoy you" thread?

Yeah, I'd take that. He's probably capable of scoring goals for us next season but personally I've been really disappointed with him. Another who apparently is better out wide but has no way of getting past a player, no tricks and no pace. Squad needs a shake up and I'd like to see us with some fresh options up front. A decent striker makes such a difference so take the money and give the new manager a chance to bring his own choice in.

Meh, he can probably be decent for us next season but wouldn't be gutted if he leaves either. The main problem is he doesn't fit into a pressing style and can't play centrally. Suspect his wages would price him out of any move except to maybe Leicester or Ipswich so chances are whoever comes in will have to work with him anyway.

I brought this up with an American who admitted it was a stupid phrase

Think it’s more a case of whether Liepzig are interested or not rather than if Rohl is more concerned with English football. If he was offered a choice then no way is he choosing us.

Probably wages, I doubt he had much of a preference over either us or Ipswich.

Yep, almost certainly renewing my ST and actually looking forward to next season. Championship is a great division and much more fun.

This is the problem. It's all very well wanting a complete overhaul but you've got to get other clubs to want to buy them at prices that don't leave us with a massive loss. I'm not averse to keeping Downes but if he's surplus then who on earth is going to pay anywhere near what we paid? Same with Archer and Armstrong (although you can argue we no longer need to recoup what we paid for Armstrong). I guess there's still a fair few we won't need to get much money for and getting them off the wage bill will be beneficial. KWP is already off but Aribo, Taylor, Stephens, Bednarek, Bree, ABK, Smallbone and Manning could all leave for fairly small amounts and not hit us in the pocket too much. Probably unrealistic to expect an almost complete overhaul but hopefully we get a pretty decent turnover.

If Rusk turns this team around then he'd be playing Ramsdale as a lone striker. That's just silly.

Fairly ambivalent about who the new manager is but I would like them to be more pragmatic than an ideologue. Someone who looks at the best players available to them and finds a way to get the best out of them, someone who looks at the opposition and figures out the best way to beat them rather than being a slave to any particular style. Long ball, short ball, possession, counter attacking - don't give a shit, just win. I actually think the more important component next season will be what the squad looks like. The manager has an impact but ultimately it'll be more about the quality of the players than the manager.

Whoever it is better be good because we've probably got them until the next time we play Spurs.

I presume Trump’s plan is to negotiate or renegotiate trade deals with blocs and countries as there’s no way keeping the tariffs as they are will work. I did listen to Will Hutton talking about the UK assisting Canada in a closer trade deal with the EU and then piggybacking on it for the UK. Trading bloc expands to Australia, New Zealand, India and other commonwealth countries. Not sure I can see that happening but would piss Trump off if it did.

Archer for me given that he cost the most money and is probably the signing that will hurt the club finances the most.

Pensions are an interesting part of all this. I’m not an expert in them but assume most Americans have defined contributions style ones and stock market fluctuations are going to negatively affect them. I’m guessing that would disproportionately impact Trump supporters too given they tend to be older, poorer and in less well paid jobs.

Poor attempt at a strawman but it's not that black and white though (which I'm sure you already know). Even your most rabid free marketeer would recognise that tariffs can be useful and should be used in certain situations. Question is the extent and application of them rather than whether tariffs are inherently "good" or "bad".

Name one person who has brought identity politics into the tariff discussion? Never happened. Dopey or what?

No, I don’t think luck plays a huge part over a 38 game season. There’s loads of reasons why we’re here and we can argue them till the cows come home but if you’re saying a large part is that we’ve been more unlucky than 19 other clubs then you’re clutching at straws.

This kind of inefficiency is exactly why they need DOGE. Musk will sort it all out once he's stopped crying about Tim Walz being mean about him.

Yes.

Yeah, I'm not going and doubt I will for any game except the last one of the season. I'll almost certainly renew in the Championship as it's more fun but not sure I'll bother in the premier league again.

I was going to say I'm looking forward to Canada becoming the 51st State - based on population they should have slightly more electoral college votes than California and ensure the republicans never get elected again. Republicans don't seem overly keen on democracy though so maybe it's not such a great idea (as well as being a bit unfair on Canada).

Susanna Hoffs from The Bangles for me.