Sergei Gotsmanov

I thought it could have been the making of Diallo in the championship.

It will be a full house with a cup tie atmosphere and a team that won promotion in an extraordinary way. It will be a real test but a good learning curve!

Neil Parish was out on his ear for not meeting the standards of public life there was no legal process to undergo because he did not break the law.. Rosindell is being investigated by the police, no doubt when that is concluded he will be 'out on his ear'.

Its about perspectives, I think the story is about a very high profile figure at the BBC paying £35K to a crack addict and the when understandably his parents contact the BBC to get him to stop the BBC does not even bother to speak to him.

The BBC's investigation seems to have been to send an email and a phone call that 'did not connect'. They did not even speak to the presenter. Do you think that was thorough?

You don't think that there is a legal process before this happens?

If you assume that the complaint was the same in May as it was is in July why did it warrant Huw Edwards being suspended then and not in May - was it just because it was more high profile? The issue seems to be that it was not properly investigated when the initial complaint was made. Did anyone even bother to speak to Edwards?

Well as far as I understand it the BBC had a complaint in May and did nothing so the parents went to the Sun - of course the BBC said they tried to call the parents but could not get hold of them. If the BBC felt it was acceptable to suspend Huw Edwards when the story broke in the Sun in July then why did they not suspend him when the parents complained in May? Surely the bulk of the complaint was the same when they initially made contact. It would have been better for all parties if they had acted before it became high profile. I am very happy to be corrected if I have misunderstood this.

At one point I think he was on the cusp of being a £40m player. I seem to remember a performance against Man City.

Clearly the Sun story has a strong degree of truth in it if he has been suspended by the BBC and more people are coming forward. It turns out that Newsnight were investigating Huw Edwards as well. You seem to forget that the parents went to the BBC first and the Sun was a last resort when the BBC did nothing. The family were not paid by the Sun. There is a legal process to go through in many cases but I think Neil Parish would tell you his position was untenable and countless others. I think you will find that Boris Johnson had to resign from Government. As it happens I think he is a shit anyway. I am not outraged by Huw Edwards I just don't like double standards and think the BBC should have responded to the complaint instead of ignoring it. I believe a free press is critical to keeping people and organisations to account. I feel sorry for Huw Edwards but I think this sorry episode undermines his integrity and his behaviour does not befit his high ranking position at the BBC. People can do what they like within the law but if you are a senior figurehead of the BBC then there must be some parameters. I would say the same for a church leader, a politician, a policeman etc. I am hardly one to cast the first stone but then I don't front the most watched news programme.

He's not Jack the ripper but if it my child was getting given large sums of money to send compromising pictures to Huw Edwards than I would have a quiet word with his employers and would be disappointed that they did nothing. I think that is a normal reaction of any conscientious parent. If he thought it was acceptable then he would not be receiving treatment. I think we used to call it standards in public life. If it was a politician then they would be out on their ear. Sadly there are no winners but I don't think that you can read the news to the nation and then behave like that even if it is legal or not.

But what I am saying is that Kane has the chance to be a legend at Spurs and that should outweigh winning medals. Sadly I never had that chance to play for Saints but I would have stayed at Saints for the chance to be a local legend. It is a different decision when you are 22 but at 29 then it is more pronounced to just see your career out with the club you love. I often think that if my son was at Saints and had the chance to go to Chelsea and earn three times the wages at a young age then I would probably, albeit reluctantly think it was the right thing to do but at 29 I would tell him to stay.

So true. I never understand why players move to 'win medals' - I would far rather be a local legend. Harry Kane is one example - why would he even think about leaving Tottenham when he is on the verge of being a genuine Spurs legend. But he would not be many people's phone a friend if they was on who wants to be a millionaire while JWP is bright and he will no doubt be conscious of this.

I disagree I think he would be an excellent defender at our level and I have always appreciated his passion.

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But what was he trying to achieve by getting a batsman out who thinks it is the over. You would have expected Cummins to just say just a warning!

I personally would have been embarrassed if we had done that. I would have disowned myself from the team.

I disagree. Bairstow understandably assumed that even the Aussies would not stoop that low and as for the umpires one was unpinning the bowlers hat and the other was walking to the other end - they were certainly acting as if it the over was over.

I am not sure that a Putin win is assured. I cannot see the regular army opposing Wagner. They must hate the high command as much as Wagner.

The pilots I guess could be persuaded to tow the line because they are the elite but I would think the regular Russian soldier will not be impressed with this. I hope we do not end up having to deal with this madman. He makes Blofeld look like Eamon Holmes.

It must be unlikely that Regular Russian forces will fire on Wagner. They both consider themselves to be on the same side and the grievances raised by Prigozhin are probably in line with what many of them subscribe to anyway. Putin will have to concede surely?

No the majority of people think that he is a very good footballer who would normally have engineered a move to a bigger club but are grateful that he has stayed loyal.

Good luck to him. Nice guy dropped into an impossible situation. He is eloquent and intelligent.

I still do and hope he continues to make them. This forum should not be an echo chamber.

I think that he is sometimes at the more radical end of the argument and I don't think it was helpful to discourage people from having the vaccine when it was obviously the only way out of the mess. I think though that he is right to not just be spoon fed information without a healthy dose of skepticism. I also think that he has demonstrated in the way he treats people that he is down to earth and a good bloke.