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I'm on about universities where so few actually miss their grades that they won't have places. With the awarding of predicted grades, virtually all offers will be met. Most universities give out far more offers than they have places. So we'll end up with a situation where the top universities...

Surely they could have set socially distanced exams? This year will be in no way comparable to any other year. I obviously sympathise with those who had their fate unfairly decided by an algorithm but the best way to mitigate against this was to postpone the exams. Its going to be mayhem for...

The complete lack of financial backing and also the lack of foresight on the part of previous managers. I remember in 2016 when we ha a mass exodus of players - some for a fee ad others because their contracts ended. This was predictable but so little was put in place to mitigate against this...

Great from you, deflection rather than confronting the actual issue. Fair enough if you think it's a shit level. I'm sure that all Step 5 non league clubs will take you seriously.

Out of interest, what was the rationale for Centrica and Iberdrola? I have always been under the impression that the energy sector is volatile at the best of times, with suppliers of all sizes going bust a lot of the time. I don't doubt they could be decent picks! Diageo on the other hand, I...

Fair enough. It's much easier said than done though. Bedworth, Coleshill and other local teams don't exactly pay much, so it's understandable that a lot of their players would rather play in the Midland League for what they think is a team with a decent chance of promotion. If they were...

I'm referring to their players whom I think deserved the chance to be promoted on the basis of points per game last season, before their season was declared null and void. I'm not necessarily on about what they do, which I would agree is laughable at times. All I'm concerned about is that...

Though I have a soft spot for Cov United, I must admit this applies to them! Though it depends on what one defines as a shitty team. Cov Sphinx have decent media coverage, though not a broadcaster. Today's mega friendly between Leicester Road and Cov United featured full commentary, with our...

Funnily enough my first post on this thread was about Pearson - they were and are quite a volatile company with a lot of uncertainties about their fundamentals. However, since May 11, they've shot up on two occasions. I didn't go ahead on that one unfortunately, and though I wouldn't use the...

I think there was talk about something going on up Prologis Park. We definitely need to be back in Coventry. It's unfortunate that nowhere close to the city centre seems to match all of the criteria (planning permission included), which is a shame. Still, I think Warwick University way would...

Agree with you about the proximity to the city centre. It made Saturdays feel like a day where people could take to the town and watch, before taking to the town again after celebrating a hard fought victory, whereas at the RICOH you just have a shopping park, and Sixfields is similar to the...

I think much of the relative fondness for Brum stems from the fact that things have gone well (i.e. if things had gone badly or we had not been promoted, I imagine there would be somewhat an indifference towards playing at St Andrews). Also because the pitch suited our play, whereas the sharing...

Saw this tweet that probably resonates with a few. It was going on about 'When I was younger, I always saw America as this dreamlike place where I would be in the future. Now I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole'. Basically calling it a shithole. Based on the events of the last few years...

That's the issue though. As a society we are all too shallow that everything is about money. It's not about doing something for a sense of purpose, doing something fulfilling something etc. All people see is the $$ and that's why secretly inside, many of those who wanted the recognition for...

Hopefully. To get back to where it was before the pandemic and more (which is a big ask for any company) would be the ambition, but since i has dropped so low I did think it was worth it!

I on the other hand bought 2k worth of Greggs on Friday. It has dipped massively and continues to drop, but I reckon in a few years' time it will be pretty good.

Shipley is definitely the better player. However, paradoxically I think that controlling for all other factors, Westbrooke would end up commanding a higher fee. Shipley is an excellent player but part of the 'homegrowness' of his development has meant that he is a bit of an unknown quantity to...

Have a little bit of history with him. He played in Arsenal's FA Youth Cup win against us back in 2016 but missed his penalty in the shootout. 2:10

I highly doubt that the tweet was about Shipley being offered what he might perceive to be better terms. I mean, Cov players aren't exactly the most level headed on social media (witness Hickman's fiasco last year), but given how Shipley was in a pretty similar situation (coming off the bench...

Once worked at a company where the 'management' team quite literally had a meeting at the end of every week to discuss us 'juniors'. The irony was that if they had spent as much time actually training us as they had meetings on us then not only would the meetings not be necessary; they might...