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If anything, the CMs need rebalancing. Allen, Eccles, Grimes and Sheaf were deployed in more or less the same role. Torp does things differently to them and there’s no alternative for him. I still highly rate Sheaf but his attributes isn’t what’s needed. With respect to Allen, he’s 4th choice...

Has it? You’ve got Grimes, Torp, Eccles and Allen. Grimes has missed a handful of games in the last 6-7 seasons. So there’s only the necessity to have a backup plan for Torp/Eccles. It’s mental that people will say we need 5 first team CMs and look at positions like AM and RW/LW and conclude...

Not like SBT to have a meltdown. There’s enough in the squad to get to Jan as it is and maintain high levels. People forget that we’ve bought the stadium so that will limited our manoeuvrability in the transfer market.

The news that we signed Brau broke in the media nearly 2 months before it was announced. People need to get a grip! 😂 The rumours around KKH were also floating around weeks before the deal was announced, irrc.

Pragmatically, it’s unlikely we get anyone else in before the deadline. Thinking ahead to Jan, someone with a similar profile. Often when people talk about ‘cover’ in the sense that someone could play there rather than who actually makes an impact. Actually, if you want continuity in the team...

Off the bat, it’s a better deal than for Hughes to be honest. That was paying PL money for a player with ‘potential’ to be a PL player. Hull just didn’t want to sell because of their situation so they banded about stupid figures.

A midfield 4 of Grimes, Eccles and Torp and Allen is decent. My concern is that Eccles and Allen can ‘cover’ Grimes, but there’s no alternative to Torp for a more creative outlet. Torp himself hasn’t had the best of luck injury wise since he’s joined. Right now, £6.5m is a good deal for Sheaf...

I need to rewatch the goals, particularly the 2nd but gut feeling is that Rushworth is getting blamed harshly. For the first goal, perhaps could’ve parried it differently. That said, the ball did swerve a bit.

It was a frustrating draw. First half, in my view, we were better yesterday than v QPR. We moved the ball with such confidence and everything was slick only to be pegged back by an avoidable goal. Second half, we lost control and struggled to settle in. I’ve said once and won’t be the last...

For starters, Sakamoto and Sheaf probably weren’t 100% so there was a reluctance to risk them. The issue I’ve pointed out a few times this season is that there’s no game changers on the bench. When a game was tied or we’re trailing… who is going to come on and make an impact and get a goal or...

Is that really relevant? Last season we got 0 points v Leeds, 4 points in 23/24. We’ve started stronger and of the 2 games we’ve drawn, we were the better team. We put the ball in the net 4 times in the first half v Oxford and should’ve been out of sight. Oxford scored a decent FK and...

I’ll get on that, is it on the app or a dedicated channel? More importantly, do they show the games live? FSU and Alabama are two of my favourite teams. The ‘tomahawk chop’ is great and Florida was the first state in the USA that I’ve visited. As for Bama, Nick Saban is the GOAT and he’s...

I seen the result and got home from the Oxford game at the end of the 4th quarter but my stream was not having! I’ll watch the highlights of a few games later on but guessing from the memes, Manning did not do his namesake proud! 😂 I’ll check this out! My dodgy stick was not picking up the Fox...

Did their policies work? Yes. Did they meet international obligations? Yes. Did Australia become an international pariah? No. Does Australia have a trade agreement with the EU? Yes. People smuggling is an industry and they provide a service to their clients - they literally advertise on...

What rights would be removed if we scrapped the HRA? The Magna Carta and Bill of Rights (1689) are still active on the statute books. The ECHR foundations is English common law. The UK, unlike most European countries, has a good track record on Australia, Canada and NZ are proof of this...

This is evidence the Australian government submitted to our own parliament contradicts you. https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/18368/pdf/ 50,000 illegal migrants arrived by boats between 2008-2013, 1,200 deaths at sea. Operation Sovereign Borders has all but eliminated illegal...

Yes, it could’ve been appealed but it’s not obvious what would’ve been cited in its place or if the government would have won.

This is a hot mess. The Human Rights Act enshrines the ECHR and the judgements of the ECJ above UK law. Turkey, by comparison, hasn’t enshrined this in Turkish law. Turkey is actually an authoritarian regime that abuses human rights, including ethnic minorities as well as illegally occupying...

That’s because I’m not a legal expert. I don’t know what law(s) or previous judgements would be used to argue the case. You’ve missed the point going down this rabbit hole. The ruling is unpopular and gives Reform ammunition to support their policy of scrapping the ECHR. The judgement was...

Then us returning the constitutional settlement as it was in 1997 is hardly the same as North Korea or Russia. It’s pretty clear that this a big misconception when criticising plans to leave the ECHR. Which is a condition of EU membership so all candidate countries and EEA would seek...