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i think he's a much improved player. His movement and spatial awareness is exceptional - ever improves his finishing and he could be right up there with the best

Poor reffing is allowing all sorts of nonsense that is contributing to a pretty poor standard of football all round. A lot of cynical stuff like diving, tactical fouls (like the swiss taking it in turns to kick Neymar), holding in the box, time wasting.

one by the football club. had a few nights in there when he was there. Natural pub guv with a good sense of humour & liked a wind-up. RIP Ernie

maybe it's just an indictment of Div 2 cricket when the top 2 sides look unlikely to make 200 runs in an innings.

seems a funny wicket with so many wickets on day one - satellite ground this game

This. We've got 3 quicks who are all susceptible to injury and 2 of them aren't that good anyway. At least get 1 or 2 quicks in for the experience eg Tom Curran, porter.

this is the difference between the one-day and the Test side. One day batsmen keep stepping up and saying "right try and drop me". I admit I was ready to give Hales some stick after his poor 12 month form.

Genuinely don't get it. This was one of the key things VAR was introduced for. Pre-tournament identified as a point of focus for officials. Think standard of reffing so far very average. Seen 3 or 4 sides take a very cynical approach which refs haven't coped with. Panama, Tunisia, Swiss to name...

Surely the actual system works it still remains the human element is liable to error. Still absolutely stunned that 1st Kane tackle cannot be seen as a stonewall penalty.

think Saints is a decent move for him. basically a decent club which tends to play its young players. add-ons etc. normally tend to be related to the first deal (ie. with Norwich) rather than rolling forward to the next buying club unless specifically stated. sell on %s relate to total value of...

somebody explain Billings to me.. Out of form in all forms of cricket this year. Rather go back to Vince just for one day cricket. There's a lot of other one day players that deserve a chance.

Appreciate there are a few U23s here but does look a big squad that needs thinning out a bit before being upgraded.

No reason why prison cannot rehabilitate or be a deterrent without being extreme. Community Work etc. May be okay for minor offences for non-repeat offenders but not for others. Regarding reoffending rates tend to show that rates fall with length of sentence. So make people serve larger % of...

For me the system is also failing when prisoners are let out early or convicted prisoners are not sent to jail where lack of available spaces is a key issue/excuse.

Maybe I'm old school but I basically agree. Like the schools once discipline breaks down everything starts to fall apart. Few do-gooders seem to wield too much influence. Break the law go to jail. Need something similar to certain US states 3 convictions and it's prison time. Seeing press...

okay so in player terms 2 maybe not be a big difference but financially could represent a large % difference in player budget so not necessarily most even of playing fields

But is rugby strictly flat rate? Couldn't The 2 player exemption could see Newcastle paying their 2 players 100k each and Wasps paying their 2 players 1m each.?

FFP has had several legal challenges all of which seem to have failed. Arguably a flat rate salary cap is considered more vulnerable to a challenge than a proportional one.

It's a bit of a mish-mash. There's a cap but there is an allowance for academy graduates and it seems you can exclude 2 players from the cap and seemingly pay them what you want.