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Do you mean in this game or the Telford one? The Telford thread does suggest a name - plays for the Met Police or something.

Of course it's the same across the world. I was using Naples as a counterpoint to you using your own experiences which you seemed to be extrapolating onto the rest of Italy. As with my example of the middle class family, you wouldn't accept that as a true reflection of the entire UK. If I just...

I know someone who is going out with someone from Naples. They said it's horrible - the standard of the housing is awful and a death trap that would be condemned here. Exposed wiring. If they turn the hot water on the lights don't work.The public transport is totally unreliable and takes forever...

The academy is not the same as the U23's. And over the last 10 years our U23's has been made up almost solely from those we've brought through the academy. That is arguably one of the reasons it's been so successful - it has allowed young players the chance to progress to a slightly higher...

The likes of Bayliss, Shipley, Wilson, Thomas, Maddison, Stevenson etc all came through at a time when our U23 were pretty much made up from our academy graduates. That's how it should be used IMO - a stepping stone between academy and first team. If we've got that much faith in Burroughs and...

It doesn't no. But take yesterday - we had the young midfielder in that scored. We only signed a young midfielder less than a month ago from a trial last season. Last season we brought in Bosma, and a few months before that Westbrooke after a trial. Not to mention the likes of Eccles, Maycock...

I'm supportive of such a policy as well. It's just that we seem to be offering these youngsters two years deals (occasionally three), so really after a year they should be looking at breaking into the first team otherwise chances are they're just going to get released. We bring a player in in a...

Are you accusing Hiwula of incest?!

I was amazed that we didn't have any fit centre backs to play this game - we've got seven in the squad overall, albeit one of them out on loan. I know that we had another friendly on the same day but surely the likes of Williams and Drysdale, and possibly even Pask, could've been utilised in...

I wasn't happy with the use of those terms because it's not a market in the true sense - teacher pay/increases are largely determined by government and funds they allocate to education. MP pay is also not set by a market but by parliamentary committee. But we supposedly have a very...

No it doesn't. It's not the number there are - it's the number of how many there need to be and how many people apply. All the positions for MP's are filled and there are many times more that 'apply' to become one every election. All the positions for teachers aren't filled and the number of...

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So why haven't they gone up in line with MP pay and incentives, a job which is massively oversubscribed in terms of applicants? Despite numerous calls from within the sector and in general from the public to remunerate teachers better? If the government are using the same criteria, and favour a...

That list has numerous countries ahead of the UK who in terms of pure economic stats are much worse.

Not on your nelly for that. £750 and a Sainsbury's 10p off per litre voucher. Not a penny more.

Well I'm claiming copyright on the name Fazam

Quality of life goes way beyond economic stats. Even a number of economic stats, such as areas of deprivation, don't look great for the UK.

I agree. Although I hate the term 'boats lifted on a rising tide' - it's used in economics and is horseshit. It's either a complete misunderstanding of how tides work or they mean 'rising sea level'. Even then it's still nonsense.

By that logic leave shouldn't have been on the referendum ballot as it lost when we voted to join. If Scotland got a second vote should independence be left off because it lost last time? Things change. A lot of what was offered/promised to entice people to vote Leave has been proven to be...

The problem with that argument being that it's well known that there is a chronic shortage of teachers and there are lots of teaching positions left unfilled. Teacher turnover and retention of young teachers just after finishing training is extremely poor. I agree that there are a lot of...