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To some extent, yes because the outreach of the podcasts he was on (Theo Von, Joe Rogan etc.) was great for a) young men, b) people who didn’t vote and c) “independents”. Kamala Harris went on podcasts but the talking points were much more controlled from what’s emerged post-election. As a...

He’s not a serious person. He killed whatever credibility he had by saying that Graham Linehan arrest was ‘proportionate’… Naturally, he’ll be skewered on national TV so quickly retreated to the safe spaces of podcast where we can talk to like minded people. If he remains in post and the ‘Your...

What was the top rate of income tax when Blair was PM? Raising tax every 6-12 months will also bring down our society, to use your lexicon.

Depth for whom though? Grimes has missed 3 league games since the 2017/18 season. In preseason, I raised some promising underlying stats of Torp’s performances last season and he’s performing above that level. The concern here is there isn’t a player who can do what Torp does in our squad...

Spent a lot of time in preseason arguing that was the highest priority position… it took to the end of August to prove just how light we are. The one good thing about signing Wolfenden is that with 4 CBs + Bidwell, 5-3-2 is a viable option if we run out of wingers.

This block of 3 games is a real litmus test for where we’re at as a team. Norwich, Leicester and Blues is a tough run in and 7+ points in those 3 games gives a lot of cause for optimism. Under Lampard we’ve done well to beat teams where we’ve had bad records and back us to add to that this...

Upon reflection, I’m not fussed about letting either player leave without bringing in replacements. Starting with Rapha, it’s apparent that Lampard doesn’t actually trust him to come off the bench to change a game at our level. He’s only been willing to sub him on when we’re winning by a clear...

Do you think Lampard approved of the sale?

Have I missed something… We wanted to sign Hughes AND Wolfenden?! It wasn’t an either/or situation? Rak-Sakyi for a permanent makes sense and hopefully something we can revisit. Would be a top signing.

Which goes hand in hand with the recruitment policy. No point trying to recruit players that are outside your criteria, one of which will be salary demands and transfer fee. If Hull could spend money this window, there’s a chance they would have sold Hughes to us. Then, why bother bidding...

I’d like to know what the reasons are behind it all. Lampard was on record saying that didn’t have enough LWers and CBs in the run up to deadline day. You’ve got to assume Lampard allowed the Sheaf move to go ahead because the 4 we’ve got will get us through to Jan comfortably, particularly...

The headcount is actually less than 22/23. The quality is undoubtedly higher but it’s a 50 game season, injuries/suspensions will happen.

I’ve not seen the video myself (if you could send a link, may I have it please) and going off what other people have said. My bad if I’ve got the wrong end of the stick here, I’ve had a busy weekend so not caught up on Cov stuff. Lampard had said we need a winger so is probably annoyed that we...

Yesterday there were some v disappointing performances. Eze really didn’t stake a claim, Madueke was average (good for the goal) and Rashford was awful and his stupid showboating pass that went out for a GK summed up his performance to be honest. If Tuchel really thinks Rashford is an important...

Without knowing the ins and outs of the recruitment process, it’s two summer windows now where we’ve left significant gaps in the team. If King is saying Lampard is unhappy, whether in jest or not, reveals something hasn’t gone right for whatever reasons. Looking at our bench, the depth just...

Unfortunately, there’s a sense of deja vu here because we thought this last year and only secured Grimes before the deadline last year. Paterson signed afterwards. My gut feeling is that there’ll be a change to the recruitment team because it just seems that we’re struggling to identify the...

In fairness, it’s difficult to play fast paced football when your opposition teams will put 9-10 players behind the ball. I’m hoping Tuchel’s tactical nous will get us through the latter rounds of tournaments. One of the reasons international football is so boring is because the quality of...

Tuchel was the best manager available if we judge his record in the club game. The potential problem is, we don’t know how this translate to the international game that is slower paced than the club game. With Carsley, two European Championships is exactly the pedigree of manager we should go...

Is what King said out in the public domain?

I’m not going to get drawn into the past but with respect, you got what you wanted and as of right now it’s not looking good. Tuchel should be a better manager (than Carsley and Southgate) but think we wrote of Carsley too soon to be honest. The style of football was good under him in the...