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… because he’s a weak politician who has a desire to be liked by everyone rather than make strong decisions that may make him unpopular in some quarters. He’s a ‘socialist’ yet let’s get into his PLP? At least Corbyn was a man of principle - even if they are often wrong.

In fairness, opposition parties shouldn’t have a detailed manifesto too early in the election cycle because the Government can steal their good policies. I agree though at this moment, I don’t know any flagship policies of theirs aside from the VAT on private school fees. Which is a bad policy...

I do think one area that Liz Truss was fundamentally right on is the need to ‘go for growth’, her execution however, tragic. People feel poorer because the tax burden is the highest it’s been since World War Two. Governments are spending too much and it’s us that foot the bill. The Tories talk...

How do you know their model hasn’t been right so far? As I say, the election has only just been announced. There’s been no manifestos, no debates so a lot will change. So I wouldn’t take any poll(s) as gospel. The 20% poll lead for Labour in recent weeks is more of an indication of how...

Pensions aren’t sustainable in the rest of Europe either because our tax base is shrinking whilst our population is aging. It’s a demographic time bomb for all of us. UK pensioners also don’t need to pay into mandatory health insurance funds like their European counterparts. There’s also...

It doesn’t surprise me, it’s more voting intention for Reform and Lib Dem dropping off. My best guess would be that small percentage is ex-Tory voters coming to terms with the prospect of a Labour government. That and the tories have announced policies which tends to bump the polls a bit. It’s...

Somewhat agree, a lot of people are probably going to be disappointed with a new Labour government because not much will change. We can’t afford to fund the NHS or new social projects without increasing the tax burden even further. Both Tory and Labour have come out with bad policies in recent...

The polls will almost always narrow in an election. Pre-election, opposition parties benefit from dissatisfaction with the government. During the election cycle, the opposition parties get more scrutiny for obvious reasons. The chips are down now and Labour will need to the electorate what they...

This election will be closer than everyone thinks, the polls have narrowed from a Labour lead of 20 points 12 today. If Starmer makes the same mistake as May in 2017 by trying to win an election with no real policies, he could mess up big time and perhaps squander a majority. I won’t vote...

Equally, there’s a sense that a lot of people are looking for negatives that aren’t necessarily there. Yes, a novice to the industry has made some slight mistakes in his first season, but the club is generally moving in the right direction. Personally, the way Darragh MacAnthony spoke about him...

Not necessarily, it’s a position he’s played before and some managers like to overload wide channels by playing a AM who likes to operate out wide. Palmer at Chelsea is a good example where it looks like they’re playing two RW at times. It’s something I’ve thought about and it’s an interesting...

I really admire the confidence in which you post this. At our level, it’s necessary to sell players and use the funds to improve the team. So I don’t disagree that selling Sheaf could leave us better off if we bring several quality players. Obviously gutted to have lost Hamer and Gyokeres, but...

We get the value of the players exchanged in such a deal so we won’t walk away with nothing.

We can’t have our cake and eat it, we either need to utilise the loan market to bring in that extra quality we need or we sign all our own players. My expectation this season is that we bring in 2-3 loanees to start or at least be competing for the starting berth. More of a Callum Doyle type...

What do you mean exactly when you refer to this ‘acid test?’ The club is increasing its spending on infrastructure and is a loss making enterprise, we need to be realistic on what we can spend. Last season was a real treat because of the windfall we had from Hamer and Vik. Naturally, we’re...

Agreed because Wright is covering two positions, how would the team look if say, Simms and Sakamoto gets injured? I imagine that a loan target will be a winger because we’ve got 3 permanent wingers on the books now.

It was an aversion to loans for one season. Which, given the scale of replacing 17 senior players, is probably a sensible policy. Even then, we signed 2 loan players. This narrative that DK doesn’t like loans has been overblown imo. In Jan, it seemed like we had limited resources to spend. The...

Without referring to the relevant threads, there quite a few people saying how well they’d done and they’d be competing for playoffs and so on. Personally felt a lot of their signings were ‘mid’ considering the sums of money they’d spent. The management situation didn’t help but had their...

I also recall people fawning over Birmingham’s preseason too… It goes to show that, respectfully, us fans do not have a clue. After all, it’s our hobby rather than professional. What I like about our recruitment is that we’re data driven and open to look at new markets. We may not sign all our...

The key word being ‘net’. Burnley still had a leading budget for the division so winning the title was not an extraordinary achievement. The litmus test was how Burnley would get on in the Prem and they never looked like staying up. So for Bayern Munich to hire a coach with that record is...