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In fairness, we keep a lot more clean sheets and concede less goals when Thomas-Kitching played CB, than Lati-Binks, Lati-Thomas and Lati-Kitching. There is a general pattern there. He’s more comfortable in a back 3 and without crunching any numbers… I’m pretty confident theyd show two things...

If it’s the Top 16 that automatically qualify, you could have a situation where the Relegated Tier 1 teams have a playoff with promoted T2 teams for automatic spots. The year we got relegated from League A, it was obvious the players didn’t really care because it was end of the season and the...

Yes, the suggestion isn’t to exclude any teams because the principle should remain that in theory, anyone can qualify. That said, there should be common sense applied that should mandate the lowest tier nations enter qualifying at an earlier point. In principle, it’s not so different to th FA...

Also v error prone. WBA away last season did him in for good. Whenever Lati and Binks played last season as a pair, we were v likely to concede 2 goals. Those 2 selection decisions by Robins was madness and genuinely was the beginning of the end. Lati has a niche role as a CB in a 3 man...

They can and other confederations have prelims, AFC pits. If anything, integrating the Nations League into the qualification process enhances the prospects of lower tier nation. As England found out, relegation to Tier 2 in the nations league had 0 consequence so for the Nations League to stand...

For the Euros, the top 16-20 teams should qualify automatically, the rest of teams should ‘earn’ that right. The World Cup is a bit more confusing but to crack, there are some ideas floating around that are interesting. There is just no rational competition that would pit the likes of Andorra...

International trade for SMEs is undoubtedly more difficult post-Brexit. For big corporations and the like, not much has changed. What a lot of people don’t really understand about Brexit is that most EU regulations are still on the statute books. To generalise, an extensive copy and paste job...

PSA - I logged on at 14:10 and showed ‘no tickets matching this criteria’ which appeared to be a sell out. However, ringing the ticket office got it sorted so if anyone else is having issues - try ringing up!

It’s a huge problem, all of our infrastructure projects always come in over budget with huge delays. At some point, a PM will get elected to have a bonfire of red tape. The prevailing mood of the country was that our state apparatuses were paralysed by a feeble Tory government riddled with...

Great idea and its good to have a formalised fixtures pitting the best Northern Southern Hemisphere on a regular basis. On a football related note, this is something FIFA needs to consider for its international calendar. Brazil v Tunisia in France is just not something neutral supporters care...

We didn't sign Sakamoto from the Japanese market, he was playing for a team in Belgium when we scouted him. Any player signed we make now needs to consider the fact that we will probably get promoted this year. I don't think there are many players in the J-League who can come in and start for...

1400+ is optimistic because it’s a small allocation but a lot of people are choosing between PNE and Ipswich because it’s two away games with a lot of travelling.

Massive reforms needed to the UEFA calendar, particularly the Euros qualification process - 32 teams in a 57 confederation is a joke. The basis of qualification should be the Nations League. As a supporter, what is the point of the likes of Andorra coming to play Tier 1 nations? Rugby has a...

Born in the USA!!!

Not right away, my personal view is that at some point, BTA will drop out. As things stand, he’s 100% played himself into the starting 11. It’s a shootout between him and Haji atm.

Our charity bet has seemingly coincided with a goal glut from the pair! I'm all here for it!

It was continuing a trend of the New Labour years where every institution needed an ‘independent’ quango. Of course, the independence of these institutions is in name only because all of their assumptions are premised on v narrow parameters. Politically, the Tories pushed on with it to doom...

Absolute steal that we offloaded his wages and picked up 750k for the privilege last season.

Agreed and particularly on energy costs. One of the fundamental problems with the OBR is that is inherently biased against any tax cuts. Removing 5% VAT from energy bills would technically mean less revenue, but there's a multiplier effect when people will spend cash elsewhere, probably on 20%...

To add onto this, our energy policies are disastrous and some of the most expensive in the developed world. To generalise, we’re almost voluntarily deindustrialising. Energy prices and economic growth are closely linked.