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I agree with you there, but it’s one thing to attract millions more people to cramp together in New York, the cultural and financial capital of the planet. Persuading them to move to a windowless studio in Milton Keynes may be a tougher pitch…

I’m just trying to understand why countries with high GDP per capita - a table typically topped by Middle East petrostates and gambling dens - are considered to be more culturally similar to us than, say, much poorer Commonwealth states who have used our language and legal system for more than a...

You assume wrong - I just mean that Manhattan’s population density is deeply unusual for a major western city, and is the product of urban planning, economic and cultural factors that can’t be replicated in central London, which is thousands of years old. And having lived in both places, central...

No way bro, soccer is #1!

So throw open the doors to the UAE and Kuwait, but Ukraine goes to the back of the line with India?

It’s never going to happen and large parts of Manhattan are not easy places to live!

How are you defining nations as being similar (or not) to the UK?

Well if you take Robins at his word (and I do) then it's very clear - "it's ultimately down to the owner" I certainly hope he takes advice on these things given his complete lack of football knowledge, but it's apparently not Robins who's weighing in on fees

Not on the price tags, he doesn't.

I'm sure there are plenty on here who would happily agree with his initial point.

It's crying out for someone with a bit of vision to change the situation, but apparently the lack of demand during the Gordon Brown administration means there would be no point.

Currently having a full-blown meltdown on Twitter over....female football pundits? Someone didn't get a callback from TNT Sport.

It's a huge amount for the vast majority of Championship clubs. Unless you're a recently relegated club playing with house money, it's extremely rare to spend the kind of money that we spent on Haji Wright, for example.

The Camden bar is a huge downgrade from Purity (and god help you if you order a stout)

There were similar reactions to every penalty taker after Godden and Vik - I was certain that Kelly, Sheaf and Eccles would all miss. Shows how much we know.

Just another boring PL season where the same team wins every year

I need to see him on one of those xG graphs before I decide if I like him or not

Bad news if you’re not in the top 30% of earners and want to marry a foreigner

Yeah my gazelles are absolutely filthy, had them a few years now.