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The Russian economy relies heavily on its gas/oil exports so that would've been a massive step to take. The West as a whole has given Ukraine just enough to sustain its war effort but never enough to win it. Constant delays in getting equipment to Ukraine and so on whilst buying Russian gas and...

Of course. Principled opposition looks like going 'all in' on aid to Ukraine and cutting off all ties with Russia completely, irrespective of the discomfort it would cause us. Europe talks tough but ultimately hasn't put its weight behind Ukraine to give it a realistic chance of winning. Of...

Absolutely, after Xmas 2024, we were the 3rd best team in the league. Only Leeds and Burnley Got more points than us and we didn’t win an away game from March. The promoted team from L1 are stronger than previous years and the relegated teams are statistically good (bar Leicester) but their...

Why is it different? Football clubs are loss making businesses so this entitlement complex from consumers (football fans) is astounding. The bigger picture is that sports events are actually one of the few things that's tracked below inflation. Wages, transfer fees and normal day-to-day running...

He's a different profile and Bamford tbf has played AM, RW LW as well as striker so seemed like a decent FA to add like Paterson last season.

On this issue, particularly, it's a bit of a mountain out of a molehill tbh. Anyone who travels to games regularly will see that comfortably 70-80% (conservative) are U18. At a rough guestimate, I reckon the % of sales for OAPs would be higher than U18s.

Lampard likes him, he was second choice behind Haji last season. This season, Haji and BTA’s form has meant you can’t drop either right now and had Simms scored v Pompey, probably gets a a start v Watford. That’s all academic. Lampard has shown a willingness to be meritocratic in team selection...

It does sound ideal, but probably doesn't sound like the player Jimmy's source is describing as much as I want it to be the case because he's a top end Championship player.

Mehmeti is predominantly an AM, that's been his position for Bristol City this season too. Surely @Jimmy87's source wouldn't call him a winger if he's an AM that has played LW as a secondary position.

Sounds like an interesting article, but were these prices via the clubs directly or 3rd party sellers? My own experience of post-COVID football was when I went to Milan for the Derby and because the Italian Government introduce new measures, the capacity was capped and meant that the price I...

Given Bristol massively over performed the xG table last season, it was a sign of things to come and the continuity of Bristol's form under Manning's replacement suggests it isn't sour grapes from Bristol fans. Recalling our game v Bristol last season (away), they scored a low xG chance and not...

9 points from 16 games is grim and my immediate point of reference is Luton last year. The belief was that they were also too good to go down, hired a manager who looked good and despite an uplift in form in parts, weren't good enough. If Norwich lose v Oxford tomorrow, they're in big, big...

Watched Nuremburg with Russel Crowe in the cinemas yesterday and its quite a good movie, worth date night with the other half if they're history buffs! The cost to me is that I'm obliged to watch Wicked 2 this weekend...

I share your view personally. It's just interesting that Bamford was going to be signed until King pulled the plug. It begs a few questions: 1) Why did Lampard want him? 2) Why did King veto the move? 3) Is there a backup plan from either King/Lampard? The answer imo is that we have someone...

I agree, we got caught out down the flanks and that shape is the same be it 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1. I’m leaning towards BTA > Eccles for this one but if Lampard feels like he needs Eccles for control, fair enough.

Sheff Wednesday is the only dead cert. I genuinely think Norwich are in serious trouble and could get relegated, especially if they get Manning’s replacement wrong. They’ve lost all 7 of their home games and can’t afford to have a home record that bad in any league, Luton and Plymouth only lost...

They wouldn’t have finished in the Top 2 had Leeds not bottled it big time. The league isn’t bad, it’s competitive and with Southampton and Leicester being basket cases, is it to anyone’s surprise that’s it’s an open league? My prediction is that we’ll finish Top 2 with Ipswich and Leicester*...

That’s the problem with football fans, they’d be up in arms about prices raising. £30 for a ticket in the championship was normal 15-20 years ago which is around £50-55 in today’s money when adjusted for inflation. In the meantime, transfer fees and wages have gone up with inflation as well as...

At a stretch you could make the case for 4-5 players: 2 x wingers 1 x AM 1 x striker 1 x LB The Bamford story is interesting and think we wouldn’t have vetoed that move with nothing else lined up for Jan. LB is high conditional on Bidwell leaving imo. Realistically, I think we sign 1 winger...

I’m not sure if BTA comes in for Eccles or not. We were hit on the counter twice v WBA and that was with a 3 man midfield. Gut feeling is a 4-4-2 because Simms deserves a run in the team. Aside from his goal, he got an assist v Stoke and even Torp’s goal v WBA, Simms put enough pressure on...