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Would've been great to give him a tifo against one of his favourite oppos. Will be a huge shame f this doesn't happen because of the club playing silly buggers.

I watched a film with Jake Gyllenhaal called Ambulance the other day. I really like him and he delivered a characteristically nuts bank robber in this but the plot was cack. I was just about entertained - if you like mindless action films maybe it's more your thing but I wouldn't recommend it. 5/10.

Really interesting and insightful.

I don't think there's any chance at all he leaves if we go up. We all know about the money problems but it would be a really strange move for him to walk away after getting us promoted, and there's no way in hell the club are binning him off if we go up. When was the last time a manager in the top division walked away on a high? Klopp is doing it but he is the exception and is leaving as an all time club great. Football managers don't just walk away.

Love the use of 3 dimensional as if that is somehow unique and specifically relevant to this.

Khruangbin in Manchester in November. Looking forward to it.

He doesn't have a contract and there's been no mention of an extension discussion - they are putting 2 and 2 together and getting 4. It's not news is it?

I drink Rooibos day to day, no milk. Occasionally I'll have a green tea, lemon & ginger or chai.

Joined.

Shame he's not had a bit more game time but he was always going to be one for the future with Vards and Kel out of contract at the end of this year. He was never that likely to be leading the line for an extended period imo. Not sure why anyone would suggest buying him was a waste of money - when our transfer strategy was being lauded, it was because we were being proactive about buying younger players with the anticipation they would come into their role in a season or so into their time with us when we sold someone else.

I think a lot of people love to trot those lines out when we aren't doing well but I think it's pretty rare players don't give a shit or aren't actually putting in the effort. There are levels to effort and intensity obviously but I think more often than not its wider issues around confidence and messages from the manager.

Kicking from same spot, but the rest of the kicking team are on the receiving teams 40. Receiving team lined up on their own 30 with returner behind - No moving from those lines until the ball is caught more or less. Borrowed from the XFL... If the ball gets booted through the end zone the receiving team starts on the 30 I think. It's all incentivising returning the ball rather than the snorefest of last season with all the touchbacks.

Can't wait to see the new kickoff in action, it's gonna be mayhem watching them all trying to figure out the best approach early doors.

Had a fair few yesterday at Wirral Beer Festival at Port Sunlight. Lovely day for it. Ananas Paradise (pineapple sour) and a Creme Bearlee (caramel stout) the highlights.

Sending love to you and the family @FoxesDeb

Streams down. Any help?

Not much I that pen shout but bloody hell what is Faes doing

Stream please anyone?

Watched Nine Days on Netflix last night. Really interesting concept - someone granting people the opportunity to live. Would recommend. 7.5/10.

He's wrong if he thinks we haven't been managed badly at all but i think the wider point being made is that part of what we did was take risks to try and obtain more European football and ergo money. Of course, that doesn't mean we didn't pay a number of players X grand more a week than we should've. But you have to spend more to get into Europe and to stay there, and all it takes is one poor season (by that I don't mean relegation but say lower mid-table) for that to come crashing down. Once you lose that extra income and still have the players on European football wages it gets a lot more difficult. We have been badly run and the system works against smaller clubs.

Ultimately Top is responsible and the buck should stop with him, but the blame is obviously shared. Poor signings, poor decisions on wages/financial management, poor on pitch management, poor individual performances - they all contributed to where we find ourselves and many decisions that might've been made could've saved us varying degrees of hurt. Top, Rudkin, Whelan, Brendan, some of the players - they all deserve part of the blame.

I'm not so convinced Enzo will leave whether we go up or not - won't be a great look abandoning ship either way imo. I think this is bluster. How many clubs are going to want to take a chance on someone supposedly that stubborn? Someone probably will but its unlikely to be anywhere as favourable (squad wise) as it was starting here.

I think you're probably right re Britishness in general, but to me it seems a bit odd to be taking the Union Jack to events where Wales, Scotland and NI are our competitors.

What do you mean getting organised and stuck in? I can't speak for anyone but from what I've read on here, Union FS' experience with the club is like banging their heads against a wall. There definitely needs to be a dialogue between leagues/clubs and fans, but how often do the power structures take note of anything fans say out of the goodness of their own hearts? They only act when there is money at stake. I'm aware commercial revenues are not centered around fans buying crap in the shop and STs, but if say 90% of City fans agreed to a boycott of the club next season including no paid for TV services, don't you think it would have an immediate impact? If the stadium was empty, would that not be a PR disaster for the club and a huge talking point? Don't you think a big body of fans boycotting games would have more effect then a big group of fans holding a banner inside the ground chomping on pukka pies drinking piss beer? Commercial income from fans doesn't have a huge impact in the grand scheme of things, but it definitely is notable and counts towards all these PSR calcs that have surfaced lately. We all need to take action, I won't argue with that. But pouring hundreds and thousands of pounds into following the club year on year, paying Sky and BT and moaning at the same time about the game is a little bit self-defeating, don't you think? I completely understand why people do of course and I don't judge anyone who does, but it is a form of tacit approval for them to keep doing what they are doing. Edited just to add that ultimately these issues are systemic and we as fans individually are not to blame - we are exploited because we love something. That is why I think saying no is more important.

Interesting article on the cause of our housing crisis... https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/19/end-of-landlords-surprisingly-simple-solution-to-uk-housing-crisis