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To be fair, the article hardly gives any detail about what happened. I suspect there's a lot that complicates the case that hasn't been reported here.

5g has been the biggest con of the last 5 years. We're only just starting to see "proper" 5g now.

Regarding work/business: Don't be afraid to set big goals and go after them. If they seem challenging, rise to the challenge even if the road ahead seems long. Understand that a worthwhile journey to that goal will most likely be boring. Stick with it, put the hours in, be disciplined now rather than regretful later. Mental wellbeing: 90% of your life's happiness and misery will be rooted in your choice of life partner. Choose wisely. Finance: Spend less money than you earn on living and stuff that doesn't matter. Invest the rest into assets that pay interest/dividends OR invest in your own education. Health: Walk more. Eat more naturally green things, or meat that ate green stuff rather than grain fed.

A hugely, hugely important win in that season

Out of town retail parks with good parking and the internet means that town and city centres are no longer shopping destinations. Councils are desperate to hang on to the notion that they should be prime shopping centres but the days of getting decent foot traffic are long gone. If you have money and want to spend it in retail, there really is no point in going into town. Big high street brands know this with declining profits, so they close big stores that were once a reason to venture into city centres, to be replaced by pound shops, charity shops and bookmakers. Set aside part of the town for butchers, bakers, independent retailers and make a feature of them. Have a section with restaurants and bars, maybe dedicate some space to dome fun attractions. Perhaps three quarters of most town and city centres should just be redeveloped for housing.

There are perfectly bright and able young people that choose not to go to university. Using the "did you go to university?" question as a metric as to whether someone can possibly do a job or not is bonkers. Especially, as you say, there are so many bullshit degrees out there. If your chosen profession NEEDS a university degree, go get it. If it doesn't, you shouldn't be discriminated against by an outdated perception.

The notion that someone is inherently brighter just because they went to university is outdated. It's a shame that there seem to be a fair few companies that will still bin applications from perfectly able candidates because they chose to take a different path at age 18. I see quite a few new graduates around. A good chunk of them distinctly lack decent communication skills or sound decision making skills, but they're good at exams, and that somehow makes everything OK.

Given the circumstances, this is a solid 8 for me. All our problems can't be sorted out in a single window but this is a positive step in the right direction.

And we're probably paying the bulk of his wages.

So there's a chance he can come back?

Why so salty? He came here, it didn't work out, he sees his future elsewhere and wants to play top flight football. Coming to Leicester was always going to be a stepping stone for him, his ambition was NOT to become a Leicester legend, it was to move to best place him to secure an even better contract elsewhere. It was obvious at the time and folk shouldn't be at all surprised. The whole downing of tools is an unfortunate side effect of player power in the modern game. Heck, we've benefited from exactly this in the past. It's unsavoury but he isn't the first and he definitely won't be the last. I'm at peace with it, I recommend that stance for others.

There has been a certain resilience over the last two games which has been absent for the last 12 months, so that's super nice to see. I'd say we are 2 or 3 signings away from a team capable of challenging right at the top. Grit and determination are needed for sure, but it only gets you so far, still need an extra little bit of quality.

And Daka might still be a success here. He just needs a run of games

So Palace were sniffing around when the price was £25m but now it's £35m, suddenly West Ham are all over it? Right. The only thing I know for sure is that nobody has got a clue what's going on. Everything will become clear by this time next week. A bit of patience is needed.

And there was a cut off point. There was a time not that long ago when Chelsea were bang average and Man City were worse. They were able to spend, spend, spend with reckless abandon and get their place at the top table and now they sit there smugly, knowing nobody else can replicate their method.

Clubs have overspent in the past and performed badly, it's just that when we did it, we got whacked with the PSR baseball bat. PSR clearly gives an advantage to the big 6 clubs. It's well documented that player wages are a fairly accurate predictor of success, certainly in the medium to long term. Clubs like Brighton, Bournemouth, Wolves, Brentford, Palace, Burnley, Southampton, Sheff Utd, Forest, Fulham, Villa, us and so on can never attain sustained success because they and we have to massively gamble on player wages. When the wage bill is in excess of 90% of revenue, there's not a lot of wriggle room for mistakes. Yes, they can punch above their weight for a season or two, but missing out on Champions League football can be devastating. Doing it twice in two seasons (Hi Brendan) can be fatal. Palace are a good example of a well run club with limited ambition. They are on a decade plus run in the Premier League and know their place... Mid table mediocrity and the hope of getting two or three easy cup games and riding their luck in a couple more. Meanwhile, the likes of Man U, Man C, Arsenal et al can pay the big wages for the top players. Their wage bill hovers around the 50% of revenue mark due to huge global revenues. If it all goes wrong for a few years, no problem: reinvest in the squad and go again. For anyone else, because of PSR it's a disaster - being forced to sell promising academy products whilst honouring big contracts for under performing established pros. The whole thing then just serves to weaken the underdog and strengthen the big boys. They are absolutely locked in to a status quo that serves them and them alone. A fixed number salary cap, perhaps around £120m, which is still an awful lot of money, is the only thing I can think of that can possibly make the game more exciting in the Premier League but I cannot see that ever happening.

Two glaring takeaways for me is that we desperately need a striker. Every single time Ayew receives the ball, his first (and often only) thought is to try and win a free kick. If plan A doesn't work then we can all see there is no plan B. Daka is... rusty. We also desperately need a CM. We literally have three senior CMs in the team. Skipp and Winks are similar style players (but Winks is better). There's a player in Soumare but he just seems lazy and always looking to do stuff at half pace. My fear with the midfield is that we are one injury or suspension away from going from a weak midfield to basically no midfield.

Not the free flowing attacking football I wanted, but a resolute defensive performance. Okoli with quality blocks, Hamza had a good game too. Fatawu generally poor except for his goal. We gave the ball away cheaply waaaaaaay too often. Looked better with Winks on the pitch.

Great goal from back to front.

The thing is, Daka just needs a run of games. And we obviously have Ayew too. No point spending money we don't have on players we don't need. Bin.

Kasey has a part to play this season. He seems to be getting better. He's not a starter, but decent cover. I wouldn't be against selling, but at some point we need incoming players. This transfer window's policy of sell, sell, sell seems to be extremely short sighted, unless we are in serious serious trouble.

Well "confident" seems a little bit of an exaggeration. The article says he's one that they would like, initial talks have happened with Leicester who told Sunderland to poke it. Also says Cifuentes wants to keep him. Sounds like misplaced confidence to me.

When the manager makes comments such as: "I'm very aware of the task I have in my hands. I'm very aware of the dynamics of the team unfortunately...so it's not going to be an easy task but I'm 100% committed to change things. It's not going to be an easy ride." He sounds like a guy who needs backing from the fans, not the blame.

There was no way she was expecting a "slap on the wrists"! She was always going to prison and would have got a longer sentence if she had pleaded not guilty. The wheels of government were turning to restore order to the streets. Punishment was swift and harsh and order was restored. The subsequent Go Fund Me campaign has enabled her husband to pay off the mortgage and put their daughter through private school, but y'know, crime doesn't pay.

With a 50 point deduction we might, but not for on the pitch performances. New manager, new tactics - takes a bit of time. Depending on who leaves between now and the end of the window might be the difference between play offs and mid table, but not relegation.