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At the risk of upsetting the ‘Give him more time’ crowd, not that this would lose me any sleep, this is precisely what a number of us predicted when he was announced as being in the mix. You can’t be laissez-faire when you’re a PL manager, and you can’t impose your will if you have a black hole for a personality. Was a shockingly shite appointment and will never manage at this level again. RVN is imposing from the off - his dress, his poise, his reassuringly Dutch height, his achievements and self-confidence. He knows what he wants yet reads the game and can transition due to obstacles. Players like BEK thrive under managers like this.

Happy campers then, eh @The Bear?

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I’ve spent my life fighting authority figures, am virtually unemployable, been an abysmal partner, have a completely dysfunctional approach to sex, prone to extreme violence if I see injustice…it ****ed me and my life on so many levels.

Shooting them doesn’t seem very British though

I’m aware to what you’re referring, but I suspect it’s deeper than that and dependent on other factors including the individual player’s motivations and abilities. I fully believe that a new manager can have an impact on squads that want to do well and have some players of excellence. Then there are times where it doesn’t matter what manager is brought in, because of the squad, or that the appointment was a poor one. It’s what was so frustrating with Brenda, the squad could’ve stayed up with an early and decent replacement.

I’d agree that communication has always been poor - pretty much by design as Bason sought to lock off his personal fiefdom. It’s noticeable the shift in responses since he stopped being the tin pot chairman. Any questions were either ignored or met with the response “This information is only available to our members”. The Trust has generally taken a contrary position to groups of lower aged fans too, again I suspect that this was Bason not wishing to spoil his link to the club. Then you have them insulting young and old who were protesting about Brenda, over the years what has Bason done to encourage anyone new to join - let alone young fans? The rush to sign up only came when everyone realised for the first time that the board could (and should) be changed so it represented the full fanbase and not the interests of a handful of individuals.

Pretty sure she’s still coming to terms with the turmoil at the club and the change in managership. Then there’s the shift in tactics and kick off time too. Honestly, I don’t believe the club or Amazon thought about MTWG’s daughter and the likely impact of their decisions on a growing mind.

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The Football Governance Bill has proceeded to the House of Lords where it is at the committee stage. There are currently 82 pages of amendments on the marshalled list for consideration in Committee. Much of the debate may centre around efforts to define the concept of “the sustainability of English football”. The first Committee session lasted nearly three and a half hours and made progress with just six amendments. Unsurprisingly, it is expected that the Committee stage for this Bill may be protracted. Football Governance Bill - https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3832 The marshalled list of amendments - https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/57102/documents/5419

Expert reaction to a cohort study,published in Nature Communications Medicine, of long Covid in children and young people over a two year period finds that it diminishes, mirroring results found in adults. ‘Long-term effects of Covid-19 in children and young people: A 24-month national cohort study’ by Terence Stephenson et al. was published in Nature Communications Medicine at 10:00am UK time on Wednesday 4 December. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-024-00657-x Prof Peter Openshaw, Professor of Experimental Medicine and Dr Claudia Efstathiou Research Associate, Imperial College London, said: “This paper is good news, showing that most young people (aged 11-to-17-years at the time of onset) recover fully from Long COVID by 2 years. One quarter still had symptoms at 3 months, one in ten at a year, but only one in 14 at 2 years. “The findings mirror what we’ve seen in adults. For example, females at higher risk of long COVID, and those with more episodes of COVID are more likely to be affected. Those in the most economically deprived quintile were three times more likely to be unvaccinated compared to those in the least deprived quintile, and deprivation was a risk factor for Long COVID. “The large UK study adds to our understanding of post-COVID conditions, highlighting that there’s a subset of children and young people who still have symptoms 2 years after COVID. This group warrants further study and support.” Dr Nathan Cheetham, Senior Postdoctoral Data Scientist in the Department of Twin Research, King’s College London, said: “The higher likelihood of long COVID among children and young people in England’s most deprived neighbourhoods’ echoes similar trends seen among adults in previous research. The trends in long COVID by deprivation in the study were also seen whether or not the young person’s first infection was before or after the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccinations. “This study again shows that health conditions like long COVID tend to affect the most disadvantaged in society, both young and old. “These results reinforce the need to address the underlying causes of ill health, such as poor housing conditions, financial stress and unequal access to health care services, if we want to shift focus towards preventing illness before inequalities such as those found in this study arise.”

Why the club doesn't employ you to do this on official channel is insane. Your analysis is a league beyond a mumbling ex-pro who once hit on my wife when he was pissed and I was encouraged not to deck him. Quality.

The initial take. The finish on the left peg. The commentary.

And yet teen stabbings were at an all-time low. Swings and roundabouts.

Bilal was wearing Jamie Vardy's socks

Spoke like a complete gent just now.

Vardy is quite simply the best clubman I've ever seen. What he bring on and off the pitch is phenomenal.