Pliskin

This is being aired on BBC RL to save people falling out £10.

BBC covering this?

Looking at his highlights reel, it looks like he likes to come inside a lot, he looks like he’s more of a running 10 rather than a Maddison type player. Unless @Super_horns can suggest otherwise?

Will the club make an embarrassing first bid allowing Ipswich to get him for £5m under the asking price, then Rudkin and Top saunter off into the sunset for tea, medals and naked bum slaps in the shower. Maybe.

We will stay up, everyone will write us off straight away, which is fine because we perform best under the cosh, Cooper has already delivered safety with one car crash of a club. Plus I think it’s highly likely Everton’s luck runs out this season, with Administration potentially a real issue, and I think Forest are likely to be hit again with a further points deductions. In short I think we will slip under the radar and survive, it won’t be pretty, likely stressful, but I like the look of that forest game towards the end of the season, that could be the decider.

Watford have a nack of signing good South Americans. We should take note. I’d take him, he has potential.

Elias Solari Nanasi Kawasaki. Job done.

We HaVe No MoNeY o_O

We’ve ****ed it by not going for Marcos Leonardo. John, if you’re reading this, fly to Brazil with a blank cheque book, and sign this kid, stop pissing around and start getting some proper business done.

Silver for Ben Proud amazing! Leon is Phelps’s successor, what could he achieve at the next Olympics?

Sign Nanasi you twats.

it’s mental, anything like this, gymnastics and diving just blows my mind. I get a hernia just watching it!

😂😂 bloody hell…… okay that’s what it is 🙈

Cooper “some of the names haven’t even been mentioned yet”…. I think that suggests that some of the players were looking at haven’t even made the media yet.

It’s not wholly false. Lia switched some of her events and competed in some different events when she competed as a woman. (This has come from someone I know who has competed against her). In terms of rankings, this was pulled from the main American swimming platform. in the NCAA, Lia Thomas competed in the men’s division, in 2018-19. There, she ranked 554th in the 200-yd freestyle, and she is now fifth in the event this year. Furthermore, in the 500-yd freestyle, Thomas was 65th in the country. Now, she ranked first place in the event this year. Finally, in the 1650 freestyle, she is now eighth in the nation, as opposed to 32nd in the men’s division. Most of Lia’s times posted are yards which are the times you quoted, all American swimming within the NCAA is competed in 25 yard pools, which a lot of the team USA swimmers tend not to compete in post university. Any form of international swimming is then performed is a meters pool, usually 50 metres long course. A couple of Lia’s times for example in meters are 50 free - 27.08 100 free - 57.33 200 fee - 1.55.83. Which are all average times, but these are fairly old times because she probably hasn’t competed in meters for some time, but I imagine for example her 100m free is more likely to be around the 53-52 seconds mark now, There’s a large difference between yards and meters timings some swimmers are purely yard swimmers whereas others are better in long course meters, there times can massively differ due to their being less opportunities to turn and it’s lose under waters in a long course meter pool. What will be interesting is if Lia is granted an opportunity to compete on the international stage for team USA and compete at the trials for the world championships or Olympics, only then will we get a more accurate idea of where she is at in terms of times, as of yet she hasn’t had the opportunity to do so. Which I think will happen for the games in LA. In terms of comments about Ledecky, that’s the first time I’ve ever been made aware of such comments, within the swimming world she is hailed as the greatest female swimmer of all time and is hugely respected as an athlete and a person.

If we’ve got no money, why did we bid £20+million on a player? I think people think that unless it’s in the news we’re doing nothing….. the club will be working hard to bring players in. Let’s not forget we’ve already signed, Yannick Ndidi Fatawu Golding BDR and Okoli. The fact the first three are resigned, people with discount those. It’s not as straight forward as people think. We’re clearly active in the market, and more signings will come. We also need to get some players out.

Another example of some cracking foxes talk logic.

Dreadful news. RIP Shakey……

He was literally the only good thing about them last season.

Que Sara Sara, never will it be it be, you could have played for city, instead w He’s a quality player too. I’d take him in a heart beat.

Agreed it is!

It’s a sensitive topic however, I disagree that Khelif is simply the better boxer. There’s been a lot of mention about chromosomes, however, the anatomy of a male and a female are both completely different. From muscle characteristics and bone structure the physiological advantage a male anatomy has over a female anatomy is stark. For me, this is what it boils down to…. And it doesn’t make someone transphobic to think in this instance it is unfair. Not all sports are equal, each discipline commands different traits from the human anatomy and some are far more beneficial than others. Whereas the argument about chromosomes is valid, it for me isn’t enough of an compelling argument to justify in some sports biological males (and I’ll use this term for anyone who is born and registered as a male at birth) to compete against a biological female. Let’s take swimming for example, because it’s something I know a thing or two about. The world record for the female 100m freestyle is 51.71 seconds set by Sarah Sjostrom. The world record for the males 100m freestyle is 46.40 seconds set by Pan Zanle. Whereas some people may not think that’s a lot, a second equates to about a mile, which would suggest those two times are worlds apart. When talking the male and female anatomy there are athletic traits that are just natural as a result the male anatomy of a top level swimmer (sprinter) will have a greater advantage when it comes to fast twitch fibres, and the way their muscles react, work and even recover. They’re likely to have a greater lung capacity, and physically they’re likely to be taller, have a longer wing span, bigger feet and larger muscles in terms of pushing and pulling. The one disadvantage is the male anatomy is likely to be heavier, but having said that can produce more power. When considering the female anatomy, the obvious point to raise is the female menstrual cycle, this will have an impact when considering elite female athletes, this is something only females experience, a person who is born as a biological male won’t experience this. There are examples within individual sports where the gap between a male and female anatomy isn’t always that much of an advantage but for most sports a male anatomy definitely holds and advantage over a female anatomy. If you’re born a biological male and grow to have a biological males anatomy, this won’t change, regardless of chromosomes and any treatment used in transitional processes, and when you train your body will react appropriately, with the correct supplementation it will continue to react, muscle composition doesn’t change if you transition, it merely diminishes with age. My personal opinion is it’s a very sensitive subject….. no one have the right to tell a person who they are, if a person transitions from the gender they were born as, it should be respected by all and they should be allowed to live their lives as they please. My only opinion is when it comes to sport there’s too many naturally contradicting traits that just make the playing field a potentially unfair one. Equality in sport is hugely important, and in swimming for example the male category is technically ‘open’ which allows female athletes to compete with and against their male athletes in a mixed environment, which means however a person chooses to identify they can complete freely. The issue that’s been raised is in the sports where physiological and anatomical differences have a bearing on performance and results there has to be a level playing field to not compromise the integrity of competitive sports. Sports is a very difficult subject to really address, because unfortunately as I’ve said, the male anatomy has the capacity to be more productive than a female anatomy within the context of the whole sport. My closing argument is Lia Thomas, she is a transgender female swimmer her personal best (recorded) time for 200m freestyle is 1:41:93, Ariana Titmus is the current female world record holder in the same discipline her time is 1:52:23. Thomas prior to transitioning to a female was a fairly average male swimmer at her university team, yet, her best ever time is faster than the female world record. I think this highlights the physiological and anatomic differences between males and females, because Ariana is definitely a better swimmer than Thomas, however the time would suggest otherwise. I’m not remotely transphobic and I hope this post doesn’t come across as ignorant, I’m all for equality in sports, it’s integral for the development of humanity, but it can’t be to the detriment of something else, namely female sports, there’s been equality between male and female sport, and there still is if a fair system can be introduced that allows all to compete together than it should be, but until that’s the case, we have ensure that fairness is practiced across competitive sports.

I thought he was our first player from São Tomé and Principe?

Claudio Echevwrri….. can we get Man City to loan him to us?

Must have come from the same school as Soumare.