Alex

It’s what they voted for. 👍🏻

https://cricverse.substack.com/p/knott-a-bad-cricketer?open=false @spongebob toonpants Lovely piece about Alan Knott on the occasion of his 79th birthday (I seem to recall you saying you were a big fan)

Cheers. It’s about this: https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/cabinet-office-to-cut-headcount-by-1200-over-next-two-years

Cheers, mate.

Sorry Machinery of Government moved that is. Ie moving functions to other departments

Probably about a 1/6 with a similar number going elsewhere in MoG. But that’s obviously still a lot of redundancies

Well I don’t know because like most of their recent announcements they haven’t worked out the details. My role is quite niche so I might be ok. There’s literally me and one other person doing what I do in the whole of the civil service, let alone the department. But at the very least there’s bound to be a lot of people I know who will be. It’s pure politics too imo. Once again trying to appeal to people who would never vote for them whilst alienating people who otherwise would

Lovely atmosphere at work today. Very noble of Pat McFadden to lead from the front too.

Thought it was Chez Given

Honestly think he’s a good to very good PL player. The stats don’t lie. There’s a couple of aspects to his game which prevent him from being absolutely top notch but his goal involvement and work rate make him one of our most important players. Fucking delighted for him

I think it’s a bit mental to be upset about coasting through the second half given practically everyone who follows us and has a bit of nouse thinks our squad is on the thin side. If we’d scored another 5 in the second half (unlikely) we’d only be 1 goal better off than Chelsea. Or half a point, if you think of it like that. Much better to play it safe in a match that’s already wrapped up and save the players for the remaining 8 games.

I don’t know as I’ve seen it mentioned on here but the official Newcastle United website just says Juventus have an obligation to buy him. But yes, there’s only 6 points between 3rd and 8th.

Kelly played the full 90 minutes for Juve under new manager (canny bag of) Tudor as they drew 1-1 away to Roma. Decent end to the season and they should get CL football. Is it right the Kelly deal is dependent on them getting into Europe?

It’s in his pocket

Can’t believe no one has mentioned it’s international beaver day today

Aye. But I did find it funny that the ones who didn’t got called mags

I think HMHM was being sarcastic because we wouldn’t be allowed to get away with it. Our approach is far more sustainable and has also produced incredible results. I get the impatience because I’m no spring chicken but I don’t think pulling the sort of shit Chelsea are doing would be beneficial in the long run. It absolutely fucking stinks what Chelsea are being permitted to do though

It’s a bit of a derby, both teams fighting for the CL spots, Villa in the quarterfinals, both teams past winners of the European Cup. Laughable really the disdain shown for teams the don’t meet Sky’s criteria of a ‘big club’.

Looks like they’ve rested a few with midweek against PSG in mind. Although they’ve got a good squad and it’s still a good starting XI

Nketiah was only on the pitch for 10 minutes

All 3 reds were for two yellows according to BBC sport

The fact Maddison joined them so he can live in London and his lass has better photos for Instagram sums up the type of club they’ve been for as long as I can remember