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We will get nowt, tensions worsen between Eddie and the new supervisory bozos until he walks in November with us in 9th.

That's a lush casserole. But I think your post mentioned something about pizza?

7 pages of absolute blather and another day no closer to an incoming transfer.

Let's chuck a bid in for this Lacroix bloke. It'd be counterproductive but Palace should see they aren't the only ones who can play silly buggers.

Here’s the 4-1-1. If you’re going to be in the zone, you need your goddamn guys to step up to the plate, and if they can’t do it, they’re going to be riding pine. Capisce?

I'm erring on the side of caution but I'm not sure these predictions of 9th are that far wide of the mark. We haven't strengthened at all. We're an injury to Isak or Gordon away from toothlessness. Considering the short shrift we got off VAR last season, we're not going to be able to count on the free points that Man U or Chelsea can expect, and who knows what condition Tonali is going to come back in.

That froot loop would've been Trump's biggest fan. He attracts plenty of pseudo-intellectuals who have absolutely no substance in their real lives but are happy to spout off endlessly about cranium size and crime rates and natural-born citizens on the interwebs.

Anyone know how she runs so fast with that tremendous arse dragging her back? There should be a scientific study done. Fuck me like.

Isn’t that exactly what he’s done with Vance? And how many more crazies are there out there that aren’t already voting for him?

Party politics are wholly separate from the Constitution, which makes no mention of parties because they didn’t exist at the time and Washington argued that parties would only divide the country. There’ll be some deadline set by each individual state (because the Constitution delegates elections to the states) as to who’s going to appear on the ballots there, and as long as those requirements are met, the parties could chop and change their nominees every day if they wanted to. Earlier there was a question about VPs that I can answer - if the VP assumes the presidency for a period of two years or less, it doesn’t count as a term for term limits purposes, but if it’s more than 2 years, it does. If Biden resigned today, Harris would be considered to be merely serving out his term, not one of her own, so she could still run for the full 8 years.

This is an act of strength, not weakness, and may well yet save the Union. It cannot be easy to admit you're too old, but there's no shame in knowing when you're beat and the stakes are too high for foolish pride to take a hand. So well done, Joe Biden. Beshear, Cooper or Shapiro are all good choices, all coming from either red or toss-up states. Newsom is not a winner as VP, he brings nothing new to the table, though he's a good candidate for future elections. Whitmer is also a great pick though I'm not sure about the optics of a double woman ticket. Either way the race has been completely upended and the easy sleepwalk to victory that Trump was banking on is out the window. Now the watchword has to be unity. This isn't the time for someone to try to be a hero - the whole party needs to coalesce instantly around Harris and her VP and move in absolute lockstep.

Foden was absolutely horrendous bar 30 minutes against the Dutch. All tournament long. Pure shite. Wretched showing, no excuse. Bellingham wasn't much better. Flashes of quality but largely anonymous. Kane was fucking dogshit for the entire tournament. Neville was running his idiotic mouth before the game about how Kane is England's greatest ever player. If that's the case no wonder we never fucking win anything as he is DOGSHIT. He's been a nothing player for years, but this was the first time he really went into past-it territory. But why take it from me today? You could always go back to this post from March '23 and see how many of you were lining up to sing his praises - a year later he is UTTERLY FINISHED and I don't give a fuck how many goals were put on a platter for him at Bayern. If any of you watched that "performance" today and thought there's still life in this guy as an international player you're living in delusion. Le Normand and Laporte could've fucked off for a kebab and would've been back before he even made it into the box. And that is the essence of Southgate as a manager - he's a safety-first coward who only makes changes when he's forced into them and has no tactical nous whatsoever. The only times we've looked good in this tournament is when we've been behind and therefore have of necessity had to cast off his desperately defensive instructions and try to make something happen. He needs to resign. I realise that's harsh on someone who has led us to two major finals and a major semi-final, but the evidence is plain to see. He is holding this team back. We can progress no further. If we ever want to win anything we won't do it with him. Player of the tournament for me was Saka. Guehi would be runner-up. Mainoo also came into his own during this tournament. I think the likes of Watkins, Toney, Bowen, Eze, Gordon and Palmer can all be astonished at their lack of game time especially as not one of them put a foot wrong when called upon.

But he's such a hero man! He's such a fighter! Didn't you see him taking a bullet for MURICA?????

On the plus side, his ludicrous bald bonce was exposed.

So a 2010s transfer fee in Mike Ashley pounds, then. (Gouffran cost 4m if I’m remembering correctly?)

I expect it's going to happen in the next week. We've not seen public pressure against an incumbent president like this, maybe since LBJ, and he had Vietnam around his neck. Biden will be replaced by Harris. There's no way the Democrats can go on like this, it's all anyone's talking about, and with every passing day it's sinking deeper into the electorate's brain.

Don't worry, Marseille are ready to cough up 27m for Greenwood and Saudi will probably buy Casemiro for 75m. Chelsea last season all over again.

Sounds good except they don't wear burkas in Saudi and Arabian coffee is bitter as fuck.

Saka has been consistently our best performer during this entire shitshow of a tournament, so well done. Schar and Widmer both on yellows now, vulnerable to attacks down the left, perfect moment for a pacy winger with a point to prove to come on, so we'll see Gallagher get subbed on for Rice in the 117th minute.

He's a flat-track bully and nothing more, always has been. Good for penalties against Panama and not much else. His movement for the Saka cut-back was beyond parody. It'd be one thing if we were creating chance after chance but half the time he's in the centre circle when the play is going on ahead of him and we fizzle out. Foden is a great player but he has done literally nothing at this tournament. It's time to make a change, it isn't working out at all for him, get him off. Gordon has been desperate to make an impact, much like Toney, we need to consider changes before the 87th minute.

Brilliant game, Turkey deserved winners but it took herculean effort from several of their players. Fair play to Austria but when a keeper pulls off a save like that in the 94th minute you know it's not to be.

Who in turn have flagrantly made a mockery of the same system in question with ludicrous spending that is completely unsustainable.

He's absolute dogshit, let's not delude ourselves. If this is a fiddle to get around PSR then I accept it as the cost of doing business, and no doubt that loophole will quickly be closed since it was benefiting clubs like us and Villa who the big boys can't allow to get to the top table. But if this is in any way us paying actual pounds sterling for Calvert-Lewin then somebody in the club hierarchy needs their head looked at because he is wretched. We'll need another striker to come in to play backup to Isak because DCL is not good enough or fit enough for that role.

Miley has already contributed more than Anderson in a short stint and he's well younger. If we can sell Anderson we absolutely should. He's got promoted side written all over him.