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Reply | General Election Thread
at 18:19 15 Jun 2024
Finding this election incredibly depressing as a younger voter.
There has been little to no discussion of the nuanced complex truths around immigration, environment, economic growth that directly affect my ability to live a life as my parents did in the 80s.
I can’t afford to get on the property ladder, can’t get married or have kids yet as I have no capital despite working a good job, can’t go to Europe freely whether to work or for leisure, spend 40% of my income on rent and the best I’m getting is “economic growth”? Bar the greens whose manifesto is pathetically wishful, every other party doesn’t care about u30s so Labour it is and purely hoping we get lucky. But the way our politics treats young voters is a joke.
And then who crops up to tell all in his great wisdom? The privately educated, commodities trading, millionaire people’s hero. Nigel Fing Farage is stood there telling me it’s because of people risking their lives in the channel? Or coming here with all their dependents (while they’re running the god damn NHS)?
Get in the bin and stay there.
One of the many many many cancers Brexit has imposed on this country is his/Johnson’s politics of sound bites and slogans, over serious policy discussions. Go back and watch YouTube clips of Major vs Blair, or Thatcher vs Callaghan, and look at difference in detail. I don’t agree with a lot of those people but you can see their policy offer. If I was 26 in Thatcher’s Britain I’d get what her offer to me was. This lot aren’t even talking to us.
Yes social media plays a part, as does the lessening quality of politicians and smart people choosing private anonymous jobs over Parliament. But the way political parties view us is absolutely in the bin after what those liars were able to do in 2016.
“Reform” “Change” “Green New Deal” are easy to repeat and don’t require any intellect to say. We need to take some of the blame and start asking our politicians to talk to us like adults not children, if we want to be given real choices at elections.
I don’t think they’ll speak to my generation until we hit that magic mark of middle age, but for those of you they do actually care about - do better, for your younger relatives at least. |
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Reply | I hope this is and stays just a rumour.
at 18:51 14 Jun 2024
Apparently this is nonsense. The Beale PTSD has me worried, but from the outside they look like a mess. You’d hope Marti wouldn’t be interested |
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Reply | Armstrong extended
at 11:29 12 Jun 2024
If he’s not signing a long term extension need to be selling. Not going to make a difference in terms of next season performance (compared to eg Willock second half of last season).
Another one who is clearly getting terrible advice, not sure where they think he’s heading |
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Reply | General Election Thread
at 11:19 12 Jun 2024
Totally agree. However we’re now seeing the “winning horse” phenomenon in full swing - Sunak getting decimated for anything he says and Starmer largely left alone because the media have decided he’s going to be PM so best get in their good books long term. Same thing happened to a lesser degree in 2019, and from what I’ve read very much the case in 1997.
Not to say that Sunak and this shambolic set of tories don’t deserve absolute ridicule for what they’ve done to this country, absolute c**** |
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Reply | Marti Contract??
at 14:24 31 May 2024
The twitterverse now in full meltdown because some lad’s sisters boyfriends mates dad has heard Marti is off. The Beale PTSD is so strong with some of our fanbase that we are quite literally making up rumours about our own manager leaving, truly bizarre |
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Reply | These Manager Appointments are Mad
at 15:56 24 May 2024
Yeah, which is why the worry we should all have is the knock on effect of this madness - Burnley, Luton (if Ipswich went for Edwards which would be smart), one of saints/scum might be in the market - on us. SW gone hot and heavy for a big new contract for Rohl isn’t a coincidence |
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Reply | End of Term Report 23/24 – Midfield (plus part two of the Patreon pod)
at 10:36 24 May 2024
Agree with most of the ratings, would have Armstrong lower (learning how to trap a ball made me giggle) and Field/Chair higher than most on the pod personally. Think the constant reminder of recency bias (think that was Simmo in first pod) is a good point, and MOTMs under GA should probably be made redundant as you alluded to Clive. [Post edited 24 May 10:36]
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Reply | These Manager Appointments are Mad
at 09:57 24 May 2024
Everything going on in football right now is making me rather concerned that…we’re in danger of becoming adults in the room? [Post edited 24 May 10:00]
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Reply | End of Term Report 23/24 – Defenders
at 21:40 20 May 2024
While I’m hesitant to fall into the category of “nothing to moan about so at each others throat instead” QPR fandom, picking out Steve Cook from this group to criticise is absolutely wild. After the charlatans we’ve been through historically, and in the last two years especially, he’s quite literally everything we’ve always said we want in our players. [Post edited 20 May 21:41]
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Reply | League 1 Playoff Final
at 17:20 18 May 2024
Oxford the selfish pick - close, small budget, not likely to finish higher than 20th at best. But would like to see Bolton back after the dark times they’ve had |
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Reply | End of Season Review - Live Now On The Patreon
at 19:23 12 May 2024
You’re obviously a troll pal, if you’ve been here for any length of time you’d have known Clive runs a patron because - plot twist - nothing in life is free and monetising content is literally the bedrock of the modern internet (you know, the thing that allows you to type hateful messages from the safety of your four walls like a coward).
No ones bothered about your f’in opinion mate, it’s that you immediately responded to the OP with hate mail to the guy who keeps this whole thing going and has created a community off the back of it. He’s thrown a kettle over a pub, what have you done? |
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Reply | Players we should have kept
at 14:32 12 May 2024
On a par with Hughes for me, didnt get anywhere near enough criticism from us/the general public at the time. Did an absolutely woeful job, saved only by Bobby’s left foot. |
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Reply | Players we should have kept
at 08:45 12 May 2024
The one that always angered me was Danny Simpson. Goes to Leicester, stays up and wins the prem, meanwhile we sign Isla to play RWB…for three games before going back to a 4. Cheers Arry, absolute fraud |
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Reply | Andre the friendly ghost departs
at 08:38 12 May 2024
A midfielder who doesn’t score goals, assist goals, win duels, or help with set pieces is largely ineffective? Curious
Edit: but he is of course a baller and we’re all gammons for saying otherwise, sincerely pre pubescent teens who “know ball” [Post edited 12 May 8:39]
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Reply | Championship Playoffs - who's going up?
at 07:16 9 May 2024
Think the winner of WBA Saints wins it, would like it to be WBA but Southampton have a bit of the 13/14 Rs about them in terms of just so much depth that should get them over the line even if they’ve been underwhelming at both ends of the season. |
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Reply | Liam Rosenior
at 15:09 7 May 2024
Rohl is probably a “hotter” appointment right now, and this Hull ownership look like they want to be seen, heard and the rest so wouldn’t be surprised if they test Chansiri’s mettle/Rohl’s ambition.
Definitely not rationalising to avoid worrying they come for Marti.
Edit: Rohl already lives up there… [Post edited 7 May 15:09]
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Reply | Liam Rosenior
at 14:38 7 May 2024
Pretty simple equation - spend a hell of a lot (especially on dead weight expensive loans) + no promo = sack. See, albeit a lesser scale, QPR 21/22.
Brum is a good shout. Sort of manager who would be crap on a shoe string, good when they have the right tools (ergo a wad of cash). Bit of a Russell “play b is do plan a better” Martin type.
Thankful for our mixed style Marti! [Post edited 7 May 14:39]
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Reply | Kakay Departs
at 11:26 7 May 2024
Only just read the article - is there any question in which Nourry doesn’t refer to the game model? The questions about the water pressure and pie flavours in October’s fan forum are about to get a hell of a lot more note worthy - “after undertaking extensive data analysis on optimal faucet pressure, we’ve decided on a mid- to-low number based on the selected game model for fan hand washing”. I work in consulting and this is getting a bit w@n£y even for me…
All the best Ozzie, hope he has a good rest of his career in lower leagues. |
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Reply | Transfer rumours 2024
at 10:42 7 May 2024
Need to learn our lesson from Dieng/Dickie/Willock and sell now while his stock is high. All it takes is one injury and he’s suddenly worth little again. Upwardly mobile clubs are good at selling players, listening to the “show some ambition” brigade will not make us better it will make us worse. |
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