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Post by numpty40 on May 29, 2021 19:14:23 GMT
He's a mistake waiting to happen every game.
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Post by numpty40 on May 28, 2021 20:51:22 GMT
Thanks for nothing you useless twat, now just fuck off into your inevitable obscurity.
Yes I know the fee wasn't his fault but he really is the shittest signing we've ever made.
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Post by numpty40 on May 22, 2021 21:59:18 GMT
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Post by numpty40 on May 19, 2021 20:08:50 GMT
Around a similar time we signed Joe Allen for £13m, Burnley signed Westwood for £5m. At the time we needed a Whelan replacement.
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Post by numpty40 on May 19, 2021 19:53:25 GMT
For all those years we were discussing a Whelan replacement, Ashley Westwood was under our noses all the time. Westwood is a clone of Whelan at his best.
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Post by numpty40 on May 15, 2021 21:13:05 GMT
Well done Leicester, most enjoyable cup final I've watched in a few years and refreshing to see the genuine joy of the players and supporters. Fofana was immense for Leicester, he's only 20 and shows what an excellent scouting team Leicester have. In January 2016 Leicester signed Ndidi for £17m, we signed Imbula for £18m. In August 2018 Leicester signed Soyuncu for £18m, we signed Wimmer for a similar fee. The two Leicester players are probably now worth in excess of £50m and we couldn't get a pack of rizlas for our two.
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Post by numpty40 on May 13, 2021 21:45:29 GMT
From the article linked I see we need to pull our fingers out on those new Trade Deals and make sure we're net beneficiaries: "The trade balance with non-EU countries rose to -£6.55BN in March, deeper than the -£3.50BN markets were expecting." and "ING tell clients there will continue to be a slow-burning impact of new trade frictions on the UK economy, even if the immediate teething problems have passed."So it seems we're still very much in Brexit damage limitation territory.
We're four months into an independent UK and you see the negatives whereas I see the positives: a) The findings suggest the UK's trade position with the rest of the world is improving and should go some way to quell fears over the countries persistent current account deficit, which is said by currency analysts to be an anchor on long-term Pound Sterling valuations. b) An interesting statistic was reported by the ONS in that the UK imported more goods from non-EU countries than from the EU during the first quarter of 2021, the first time it had done so since records began in January 1997. c) The findings made by the ONS show that the import of goods from non-EU countries, excluding precious metals, increased by £1.5BN (8.4%) in March 2021; mainly driven by imports of clothing. d) Imports of goods from the EU, excluding precious metals, stood at £0.8BN (4.5%) in March 2021. e) The boost in exports meant the UK recorded a smaller than expected trade deficit in March at -£11.71B, which is less than the -£14.40BN markets were anticipating. Your counter argument is the trade balance with non-EU countries rose to -£6.55BN in March, deeper than the -£3.50BN markets were expecting, however the UK trade deficit with the EU prior to Brexit was £79 billion....
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Post by numpty40 on May 13, 2021 20:10:03 GMT
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Post by numpty40 on May 10, 2021 19:26:51 GMT
Etebo is by far the better player but Etebo doesn’t want to play for stoke, Thompson does, end of subject! I want to play for Stoke......
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Post by numpty40 on May 10, 2021 19:15:06 GMT
It's finding that balance though, we seem to have recently signed a few professionals with 'good attitude' but are pretty useless footballers. Etebo doesn't want to be at Stoke but has he been disruptive? He is a different class footballer to the likes of Thompson, Cousins and Tymon and if he is willing to come back to the club and play for a move it can only be to our advantage as opposed to paying his wage while he plays for someone else. Is he though, is he really that good? I’m not convinced. And to be honest a player that doesn’t want to play for you, is a terrible player. End of. I've seen the three players mentioned and I've seen Etebo, Etebo is a far better footballer and I'm surprised anyone would think otherwise.
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Post by numpty40 on May 10, 2021 19:09:30 GMT
To be fair, whenever he was on the pitch he always appeared committed. I agree he clearly didn't want to be here but I never saw that on the pitch. I'd love to see him and Mikel in our midfield next season. Going on what I saw/remember his last few games for us he was poor. Great for squad morale bringing back a lad that doesn’t want to be here and will be gone the minute anything else comes along. It's finding that balance though, we seem to have recently signed a few professionals with 'good attitude' but are pretty useless footballers. Etebo doesn't want to be at Stoke but has he been disruptive? He is a different class footballer to the likes of Thompson, Cousins and Tymon and if he is willing to come back to the club and play for a move it can only be to our advantage as opposed to paying his wage while he plays for someone else.
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Post by numpty40 on May 10, 2021 16:47:14 GMT
Mercenary can rot somewhere else for me. Things going down the shitter for him and now he wants to fight for his place. Don’t remember much of that determination and commitment previous. Bye To be fair, whenever he was on the pitch he always appeared committed. I agree he clearly didn't want to be here but I never saw that on the pitch. I'd love to see him and Mikel in our midfield next season.
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Post by numpty40 on May 9, 2021 22:11:30 GMT
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Post by numpty40 on May 2, 2021 21:59:08 GMT
If people are retreating then 'smashing people' with batons appears to have worked. Out of interest, how are the Manchester A&E hospitals coping with the injuries sustained from this police brutality? Well it sounds like the only two casualties were police. Perhaps the lads on the end of the batons are more capable of handling themselves? The average power hungry coward playing Detective Constable might not be as hard as your average working class lad from Newton Heath. Seems like the 'Detective Constables' were much harder, outnumbered by 100's to 1 and only two injuries
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Post by numpty40 on May 2, 2021 21:50:34 GMT
I must admit I find it hard to believe that a cowardly scummy act of slicing a persons face with a broken bottle Can be considered self defence I would usually agree with this but considering the police will often go at people with batons then it could easily be seen as such. Those batons break arms and can cause serious damage. I saw the same footage as everyone else. Police smashing people with batons, some of whom are retreating. Entirely possible someone picked up a broken bottle in fear. I'm not saying that's the case but the last thing I'm going to do is take the police's word for it. If people are retreating then 'smashing people' with batons appears to have worked. Out of interest, how are the Manchester A&E hospitals coping with the injuries sustained from this police brutality?
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Post by numpty40 on May 2, 2021 19:44:50 GMT
9 million Belarussians are coming to pick our fruit and veg -would you want them living next door? Alp Mehmet, chairman of Migration Watch said,"Yet again, employers say jump and the government says how high?" "Why not pay a bit more, improve conditions and look locally before targeting the recruitment of those desperate to leave countries like Belarus and Russia?" I seem to recall one of the benefits of Brexit being precisely that: better paid jobs for British workers. By the way, the resounding failure that was the Pick for Britain campaign has been dropped... www.worldometers.info/world-population/belarus-population/I hope we don't forget about the remaining 1/2 million Belarussians.
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Post by numpty40 on May 2, 2021 19:31:36 GMT
Fit enough to start. On no more than 8/9k a week. And we let him go and kept Chester and Batth. Beyond fucked up. Meanwhile back in Blighty he was the joint highest earner at our club, more than twice the amount that Batth and Chester are on..... But he is 10 times the player, pity we couldn't have just fucked Batth and Chester off and kept Ryan.
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Post by numpty40 on Apr 30, 2021 21:26:19 GMT
Like you said, Brexit related success. The economy seems to be booming and the hospitality sector is struggling to cope with demand due to the great success of the UK vaccination policy. Meanwhile the Spanish hospitality sector is tragically struggling. The economy is bouncing back from the impact of Covid, no surprise there, it was always going to recover, but to a position that was lower than pre-Covid. That doesn't constitute a success! The hospitality sector is struggling as a result of the pandemic and Brexit. Be prepared for a lot more of this over the next few years... Ah, I see. The economy is bouncing back despite Brexit but slumped because of Covid, got you
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Post by numpty40 on Apr 30, 2021 14:06:48 GMT
Like you said, Brexit related success. The economy seems to be booming and the hospitality sector is struggling to cope with demand due to the great success of the UK vaccination policy. Meanwhile the Spanish hospitality sector is tragically struggling.
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Post by numpty40 on Apr 28, 2021 21:58:28 GMT
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Post by numpty40 on Apr 28, 2021 20:13:50 GMT
With respect sheik both you AND I have come out with far worse than that on here so don’t start 😁 It's not the offensive nature of the comment it's the very fact that Big Arl, a woman of such ingrained beliefs could be conned into trusting this two bob, Al Capone. An inveterate fabricator and conman, willing to toss a match and throw it on the kindling of Northern Ireland without a moments hesitation or concern if it was of benefit to him personally. Silly, gullible, woman. Who is 'offended' by the term 'orange jonnie'? I've got to admit that's the first time I've heard the phrase but from now on I'll respect the distress the term orange jonnie may cause people.
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Post by numpty40 on Apr 28, 2021 19:07:44 GMT
A piece on Old Arlene, a 'casualty of Brexit' It is Brexit that has put the DUP on the rack. And it is Brexit that she and her party got horribly wrong from the start. Pure UK sovereignty was always going to be incompatible with the Northern Ireland peace process, into which power-sharing was hardwired. The DUP should therefore have thought the issue through and opposed Brexit, as a majority of Northern Ireland voters unsurprisingly did in 2016. When the UK nevertheless voted for it, the DUP should have backed Theresa May’s clunky but, in this context, principled Northern Ireland backstop.
Instead, the DUP foolishly threw in its lot with Boris Johnson and the European Research Group. Three years ago, Johnson went to the DUP conference and promised “no British government could or should” sign up to a border in the Irish Sea, a pledge he repeated when he became prime minister in 2019. The following year, Johnson signed up to precisely that, making idiots of the DUP.
Johnson has no interest in Northern Ireland. A colleague from his Daily Telegraph days recently recalled him announcing he was writing a piece about Northern Ireland. “Remind me,” he asked, “which ones are the orange johnnies?” Foster is neither the first nor the last person to make the error of believing Johnson’s lies. But she is learning her lesson now. She is also being made the scapegoat for wider DUP and unionist failings that will continue to confront her successor." “Remind me,” he asked, “which ones are the orange johnnies?” Some of her abhorrent policies aside, how thick do you have to be to put your lot in with that twat www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/28/arlene-foster-thrown-to-wolves-johnson-brexit-games-northern-irelandWith respect sheik both you AND I have come out with far worse than that on here so don’t start 😁 They do them in children's sizes www.amazon.co.uk/Rubber-Johnnies-Prisoner-Mouth-guard-Handcuffs/dp/B08BHYHQP7
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Post by numpty40 on Apr 28, 2021 18:33:28 GMT
"If there was another referendum tomorrow I'm pretty sure the leave majority would increase considerably". If my aunt had balls..... She'd have voted leave.
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Post by numpty40 on Apr 28, 2021 17:15:36 GMT
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Post by numpty40 on Apr 27, 2021 8:51:36 GMT
I really hope I never have to watch him in a Stoke shirt again.
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Post by numpty40 on Apr 22, 2021 22:58:42 GMT
We've conceded 3 or more goals on 7 occasions this season, Gunn played in 4 of those games, Bursik in 3 and Davies in none. Make of that what you will.
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Post by numpty40 on Apr 22, 2021 22:23:48 GMT
People in Asian countries (Japan is an example) wear masks when they have cold or flu symptoms in order to protect others from infection. They don't wear them to protect themselves - although some people do wear face masks in some cities due to air pollution but that's a different matter. Its interesting how mask wearing has become a civil liberties issue in the west while in the east its viewed as a common courtesy. They may do but the WHO (prior to 2020) said, paraphrasing, that masks were about as useful as a chocolate teapot in stopping the spread of respiratory illnesses Even Whitty seemed a little confused 12 months ago...
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Post by numpty40 on Apr 22, 2021 21:54:00 GMT
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Post by numpty40 on Apr 18, 2021 21:54:06 GMT
Chester and Batth together in the centre of your back 4? I genuinely don't think I've seen a slower less mobile partnership. Don't even start me on their distribution.... There’s no one else is there? If Forrester was fit I’d have him in but I believe he’s injured. You're quite right, I really don't know how we got to this stage.
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Post by numpty40 on Apr 18, 2021 19:44:19 GMT
Davies Coates Chester Batth RND Mikel Thompson Brown Powell Norton Fletcher Chester and Batth together in the centre of your back 4? I genuinely don't think I've seen a slower less mobile partnership. Don't even start me on their distribution....
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