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  1. duffer

    Doug King programme notes

    I'm absolutely open to the idea that he might be right, but I'm also open to the idea that he's a typical owner who thinks that throwing money at a team means you're entitled to a place at the top table. Let's see what happens to the new guy when he goes through a tough run. Let's see if the...
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    Israel - Palestinian Conflict

    Which is undoubtedly why the court hasn't issued an arrest warrant for the (edit: Muslim!) leader of Hamas as well. Oh.
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    New cars

    Are you sure about that? I've had a good look and I can find different stories on different websites. I can't find anything that breaks Jaguar sales out of JLR sales either. Not trying to pick a row, just interested...
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    New cars

    When even the Guardian says Jaguar might've gone too far, it might be worth a thought. From memory, North America is/was Jag's biggest market, maybe China. Not sure how this will play out there. If you look at their obvious competitors, a lot of them look back to their heritage and prestige -...
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    New cars

    I get Jaguar moving (further) into low volume, high margin production, but I don't understand why they needed such a dramatic rebrand to do it. I don't see Audi or BMW moving far away from their heritage to shift their EV offerings. It's an awful lot of history to ditch, much of it storied and...
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    CCFC announcement today

    They'll always have a press conference the day before a game, won't they?
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    You certainly won't be if you keep sticking a tenner on things that you can't be sure about. 😁 It's a reasonable bet, that said...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    And hence, would almost certainly not have worked. 🙂 If we want better services then we're going to need to pay for them. And you're not going to get growth by sticking your thumb in the eye of our biggest and nearest trading partner based on a total fiction (oven ready deal, oh dear). I...
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    USSR invades Ukraine.

    Just to add, this isn't to imply that I'd have supported the war in Vietnam. It was good that Harold Wilson kept us out of that one, imho.
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    Do you trust Rachel Reeves plans in relation to local government pensions?

    Personally, I wouldn't trust Reeves as far as I could spit a rat. A cosplay Thatcher, to my mind. As for the policy itself, I'm not sure, it doesn't sound entirely convincing, but I've not really read around on it yet in fairness...
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    USSR invades Ukraine.

    The bigger issue for Kim might be what happens when thousands of disenchanted, demoralised troops return, having seen what life is like outside a regime that is literally starving its own people to death. Even Russia probably looks good to those guys; it might cause some destabilisation at...
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    Manchester Airport Incident

    It would be a two tier system if the Manchester airport incident was an organised riot. Was it? The reasons for pushing through the prosecutions on the rioters were quite clearly stated, whether you agree with them or not is moot. Other than that, where's your evidence that the Manchester...
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    Frank Lampard Rumours

    When's Lampard worked as a head coach anywhere?
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    Manchester Airport Incident

    FFS, we're not still banging on about a two tier justice system are we? Do your own research. The average time it was taking for cases to get to court was 200 days or more back in 2023, and it's got significantly worse since then. There's a vast backlog in the courts and in the CPS case files...
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    Frank Lampard Rumours

    Exactly this. If King wants to make a big thing about bringing in someone to fit in within the existing structures, and then hires Lampard, then he's having us on, frankly. As for 'get behind Frank if he joins', why bother? It's entirely likely he'll just be the first in a string of temporary...
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    Popular things you never got into

    ITV Fashion Disco Celebrity-anything!
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    This. Exactly this. If Labour just "steady the ship" and no more, then I think what we'll see in five years is the worst of the populist right playing the "it's time for a real change" card. Reform are already dragging the Tories that way in any case. I think this is pretty much what happened...
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    Dean austin

    I'd be willing to support you mate, but only if we can sign a dual-position goalkeeper. I know it sounds radical, but I'm sure there's one out there. In my (dog shit Sunday League) experience every keeper I've ever played with, without exception, wants to play outfield in training (usually...
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    Fans forum player ratings

    I was thinking more of... "We're the Sweeney son, and we haven't had our dinner. Now get yer trousers on, you're nicked!"
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    Match Thread Supporter's Meeting with Doug King Match Thread

    I probably differ with you slightly there, Pete. If true, I think it's important that we get the reasons why Adi went, and it seemed to me his reason for getting rid of Robins was fairly clear. He couldn't get Adi and MR to reconcile, he didn't trust the coaching set-up that MR put in place...
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