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I can accept access to training is a part of the puzzle but it’s not as important as you deem to indicate. If it was football players from shithole countries in the 3rd world would not succeed or thrive against players from developed counties. Yet we can see from the Prem that they do. Our...

If you are all for meritocracy then we are squarely on the same page. For all the meaningless platitudes and ersatz praise of the women’s game, it is a hard reality that it will not come close to developing the finances of the men’s game. People that don’t accept this are delusional. The only...

Interesting, and as it’s been 5 years since the MOD allowed women to occupy ALL roles in the armed forces, (including front line infantry) it must follow that mixed units of males and females are more effective than male only units? Given that physical ability is the only likely barrier to...

Despite the piety and faux joy by some on here, the wider public understand that Spoty has become a meaningless award. In last 5 years it has been deliberately detached from the sport consuming public due to the introduction of agendas that have little to do with “sport” and everything to do...

The media sowing discord by lying you say, doing the Governments bidding you say…………. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/06/rapists-wrongly-labelled-as-women-by-police/...

Isn’t that the point, it’s guidance? I seem to recall before Marseille the “guidance” from the club was to have your passport on your person at all times. The bed damping that took place on that thread when it was suggested you should ignore it and keep your passport details on your phone...

Well, well, well, what? The ICO apology is for indicating publically they had investigated Alison Rose personally as oppose to NatWest, the data controller. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/25/natwest-stands-by-ceo-after-error-of-discussing-farage-furore-with-bbc-reporter As she...

Yes, another variation of vulnerable white children being groomed by individuals from the British Pakistani community. I guess elsewhere in the UK there will be gangs of white and black criminals grooming vulnerable British Pakistani children so no doubt this approach balances itself out?

Well don’t moan about collapsing financial institutions or reduced growth in pension schemes……….as with all state meddling it will be the customer that pays.

Lack of foresight that “events” which are nuanced will occur is exactly the point, and why wise heads were were conveying concerns that pride always comes before a fall……..no pun intended. There is nothing wrong with sporting bodies retaining neutrality whist supporting anti discrimination...

Well, like FA the FCA is obsessed with shit they shouldn’t……….it will only be when a bank or other financial institution collapses that people will say the regulator should focus on the priorities. https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/consultation/cp23-20.pdf

Little wonder the intellectual pygmies continue to bark up the Brexit tree for all the county’s ills, and not least inflation. The lack of economic context on such a critical issue is astounding...

If the adoption of a neutral stance is best in this case, it merely proves the FCA have been wrong in all the other political matters they have entangled themselves in over recent years. The fact that they are choosing to sit this one out makes a mockery of their decisions to champion certain...

Is Russia and Ukraine black and white? Back in 2016 when Merkel and Hollande were out of their depth trying to get agreement on how to manage the civil war in Ukraine, their plans were rejected by Ukraine……. “Another stumbling block is that the peace plan would require Poroshenko to carry out...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/28/world/europe/missiles-ukraine-russia-taganrog.html

Isn’t the answer here that sporting bodies leaderships should do their upmost not to get embroiled in politics of any kind. No doubt that would upset some, but it would preserve integrity. As it stands, given the last 5 years the FA can no longer use the argument that it keeps outside politics...

This better lives than others point needs some finessing…….. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/gandhi-statue-removed-racist-ghana-university-accra-india-africa-a8682901.html For some Ghandi was the epitome of a colonial racist oppressor!!

Very true, I can’t quite remember being so pissed at a football match, save Notts County at Wembley. Getting up to the Velodrome (15 mins) from the Old Port meant we had all day on it in relatively relaxed environment. The old bill we spoke to down there were bemused that so few BHA fans were...

You’re welcome, I didn’t realise there was a time related factor when posting on threads here. I guess if over recent years I had been posting 30, 40 or even 50 thousand posts I would have a better grasp of the nuances connected to contributing to this message board. I will have to live with...

I see, I didn’t realise there was a MP and flag algorithm to determine BHA fans were left wing and aligned to AEK anti fascists. I wonder if the algorithm takes in the fact that Brighton up to the 70s was predominantly Tory (and therefore right wing) before it was overwhelmed with thousands of...