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  1. Simster

    [Politics] Labour Party meltdown incoming.......

    There's a difference between not saying they will raise taxes and specifically ruling it out. I'm slightly annoyed they did the latter. But I'm more annoyed at the double standards of the press that demand they do exactly that. When the Tories produce a manifesto, it's rarely worth the paper...
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    [Politics] Labour Party meltdown incoming.......

    I am curious to see what they do when they have difficult decisions to make, although there is a lot of low hanging fruit that can be picked before it gets to that. Improving trade relations with the EU, and taxing private education are two excellent, sensible policies but stuff like that won't...
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    [Albion] My brother doesn't like football....

    My brothers and I are all football mad, although the black sheep of the 4 of us is a Southampton fan. However, what saddens me is that neither of my two sons are interested at all. Well, that's not quite true - my eldest doesn't mind it when he comes and will happily come to Albion games with...
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    [Politics] Sir Keir Starmer’s route to Number 10

    Bit of a cheek a Tory type has when demanding detail. In 2019, the Tory manifesto was paper thin, with literally NO costings at all. They won a 80 seat majority (and then obviously made a mess of the country). My favourite bit of zero Tory detail was the bit where Liz Truss took over...
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    [Football] Kalvin Phillips to Man City

    Ticks all the boxes: Once half decent, now crap. Horribly expensive. Cast-off from a successful big club. A perfect Everton signing. I'm sure it'll all be "corruption" when they are found to have broken FFP rules again in 3 years after about 15 similar piss-poor signings though. :thumbsup:
  6. Simster

    [Albion] Who do you want to become our new manager?

    No. It'll be someone 90% of us have never heard of.
  7. Simster

    [Finance] Would you rather... Location, Location, Location....

    Obviously it always holds true to buy what you can afford in the best area, rather than the biggest house in a shit street, but I'd say the trick is to find an area that is artificially/wrongly considered a lesser area, ideally one that is on the way up. For example, often areas are expensive...
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    [Football] Union Saint-Gilloise

    But you can't be in favour of any sort of play off system if you want it all decided on the end of season table really. I think the playoffs in any league are a way of keeping meaningless games to a minimum. A necessary evil in the professional era. At least there is some merit in the Belgian...
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    [Albion] Kieran McKenna

    So some people who like Potter don't like RDZ? I suppose so, but that's not remotely the same thing as what you initially wrote and certainly represents a tiny minority of our fanbase. Such a small section in fact that I don't see why you mentioned it in the first place. Most people I know...
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    [Football] Union Saint-Gilloise

    No. Leeds were miles better than Saints, so where's the justice there? Well as with Belgium, all teams know the rules before the season starts. To be fair, I don't dislike the Belgian play off system. I think it's quite innovative. I mean yes, USG have arguably been robbed, but they've lost...
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    [Albion] Kieran McKenna

    This is utter shit, and I'm not the first to point this out. No way am I Potter in. Potter is yesterday's man, said some irritating things about the club when we were VERY patient with his long winless streaks and tedious inability to do anything with the ball in the final third. But in the...
  12. Simster

    [Football] Union Saint-Gilloise

    Nobody is arguing at Leeds' six point deduction "for being too good" compared to Southampton.
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    [Football] Leeds or Saints?

    This weekend: Man City didn't win yet another trophy Chelsea got demoted to the Conference League Newcastle missed out on Europe altogether Leeds in division 2 again. Portsmouth confirmed as the South Coast's worst team AGAIN while missing out on a derby next year. I can think of worse...
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    [Football] Leeds or Saints?

    We're not though are we? Anyway, Saints for me. Best man at my wedding supports them, as does one of my brothers. I used to live and work in the area and had plenty of colleagues and friends supporting them down the years. Also I've been in the home end following the Albion and they were...
  15. Simster

    [Football] Cup Final Day!

    I'm quite literally decorating our spare room. But at least there's nothing on the telly.
  16. Simster

    [Politics] General Election 2024 - 4th July

    But it is breathtaking to hear a Tory talking as if Starmer doesn't have a plan. The Tories didn't even bother with costings in their paper-thin manifesto in 2019.
  17. Simster

    [Politics] General Election 2024 - The Poll

    I said Labour but in 2019, Labour got 10,355 in my constituency whereas the LDs got 10,320 votes. So at this stage I just don't know.
  18. Simster

    [Politics] General Election 2024 - 4th July

    Absolutely pitiful bollocks from someone who has been next to useless (or worse) since he was 2nd Tory PM parachuted into power by his own MPs. What a nob.
  19. Simster

    [Albion] Brighton v Ipswich: which club is bigger?

    Fixed. If you were 15 or 16 in 1997, you'll remember Brighton as a tin pot club struggling to stay in the league and playing in front of literally only 5 gates over 10,000 over a period of about 6 seasons.
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    [Albion] Kieran McKenna

    Yes where the fees are about £1-2m. Good luck in this division allowing one man to decide how to spend a budget that runs into the tens of millions.

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