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In this instance where a player has a release clause, it seems like we did something quite honorable in giving Boca the chance to potentially profit in the future from a sell-on clause. Objectively, I can't really see how that can be construed as behaving badly. It's not our issue if the player...

Absolutely brilliant innings from Pope. Agree that if we can set a target of at least the low 200s, then we have a small chance. If the pitch starts to do more of what happened when Foakes was bowled, it could become very interesting indeed. Whatever happens, we've not been blown away in this...

I have done Carlisle and it wasn't a pleasant experience. The last time we went there in League One, I think we got battered 3-0 or 3-1. I remember it being freezing, dreary and dull anyway.

I'm going for 29/30.

There's a couple of people in our group who are very close to completing the current 92, although not solely through following the Albion (given the number of clubs in Leagues One and Two who were in non league when we were last down there). AFAIK, they use spreadsheets/phone notes to keep...

This.

Oh agreed. I'd personally be very much in the former camp :D

I would avoid a job like that at all costs, personally.

As discussed on another Royal Mail thread, a lot of other European countries have already cut the number of days that they deliver letters in response to falling volumes. Whilst RM still deliver single digit billions of letters each year, the volumes will soon reach the stage where the...

Agree with the principle, but I think this is a longer-term thing. I’m not certain RM are ready to fully present their preferred options/changes (if any at this stage).

The slight issue with that is the company will want to be delivering parcels 7 days per week, so they’d have to re-shape how delivery rounds would work to accommodate an alternative day model for each postie. Not saying it won’t work, but it would be a fundamental shift in how they operate.

Ultimately, Ofcom as the industry regulator will have a large amount of sway in this. Whilst it will require legislation to make any changes, the weight given to Ofcom’s recommendations will be significant. What RM obviously haven’t actually announced yet is what changes they’ll seek to make. I...

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Hazard for Chelsea will take some beating, I think.

Post Office have now started selling DPD and Evri services as well as Royal Mail products. In terms of how RM competes with PO, it is largely through their Click & Drop platform, which allows customers to purchase postage (and get a free collection from home) instead of going to the PO to do...

Agreed. Darren Bent is very good value. Provides some really interesting insight from his playing days. Goldstein’s attempts to be one of the lads has been grating on me since his Soccer AM days. He’s nowhere near as bad as Alan Brazil and Gabby Agbonlahor though. Absolutely mind-numbing dirge...

A pedant points out that Royal Mail and Post Office have been entirely separate for more than a decade. They’re essentially competing against each other in certain areas now too. The results of the Ofcom review into the future of the postal service are due on Thursday, so we’ll get an...

Royal Mail will continue to deliver letters whilst they’re still being used as a means of communication by business and individuals. The argument can be had, based on current and predicted volumes, as to the number of days per week that deliveries will happen, but there are still billions of...

Given some of his apparent off-field conduct recently, I’m not surprised he’s looking for a move away from Newcastle!

I'm usually wearing an Albion jacket or beanie when I'm wandering around (as it is ALWAYS flipping freezing), so we may bump into each other. Anyway, the randomness of NSC...