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Wow, this seems like a risky strategy for 2 reasons. i) Tiny chance of obtaining planning permission IMO ii) The club now have the opportunity to demonstrate that they can function without the need for this land Tony Bloom will have the upper hand if both come to pass.

It would probably suit the land owner for the club to think that this was going to happen, but I just don't think it's credible. I could have just missed the planning application, but I think that there'd have been some media coverage of this.

There are no such planning applications on either the B&H or Lewes council planning portals that I could find. I think the owner would find it extraordinarily difficult to obtain planning permission for any development on that site. They were onto a lucrative income stream with the car park...

I follow the Secret Scout on Twitter. If they state something as fact you can be sure it's true. They are a great follow. They must have inside info.

Nice to see young players wise up and not automatically sign a contract at 18 with their academy club. Total reversal of the situation just three or four years ago. Chelsea will now have to give meaningful first team minutes to those that do elect to stay or they risk this becoming a big...

He's supposedly been a target of West Ham, Everton, Newcastle, Leeds and Wolves in the last 12 months. Injuries aside, I think his stock is higher than you perceive it to be.

Denmark are ranked 10th in the world by FIFA. They are no pushovers and have a very good record over the last couple of years. Clearly luck has a big bearing on individual knock-out competitions, but Southgate has guided England to at least the semi final of 3 of the 4 competitions he has been...

Yes, we finally decided to take youth development seriously. No doubt in my mind this is the biggest single factor, although it is worth mentioning that a lot of the England team are too old to have had much benefit from the recent reforms in youth football. I am not sure if this undermines my...

As you suggest, technical issues aside, border control is a big reason why sleeper services through the tunnel are unlikely to happen any time soon. UK Govt insists these are done prior to entry and this position is unlikely to change soon, if ever. Doing them at Lille would be a massive...

The "they only did well because they had an easy route" argument is often put forward by those who have an antipathy towards the team in question and want to discredit any achievement. Look closely at most previous finals and you find plenty of cases of teams that progressed to finals and...

Very much agree with this. Whatever level of technical ability you have at your disposal, a tactically astute manager or coach is important. Witness Boothroyd's repeated dismal failures at U21 finals with many of the same players that brought us wins at U19 Euros, U20 World Cup and U17 World...

Yeah. It was probably the right move for Sancho. Guardiola would have given him far fewer minutes had he stayed at City. City fans might point to Foden as an example, but it's probable a lot of Sancho's minutes would have come at Foden's expense, so I think they both benefitted from his move...

I didn't think it would be allowed in a new build either. However I noticed the other day that Derby's stadium, which I'd also class as new, and covered by the Green Guide has more than 28 seats in some rows. I suppose the clue is in the "Guide" part of Green Guide and there's some leeway if the...

Isn't the underlying problem that it was not, in a legal sense, a public inquiry? That seems to be gist of a BBC article.

Interview with Dan Ashworth that I found very informative: https://trainingground.guru/articles/dan-ashworth-inside-the-mind-of-a-technical-director TGG Podcast #20: Dan Ashworth - Technical Director role uncovered Dan Ashworth joined Brighton in December 2018 WRITTEN BY SIMON AUSTIN —...

"Her Honour Judge Barnes said there is no blame whatsoever to be put on the cyclists." Why try to insinuate otherwise? A child has had his life horribly impacted by the actions of this selfish and irresponsible man. A more normal reaction would be anger towards this vile person and to perhaps...

They have added 2 extra seats to rows in a lot of sections, as you can see from this recent photo of the east stand. If you count you will see there are now 30 seats per row between aisles. Previously there were 28.

I was wavering, but I got one in the end. The experience is very different. If I had not had a jab I might not have gone. 7pm kick off probably makes it difficult for some.

Feels like a coming of age moment for the academy.

Another stoppage. Could easily be 6 or 7 minutes added on, or possibly more.