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Ha ha!! That's why that name rang a bell.

... and who is Boo Up?

Tony Bloom seems happy to step in with additional loans whenever necessary, so maybe he's fairly relaxed about it. Still not ideal though. Worth noting these losses are for the group as a whole: I wonder what steps the club will take to try and limit these losses in future? The new agreement...

Yeah, I don't think it was anything other than a restructuring to appease shareholders that tend to happen every two or three years in large pharma companies. Technically they didn't close completely as they still have a much reduced presence on the site. I was there around 2000-2003 and I saw...

Isn't it 20 years?

I think we should recall White in January and put a bid in for Phillips just for a laugh. It would be hilarious.

People's perception of Leeds as a big club might not match Ben White's. He was 6 when they were last in the Premier League. Most of his life they have been a Championship/League 1 side getting crowds in the mid 20000s. Assuming we stay up, I think we can expect the club to offer him a new deal...

I think it opened in 2014 so it's been in operation for just over 5 years. I think Paul Barber mentioned a figure of £5m per annum so the total running costs to date will be in the £20-£25m ball park. A few slightly different figures for the initial building cost were given, but £30m seemed to...

Released at 16 by Southampton. It just goes to show how hard it is to judge young players, even at 16 when you'd think the future stars would be pretty obvious. Bearing in mind that Wan-Bissaka went to Man Utd for a reported £50m, if he does as well for us next season in the PL as he has done...

An article on White in The Athletic today. Any subscribers on NSC? https://theathletic.com/1408731/

Some confusion over one of the goals. UEFA only credit Tolaj with 7 so that will probably be the official stat: Earlier in the season he scored 4 against Arsenal in the PL U18 league, which is a more impressive achievement in my book:

That might be true at senior level, but results like this (they have lost their last 3 U19 games 14-0, 13-0 and now 16-1) suggest to me that the net for this particular age group has not been cast particularly wide. Just checked their squad and only one of their players seems to be affiliated...

Seems to have been reduced to 7 according to the UEFA site. Spoilsports.

Tolaj finishes with just the 7 goals in a 16-1 win. Population of Gibraltar is approx 32000. I wonder how big the pool of players available for each age group is? I'd guess around 200? Any male Gibraltarian child could have around a one in ten chance of representing their country at youth level...

Congratulations are in order. Cochrane played the final 10 minutes in a 4-0 win over Portugal in difficult conditions. Tyrese Campbell (son of former Arsenal striker Kevin) got 2 goals. http://www.thefa.com/news/2019/nov/14/england-mu20s-portugal-report-141119

A few rambling thoughts. I'm really enjoying watching the England team again after having grown very disillusioned with them; so much more attack minded and technically adept than in the past. Still a big question mark over the centre of defence to my mind, but with players waiting in the...

Has it made a noticeable difference? I haven't taken a 7 for a while. It used to be a frustrating experience at the station partly down to taxis. I think passengers paying in cash was as big, if not bigger problem. Could easily take 5 minutes to get away. I hope that eventually they will follow...

Trams generally have a wider appeal than buses so they can be more effective at encouraging modal change from cars to public transport. There are a lot of people who'd never ever contemplate getting a bus, who'd happily switch to trams.

The problems caused by the taxi rank at the front of the station had got pretty bad over the last few years. To my mind the main ones were: Buses frequently unable to pull out because of taxis waiting to turn into the forecourt blocking their exit. Pedestrians having to walk around taxis...

The right loans are so important for players in the 18-22 age range. They can have a such a big bearing on a players career trajectory. The club have got them spot on with White with Newport and Leeds, and for this they deserve credit. So many players end up on loans at clubs where the manager...