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With the glut of talent that we will inevitably and eventually see coming out of the U21 side, you'd wonder where we'll put them all. Obviously we'll find room for the very special ones, and that in itself will justify what we do with the academy. That's its whole "raison detray" (©Del Trotter). We'll definitely be letting some very good players leave for far less than they're worth though. Simply because at the time they'll be unproven. I guess that's the nature of having a top academy. It overflows with gems and you can only accommodate very few. Especially if you yourself are competing at the sharp end of the league and have to buy your fair share of top talent from across the world. Ho hum. First world problems.

So Audi's takeover of Sauber has been completed by some accounts. Reports are saying they've upped their stake (no pun intended) from 25% to 100%. So they're not messing around. Total takeover.

Fair play. That's a strong lineup.

Whoever chose the typeface for the number 60 needs to be shot in the face with a ball of their own shite.

Our one saving grace is we are less likely to drop off at home as we are away. Fingers crossed.

How about David Mellor in (just) his Chelsea shirt.

We've not won 4 league games in a row yet this season... We've won 3 in a row 3 times. We're currently on 3 in a row.

FP Liverpool victory and results updated.

Hey I'm only quoting Piastri Yes it's early.

Red Bull aren't as far ahead as everyone else thought they would be, and being one more year into a stable set of rules tends to close up the grid. I'd definitely give it the first 5 or 6 races and see how competitive it is.

Think I'll roll. Not risking Solanke, and with Hwanker injured, I'll just trust Darwin and Luiz. 2 FTs for 28 then. A luxury I haven't had in yonks

Given the fixtures in 29, it'll pretty much be a pre-defined template for free hitters, and then everyone else fumbling to keep up. If you've ended up with a decent GW29 team without a free hit then you've probably had shite gameweeks for the past month or 2.

Ben Mee out for the season with a knee injury.

Interesting and entertaining F3 race just there. 16 year old debutant and Red Bull junior driver, Arvid Lindblad, in a Prema winning the sprint race.

I'm not ignoring you by the way. I'm just so out of touch with what's happening in the city centre these days. All the advice I've put in here over the years is probably still all I know about the place. Other than the restaurants changing, it'll probably all still be relevant too. Apart from the prices. They'll have gone up. In fact they've gone up since I started typing this post. I'll have a think about restaurants and post back. But definitely go for an Abrakebabra

Does it now. Any word on her flappy paddles ? * That was purely for comedic effect.

We had that one neigbour who'd always burst the ball or refuse to give it back when we were younger, thus ensuring we always had somewhere to throw our empty chip bags and bottles when we got a bit older.

Waste of a good spud, that.

That's how I see it too.

Oh good. Personally I can't wait for the bar room lawyers and collective galaxy brains of the internet to give their tuppence.

1st & 4th !!

Well that's one way to find out I guess and I've already stolen and altered your joke

Perusing the F3 times this morning and notice our Norwegian contingent have one of the best names on the grid. Martinius Stenshorne. Decent junior record too. Runner up last season in the FREC behind a certain Andrea Kimi Antonelli who at this stage appears to be the 2nd coming of Tazio Nuvolari.

Yeah and all Liverpool needed was a £75m centre back to win the game. In Liverpool's defence, it was more that they won it with several academy graduates in the side, whereas Chelsea's 'kids' cost them about half a billion.