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Small violin time. And laughter. 

7 minutes ago, mykeyb said:

Voting in the upcoming election is like trying to decide if you would like your left or right arm amputated. Neither option is particularly palatable.

Only for people who have been in a coma for the last nine years.

4 minutes ago, StewieGriffin said:

Wonder if it's been called now because the Tories know they'll lose and the blood scandal fall out becomes Labour's problem...

I mean, you could literally swap "blood scandal" for about a thousand other things.

Remember one of the names, they're going to appear on the election coverage a lot. 

42 minutes ago, bickster said:

Go to Middlesbrough to win nothing?

Realise that he's got nothing on his left side anymore? 

5 minutes ago, Genie said:

Delay in the announcement because of the weather, it’s pissing down outside number 10.

What happened to the £2,000,000 media room they built inside downing street?

I'm guessing that after the first time it was ever seen in action (the leaked video of Allegra Stratton laughing about lockdown parties) it led to the downfall of the Prime Minister and started the spiral that will lose the Tories the election, they probably consider it cursed and never to be used again.

1 minute ago, Wainy316 said:

This would be one hell of a trolling if nothing develops now wouldn't it

Announcing that the country is going back into lockdown. 

8 minutes ago, Genie said:

Is Sunak thinking his plan to get inflation down is good enough for everyone to forgive them and vote for another 5 years of Tory rule?

The fact the “plan” was to do nothing is just a detail.

Something I saw on Twitter, I forget posted by whom - but ignoring all the evidence around you, and assuming that because the data says that you are making things better, people will be grateful and thank you by voting for you again REALLY feels like the sort of thing that Sunak would think and do.

"Inflation is now back at the Bank of England's target, just like I wanted it to be! Now's the time to let the people show their appreciation for what I've managed to do!"

23 minutes ago, sidcow said:

Are you a sex councellor? 

Vice squad. 

20 minutes ago, duke313 said:

City 25/1 to get relegated next season.  Bookies tanking the odds to get mugs to bet on it, same as Sky Bet do with transfer rumours.

That's not to encourage people to bet on it, it's to discourage people chucking a couple of pounds on the unlikely outcome that the penalty is more severe than expected. It's to mitigate hypothetical losses.

Liverpool and Arsenal are 2000-1, if Man City were also there, that is what would encourage people to bet on it.

 

55 minutes ago, Jonesy7211 said:

Just checked the odds, and with quite a few bookies we're the favourites for the tournament at around 3/1 whilst France are 7/2. Are our players better than we're giving them credit for, or haven't the bookies taken account of the Southgate factor of losing to the first decent team we play?

Genuinely baffled at the odds.

None of the above. Odds reflect the amount of money that has been placed on an outcome. There's no taking account of anything apart from that really. And more English money goes on England to win.

If you look at a French gambling site, England and France are basically the same odds.

Blimey.

35 minutes ago, VillaChris said:

Interesting thing to me is Bellingham has been named as a forward for this? I assume that just means he'll play the most advanced of the three CMs rather than dropping deeper.

I think in that case Maddison probably misses out as you could also play Foden off the striker. Or Eze.

Also where Palmer has done nearly all his best work for Chelsea. 

17 minutes ago, Genie said:

BBC are saying mutual consent, was he really sacked?

Mutual consent doesn't actually mean mutual consent. It means agreed to go quietly and without fuss with a big pay-off.

9 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said:

I wonder why 

To elaborate further on the "stemming from a falling-out with Steve Holland during England training", the alleged story is that they were having a meeting during the Qatar World Cup, Holland asked Walker and Stones a question about their defensive tactics, which they answered. He then asked White about his, and White said he didn't know. Then Holland made a comment along the lines of "of course you don't, you're just not interested enough in football".

So White decided he couldn't really be arsed with it and came home. Which doesn't strike me as an unreasonable position to take. 

5 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said:

What’s with the Ben White thing? 

Doesn't want to play so has removed himself from selection. Apparently stemming from a falling-out with Steve Holland during England training. 

25 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said:

And still struggled to get in the team, even suffering the ignominy of coming on as a substitute and then being substituted, only for the manager to make, arguably, one of the worst decisions in managerial history. 

Arguably true, but that's a long way from "couldn't get near the squad".

8 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said:

Grealish couldn't get near the squad when he was, arguably, the best player in the Premier League.

He made his debut in September 2020, just after we'd finished 17th, and has been in pretty much every England squad he's been available for since then.

Just now, Jonesy7211 said:

Predicted cut:

Trafford, Konsa, Quansah, Curtis Jones, Eze, Gordon, Maddison.

I reckon Konsa will make it over Dunk, one of Maddison and Eze will go and Toney won't. Don't think both Wharton and Mainoo go either.

1 minute ago, Cizzler said:

So if four get cut, would imagine it's a GK, two defenders and a MF/ST. But maybe even three defenders.

There are 33 players there, so seven need to be scrapped.