LondonLax

If that’s what happened it is kind of a bizarre thing for the manager to do. When you’re flying long haul for work (AND your job requires you to be at peak physical fitness) surely your employer can sort out appropriate travel arrangements. Then having some of the staff get better treatment than others. In what world would that be acceptable?

I couldn’t get into The Last of Us, it took itself way too seriously for my tastes. Fallout’s irreverence is much more up my street. Yes the plot was just an excuse to tie scenes/episodes together but I found it much more fun overall.

Apparently there are no good managers in the Premier League, other than ours of course

I have a long enough memory to remember what a basket case Liverpool were before Klopp. They will quickly revert back there once he leaves. Hilarious how many people have such difficulty separating their emotions about a rival manager from their analysis of his record.

I have some doubts. I think the management of big ego players at somewhere like Man City (or Arsenal or PSG) takes a different style of management than what Emery provides. Emery’s ultra detailed approach seems to work best with players who are more humble and willing to take it on board. From what I understand, the players at Arsenal didn’t bother with all the extra hours of homework Emery sets for his players and ultimately would not buy into his philosophy. It seems like there are ‘horses for courses’ amongst football managers, not a stand alone ‘best manager in the world’.

I learnt off the best

I get the same in Sweden. People just respond in English, even if I’m confident I’ve said it correctly. I am sure they are just trying to be polite, ‘making my day a bit easier’, but it feels a bit patronising really.

It’s both. Of the $61 billion allocated to Ukraine almost $23 billion goes to the US industrial military complex to manufacture weapons for the US army. That frees up capacity for the US to donate old weapons to Ukraine from existing stockpiles. There is also $14 billion allocated for the US military to purchase new weapons from the manufactures and send them directly to Ukraine. Another $9 billion goes to Zelenskiy’s government in the form of ‘forgivable loans’. This money is meant to help pay salaries, pensions and other expenses. The rest covers the running costs for the US military (their surveillance assistance, the training on the weapons, logistics etc etc)

It seems like nothing has actually changed. We had an option to take up the last year of his contract and we could have used it at anytime. We have chosen to use it now. I would say this move is all about media management. It demonstrates his commitment when there have been increasing numbers of stories about him being poached this summer and it creates some headlines countering the gossip. We don’t want those kind of unsettling stories for the rest of the run in so have tried to head them off.

You’re sounding like Klopp / Guardiola

He’s among the SAS of Blues fans operating deep behind enemy lines apparently

I can’t see any club being mad enough to spend big money on Ramsey when he’s not able to demonstrate he is clear of a serious and reoccurring fitness issue. Ramsey will be with us next season for sure. I think they can both play together though, with Ramsey playing wide and Rogers more centrally.

Well he was at Man City just last season and the fee was nowhere near that when he moved to Middlesbrough. Man City obviously thought he was talented enough to take him on and he’s played at all England youth levels, however he gave an interview where he said he didn’t fit into Guardiola’s rigid playing system. It seems like he’s always had the talent but needed a manager who could work to his strengths.

Their fans cleared out of there pretty quick smart. They must have been pretty embarrassed with that.

His late yellow card turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Took 6 points from the two games he missed and he got to have a lay in on the weekends.