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I know , but their roads are far better than ours , drove for hours on roads , that aren't toll and they are unbelievable smooth. They must have twice as many as us as well being a far bigger country.

It's my biggest worry with Gerrard, if he doesn't start him it's only a matter of time before Beundia throws a wobbly and from the game time I have seen him have Beundia would be entitled to as well. In some games he's been our MOTM and he's only played the last 20 minutes!

Guess we're charging more tax on ours to pay for the roads.........When you compare France to us it begs the question on whats going on , similar sized economies yet every part of their infrastructure seems to be an improvement on ours, especially the roads. Would love to see a Michael Moore type documentary comparing both countries, public services, tax revenues and infrastructure, just to see where they are cutting the corners or why are we getting less value for our taxes.

He's a highly paid championship player who shoots at any opportunity, hence the goals he scores. Can't believe he's the only dedicated left winger we have at the club.

Just filled up in France, diesel. €1.772 a litre.

I like that fact he's saw an issue and dealt with it despite it being a hard decision to make and one he could have skirted around.

It's my understanding that the RMT isn't associated with any political party. We're all going to see things as we want to. I see a glimmer of hope for a push back against the growing gap between the rich and the poor and it appears to be coming from unions. I also see a sense of awareness from the likes of Martin Lewis whos also speaks sense and is very media aware. Labour should be at least vocal about profits being fed down to the lower paid through pay deals.

I know, I'm not impressed, so far it's been underwhelming. However Gerrard obviously has ideas on how to change us and he isn't bothered about upsetting the status quo to do it, Ming's is a big personality at Villa and it's a big move from Gerrard. Ming's..... a towering center back who is verbal and all in 100% committed. .....He can also be rash, gung ho , he over commits and gets drawn into battles he shouldn't be. I have also watched him shouting for others to cover when he goes wondering around the pitch, calling them out of their positions. I love him as a player but see his limitations, I think Gerrard does as well and him being dropped as Captain makes it easier for him to be tested. I think we will see Konsa and Carlos as a CB pairing. As for McGinn, on reflection Im not so sure he's secure in his midfield role, I think Gerrard will drop him if he thinks it will improve us, we have Martinez as the vice captain and how can McGinn feel hard done by after replacing Ming's as Captain, he can't ?

It's not his job to comment on other unions members pay deals and he's dodged the question well.If he did answer it the press would pull him apart as well as the Union for NHS workers. Hes clear and concise and his message is simple and easy to understand, the press have continued to try find an angle to attack him at any opportunity but they have failed , the Tories are running scared of him and his message because they can't argue against it inflation is not rising because of high wages for the lower paid, the rich have never been richer and the poor have never been poorer. Starmer is dormant , hes hoping to get elected by voters going against the Tory's. It's probably a tactical move from his team but they do not seem to be judging the crisis that's starting to unfold. He needs to say what he stands for and stick to it, not say one thing and do another.

It's going to come to a head before he even gets chance. Whoever gets power ( of the Tories) is going to push through new labour laws on strikes, it's going to make it harder for workers to withdraw their labour in protest at poor conditions or a lack of pay. It's my guess that by the time this happens there will be enough public support for higher wages to cover inflation that the whole thing will blow up and Starmers lack of a clear mandate on unions will back fire, the Tories will rip him and Labour apart and leave the workers of this country , the PAYE ones , in the shit.

I'm not sure of the politics of Mick but what he's saying is hitting the nail on the head for many working people , Labour supporters. Starmers missed the boat here, he's misjudged the mood of what's going on. He should have stayed neutral. Labour stands for nothing.

Maybe, harsh on Ramsey, Louis is going though or he's not signing a new contract. Gerrard has shown he ain't bothered about upsetting players if he thinks it will get him results.

Ming's had some really poor games last season, he lacks concentration. McGinn performed better than Ming's over the season. Gerrard has now shown he's going to be brutal in his search for consistency. It's a big risk but I'm impressed tbh.

Give each a half unless the starter scores then he stays on and starts the next game. If he doesn't score in that then the other one starts.

In the middle it looks like it's Ramsey , McGinn and Kamara. I hope to god it works out for Kamara as DM, Ramsey and McGinn aren't great defensively. Unless Doug replaces Ramsey?

It's going to be very interesting to see if he can continue this trend with the mix of players they are assembling. Cooper obviously doesn't fancy Davies and I can see why tbh. If he can keep them up his stock as a manager will be high, hopefully we won't be in the market for one....

I have a horrible feeling he's gonna rip it up next season.

Why's Ings not scoring for us? He's a proven premier League striker yet in the same team as Ollie he's struggling. It points to chance creation rather than the strikers.

Brexit is Brexit

My guess is France haven't increased their immigration staff from pre Brexit and this is the fall out. Add to that the fact that the French seem to have a work to rule going on at the moment.

And Morgan, Berson..... France, midfield and villa don't scream success but hopefully Kamara will be the exception. My point is we need a proven premier league DM, we have missed out on a couple but there are others who could help us. I'm nervous that 6 games in it will seem obvious, even to the happy clappers , that we're still weak in that area. I hope I'm wrong.

Any forward is going to miss Grealish his assists figures were unbelievable. As for Ings he's a proven premier League striker, the problem for our forwards is chance creation a severe lack of it. Hopefully the summer rest has allowed the coaches to sort this issue out. Us dropping Beundia from starting our last game isn't a great start.

I hope your right , French midfielders tend to struggle in the Premier League.

I can't comment on Kamara but the others just can't play the role, Nakamba is the closest we have but I'm not convinced and he's had more than enough time to establish himself but he's to inconsistent. Doug is next but hes not strong enough and he's leaving anyway, maybe a younger player can establish themselves but that's a big gamble. McGinn......had a go last season and he wasn't very good, to say the least.

I thought the same about the grain deal , maybe some Russians want it to stop now and concilidate their gains but "Ivan trigger finger" decided to launch a missile attack. Maybe Russian fear that the Ukrainians been trained with more supplies of modern equipment will mean them losing ground. Storing military equipment by the nuclear plant ensures it won't get destroyed.