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  1. You're thinking of Mings. Buendia won't start until he rubs noses with Gerrard like an Eskimo
  2. On the other hand dragging it through court and still losing would be even worse PR
  3. The only success we've had under Gerrard was the turgid defensive football at the start of his reign so it makes complete sense that he'd want an exciting, maverick goal creator and scorer like Bertie out of the club asap.
  4. My understanding was that they only rule on contracts rather than contract offers but I have never really taken too much interest in their goings on. The quote from Otmar in The Race article @BOFposted suggested it would only go to court if the only contract that was valid was the Alpine one From that I take it that if the CRB say McLaren have a valid contract with Piastri there will be no court action.
  5. Shocking if true. Does the CRB announce stuff like the rest of FIA or is it all insider sources? I can only find random sites reporting it.
  6. Not sure how involved RIC is in instigating this as he's the one getting unseated a year early in favour of a rookie. That said it looks likely that he is getting paid handsomely to leave McLaren, if he can get that settled AND THEN be free from his contract to negotiate a new deal with Alpine then he comes out of this a winner as well really. Especially if the Alpine is more stable under braking as it seems so he can get closer to the cars potential than he can with the McLaren.
  7. Unless that signing is Mauricio Pochettino I think it'll be a tough task to lift spirits
  8. I agree they should definitely get what they're contractually entitled to. From what I can see that is likely to be nothing. IMV they seem to have gambled on using the threat of Piastri taking the Alpine seat to try and force Alonso to sign a shorter contract than he wanted. Because of this they couldn't buy the Williams seat yet so they told Piastri to sit and wait with no contract signed for a 2023 seat until it was sorted with Alonso. The part they didn't factor in was that Alonso and Webber are bffs and were willing to conspire against them to both find alternative seats while leaving Alpine holding their proverbial d***.
  9. I watched the video but it was mainly hearsay, and my definition of guarantee is different to that guys. If they had guaranteed him a seat he would be signed up to a contract locking him in to a seat and wouldn't be **** off to McLaren. Clearly none of us know the wording of his contract with Alpine but at this point it seems like it was more like a promise than a contract. The money they've spent on testing that they've used him for is largely irrelevant from my perspective, if they'd offered him an Alpine seat and a long contract he'd have taken it, he's well within his rights to leave if they haven't signed him up. Alpine have been caught trying to hoard F1 drivers and now they have 1 left. They tried to keep Zhou on the sidelines as well this year iirc as their reserve reserve but he signed with Alfa instead. Serves Otmar right, he's been a talking **** about Alonso all season. Alpine are a mess.
  10. Teams expecting loyalty when they haven't signed the driver up to a contract with a seat screams hypocrisy to me. It was Alpine that sat him on the sidelines instead of paying for this alleged Williams seat for him this year after all, if no contract has been given to him then it would be naive of him to trust them that next season would be any different. He doesn't owe Alpine any loyalty because they gave him testing time imo, they did that because he's fast. They wanted to use Piastri and Alonso as bargaining chips against eachother and they tried some brinkmanship against both and lost spectacularly.
  11. KDH is the main candidate. I let my Villa tinted glasses con me into Digne over Trippier as well. I will never learn that lesson.
  12. Wordle 414 6/6 Haven't been caught in a last letter loop for a while
  13. Bizarre. Sounds like something Nigel Pearson would say. Can't think of any more damning than that.
  14. They've done the old Lionel Hutch. Promised him First Team Squad. No time in the reserves. Actually meant First Team Squad? No, time in the reserves
  15. Harsh. Sherwood beat Bournemouth first game of the season.
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