PaddockLad

I think “the talent at his disposal” is the problem, that’s why I posted the picture . There’s not a defender as good as Ferdinand, Terry or Campbell, or a midfielder as good as Lampard, Scholes or Gerrard. Forget this team’s various failures, that was down to the managers, both international and domestic if Liverpool and Man Utd players are to be believed. The current squad’s relative success may well be largely down to Southgate rather than in spite of him…. largely agree with the general comments about his faults, but look at the talent available 20 years ago, it’s unreal, and they didn’t get beyond a 1/4 final

These were de rigeur for my very first “lads” holiday that summer… following the Radio 1 roadshow round Devon & Cornwall

Look at the individuals in this team…am not sure any of the current players are better than any of these, maybe Kane? People bang on about how lucky Southgate has been…has he really when you compare player for player? Obviously tactics and bizarre loyalty to players are and have been huge issues. But at the end of the day his squads are nowhere near the likes of these…

That’s PR fucked then

I’ve thought since Johnson came in these people are fully worse than Thatcher in virtually every aspect…. I fuckin hated her, as did my parents, but this cabal of fuckin swivel eyed avaricious cunts are democratically introducing Facism into the UK. Thatcher did some fuckin terrible things, but she wasn’t a fascist. This lot are dismantling checks and balances that have been in place for over 200 years, they’re without a single fuckin principle between them bar making themselves and their city mates richer. The same thing is happening in the US. This week has took us further down this “democratic coup” road than even they are post Trump. I wish I had your belief that they’ll be gone even in 18 months time but I think Brexit showed how easily persuaded average Joe is if you tug at his heart strings the right way….

Has anyone ever seen such an effective and deeply plausible liar? …

As I was whingeing last week about our mortgage now being £160 a month more after 4 interest rate rises since Easter meant we couldn’t sell ours, am consoling myself with the thought we’ve now fixed for 5 years…

You can get a smaller home charger than 10kw, but anything smaller is unlikely to charge your batteries from <30% to full overnight. That’s the size of a family shower, so with the price of energy rocketing I’d think twice tbh, maybe get a hybrid where the engine charges the batteries? @Renton

Italy jailed Berlusconi at one point didn’t they? But now they’ve apparently voted for Marine Le Pen’s long lost Roman sister so it appears there is not let up once you’ve statutes down the lane towards banana republic/kleptocracy/laundered Russian money…. this is it folks..

Not sure if you’ve heard, we’ve cut ourselves off from our nearest market, the largest single trading bloc on the planet 👍

Ian Brown kicking off his new tour in Leeds last night with no band and no Roses numbers (he usuallly plays 2/3) for the bargain price of 40-50 quid means I can cancel the Twickets alert I’ve set up for his gig in Bournemouth a week tomorrow

Just read this…..it’s like she & Kwarteng are just carrying out what they outlined in their book. “That’s the plan, let’s get it done” consequences don’t seem to come into their thinking. It’s bizarre to say the least.

You must be gutted mate. Are you still in D & G?

Our house failed to sell this summer, it went on just before Easter. We had two buyers pull out, interest rates during this period went up three times and they’ve just gone up again. We’d found a bit of a dream home to move to but had to pull out of that ourselves. We were intending putting it on the market again in the Spring and the stamp duty cut would’ve helped. But as you say it’s fairly irrelevant when rates will probably at least stay at a 30 peak till then & go up perhaps three times again next year?…our fixed deal finishes at the end of this month and we’ve just fixed for 5 years at £250 a month more than we were on….

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You’re sat at your desk like this aren’t you?

Yeah you’re probably right mate. Remind me, how are Everton getting on in the championship this season?

Am not arguing , am suggesting the electorate are queer. I have no idea if the polls are accurate, Cameron probably thought he’d win in 2016…

Not everyone in the UK thinks like you/us, I think Brexit sort of proved that. No one I know thinks they’re being had by the tories, even if they did “Labour would be worse mate!!” They just don’t think about it very much and then just vote Tory anyway…

You don’t live in the south of England, am thinking it skews perception when you barely know a soul who would even think about voting for anyone bar there tories. Some of my mates may not bother voting but those who do vote Tory and always have done…