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I wouldn't be looking to sign many talented youngsters. Got to prioritise those with a track record of getting it done in the pl, even if they are a little past their best.

I acknowledged the overrepresentation earlier, and that needs to change further. However, it's irrelevant to whether or not the majority of students at Oxbridge are public school or not. Pick a random Oxbridge undergraduate and the likelihood is they'll be state educated. The stereotype of of...

It is. State school student outnumber the rest two to one. I'm told the Tories had a landslide majority at the last election with 56% of the seats. Maybe not an overwhelming majority of 80-90%, but I think we're dabbling in semantics now.

In fairness, this has been a relatively unpredictable season of PL action. Last season the top 2 lost 5 matches in total. This year they've lost 7 already. Last year Watford were relegated with 23 points, and Norwich with 22. Southampton are currently bottom with 23 points and 10 more to play...

Agreed, but we can't change the past, can we? We have to deal with the here and now.

So, your issue is not really with the universities: it is with the ease of access to them for certain classes? I can agree with that. However, I do think your view of Oxbridge is out of date: it has changed and is continuing to change. Maybe your views reflect Oxbridge 35 years ago, when the...

I didn't say we'd achieved meritocracy yet. ;)

I'm all for breaking the link between Eton and the cabinet. However, Oxbridge will always be overrepresented in the government. They do still have the ability to attract the brightest students, and they'll increase this by opening themselves up to state schools. We might well see an increase in...

Around 70% of Oxbridge students are from state schools. You can argue that is still underrepresentation, which is true, and that that number has grown significantly over the years, so it hasn't always been true. However, they are the vast majority. If they're prepared to abandon old...

They have a chance, but even Sunderland won there recently. If it ended in a draw I think I'd be happy, so long as we win.

I don't particularly think of Oxbridge as elitist; my sister went to Cambridge and neither she, nor any of her immediate friend were elitist. Clever? Yes. Odd? Admittedly. But socially no different from the rest of us. I do understand it can be a bit oil and water: the elitists don't really mix...

3k sold in the last 5 days, so I'd certainly expect more than that again to be sold as the deadline approaches

Is the Orange Menace DC or Marvel? I do wonder what the "God, guns and Trump" brigade will make of the antichrist message though. I'm not religious, but a huge wedge of his support is.

Anyone know how many early bird we sold last year? If I recall rightly, the EB number is usually surprisingly low compared to the final total.

Maybe so; thinking back, that was the weekend Jordan Rhodes scored those 2 late goals at Bolton, so it was a while ago.

People watch it. I seem to recall the tv event taking up far more time in the 80s and 90s. I don't object to the minimal coverage it receives now

Kazakhstan look like coming from 2-0 down to beat Denmark. Scandinavia teams can be unpredictable like this. Denmark were very good an the Euros, then poor at the world cup. Maybe cyclical is a more accurate way to look at it: they can be very good, but being smaller nations, their supply of...

I don't think it matters what kids think of it at the time. There is a reason why we don't give kids the choice: our ability to reason (with or without education) doesn't fully develop until later in life. We have to rely on adults to make decisions for us, and these parents chose what was right...

There's some very nice 0% beers out there now. I still like a drop of alcohol myself though. If there's a market out there for this, good on them for having a go. There certainly isn't as much of a market for the old school boozer is there? At least this will have the advantage of not having to...

I don't know anyone who works for the EG, but one of my best mates used to write for the Leicester Mercury, who have the same owners. I've been in the main office. There is a large screen showing how many people were looking at each online story at any one moment. It was arranged in league...