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    New UK population estimates published

    We’re not really even similar to the Netherlands. The UK has only a tad over half the population density of NL.
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    The Tories Latest Social Media Stunt

    Learnt something from their mates in the 2010-2015 government then. They’ve been doing stuff like that in their leaflets for decades.
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    New England kit

    One of the reasons I hate international football is because of the flag shaggers. But actually, looking at this hybrid that is probably closer to a Finnish flag than an English one, isn’t being a flag shagger kind of the point of international sport, so why aren’t those of you who support...
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    Ombudsman finds that WASPI women are owed compensation...

    And that particular tweak affects men and women, though not necessarily equally.
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    Ombudsman finds that WASPI women are owed compensation...

    I don’t think that’s fair comment. I am not intending to, and would not, stick up for this government. But I was sticking up for accuracy. If we are the worst country in Europe, we have to be worse than Armenia, because Armenia is a country in Europe. And we aren’t. So we aren’t. My point does...
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    Kate, Princess of Wales - not seen this year.

    As I said before, the problem with the ”right on” in this country is that they mock the individuals, but duck the question about the institution. When the correct approach is to be utterly contemptuous of the institution, but utterly sympathetic to the individuals as human beings. This is true...
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    Ombudsman finds that WASPI women are owed compensation...

    We may compare unfavourably to fully comparable western European countries, but that statement is laughably false. We’re not even below the median. We pay 10 times more than the genuine worst, which is Armenia.
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    Serbia to play Russia in Moscow next week

    I’d be quite happy for Israel and Israeli teams to be banned from UEFA competitions, so long as it continues to be a country in Asia, but I guess that ships sailed.
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    How Can Our Club Connect To You?

    This is true and I do think the club could do a bit more on price but as a collective whole historically our fan base in the modern era where season ticket holders dominate has been far more performance elastic than price elastic. In the doldrum years after Southgate we had successive price...
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    Government Finally Bringing in Football Regulator

    Call ME cynic, but in my experience, once the government starts trying to run something, you realise that something you thought had gone to **** hadn’t after all, but now it really has. Is there any other scenario where more than a handful of this board would be celebrating by saying, “This is...
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    Are we now just accepting the ST price increases then?

    While I wouldn’t say price is irrelevant, particularly in the cost of living crisis and I would not presume to judge any individual decision, the fact is that collectively our sales are not very price sensitive. They track league position and league direction of travel far more. The biggest...
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    Plastic Fans

    I can just about claim to be both. I started out with no real connection, as a NI schoolboy where you were pretty much obliged to pick a GB team, and perhaps even then pushing back against the excessively plastic choices in Lancashire and Lanarkshire, I picked Boro because of Jim Platt. Thanks...
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    Plastic Fans

    Well, certainly in the case of Liverpool, there was. Its population notoriously fell around 50% from an immediate pre-WW2 peak to the end end of the century with the decline of the docks although it has recovered a bit since. I still suspect most of the people who pretend this is their excuse...
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    .Forest 4 points deducted

    They’re totally different though. The Manchester City case is massively complicated. They have submitted compliant returns for each of the years in question. They have done so by using techniques that may or may not be in accordance with the rules. The Premier League has said they aren’t, and...
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    .Forest 4 points deducted

    Man City haven’t been found guilty yet, or even had a hearing, which is likely months away at least. Is it that difficult to understand? “Sentence first verdict afterwards” might work in Alice in Wonderland, but you are not going to get away with it in the real world.
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    .Forest 4 points deducted

    Chelsea didn’t breach the limits last year. Only Everton and Forest did. Chelsea’s problem is that they probably will this year unless they manage to offload a substantial amount of value by June 30th.
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    Amad Diallo

    That’s ringing a bell with me as well now that you’ve mentioned it. Or at least, that in some countries it would be seen as more provocative to the fans than perhaps it is here. I definitely remember them being concerned about the provocative aspect. It’s totally unnecessary. It only really...
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    Championship relegation - who would you like to see go down?

    If it doesn’t have to be mathematically plausible, but can involve random uncovered offences for which there are points deductions, Sunderland, Leeds and Leicester. If not, don’t really care.
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    Taking one for the team

    It’s annoyed the hell out of me too. But there were three incidents. Why aren’t you counting the one that stopped the promising Blackburn attack? All three got booked. Rightly so, and it’s probably not enough. But they’re all as bad as each other surely
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    Sheffield Wednesday allocation.

    Sunderland didn’t get 2575 this year. That was their allocation in September 2022. It was pretty much a flat 2000 last month. Which seems to be more or less all we ever offer of these days, in common with a number of other clubs, who seem to be moving to a conclusion that offering a bigger...
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