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"At least we live in a country where you CAN lose a high powered job for being good mates with a notorious child trafficker and sex offender" is a thought I just had in all seriousness, which is further proof that the bar has sunk so low that it's basically merged with the Earth's molten core
I think this is pretty much spot on
I don't think it is callous of me to observe that it is weird to see the PM of the UK, the leader of the Opposition of the UK, and the ex UK PM all putting out solemn and devastated tweets about the death of a podcaster who is only a big name if you're constantly on Twitter
The USA is cursed. Itās as if it was built on the site of an Indian burial ground.
You, boy! What did you write in Epstein's birthday book?
Unlike our CBs in front of goal
Yeah I thought so too
Lidl Theyāve got to Lidl too.
Only rational explanation is that your neighbour works for Spotify and is listening to you with a glass pressed against the wall. Nothing else makes sense.
Just once a day? Iād get rid of all lessons and have the kids do nothing but march up and down the playground singing the anthem and waving the flag.
Thanks - bugs me that I missed the āitā though.
DEI is such a problem that it sends people onto the streets to protest but also requires an explanation of what is in parentheses.
Canāt remember who wrote it but the āI knew Corbyn was dangerous when I saw him wearing a tieā article was the perfect example of this.
Kind of misses the point of building the tension though doesnāt it? I could just stick a video of the explosion on YouTube at three but itās not exactly the same.
Ahh, just missed it
Iām beginning to suspect that youāre not waving your flag hard enough
Thatās exactly what I thought of as well
Following Farageās announcement that he plans to make āserious cuts to the welfare budgetsā if he wins the next election, Iāve seen this claim being repeated from last yearās headlines again. So letās take a look at the the reality rather than the weaponised version š§µ 1/21
Are you really astonished?
Itās an often remarked upon thing but searches for āWhat is the EUā and āWhat is Brexitā spiked in the UK after the vote. A failure of the media to explain, yes, but also an indication of how risky referendums are. Huge numbers didnāt know what they were voting for. www.npr.org/sections/all...
Magic Mike Birmingham left a number of attendees somewhat disappointed
Has anyone in football considered not using inverted wingers?
Only someone on Team Trump could watch Apocalypse Now and think the insanity being depicted was something to identify with.
An energy economist once told me that he was very enthusiastic about wind and solar energy supply because it was much harder to use for corrupt and political purposes than oil.
Iāve completely gone at the āmerciless loverā line in this. A lover going about their work with the grim determination of a mediaeval torturer.
I have people saved in my phone like āMary Landlordā and āJim Maintenanceā and it occurs to me thatās the way that Anglo surnames have always worked
Why the hell couldnāt the match be played in one of the other weekend slots?
Passion of the Christ 2: Ecumenical Boogaloo
Lack of appropriate skills? Not sure what the nationality distribution is across industries but thereāll be some that are more heavily impacted by this insane plan
With all thatās going on I somehow completely missed this.
A lesson for us all on why you should not promise the impossible to the terminally insane
You have to wonder if they promised him this as part of the deal or if he or his agent assumed it would be the case.
Timeline cleanse
That's the lad, it's the kind of career I sometimes idly dream of rather than sitting in front of a PC in Leeds.
I think heās changed his style a bit - he always used to punch the ball away at corners and it looked to me like he was trying to catch it more over the last few seasons. I was wondering if that lead to the errors he made.
Iāve always been slightly jealous of players that go to Mallorca. Started with that Polish kid we had who went there and looked like he was living his best life
True, but most sensible clubs got their business done in the window. The issue Iāve got is squad size. Weāve basically got one slot left so if we take that free agent weāll either have to sell to buy in January or tell someone theyāre not playing for the rest of the season
Ok, who had snowmobile on their legitimate concerns bingo card because I had to say I didnāt.
The legends who fed the @thesquareball.net charity walkers this summer have had their van nicked from outside their house. Keep your eyes out please, it's incredibly distinctive and obviously means the world to them. Share far and wide too. #lufc
I think Nmecha is a great buy as a squad player and Iām quite pleased with Justin for the same reason. Iād like to see more of Bijol. I thought heād be in our starting 11 so be interested to see what heās really like when he comes in.
Depends if heās in the 25 submitted as our squad.
Well Iām sure thatās all sorted out now.
And I donāt think my values have changed. I donāt feel wise for thinking this, I feel abandoned.
On the despair point, personally I see organisations like the Labour Party and the BBC failing to push back against this creeping racism in the way that they would have done in the past and I do feel despair because I feel somewhat disenfranchised. The values they had no longer match mine.
Where did he end up?
Not saying āThe Prime Minister shares your concernsā would be a place to start.
And not spending now will, in turn, give us more space next January. Obviously being frugal then will give us more financial headroom in the following summer but, if weāre careful then, we can really pounce the January after.
Brownhill or Eriksen would at least add some experience. Fucking ridiculous that weāre in this situation when we were supposed to have been planning this window for so long.
Just want to be clear here, Iām very much pro-Farke after this. Canāt complain and sack him in October if you fail to give him the resources you agreed to. #LUFC
Leeds United deal for Harry Wilson didn't get done. Fulham change of heart at last minute scuppered deal sheet chance. That's that for the window. #lufc
Is that the flight from Cardiff?
The flightās been cancelled though
Don't go to bed just yet... #LUFC
Don't think that works - the player registration has to be transferred in the window. If he fails the medical I don't think it can revert and he'd be left in limbo. Could well be wrong about this, but I think that's how it works.
I reckon Beren or Graham will say it's off in the near future then
Given the speed they'd have to perform the medical there is a real danger of this happening. Good to have the option there I say.
Welsh medicals aren't legal tender in England
41 minutes, according to Google. Add 15 mins or so to get into the car either end and they've got a window of 10 minutes for a medical if the plane takes off now. Which it isn't.
I know there's the deal sheets option that means you can go past the deadline but can you do that prior to a medical? Should you?
If I had to guess, I'd say that the Harry Wilson deal won't happen. As of 5pm he's still in Cardiff with no clearance from Fulham to travel. No idea how long it'd take to fly to Leeds, travel to Thorpe Arch and undertake a medical but I doubt you can do all that in under 2 hours. #LUFC
Government has absorbed, correctly, that there is a conscious project to roll back a half century of making Englishness and Britishness identities based on more than ethnicity, but has no plan beyond going 'I too like flags' to defend it.
Closes at 7pm doesn't it?
It could suggest further ridiculous places to leave the parcel? In your recycling bin on the day that itās being collected or hurled over the fence into next doorās garden are so prosaic.
I just donāt remember seeing him play against us and wishing he was part of our team. If he does sign Iāll back him like any other player wearing the shirt.
Sincerely I would. Thereās a part of me thatās a hopeless romantic and the potential for a redemption arc after two difficult years with injuries appealed to me.
At what point is the Government going to stop saying it "understands the frustrations" of people actively trying to destroy them?
Charlie Cresswell scored against PSG at the weekend
I reckon weāre after an outhouse, given our transfer strategy this season
I was chatting to someone a few days ago and the possibility of us signing Josh Sargent came up and, honestly, Iād rather have kept Pat.
We cannot stigmatise AI music hard enough
He fucking edited it as well.
A touching tribute to the sex-mad princess
My initial reservations this season were mostly around the question of if he wants to be here (e.g. the whole āplays for Evertonā in his SM bios). If he does and heās contributing then Iām 100% fine with him.
There was a goal we scored in the Bielsa promotion season where Harrison deftly cushioned a high fast pass and crossed to get an assist. He did the same bit of control at one point yesterday. Fine with him in the team TBH.
Decent point that. Nmecha was great leading the line, Longstaff solid in midfield and both the fullbacks were great. Harrison made a positive contribution when he came on. DCL looks hungry to score but still a bit rusty. #LUFC
I broadly agree - what Iām saying is that Iām not shocked that heās said this. Itās been inevitable since the lack of consequences from the āRoman Saluteā. The incident in and of itself is shocking
I was going to say shocking but itās not is it? At least, Iām not surprised by this. The political right, in the media and in Parliament, are rapidly radicalising each other.
Yes he is.
Whole thing is mad - why would you loan a player to a team with a better squad?
Isnāt a loan with an obligation / option?
Agree - I meant the strategy of trying to get high level targets and, if that fails, we can pick our time and targets from the championship. That last part is a risk, I think. Iād be quite happy if we got Hamer and El Khannouss but another club or difficult owner could scupper that.
Not saying thatās correct, seems risky to wait until deadline day to try and get business done.
I think most of the fan base would have got the message from the Ben White saga five years ago as to the pecking order in the PL. The thing about having our pick of Champo players - the club must have said this somewhere as Iām sure Iāve heard that from some of the Leeds journalists.
Final point - last couple of seasons Farke didnāt rotate the team unless his hand was forced and usually didnāt send his subs on until the 70th minute. I can understand players agitating to play more but he seems to interpret this as an attitude problem (e.g. with Cresswell).
Also begs the question of why sign Okafor if we had Ramazzani who would do that. Obviously hard to address until weāve seen him play more, so I guess time will tell.
Itās hard not to be annoyed when you see him taking on defenders and beating them, something thatās been lacking from our team in the last couple of matches.
But did he track back enough?
Got an assist tonight as well for the U21s. When Archie left I was annoyed but somewhat consoled by the repeated tale of people seeing him and going āoh, heās Harryās brotherā. I think even Iād be at the flipping tables stage if we sold Harry Gray
Oh god donāt.
Harry Gray upfront it is then #LUFC
When the Beano starts taking pops at you then it's probably time to question your amazing comms and policy strategy.
Something Iād very much like to see is politicians being asked to describe what they understand as ālegitimate concernsā.
The Curious Incident of Tom Clancyās Dog in the Night-Time
The extent to which Starmer's Labour seems so petrified of Farage and the right-wing press that Starmer chases their talking points rather than trying to shape debate to his own agenda can only be described as cowardice. Voters are willing to back fighters, they hate quitters
Almost four years out from an election & paying *the actual fucking Taliban* to torture & murder people who risked their lives to escape them is getting the full āboth sidesā treatment in Brexit Britain.
Got to admit that I was a bit cranky about the state of Leeds but listening to @michaeltsb.bsky.social doing Robbie Savage karaoke on Propaganda has cheered me right up. #LUFC
Probably SEO tactics to get more views.
The fucking Times. Sieved. Illegitimate. Is this supposed to be who we are now? Because this can entirely fuck off back to 1939.
Iām assuming it was because Bijol was banned for the Everton game.
Personally, I thought he should be given a go. Iām not convinced by what weāve seen so far that it was the right decision.