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It would be really stupid for the club to say how much budget they had for transfers. Better to downplay the cash available, so they don't get stung by greedy agents, clubs or players

I'm ready for some knock out football though

I used to love a dark bounty, milk ones just don't cut it.

I can’t imagine that the board aren’t fully aware of the rules and regulations and the implications of not adhering to them and I’m sure if money needs to be invested before new rules come into force that the money is found. They didn’t work that hard to get us here just to see it fail now so I have every confidence that everything necessary financially will be effected that needs to be.

I don't think many of us are oblivious to what's required to have us competing in this league. Think most know we probably need a good 7 or 8 starters to come in - this will be tough. As to the budget, well, none of us really know. I'd rather it was downplayed. Clubs/agents only inflate prices if the suspect you've got a good chunk of money to spend. Won't be easy this, but let's see what the team looks like come the start of September.

😀 Like that’s ever stopped you!!

I think we should ban gearboxes. They just break down eventually anyway. Completely inefficient. You're lucky to get 100,000 miles out of them these days. And even then they require 'frequent servicing'. Yeah alright, whatever! More money making. We need fewer gearbox mechanics fleecing the system! And certainly fewer 'engineers'. They should start doing their jobs properly and design a system which transfers rotational force from one shaft to another while trading off speed and torque according to the gear ratios, with higher speed meaning lower torque and vice versa, that actually work! 😁

Actually, the "too many chiefs" thing is a myth. The NHS has about 3.7% managers in the workforce. That's under half the UK average of 9.5%. And over the past decade they've been one of the slowest growing staff groups. So the numbers aren't the problem. The is waste though. Legacy IT that you've touched on. Systems that were never built to talk to each other, procurement that's a nightmare. When we moved from Bolton CCG to GM ICB, just integrating systems took years and serious money. Add in patients opting out of data sharing which means you need two parallel systems running, and you understand why it's slow and expensive. It's not a too many chiefs problem. Quite the opposite in fact. And cutting management won't fix that either. It just leaves you with fewer people trying to navigate systems that are already complex, which means more things break, which we then have to spend more money fixing. The answer isn't fewer chiefs. It's fixing procurement and legacy tech. But nobody campaigns on that though because it's boring and technical, and because it's an easy cheap shot politically to blame NHS managers. Which people then believe, when it's actually a crock of shite.

god save the king (some money)

Any fucker that gets into your house uninvited and chews through your cables and shits everywhere are fair game in my eyes

I feel like the manager of the team getting the dreaded vote of confidence from the Board. I won't go on anymore about grudges, but they do clearly exist and they won't go away after people have been holding them for all these years, and I won't post anymore uber long posts comprising of several quotes. I trust that is ok with everyone?

No mate, knees FFS. Don't try your bollocks.

Now you Couldn't do that in 1976 cause all houses were made of Bricks 😉

😊 Yes, my pest control mate told me that. That’s why I used to go up the M61 at the dead of night and release them between junction 4 and 5. Anyone in Westhoughton who had a squirrel infestation between 2005 and 2010, I apologise unreservedly.👍

Charnley was very much the hero of the most notorious story to involve him. As one of Partick’s assorted rogues and rapscallions, presided over by enduringly oddball manager John Lambie (a man who once hurled a dead pigeon at a player, and dropped a medicine ball on Charnley’s head), Chic and teammates were training in Ruchill Park – not-so affectionately known as ‘dogshit park’. The club’s lack of a training ground meant they had to train on whatever loosely-termed greenery they could find, leaving the players open to the occasional interaction with their adoring public. On this particular morning in 1990, they met with a torrent of abuse from some local ne’er do wells. Charnley invited them to take their leave and to come back in an hour if they wanted to continue the ‘conversation’; the duo took him at his word, and returned a short while later with a carving knife, an Alsatian and a samurai sword. At this point, most of the squad wisely took a powder. “I’ll argue with a player all night,” said Lambie, “but I’m not arguing with some fucking nutter with a sword”. Charnley and a couple of teammates however, remained to face down the would-be ronin. When the dog blinked first and scarpered, causing a distraction, Charnley’s mates acted quickly to take down the man with the knife. That left Charnley with the swordsman, and he bravely charged towards him, inexplicably taking a stray traffic cone as a makeshift weapon, only to see a flash of the blade and blood pouring from his hand. That his assailant dropped the weapon in the process allowed Charnley to deliver unto him an absolute pasting and drive him off, but he still bears the scar to this day. Just another day at Partick Thistle.

Kevin Lilly is Trump's appointment for the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife at the US Department of the Interior (same as the UK's Home Office)

France would've scored 7 in those 3 minutes.

And we are 3 games into a tournament. Hardly gonna blow a gasket to win the group. We've won it with our eyes closed.

Happens every game. People seem to forget that football matches last 90 minutes, and the vast majority of those minutes are dross, no matter who you're watching.

Wtf he didn't take Maguire I'll never know. Always solid, reliable and no nonsense for England

We have absolutely no defence .

Not sure why folk are fucking fannies for pointing out that the first 60 minutes were utter dross?

Like reading a normal BWFC matchday thread this. Good work, you fucking fannies. 👍

I certainly do. Tremendous with ham and mushrooms. Only use for the big nut is when making curries with the cream. And feeding to birds.

Wasn't it more like Shaz didn't like the way Dion was treating his girlfriend, so he was offloaded or something?

Bastard! I was just starting to think that this lad is my number one kindred spirit on WanderersWays. Prepare for excoriation 😉

All bounties should be banned. As indeed should any foodstuff that incorporates coconut.

Not Evatt really.

Aye, i genuinely laughed out loud when a saw Tuchel kept a straight face and said "nobody saw this coming" 😂

I'd say so, looks like him

We had dinner ladies at school They gave you food around midday so that's dinner time Southerners seem to think dinner is now tea despite them having dinner ladies at school It should be enshrined in law that it's tea

Sit this one out you absolute mental patient. Tell you what, when it gets a “bit chilly” this winter, how about we just tell pensioners to put a jumper on rather than giving them winter fuel payments? We coped in the olden days or summert 😊

Ee, aye (or should I have said AI?). There is very little you touch in your life which has not had gears or a gearbox involved in its manufacture. There should be one on an altar we should pay homage to In your opinion does improved surface finish of the involute active profile brought about by advances in machine tool technology deliver a worthwhile economic benefit in terms of efficiency?

It was the first time we flew to a game. Me and Seasoned Traveller. We passed the Cattle Market coming out of Bolton and Miamis coach was just embarking. We got to Covent Garden and rang them, they were somewhere near Nantwich. Still missed kick off and our goal though.

I'm on the Costa Del Sol for a few months matey. Aseos-Kruger if you don't mind.

It wasn't meant to be patronising my friend. Inflammatory perhaps. I will always believe that there are better and more cost effective ways of achieving a fully functional health service. Being wedded to a concept like the costly and unwieldy NHS usually involves wearing pink or even full on red tinged spectacles IMO.

I'm not the greatest fan of Winchester Whites twisted logic mate but that's a bit harsh.

Feels like the world cup proper starts tomorrow after a qualifying phase

It was a great day, saw both sides bat... But the heat made it hard work. Was having 500ml of water with every beer which helped... Got told by a steward that it was the hottest day in a test match in the UK since 1937....

I’m in soberdan territory though staying over at Boro away between Xmas and New Year so I can go up the ECML to Hibs v St Mirren the following night

I have a Lancashire Heeler which were bred from Manchester terriers crossed with Corgi's to create the breed (a lot of years ago), she is only 8 months old and already qualified for Crufts next year

Also encourages healthy swimmers.

My best memory was the Cross Cup Final between Little Hulton and Daisy Hill at Walker Institute. The ground has now gone of course. Little Hulton had Mudassar Nazar and Daisy Hill Javed Miandad. I can’t remember the scores but I know that both dominated both the batting and bowling. Daisy Hill won. Again, the brown outfield is a vivid memory. Both players went on to play for Pakistan and had a record 451 run partnership together.

Indeed. What Test cricket is all about and why the 5 day format for me is still the most fascinating

Monday was my partners uncles funeral. A really good bloke, given a great send off by his family. We spent a lot of time checking our phones. Because we were waiting an update. And we got one ! I became a grandad for the first time. Really was ‘one in one out.’ A few off here have met by step lad Josh. He is now a dad !

I see the man baby is filling his nappy again and asking for 67 billion to help with the war in Iran that he’s now won 14 times since day 2. Only the most puddled, retarded Trump nonces can be backing this now?

People are such benders. Get the carrot oil on and stop fucking whinging.

You can buy "spray" wine for celebrations. The bottle is more expensive than the shite in it.

I'm not bitter I didn't think there was any point in leaving I was ready to go as soon as the vote was announced bring it on and all that it'll be the same if Reform get in I think it's a terrible idea, but I'll sit and watch and wait for proof it was a good idea and I'm patient I can wait I want to hear more than "we won, get over it" you need to show me what winning looks like