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Shocking scenes. Undoubtedly the far-right are involved. They want locking up.
Many, many people in this country have very legitimate and deeply held concerns about immigration. The vast majority are not out on the streets indulging in mindless violence and do not have "far-right" or racist views. These rioters are doing their cause no favours. Nor have the equivalent social disorder problems in other countries in recent times, notably the Republic of Ireland.
I hope the Government recognises that people who have views on immigration are entitled to do so and do not use this reprehensible behaviour to brush those views aide as somehow minority/fringe/extremist.
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17 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:
Wasn’t the Vale game preceded by a meltdown over Curcic going to Villa?
Aye.
Slightly placated on first sighting of Johansen and Frandsen.
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1 minute ago, burnden said:
Team v Port Vale
No Dempsey, Forrester, Jones, Williams with CMG as a long term injury. Am I missing anyone?
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I'd never heard of the Hungarian team we made our new signing from yesterday. Unsurprising to a large degree but usually there's at least a vague knowledge of some teams in each European country (existing or from previous times) from European competition (Hungary: Ferencvaros, Honved, Ujpest, Debrecen).
Having looked up Fehervar FC today it turned up a nice footballing memory from the 80s. The club actually had a series of name changes a few years ago. Before that period they were known as Videoton - the team who knocked the rags out the UEFA Cup in 1985. That little episode provided a week or two of material to fire back at the multiple filth fans at school during a bleak period for us.
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10 minutes ago, Cheese said:
Well ... it bolsters us up in an area that needed addressing and we've made a departure from pretty much all recent transfer business in so doing.
20 hours ago, VividDreamer said:I find these highlights reels really tough to place any store by. Let's see how he does in person.
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17 minutes ago, gonzo said:
Why though?!
It's just counterproductive.
Do you really want 5,000 Welsh having a big day out on our first home game of season?
We will sell miles more than 500 imo.
No doubt to some degree depends on how we shape up against Orient the Saturday before. Nosedive there and it'll put a good few off bothering.
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3 hours ago, Ratwhite said:
The only Hungarian Footballer i can name is Puskas.
Lets hope he as good as him eh.
Wasn't Adam Bogdan Hungarian?
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End of day at work.
Have we signed anyone?
Sigh.
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You genuinely can't place too much store by results in pre-season. The amount of times I've seen us rack up unconvincing results and then have a great start to the actual season, or vice versa.
We need to get players fit and firing for Orient. Every season needs to start well. After Wembley it feels like there's less leeway than ever for an average or poor start.
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How many first teamers are not in this squad? Collins, Forrester, Dempsey, Jones, Baxter. Obviously Williams and CMG are still out.
It's pretty unbelievable.
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Was hoping we'd hear some news re McAtee today. That's the way things seemed to be drifting late last week.
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He does come in for a lot of stick that's over the top. He's a genuine bloke who loves the club. His time as a player shouldn't be forgotten in his legacy here.
He definitely made mistakes and got found out as a manager. His time at Bolton was badly affected by key players not being available - Holden, Muamba etc. But you'd have to guess that over time things would have degenerated anyway
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On 23/07/2024 at 22:03, Mounts Kipper said:
Went to Oldham for 38 k I was gutted. 🤣
He was just before my BWFC memories properly started. If you look at his scoring record it was pretty decent wherever he went but he never stuck at one place for long and seemed to make downward rather than upward moves.
Steve Taylor (footballer) - Wikipedia
... we flogged him and signed Frank Worthington as his replacement !!
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Very amusing. Those are comments that are hilarious enough to be described as coming from the Tranmere Rovers school of petty Bolton Wanderers hating.
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McAtee doesn't appear to be the most prolific of strikers. However I think it's the type of striker he is that warrants attention. My memory of him is that he's tall/capable of being more of a target man. If we do actually sign him I'd say he's the JDB replacement.
Anyway, lets wait for the daft grin and the holding up of the scarf.
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5:15pm on Friday is on the horizon. The time we publicise new signings in Summer 2024.
Yes that's the distant sound of straws being clutched at!
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7 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:
Yep.
No one should be resigning themselves to the idea that the top 2 is sewn up, before the season has started.
The strengthening that Brum and Rotherham have done is certainly something of which we should all be very aware. However we saw how long it took the likes of Sunderland and Ipswich to get out of this division. Nothing is a racing cert.
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Just now, noxid said:
No transfer news due to Worldwide IT outage!
No bother. We've got a fax machine.
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1 hour ago, masi 51 said:
We only announce Transfers at 5pm on a Friday in the summer......No information but it soon will be that time of the week again
You beat me to it. Was thinking exactly the same thing a couple of minutes ago!
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2 hours ago, Ratwhite said:
"other irons in the fire", a seasoned classic. Along with "we'll go with what we've got"
Happy with the bulk of it, just need a bit of glitter, even a few ive never heard of, make it more exciting.
"We'll only sign players who we feel are right for this football club"
"We will only pay what we think a player is worth, we'll not have the club held to ransom"
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8 hours ago, Stig said:
It's just really weird isn't it. Usually we're silent about transfers and Iles is pretty good about not speculating, and then all of sudden he's saying we're getting 2 great (for this level) signings...
Not sure what to make of it all tbh. If we do get these signings then we really are going for it next season, but it just seems unlike how we've done business so far under FV. I'm just confused, which some might say isn't unusual
I've been wondering all the same things. Iles doesn't usually operate this and neither does the club. In whose interests does it serve? Far more than meets the eye. I'd be pleasantly surprised if we sign either of these players. Let's see...
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1 hour ago, gonzo said:
GS was attack minded when he kicked off. We were all over teams 2018. It was like a breath of fresh air. Not sure when it all changed
He's never really been that way in tournaments. He's gone for it against sides he's known we're safe to have a do at (Panama in 2018 and Iran in 2022). Not been much else. Qualifiers and friendlies were a different kettle of fish.
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A Spain win was probably the fair result based on the tournament as a whole and the match. However .. there's no question that for a spell after our equaliser we got on top. A quickfire second during that phase was far from impossible. Instead we did what we did against Italy three years ago at Wembley ... sat back
Oh well. That win over Holland in the semi will long live with me.
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I would be surprised if Arfield started many games. He's therefore not the full time "midfield bastard" many of us are on about.
It would be great to have his experience in the last 20-25 mins of games especially when we need to tighten things up when ahead.
I can see why folk are saying he's there to make up for the loss of experience with Jerome leaving the squad. In terms of being worldly wise though (and purely in terms of midfield) he's perhaps a belated replacement for Kieran Lee.
Meanwhile In England
in Behind The Stands
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People who have views to express on immigration are not a "community". They are everyday folk who have views on everything from tax levels to potholes to social care. The "vast majority" are not protesting their concerns, they are expressing them whether in their own front room, on social media or over a pint at the boozer. The point is it is legitimate to have a view on immigration and in a healthy democratic society folk are entitled to articulate it. The act of doing so does not make them "extreme".