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News and Current Affairs / Re: MPs back smoking ban for those born after 2009

« Last post by RayPhilAlan on Today at 04:54:23 am »

Was the withdrawal of the law connected in any way to the formation a new coalition government and the need to give-way to minority party interests? I'm sure New Zealanders will be better informed that me.

Yes, one of the minority parties in particular receives enough funding from tobacco companies to insist on the similar NZ law being changed when our new coalition government came in at the end of last year.

Massive outcry here from all the health agencies, but what would they know?
 

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General Football and Sport / Re: Arsenal: Top of the divers league

« Last post by BigBrainArteta on Today at 04:32:34 am »

They are not the pull they once were but if Barcelona come calling it will be interesting to see what happens

Wont be anytime soon anyway

Barcelona wanted Arteta to replace Xavi a few months back when Xavi announced he was leaving. Arteta said its not happening.

Im telling you know, Arteta will be Arsenal manager for a long time.

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: The corruption fallacy - they’re all out to get us!

« Last post by GreatEx on Today at 04:24:43 am »

(From a West Ham forum:):

Doesn't explain why he restarted with a drop ball if it was actually a free kick. Just more panicking, I suppose.

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation

« Last post by redintweed on Today at 03:02:34 am »

Bollocks?

Our net spend last decade is on the level of fucking championship teams.

The only reason we were expecting Top 4 last decade because we had the biggest massive overachiever this game has ever seen.

To expect Top 4 with the money we spend reeks of arrogance and of complete lack of awareness.

If Slot is not a massive overachiever we're in trouble.

I agree with this. If we don't get a class #6 in, we are going to struggle. City have Rodri and Arsenal have Rice, both world class players who dominate games.

We spend big on wages, but are mid table on nett spend. If the manager is not backed in the market, we are kidding ourselves to "expect" top 4. Mo and VVD aren't getting any younger and they are our biggest wage earners. VVD seems something like back to top form, but Mo has been a shadow of himself since AFCON and his injury. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest is FSG sold Mo and used the money to freshen the squad up a bit. Be very interesting to see how the fans react if they do that.

I think Slot is a good choice. I can see why he is attractive to FSG. Lets just hope he is up to the gigantic task of replacing Jurgen, the owners back him in the market (let's be honest, City and Arsenal aren't going to stand still) and the fans get onboard.

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: Mohamed Salah - Best in the World *

« Last post by Coolie High on Today at 03:00:38 am »

Assists this season:

Nunez - 13
Salah - 13
Jota - 5
Gakpo - 4
Diaz - 5

This doesn’t disapprove what I said, I said chances, assists is reliant on another person finishing them.

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Gaming Board for consoles, PC & mobile / Re: What games are you playing at the moment?

« Last post by Darren G on Today at 02:51:16 am »

Played Forbidden West for a while, but it ran like gash on my card, which is starting to struggle. May be time to shell out for a 4080. In the meantime, gone back to RDR2, to which I've added some really great mods which have breathed new life into it.

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: New Kit thread

« Last post by StL-Dono on Today at 02:49:04 am »

It seems they weren't willing to pay like Nike or Adidas probably, but I really liked all the New Balance designs.  The 18-19 home ones with the collar is maybe my all-time favorite with the possible exception of the 86-87 kit (which I had to buy in a S because it was the last one in the shop.  It barely fit then and I'm only 50 pounds heavier now.)

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation

« Last post by kavah on Today at 02:20:00 am »

Learnings for Slott (he won't have encountered):

The number of games we play 60+ v 40
Crazy scheduling -  Christmas and Saturday noon kick-offs after South American games on Thursday
The League cup
The Everton (and to an extent Man United) games that define their season.
Man City, Arsenal; 2 of the beat teams in Europe. And the rest of the top half probably superior to all the the Dutch League.
Different premier league rules regarding what constitutes a foul
Referees determined to be unbowed by the Pressure of Anfield
Typically xenophobic pundits, the Koeman and Ten Haag experience in the premier league hasn't done him any favours
The CL format means no dead rubbers so we could run out of steam at the business end of the season.

You'd advise him to start the players slow and keep a bit in the tank - but of course if we draw a few games early on or god forbid lose a couple he'll be under a lot of pressure - it's hard to navigate. Good luck Arne 

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News and Current Affairs / Re: India - deteriorating?

« Last post by Bullet500 on Today at 02:12:12 am »

"With India’s election in full swing, Narendra Modi is getting desperate – and dangerous. The Indian PM may still be in a strong position; but incendiary, anti-Muslim rhetoric shows that all may not be going to plan." - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/29/india-election-narendra-modi-anti-muslim-rhetoric

His speeches are getting hilarious, of late.

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General Football and Sport / Re: LIVERPOOL TRANSFER THREAD - 2023 (FSG posts = get muted) - No Mbappé

« Last post by rafathegaffa83 on Today at 02:10:01 am »

Geertruida is in the last year of his deal and Feyenoord won't let him leave on a free. They wanted €30m last summer when RB Leipzig were interested

https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/108557863/klaar-voor-transfer-feyenoord-verdediger-lutsharel-geertruida-al-op-bezoek-bij-liverpool