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He should go and manage in one of those countries then. That's not how we do things here.

No, he can fizz off. If he wants his players to play in the Championship he can get relegated like everyone else.

"Kid from provincial working class town overcomes prejudice with the healing power of the performing arts and the one person that really believed in them" is certainly one of the Old Reliables.

Is it not basically just Billy Elliot except with a trans kid?

We ARE in exactly the same mess. We got relegated with a points deduction and still aren't allowed to spend any money on transfer or loan fees.

Was this the year where this guy was an absolute superstar? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andri_Sigþórsson

I have seen some terrible fullbacks for Wednesday over the years. Barry-Murphy, Beswetherwick, and that's just the 'B's. But taking into account the reputation he came with, I reckon Patrick Blondeau has to be the worst ..

Absolutely. Every football club in the world is the most important football club in the world to someone. It's great to see some of these self-appointed ESL 'custodians of the game' struggling. You can't even run yourself, why should you get to control football?

I seem to remember one CM around that time had Peterborough United with half a dozen brilliant youngsters that you could immediately poach for peanuts. We subsequently bought a couple of them in real life and they were poo ..

Think you could look at Man Utd and say the same thing in the 1990s. Clubs didn't carry anything like the ridiculously huge squads they do today.

He's no Sam Hutchinson though....

There is no way she would ever be allowed on board in the first place. But also no way she would struggle so much with the concept of 'chain of command'. Police Scotland is just about the most heirarchical organisation I have ever interacted with

But do we have a big guy and a little guy up front?

It's like when a country is called the Democratic People's Republic of wherever. If it actually is those things, you don't have to say it...

There is a whole set of careers that involve being paid to work this boll0x out.