BroadstairsR

Players get injured; Opposition and conditions vary'

Is that so though? Most of us supporters from afar would gladly fork out a tenner for every official City stream. £15 for a friendly is steep

Usual pattern. Out of blue rumours surrounding a player (usually) unknown. Google, Google, Google. Player's reputation as being suitable snowballs. Melt.

I can never work out whether such posts are sarcasm or really meant. Not that I,m bothered.

A touch of realism from Harry Kane after the game was in stark contrast to the moaners on here who somehow expect us to romp to victory against tough, rough well-drilled opponents like Serbia. He said it was a hard fought game against very tough opponents, and we did well to keep a clean sheet. Sometimes we played very well, sometimes they stopped us playing very well and, along with some roughing up, took the initiative. It could easily have been 2-0 with Kane's header, and our 'keeper no more saved the game for England than their 'keeper did by preventing Serbia avoiding this. None of these games are easy nowadays. This is not the 70's or 80's and although Serbia may be ranked about 20th. (whatever that means) they are no pushovers. WE showed some very good movement, especially in the 1st half, and a little more toughness in the middle (heard that before?) might well be needed if we are to go all the way. Never mind, the blame game is fun and some 'inadequates' always need a scapegoat or two.

Either way, will austerity return and growth stifled? I Iove the French, but not their politicians in the same way I Iove the Aussies but not their cricketers, but boy are they in trouble with a National Debt skyrocketing to Italian levels. https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/01/23/france-faces-four-major-economic-challenges-in-2024. The upcoming election could be interesting and close. (I note this morning having heard that, due to climate change and other factors (chalky soil) that the Kentish wine industry thrives as never before and even to the extent that declining French wine-growers are buying up areas of S.E. England due to the increasing quality, lower price of our product and the fact that there is far less regulation.)

Rayner's hardly a proper politician, more a street corner girl with all the attributes and single-tracked mindedness that that involves. Unfortunately, she has her supporters and enough of them to dictate to Mr. Muscle, Keir Starmer (eg. the Diane Abbot turnabout) on matters of policy. Is she capable of appearing on a television discussion programme without shouting her face off?

I put more faith in our new boy, our youth and our manager than many seem to . We have alternatives as well KM and Sorensen.) If only we could unload Duffy, whilst Hanley's recent massive injury seems to have finished him. A good servant, perhaps a move to a Scottish club would be the ideal finish to his City career. Clean sweeps should not come in half-measures. Soz. Wrong poster quoted.

We either lose money or settle for third best, and hope that the youth coaches and scouts perform miracles on a regular basis. There's nothing to love about continued lower league existence if that league is the Chumps. That much heralded queue for season tickets will become a thing of the past and youngsters will look elsewhere.

Apparently the next project is to update the press box at Portman Road to align it with Premier League standards:

I believe that our first ever international was Jim Bone for Scotland. I was a little 'un then and so, so proud.

The Conservative manifesto is a work of fiction. This general election campaign would have been out of date 25 years ago. More teachers, more nurses, more doctors, more policemen, more soldiers, more prison officers, more carers, more park keepers, more drain cleaners. You name it, there will be more of them. Less taxes, less illegal migrants, less crime, less waste etc. Not one party is able to come to grips with the real problems. The NHS for example does not need more millions thrown at it. The whole institution, once our pride and joy and envied world wide is now hardly fit for purpose. It is out of date from top to bottom. The concept no longer fits. We need to look abroad at systems which readily blend private and public care, with less costly legislation, and which have now become the envy of us in order to address the real problems. It is a shambles. I know lots less about education, but teachers now see to spend more time form filling and testing in dread of Ofsted than they do on out of school activities. Correct me if I am wrong. We need to get taxes down. More money in people's pockets leads to more spending to the benefit of shops, restaurants, pubs, theatres etc. and this leads to an increase in the tax intake from VAT to PAYE. Nothing has been suggested in this campaign to suggest that the tax burden, one way or another, will change. It is just shifting chairs on the Titanic.

The problems with A are obvious, and some will be miscreants, some won't. It is not a good mix if they are unwilling to adapt. The problem with B (basically Freedom of Movement within the EU which we are no longer party to) are not as clear-cut, so I will use my own personal experience. I had a leaking flat roof to one property which needed a full and expensive replacement. I got a few quotes. By much the cheapest was from a Polish roofer (whose office was his home) and aided by his brother and friend, they did an excellent job. The problem over this was that I had deprived local builders of business, and the longer term effect of this has been generally to lower wages all round. The same was said of many other 'jobbers' from the plumber to the lorry driver.**** Zero hours contracts have not helped. You takes yer pick. You missed Cat C, qualified workers from afar. For thirty years the NHS, for example, has gradually relied more and more upon doctors and nurses from such as India and the Caribbean .. this grew in intensity after brexit with less from Europe coming in ..... proportionate reduction in the value of the wage packet may not have helped with professionals from Europe. Many of these see their move as permanent and have a right to bring their families over legally. Any one of these 3 adds to the burden upon our state infrastructure; schools, doctors, hospitals, housing and so on. **** This has been a problem as old as time, though. Read the book "The Railways Navvies." Terry Coleman. This time it was the Irish. We will always need immigrants.

How very strange.

You support mindless violence and destruction of property, then? How strange.