Couldn't think - from Sept 2022

PrestonHammer

The gnome's got it.

ASLEFshrugged

And it gets better

Next weekend' football might have to be cancelled because there aren't enough police officers to cover the various matches and the funeral on Monday 19th

So that's two weekends' worth of football we will have to fit into an already overcrowded fixture list

MunichHammer

But this time it is all thr clubs, not just a few. So no single club will have a disadvantage by having to squeeze in a fixture or two.

On the plus side, I am sure that training will be continued and our new signings will get to know their teammates better.
And - as lomg as the fixtures aren't squeezed in before the WC this should mean two games less without Aguerd.

Hamstew

We're in Europe still next Thursday right? If so at least we have that to keep our match sharpness.

Slacker

Thank gawd the cricket’s on.🎉

Slacker

thornburyiron

I think Americans should be banned from having anything to do with our football. The proposals Chelsea’s new owner has put to the PL are a joke. Even Klopp has said is he being serious.

ASLEFshrugged

Just as stupid as the European Super League concocted by a Spaniard and just as likely to ever see reality.

He suggested relegation playoffs which many countries have and we used to have back in the 1890s

Ravel49

Purely for info but just saw this on the FPL site to any whom 🧐 it may concern

25 Squad players (*Home grown)
Aguerd, Nayef
Antonio, Michail Gregory*
Areola, Alphonse Francis
Benrahma, Mohamed Said
Bowen, Jarrod*
Cornet, Gnaly Albert Maxwel
Coufal, Vladimir
Coventry, Conor James*
Cresswell, Aaron William*
Dawson, Craig*
Downes, Flynn*
Fabianski, Lukasz Marek
Fornals Malla, Pablo
Johnson, Benjamin Anthony*
Kehrer, Jan Thilo
Lanzini, Manuel
Ogbonna, Obinze Angelo
Palmieri Dos Santos, Emerson
Randolph, Darren*
Rice, Declan*
Scamacca, Gianluca
Soucek, Tomas
Tolentino Coelho De Lima, Lucas
Zouma, Kurt Happy

U21 players (Contract and Scholars)
Akpata, Tyron Onyedikachi
Appiah-Forson, Keenan
Ashby, Harrison
Baptiste, Jamal
Bates, Billy Alfred
Battrum, Ryan Lewis
Boothe, Sebastian John
Briggs, Joshua Joseph
Casey, Kaelan Michael
Chesters, Daniel Peter James
Clayton, Regan Kent
Coddington, Remy Taye Stephon
Earthy, George Robert
Ekwah-Elimby, Pierre-Emmanuel
Falase, Asher Tayo
Fawunmi, Favour Ayobamide Daniel
Forbes, Michael
Greenidge, William Winston
Hegyi, Krisztian
Herrick, Finlay Jacob
Jones, Liam Stephen
Kelly, Patrick John
Kinnear, Brian David
Knightbridge, Jacob Christopher
Kodua, Gideon Nana Kwame Fosu
Laing, Levi Alexander
Marshall, Callum
Mubama, Divin Saku
Nevers, Thierry Odaine
Odubeko, Ademipo Ibrahim
Oko-Flex, Armstrong Inya Echezolachuku
Orford, Lewis
Peake, Lennon
Potts, Freddie
Rigge, Daniel Arron
Robinson, Carl Junior
Scarles, Oliver James
Swyer, Kamarai Joshua
Tarima, Sean Tapuwa
Terry, Mason James
Umolu, Jemiah
Uwandji, Blaise Lukadi
Woods, Archie James

Slacker

Nothing to do with those lists really but I noticed Zouma’s middle name is “Happy “.
I love those African inspired names, just so positive aren’t they? I’ve got a good friend who’s name is “Stah” and she lives up to it.

Anyway that’s enough positivity for one day.

Carry on.

BubblesNeverDies

Bates, Billy Alfred

You have to admit it, our Anglo-Saxon names are just a bit bland compared with, for example:

Oko-Flex, Armstrong Inya Echezolachuku

Slacker

“ Coming over ‘ere with their positive names.”
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🤯🤯

Ravel49

Slack.. we may disagree on our feelings about the transfer thread.. but sometimes.. just sometimes.. 😉 you do make me LAUGH OUT LOUD 😂

Dodger58

I always feel a little ashamed when (usually) Chinese people assume a Western name rather than asking us to learn how today their actual name.

On a lighter note, I would have a Chinese name of 'Oiyou'

Whitehorsehammer

I like the name Billy Bates, sounds like a tough midfielder.

Ravel49

Whitehorsehammer said:

I like the name Billy Bates, sounds like a tough midfielder.

No one messes with Billy Bates…… and lives 💪🏿

MunichHammer

Ravel49 said:

No one messes with Billy Bates…… and lives 💪🏿

Mainly because his older brother Norman will take care of you. 😉🚿

Bazshuayi

thornburyiron said:

I think Americans should be banned from having anything to do with our football. The proposals Chelsea’s new owner has put to the PL are a joke. Even Klopp has said is he being serious.

It still made me mentally plan the players in both sides for the north vs south all star teams

MrsGrey

Bazshuayi said:

thornburyiron said:

I think Americans should be banned from having anything to do with our football. The proposals Chelsea’s new owner has put to the PL are a joke. Even Klopp has said is he being serious.

It still made me mentally plan the players in both sides for the north vs south all star teams

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62899015

Pick your team

Bazshuayi

Rice vs The players from a combined Liverpool and Man City team haha Actually I think I got a little further than that

MrsGrey

Random topic alert.

I have just been quite shocked and wonder if I am being realistic or not...

I'm in the process of buying a flat in London and am looking to appoint a surveyor. In the course of getting a few quotes, I had one company who set out what they could provide and for what cost
One optional extra is a report on the nature of the area. It covers things like local schools, crime rates, how close are airports and motorways... And also the ethnic make up of the area.
That was what shocked me. Is that legal?

They say their report is to help you make an informed decision about if you want to live there, and factors that could impact on the value of your property.

Surely that's pandering to potential racists? I mean, obvs the stats are in the public domain. But should a professional company be offering to tell you how many black people live in an area so you can bail on the purchase?

Is this common?

( I'm not going to appoint them, btw)

OutcastLondoner

I don't think that's normal! I didn't see anything like that when I was looking.

Which area are you looking in?

MrsGrey

I've had an offer accepted SE19.

Surveyor I contacted for a quote is https://www.mapsurveyors.co.uk/

They don't seem to include things in their 'about the area' report like green spaces, swimming pools or local places of worship. I'm interested in how they decided what elements potential buyers were interested in, and I'll have a conversation with them tomorrow when I tell them I'm not going to appoint them.

buffybegood

thornburyiron said:

I think Americans should be banned from having anything to do with our football. The proposals Chelsea’s new owner has put to the PL are a joke. Even Klopp has said is he being serious.

Never thought I'd agree with Klopp, first time for everything I guess 😱😱😱

buffybegood

MrsGrey said:

I've had an offer accepted SE19.

Are you intending to leave Greece permanently, or just have a UK base as well?

IronHerb

I assume you gained permission from Ham to move into the Crystal Palace locale? 😬

MrsGrey

buffybegood said:

MrsGrey said:

I've had an offer accepted SE19.

Are you intending to leave Greece permanently, or just have a UK base as well?

Permanent

MrsGrey

IronHerb said:

I assume you gained permission from Ham to move into the Crystal Palace locale? 😬

In my defense, I did look at a couple of places in the vicinity of Selhurst Park and told the estate agent that Ham would never forgive me so they needed to find me somewhere a bit further away.

OutcastLondoner

MrsGrey said:

I've had an offer accepted SE19.

Surveyor I contacted for a quote is https://www.mapsurveyors.co.uk/

They don't seem to include things in their 'about the area' report like green spaces, swimming pools or local places of worship. I'm interested in how they decided what elements potential buyers were interested in, and I'll have a conversation with them tomorrow when I tell them I'm not going to appoint them.

Oh, I lie then. I did use them but was never given that option.

MrsGrey

It might be a new thing they offer. A bit of digging reveals that the actual report is compiled by a company called property detectives.