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Come on now, we can't be disparaging our Foreign Secretary.  The only Russians she's met until recently, are friendly chaps who like handing out brown envelopes stuffed full of cash.

Come on now, we can't be disparaging our Foreign Secretary.  The only Russians she's met until recently, are friendly chaps who like handing out brown envelopes stuffed full of cash.

I'd prefer anyone to Morrison. At the moment we need every player giving 100% which is something I've yet to see Morrison achieve.

In  an actual sentence you haven't. But from reading some of your posts, that the conclusion I've come to.
And thankyou for all the fun.

Pancakes, what else would anyone eat on Shrove Tuesday. 
Went with the more traditional filling this year, orange, lemon and lime juice topped with a drizzle of maple syrup. 

Ukraine was defining its own future, well thats until they were invaded by another country. 
If as you say Ukraine should surrender to save lives. Then play the long game to gain their freedom and the ability to devine their own future. But haven't Ukraine already been through this process, gaining these rights as an independent country with the break up of the Soviet Union.

Russia not invading Ukraine would save even more lives and not disrupt the lives of millions.

Russia not invading Ukraine would save even more lives and not disrupt the lives of millions.

Asked a bit back if the administrators were working hard for their money  or just sat on their arses while raking in their fees. 
Looking more and more if the answer is the latter.

Yep, I'll go with your definition of a despot. @BaaLocks definition of a despot, sounds more like a description of Jeff Bezos.
 
 

Maybe Putin needs to listen to the speech given by the Kenyan ambassador to the UN.
 

Maybe Putin needs to listen to the speech given by the Kenyan ambassador to the UN.
 

Maybe Putin needs to listen to the speech given by the Kenyan ambassador to the UN.
 

We need a midfielder who can dictate play and as a range of passes that can open defences and create chances. I'm told by many posters on here, that Morrison is such a player.  But unless we have another Morrison hiding away somewhere, the one out on the pitch today certainly doesn't fit the bill. 

We need a midfielder who can dictate play and as a range of passes that can open defences and create chances. I'm told by many posters on here, that Morrison is such a player.  But unless we have another Morrison hiding away somewhere, the one out on the pitch today certainly doesn't fit the bill. 

We need a midfielder who can dictate play and as a range of passes that can open defences and create chances. I'm told by many posters on here, that Morrison is such a player.  But unless we have another Morrison hiding away somewhere, the one out on the pitch today certainly doesn't fit the bill. 

I'd like to see us going with two up top, to give us more presents in the box. 
                       Allsop
Byrne     Davies    Cashin    Forsyth
 Knight     Bird      Bielik     Ebosele
          Plange        Kasim

Why did he need to invade Ukraine to achieve this? Surely he could have done the same has he did in London and paid a couple of million to take control of the government.

Why did he need to invade Ukraine to achieve this? Surely he could have done the same has he did in London and paid a couple of million to take control of the government.

Russia currently holds the presidency of the Security Council.   The timing of this invasion is probably not coincidental. 

Why did he need to invade Ukraine to achieve this? Surely he could have done the same has he did in London and paid a couple of million to take control of the government.

Had a similar response to my email to which I have responded as follows, with Margaret Beckett again CC'd:
Dear Mr Parry,
You infer that bar Derby County, every club in the country adheres to straight line amortisation policies – this is simply not true and it’s staggering that you would suggest as much. In 2015/16 Aston Villa were relegated from the Premier League, which allows a P & S loss of £105 million over three years, which then tapers down to £39 million over three years in the EFL Championship. It was therefore in Villa’s interests to put as many costs into their 2015/16 accounts to be absorbed by their Premier League P & S limit. Villa achieved this by charging an extra £79.6 million as a cost in the expense for impairment of the stadium and players (labelled ‘intangible assets’ in their accounts). No investigation was deemed necessary and no sanctions applied. There are too many other instances to list so I simply offer this particular one to illustrate that where the juggling of player values is concerned, there is one rule for Derby and another for everyone else.

If, as you claim, this amendment has been introduced ‘so there is no room for doubt’, does this not clearly infer there was doubt at the time the policy was in use? And given this has now been highlighted as a rather grey area, do you still maintain the sanctions applied are fair and fitting? Might I also ask what the EFL stance is on club’s selling their debts? Likewise, the pricing of players moving between clubs under the same ownership? The fact is that the EFL has spent over 2 years and no small amount of member club funds bringing Derby to task when a simple amendment, akin to that applied this week, could have been made as early as 2018 along with a request that Derby adopt a straight-line amortisation policy from thereon out.
It is also worth pointing out that the EFL, who claim to have ‘several accounts monitoring practices in place’ was made aware of the fact Derby County were using the ERV amortisation policy in 2018, yet chose not to bring this up with the club itself until 2020 by which time the relevant P & S period had closed. Had you not delayed the process until the 3-year period had elapsed, Derby would have been in a position to address the P & S threshold breaches through player sales or other means. Waiting until 2020, when the EFL was itself under threat of litigation from Middlesbrough FC, meant that Derby were not afforded any opportunity to bring either their accounting practices or their FFP overspend into line. With these facts in mind, I ask you again, do you still maintain the sanctions applied to Derby are fair and fitting?

Frankly, if the EFL is to retain even a shred of credibility, the sanctions applied to Derby County need to be reviewed immediately as the punishments far outweigh the ‘crime’. Failure to do so would result in the not unfair assumption that the current EFL board has brought the League into disrepute and that as such, those in question ought to be considering whether or not their positions remain tenable.
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The way I see it, this is absolutely NOT the time to be easing up on these clowns. Their actions this week yet again compromise the club's chances of survival in the Championship and as long as they continue to act in this fashion, we must keep boots firmly on their throats.
We fight to the end!
 
 

Nope, I'll be furious with Parry and Gibson until they are no longer involved with football.
And if the administrators don't get their act together and sort out who our new owners are. Then I'll be adding them to my list of people I'm furious with.

Nope, I'll be furious with Parry and Gibson until they are no longer involved with football.
And if the administrators don't get their act together and sort out who our new owners are. Then I'll be adding them to my list of people I'm furious with.

Nope, I'll be furious with Parry and Gibson until they are no longer involved with football.
And if the administrators don't get their act together and sort out who our new owners are. Then I'll be adding them to my list of people I'm furious with.