Recent content by basilrobbie3

I think the main facts you are conveniently ignoring are that the EU does indeed exist, it does try to coordinate its approach to these major strategic problems, and our ability to influence it is massively diminished by our decision in 2016 to leave it. We are now reaping what the 52% - and...

The answer lies in creating a different kind of political class, accompanied by changing / influencing public opinion. Many of the people we currently see in positions of influence study Politics or a related degree at University, dabble in University Politics, works as a researcher / gopher...

This penchant you have for starting with your opinion and then working backwards to twist inconvenient facts into shape is quite entertaining.

It's a worrying situation, and, like the saga at Reading, shows how inadequate the EFL's rules are in situations where good faith action on the part of club owners can't be guaranteed.

Private Eye is practically the only thing I read in the print media that I feel I can trust.

Yes, in 2018. Seems a lifetime ago.

you may wish to listen to todays Podcast, which is an interview with Sports Minister Stuart Andrew. The Price of Football can be found on Twitter here : @POF_POD or follow the link below. If you aren't familiar with the broad brush rationale for the Football Governance Bill, and some of the...

Lots of them too, both ways. It's by far the best of the out of town stadiums in that regard. Not like Chesterfield, or Shrewsbury, where they seem to make it as hard as possible for away fans to get there.

You do know how many they are planning to send over there, don't you? Less than 1% of the backlog? I don't know what's worse. Your innate lack of compassion or your complete inability to think for yourself.

Wouldn't that be.... well, gloating? Mentioning us having two thirds of the crowd ? Winning 3-0 in a canter? Centre forward scoring a hat trick? I'm not sure we should....

Shhh. Don't confuse him.

A potential chance to see a team promoted to the top flight at Deepdale. Just not them. I wonder whether it has ever happened before?

2% of 60 million is 1.2 million. Hardly "a few thousand". I hope you're better at spotting extremists than you are at arithmetic.

They are a club whose points deduction goes to appeal this week ; opening up this can of worms now is not going to endear them to anyone at the EPL Our game as a whole cannot afford to make referees and those who support them a target for abuse. There is enough of that going on at grassroots...

Now they are mathematically safe, why would they do anything to invite sanctions? ** ** that's the owner's job, anyway.