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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • I hadn’t heard about that until you mentioned it here. So I just looked it up. Wow, yeah that is fucked up.

    They are kicking the women’s team out of their training ground to make way for the men’s team, due to a revamp of the men’s training facilities. This will result in the women being forced into temporary portacabins for the next 12 months.

    Plus, a lot of their first team players are leaving, including the likes of Earps, Zelem, and Garcia. Sounds like due to poor contract management, lack of planning, and general disillusionment.

    And the PFA are now stepping in on behalf of their players because of gross mismanagement - for the second time in 3 years.

    Meanwhile, our women’s team is going from strength to strength, and they are being raised up and respected by our club and fanbase with each passing year. Because class is permanent! 😎


  • I see Paul Scholes is still a massive wanker. No surprise his flagrant anti-Arsenal bias is shining through.

    I’m so glad our former-players-turned-pundits include the likes of Wrighty and Martin, and not giant bell-ends like Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, and Rio Ferdinand.

    We also have people like Lee Dixon (who has turned into a miserable bastard) and Paul Merson (though he recently admitted he’s more of a Chelsea fan, which in hindsight makes a lot of sense). But even they aren’t as bad as the ‘Yanaited’ contingent.


  • Apparently a deal between us and Sevilla for Albert Sambi Lokonga is in the works. He’s agreed personal terms, so now it’s just down to the clubs ironing out a deal. Considering how badly he want to shed some players, hopefully it goes through. It will be good for all parties.

    Edit: And we have our first official signing of the summer! We’ve signed an 18 year old Danish international keeper to our academy - Lucas Nygaard. Not exactly a first-team baller right now. But either way, welcome aboard Lucas!










  • I was listening to Romano’s transfer live stream yesterday. Doesn’t sound like we have many public deals near fruition right now.

    The only one he mentioned for us that was basically a ‘here we go’ was the Raya one, which we all already knew was going to happen. For all the other ones that are out in the open we’re not the favourites.

    Though I’m not too worried. I trust Edu’s transfer strategy and abilities in the market. And I suspect we have some deals simmering on the down-low that will surprise pretty much all of us.

    The other thing is that we don’t need massive changes to the squad, just 2 or 3 positions. It looks like we are targeting very specific player profiles rather than just looking for a warm body to fill a given position. And I think that’s a good approach.

    Who would be you guys’ ideal signings?

    For me I like the look of that Turkish fullback at Fenerbahce (though it sounds like someone else will get him). And some sort of a young defensive midfielder, not sure who though. A physically big striker would be nice, but I’m not convinced by any of the big names we’ve been linked to.









  • Dell announced a new return-to-office initiative earlier this year. In the new plan, workers had to classify themselves as remote or hybrid.

    Those who classified themselves as hybrid are subject to a tracking system that ensures they are in a physical office 39 days a quarter, which works out to close to three days per work week.

    Alternatively, by classifying themselves as remote, workers agree they can no longer be promoted or hired into new roles within the company.

    Holy corporate oppression, Batman! That’s a shitty deal no matter which option you choose.

    I’m glad they’ve got themselves into a sticky situation.

    Also, this observation was funny (in a sad way):

    One person said they’d spoken with colleagues who had chosen to go hybrid, and those colleagues reported doing work in mostly empty offices punctuated with video calls with people who were in other mostly empty offices.