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JohnMcGreal

Because of Taylor’s limited experience. He was perfect to come in and back up Ward but just felt we needed an experienced player in. Generally I’d agree with you but given the age of Taylor as well I think some experience would be useful. Fair do's, I can see the logic in that. In all fairness, I d...

JohnMcGreal

I thought at first a young left back would be ideal but I now think we need experienced cover. This lad was first choice at Stoke for five and a half years until Nathan Jones became manager. What caused you to change your mind? Personally I think signing promising young players to provide cover, wh...

JohnMcGreal

I expect us to be in the relegation mix along with half a dozen sides. Hopefully a few of them will be as poor as Huddersfield, Fulham and Cardiff were last season. If so we'll be ok. If the standard at the bottom of the table is better then it could be a tough season.

17th.

JohnMcGreal

She is a bit of a mentalist but she played a blinder. All these tricks the Brexit party are playing to cause havoc in EU parliament will ensure we don't get offered another extension. Out by the end of October. Maybe before if they really get sick of them. So they're trying to drive the country off...

JohnMcGreal

Nope, I don't know if that's how they won, you're making an assumption though because it probably makes you feel better believing it. Have fun. This is what willful ignorance looks like. You know exactly how the leave campaigns sold leave to the public, and it wasn't on leaving without a deal. What...

JohnMcGreal

I cant believe I missed the EU leadership elections. You remainers kept that quiet didnt you? And I'm shocked that you voted for someone convicted of negligence, to be president of the European central bank The elected heads of state in the European Council appoint the President of the ECB by a qua...

JohnMcGreal

Australia limits the number of refugees it accepts each year and has a different number of migrants. It also had that place in a different country to process refugees when they stopped their boats if I remember rightly and they were castigated for that plenty of people. Yet for some reason Australi...

JohnMcGreal

Just to add a little perspective, here's a list of the main concessions Cameron requested from Brussels before this sorry saga began, and what the EU responses were: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-35622105" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Two things spring to min...

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martin_p wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... SApp_Other

Bet Nigel and co were shocked that, despite turning their backs to the music, they could still hear it! Way to go Nige!

What an embarrassment.

JohnMcGreal

Dreadful. Wouldn't pay a tenner for that.

JohnMcGreal

Sissoko isn't a winger, so it's pretty pointless comparing him with McNeil. As for £30 million, although we don't technically need it, we'd still find it difficult to turn down. Even if we did, a lot would depend on McNeil himself. If he wanted to move to a club like Juventus, I think we'd find it h...

JohnMcGreal

Brexit is the biggest political controversy in many people's life. Clearly the people who voted leave haven't changed their mind. The majority of people who voted remain want that vote honoured. Yet we have a Labour Party who have persistently played political games, including our own MP, and a lou...

JohnMcGreal

How can anyone say they would prefer we leave with a deal after they have already said on this message board weeks ago that they would like a second referendum with remain as an option? If normal logic is applied that is stupid unless they are being duplicitous. Surely they simply want another chan...

JohnMcGreal

dsr wrote:Clarets v. Violets? Potential colour clash.

JohnMcGreal

The temperature of the earth rises and it falls it’s been doing that for billions of years....the earth in the past has been hotter than current temperatures for many many years! Yes, carbon monoxide according to the scientists has risen the temperature of the earth by 1 degree over the last hundre...

JohnMcGreal

Many of these are so weak or you are just far too sensitive to unimportant things going on around you. It's amusing that you list some of this stuff but fail to provide any balance by acknowledging the state and weakness of the opposition. Very partisan. I can't think of a more appropriate measure ...

JohnMcGreal

I can't think of any reason why Gibson wouldn't want to move on.

JohnMcGreal

My life and the lives of people around me is no different to what it was 3 years ago. That's my measure. If you could write a book on it briefly say what five key things mean this country is already a basket case. Well we've had an MP physically assaulting a member of the public, and the next Prime...

JohnMcGreal

What makes you say that? I'm specifically and unequivocally saying we shouldn't revoke A50 without a democratic mandate. I'm pretty sure it was you who was against a political party standing in a general election on the ticket of revoking article 50 and remaining in the EU? If I have you mistaken f...

JohnMcGreal

No. How are you measuring that? How long have you got? You could write an entire book based on the lamentable state of the country over the last few years. By what measure are we not currently a basket case? What is your criteria for determining whether a developed country has turned into a basket ...

JohnMcGreal

Lancasterclaret wrote:Withdrawing article 50 without a democratic mandate would be wrong,

Taking the "No Deal" option would be wrong for exactly the same reason.

taio isn't even in favour of withdrawing article 50 with a democratic mandate.

JohnMcGreal

taio wrote:Fair play to them for exercising their choice and democratic right. I don't know if we will be reduced to a basket case. It's guesswork in the long term.

You don't think we've been reduced to a basket case already? Where have you been for the last three years?

JohnMcGreal

taio wrote:Yours, mine and many other people's. Conjecture aside no one knows though. More people voted to Leave because of sovereignty so fair play to them for expressing their view.

Fair play to them for reducing the country to a complete basket case in the pursuit of something that we already have?

JohnMcGreal

Has the name of the nosy neighbour talking to newspapers been published yet. Boris will have them whacked when he gets his leadership. They should bring back the scolds bridle for all the nosy meddling types witb nothing better to do . All clearly blown up by somebody against Boris with little fore...

JohnMcGreal

Bertiebeehead wrote:Turn up your phone and place in a mixing bowl, cheap and never runs out of charge.

What phone have you got?!

JohnMcGreal

If anything it's actually highlighted how toss the two main parties are, that neither are currently fit to run a bath let alone the country and whilst it won't happen to would be nice to watch the two main parties collapse and some others getting a chance to see if they can wreck the country like t...

JohnMcGreal

The conservative party is not fit to govern the country and it hasn't been for years. These five no-marks are the cream of the crop. The best they have to offer. They're a bad joke. The labour party is in a slightly better state (faint praise indeed) but there are many people who firmly believe they...

JohnMcGreal

I reckon a fair bit of that respone is based on the likelihood of it happening. Brexit supporters don't believe it will cause significant damage to the economy or the Conservative party being destroyed; they do believe it might lead to Corbyn being PM. I reckon a fair bit of that response is based ...

JohnMcGreal

Rory roaring on. Seems he has some momentum now, whereas Boris appears to be promising everything to everyone. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/18/tory-leadership-rivals-turn-on-rory-stewart-as-campaign-gathers-momentum" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The members will vo...

JohnMcGreal

Mickey Mouse aka Boris Johnson will deliver Brexit after somehow tweaking Mrs May's deal. Portillo sees him putting the Backstop/ Customs union just in NI which was the original EU offer with a possible referendum in NI to seek approval of that part of the deal. The DUP will never go for that. If h...

JohnMcGreal

God help us if that shower is the best group of people we can find to become PM. A seriously mediocre bunch of very limited talent. Fair play to Stewart for at least being honest about no deal being unviable and highlighting the fact that we are a parliamentary democracy, and Parliament is sovereign...

JohnMcGreal

Lancasterclaret wrote:lets be honest here, you'd endorse Mickey Mouse if you thought he'd deliver Brexit.

He's endorsing Johnson, so I'd say it's a bit harsh on Mickey, in all honesty.

JohnMcGreal

Left footed or not I think people are dismissing how good Gibson was during his time at Boro. You don't get linked with the top clubs if you are not a good player. Which makes you wonder just how long is a player of Gibson's ability going to be happy wasting his career on the bench? It seems that u...

JohnMcGreal

You can't even make a joke these days without some massive snowflakes getting all offended. What happened to freedom of speech? It's PC gone mad, I tell you!

JohnMcGreal

Still yet to see a decent argument why over-75s should be entitled to a free TV license. If you're over 75 and poor, you'll still get it for free. If not, you'll pay like everyone else. What's the problem?

JohnMcGreal

There are a number of people who aren't going to break the threshold for a higher tax rate. There aren't enough jobs for starters that pay over the next tax threshold and there are those who aren't capable. That isn't meant as a put down either, just some people have a limited skill set and they en...

JohnMcGreal

Either way, you're seeking to take more money from people who've earned it and live their lives according to what they earn. As someone else has already stated, if you're going to lose more then what's the point in earning more and all the stress that goes with it? What's the point in people who ar...

JohnMcGreal

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:What's the alternative then?

Erm, not giving tax cuts to those who are already better off?

JohnMcGreal

Leave won and leave voters clearly want to end freedom of movement. So continuing with freedom of movement needs to be off the table. Which is what lead us to the problem with the border in Ireland. How do you 'take control of your borders' and end freedom of movement whilst simultaneously having n...

JohnMcGreal

The big problem with that is so many people voted Leave to end freedom of movement. And so many didn't. Which is why there needed to be compromises and trade-offs from the get-go. It didn't happen. We drew up impossible red lines because of that, and we backed ourselves into a corner. Now we're stu...

JohnMcGreal

I wouldn't trust parliament to find their arse holes with a mirror and torch, Never mind agree on a deal to leave the EU. I don't know if the EU would chuck us out or not, but remainers seem to be glossing over the fact that parliament can't actually stop it happening if the EU get fed up of us dic...

JohnMcGreal

If I remember rightly, there isn't a need for a parliamentary majority for a No Deal is there? If the EU don't to extend the negotiations, or agree with any amendments etc, we will leave on the set date with or without a deal won't we? They could literally chuck us out with No Deal. It's true that ...

JohnMcGreal

A very good point. The number of MPs who are representing Leave voters is only a few dozen. Cameron had no intention of leaving, hence the complete lack of a route map for what to do after Leave won. The current Cabinet have no intention of leaving, hence the massive delay in no deal planning. You'...

JohnMcGreal

The last few days of the Trump circus ought to open a few people's eyes to what is at stake here. Forget the sound bites and the bickering. Just listen to what the U.S officials are saying. It's right there in front of us. We're getting a glimpse of what we, as a weakened and isolated post-EU countr...

JohnMcGreal

During the toughest times of my pie addiction, I was well into double figures a week, wasn't good at all. I'd happily have 4 at the club on a night out, couldn't walk past Edwards Butcher's without getting a couple, even if it was post hair cut/dentist. It had even got to the stage I was denying ho...

JohnMcGreal

Doesn't mean you have to do it, had you quoted the whole of my post you'd see many things that have been on the front of our shirts that people haven't suddenly gone and bought just because 11 men run round with a shirt advertising something. I guess obesity kills more people in East Lancashire tha...

JohnMcGreal

Couldn't agree more. I know it won't change anyone's minds at the club but this very subject was discussed at last month's meeting of Burnley FC Supporters Groups and the chairman was tasked with taking the group's unease (for want of a better word) with it to the club's hierarchy. It won't achieve...

JohnMcGreal

Why do shirt sponsors exist? To bring in money. Did this one offer us a better deal than others? Probably. Is this therefore a problem in any way? No. I think everyone understands the economics behind it, but that doesn't mean to say people should be happy that our shirts are emblazoned with the lo...

JohnMcGreal

Well that's a shame.

JohnMcGreal

If you've been watching the series, the Chernobyl podcasts after each episode are well worth a listen. It's basically a discussion between the host and the creator and they go into detail of how they researched and made the show.

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