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Agree. Youth sports (of all varieties) are such a huge business over here, that I see so many kids priced out. My daughter's team left their club this year because the cost went from $500ish to over $1200 for a single 10 game season. We live in a very diverse (racial, religious and economic) area, and had recruited kids based on the previous year's cost. The $500 was a stretch for a lot of families, and $1200 may as well have been $12,000. More via PM - getting too off-topic.

Yep. My daughter is a U16, playing on a U17 team as well as her high school team. She's worked so hard (started as a U7 as well) and is working on the finer points so she can have a choice of college teams. I can't imagine the sacrifices the Longstaff family have made to get two kids as far as Sean and Matty. Deffo a toast to Matty and another to his folks.

Over the moon for Shortstaff. The end.

They've all just started hoofing it to him. Steve Bruce man

ManU badge is shockingly understated. Should make it a bit bigger and show some pride - there must be at least another 1/4" before it starts to overlap the sponsor.

Aye. Don't really think of Valencia as a big rival . . . .

Enjoyed that channel before they started marketing Parderp. Now I reject everything I thought I'd learned from competent managers they had on. Unsubscribed. But, agree with @9Shearergol[/member] that the Silver Fox will be stinking up the PL again soon.

Thread title meant to be "Bruce's British Boys" surely?

I muted Twitter entirely a year and a half ago. Highly recommend that course to everyone.

Clearly thinks it's a proper English lad named Joe Linton.

That we'll immediately turn into piss by spunking it on compensation to Wednesday for Brewcie's mates "coaching" staff.

WMS = Wind-up Merchant Specialist?

I'm as big a Rafa fan as anyone. Not just the coach and the work ethic, but the genuinely lovely human side he expresses to fans and the public. I do believe he truly wants a resurrection project and thought he could convince Mikey Flappy-Denim of the potential NUFC holds, and the financial sense of maximizing it. He simply underestimated the sheer stubbornness/short-termism/grudge-bearing ability of Mr. Zero Hour. I honestly do not believe that "man" has never forgiven the fans for "turning" on him so he can't get pissed and eat pies in the seats with the "regular" folks, rather than the Director's box. I think the China detour is something to occupy Rafa's time/fatten his bank account so he can consider an even broader range of potential projects as a close-to-family exclamation point to his career. One for which he'll get buy-in to his plan before signing on the dotted. I don't fault Rafa for his detour, and would be very interested to see the contract he's signed with DS, particularly what "outs" it provides him. We all know there are plenty of sleeping giant/perpetually-mismanaged Championship sides that, with the right visionary owner and Rafa and his staff, could climb to the mighty heights of 7th-10th in the Premier League. Especially since they'd cost a fuck of a lot less than 350M quid. Forest? Leeds? A Sheffield? Southampton? Blackburn? Hell, PNE if he wants to truly resurrect a ghost (sorry, currently reading Wilson's "Inverting the Pyramid"). Dare I suggest, that with new ownership, it might even be us.

Not generally one to click on Sun links, but what a picture of Rafa they selected!

Optimistic or not, the husky-flappin-in-the-breeze-denim-wearing, fireplace-puking, petulant-man-child does not give a fuck.

FC Cincinnati down 0-2 to L.A. Galaxy after 15 minutes, and Ibra hasn't even bothered to get involved. Need someone to get them on the front foot! Plus, Cinci's left back needs subbing. Obviously think this move would be hilarious and yet another stake through the silver fox's charred remnants of a managerial "career."

Our local non-MLS team knocked FC Cincinnati out of the U.S. equivalent of the FA Cup last week. They're definitely ripe for some fret!

Getting to be more people I've blocked posting in this and the biscuit thread than people I haven't. Please stop quoting the knackers. Thanks.

Properly spoilered as Eye AIDS. The black bits are so random. Deffo assembled by the blind, disabled Vietnamese kids, rather than just the disabled ones, like every other club's kits.

Seconded. Would appreciate y'all using an @ to these morons if you can't overcome the impulse to reply to the knackers (you KNOW who they are). Ta.

It's like a back zit that you just can't get proper leverage on. Hurts enough to be distracting, and you keep trying to get the fucker, but you just know it's more likely that it will disappear on its own, rather than giving you the glorious pleasure and satisfaction of popping the bastard.

Yep. My daughter, who is a high school/club soccer player, can't stand watching men's games because of that bullshit. My least favorite part of the game. Well, apart from Jack Colback.

Lee says don't worry, he's got this!

Still following this advice. Very instructive, though all I've learned about Fridays is that Ms. Khalifa babysits frequently, and very often the father of the kids she's babysitting gets home quite a bit before their mother. So much more rewarding than this thread. Also, please feel free to stop quoting certain folks that I have blocked. Kind of kills the buzz.