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I don't understand it at all, but then I guess you never understand authoritarian regimes. Capital punishment is probably the thing that disgusts me the most of any state action.

We can see you, we can see you, we can see you sneaking out!

I’ve got a rap if anyone wants to hear it.

He’s clearly been working very hard to adapt his game since Howe came in.

I’m sure he’s ecstatic about that.

I have a weird feeling that ASM is going to have a great season.

Just one Tonali, give him to me Our central midfielder, from Italy then some other words, I dunno.

They could be men with Ven.

Don’t think I’ll play this year, football is more enjoyable without it

Just soda stream some water and add some lime juice. Delicious.

I mean, we have to be allowed to sign some players, they can't all go to Villa and Liverpool

He's going to be immense.

We need to make him cry with a massive welcome display

Fair enough, but if true he wouldn’t be speaking to us at all, no? If he hadn’t been injured he would definitely be a target for a lot of teams, but I guess he can only choose from the people who want him. If he thinks he should start in the PL, he’ll think he’s too good to stay in the Championship. He’ll have to accept some competition if he wants to get back to the PL.

Surprise?

Missed an opportunity to cut a fresh carbonara together with a jar of Dolmio.

I don't think CB pace is going to be a solution to runs in behind, the CB is often facing the wrong way and not even trying to run back. Personally I would like to see more goals from through balls, because they look sexy. But that earlier proposed change would be very dramatic, almost to the point of making offside obsolete. If the intention of the offside rule is to just stop goal-poaching, then it will still do that. But we've had decades of it stopping any kind of minor advantage, which would go away.

Homegrown, nice to be around. I would guess.

Assume it's because he wasn't available for any photos or media until this week.

Everyone in the entire world has prejudices and spontaneous thoughts about people based on the culture they live and were brought up in. We just need to learn to identify and challenge those ideas with our conscious, reasoning minds and not accept them. I'm just about old enough to remember some truly awful stuff my parents and grandparents used to say about other religions and cultures - particularly jewish and black people. On Kaka's point, people around the 80s used to definitely say "you can't be English unless you're white". That's where all those ridiculous "but where are really from?" questions used to come from. And they weren't part of any kind of racist identity or right-wing group, it was just what they thought. IIRC I had arguments about this when I was about 7 or 8 For some reason it was always clear to me that this stuff was nonsense and just outdated rubbish. Probably because of education and experiences with books, TV, film etc. What you've been taught (picked up might be a better phrase) and what springs into your head is just mental trash, it's bringing in the reasoning mind to correct yourself that is the important part. It's a fool's errand (especially for a white person) to try and say to what extent things have got better. I would like to think that views like those above are a very small minority, but they also have the ability to express them online like never before. Having channels like social media that amplify your biases and put you in contact with other people with the same views can't help.

Don't know whether he's good or they just have the right connections with his agent/club.

I can remember really rating him at one point, despite thinking he was an angry little twat. I think the latter bit was youth plus trying to show something for a shit Everton team.

You'll know if it departs to Shetland.

Yeah, been very impressed whenever he’s played. Which admittedly isn’t that much.

Gave me a chuckle.