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We've had such a ridiculously large amount of long-term injuries that sometimes I just forget about certain players entirely. Botman? Who's that? Havey Barnes? He play for us?

Miggy taking the time to remind us that he has no right foot

It's a difficult situation. It's going to be hard to convince anyone of quality to come and be the clear third-choice striker when we never play two up top. Honestly, Chris Wood was just about the best we can expect for that role.

Thanks Nick

Two teams pressing the shit out of each other on a wet pitch, what could possibly go wrong.

I have to say, it finally just feels normal to see us playing in the Champions League.

First-ballot hall of fame post IMO.

Title-o-meter please

Not an expert but you generally can’t insure against intentional conduct, and I’d think you’d have a hard time arguing that the gambling wasn’t intentional, addiction or not.

(Knocks furiously on wood) don't tempt fate man

It’s hard to imagine any sort of commercial contract where one party’s non-disclosure of an ongoing criminal investigation would not be grounds for some sort of remedy, but the sports world is nuts so who knows. Most likely outcome is that we raise a stink with Milan and it gets settled out of court imo.

It doesn't really matter in my view. He will know loads of non-public information about the team, and he has ways of influencing the outcome even without playing.

Did he bet on Brentford games? Then yes, and his ban should be substantially longer.

Like I've said previously, if he bet on his own team then that's inexcusable and he needs to be let go. I'm all for supporting our players but there is a line.

That’s the problem with online blackjack. You have no way of verifying whether the software is actually following real odds. (and for what it’s worth, craps is better!)

I am now mostly just concerned that he's thick enough to be putting large sums of money on online Blackjack.

Our owners would approve

If he bet on games that he's playing I don't really care what the punishment is, I don't want him ever putting on our shirt again.

Who knows what this even means but if he's been betting on games, I imagine that would result in a pretty hefty suspension.

Given the amount of injuries in the squad and the opposition our results for this run of games has been preposterously good. If anyone is actually feeling gloomy after a draw today, I admire their commitment to pessimism.

It doesn’t have to be Chris Wood but I wouldn’t mind a cheap-ish striker who can eat some minutes.

I think it’s very clear from the posts on here that the squad is incredibly solid and we’re all struggling to find urgent needs that probably aren’t really there. I think philosophy going forward should really just be to buy whenever we can get a good player at a good price, rather than chasing targets in a particular position. We don’t have gaping holes that need to be filled asap.

I think I'm being pretty calm If you think that the mere invocation of the word "misogyny" constitutes aggression or abuse, that's probably a you problem and not a me problem.

Nobody gives a shit about "hanging with your boys." The problem is that people in positions of power make decisions about hiring etc. based on the exact same thought process.

Of course. As men, we are generally more comfortable around and familiar with men. So aside from sexual partners, we generally prefer to surround ourselves with men: socially, in the workplace, in the media we consume etc. It's perfectly natural. ...it's also exactly why women have been systematically excluded from jobs they are perfectly capable of performing (such as football commentary) for decades. Congratulations @KaKa, you've managed to perfectly describe the underlying mechanism of institutional misogyny.