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That was smart. Not stupid. It was also cheating.

Cheers mate! And apologies for the rough read - everyone! But thank you all for the kind comments and sharing of experiences.

Cheers - I have to be as I am a passionate and emotive guy - otherwise I'd self destruct. Just don't want to be a misery either mind

Both of our managers and workplaces have been phenomenal throughout to be honest. We will be heading back to work when the time is right but ultimately aiming towards the back end of November. So we will see if any of that changes then. Makes me absolutely sick to think that you got a warning for attendance in those circumstances. I promised my boys, wherever possible I'd do positive things in their name and so if speaking about it or doing something to help other families is a good method of doing so I will look to do that amongst other things. Where we go from here is yet to be discussed and decided but as you say - one of the few positives from all of this as it has brought my wife and I closer together than before and we are sticking together through it all, especially on those darker days. Don't want to sound to preachy or anything but I am so glad to hear that your approach was similar to ours in that, in the darkness you have tried to find (and have succeeded) in making light.

Cheers!

If this was at the RVI then my wife and I very likely benefited from this. Don't underestimate the importance of that- ever. At 17 weeks there were concerns my wife's waters had broken and we were on a ward with women who were all 36 weeks (or so) pregnant listening to their babies heartbeats and talking about due dates. They too obviously had problems but nothing like what we were facing at that moment in time. There were several other issues and we made a complaint which ended up going to the matron. Just a bit of.lack of thought and tbh - probably a lack of funding/facilities which we very considerate or in our criticisms. Less so with other concerns. On the ICU once the bairns were born 6 weeks later they moved all the bairns around in their incubators to have just our two boys in when Nicolò passed away. They then moved him to a quiet room or "bereavement suite" whilst they cared for Matteo. As horrible and sad as it was, it was extremely well thought out and considerations I hadn't even made were being offered to us (about Nicolòs space in the bay being taken, for example). But the bereavement suite offered us a chance to get away from the beeps and buzzes and sit with our boy(s) once they passed. We now have a room at home which has taken just some of those ideas (so to not dwell on it too much) but to offer us peace and comfort and a safe space to grieve. Excellent work mate.

Cheers mate!

Cheers mate

This is comforting (is probably the best word I can use to describe) to hear. We are helping out at TinyLives next week and it's interesting to learn that your wife has also taken positive strides to help others and ease the pain. Feel free to drop me a line should you ever feel the need to.

So sorry to hear of this mate. I hope you and your partner are also okay too and have managed to find a new "normal"? Early doors for us but we're finding our way. Some more difficult discussions in the coming weeks with the hospital etc. But then we can hopefully draw a line under it all and just remember the boys for who they were.

Creative thinking though. I like it.

I mean I was being somewhat tongue in cheek. If we don't have international players we're a fairly shite side...you'd think

Would prefer him in neither from a club perspective

Good for Lewis. Bad for us.

Will be around January so teams charge us through the eyes for players as new sponsorship deals also come into play.

Hopefully it continues into early January too and we smash these at home.

#EmeryOut 👀

Just read this. Sorry you've had to endure this fella. Hopefully, you've got what you need now and are on the mend. Take care

That's the one. Eddie Howe man. What a fella.

Apologies if I've missed it but is there a link to the Eddie Howe 3 year anniversary piece somewhere?

Arsenal came here with the mentality that they had to out-shithouse us in essence. Whenever they do that, they fail. If they stuck to playing their football, they'd be more likely to beat us. It's all because they absolutely dropped their bait when we beat them 2-0 in Eddie's first season. We've then played them numerous times and know they'll shite themselves if we get under their skin.

Cannot be a captain/leader doing impulsive, stupid things like that.

Have a funny feeling them being in good form and at home will play into our hands a little bit. Think this could be an exciting game that we might just knick. It's a must not lose as opposed to a must win game though.

Interesting video. I honestly love that Howe sees what I see (and obviously a lot more) at the match.