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Reply | Net Zero and Tony Blair.
at 16:43 30 Apr 2025
I dunno, I'm a builder not a tech entrepreneur.
But the main thing is, in the UK we are powerless one way or another on this - and we will need to rely on the big economies coming up with the full solutions in a way that are amenable to the populations.
People will do what they want to do, and we do lots of 'green works' in buildings we do - but bar solar panels and batteries they are all massively expensive to implenent/run and worse or no better to the end user for actual functionality.......until that changes it is going to remain a luxury that only do-gooders* will be doing
*I don't actually mean this perjoratively, but I mean people who are happy to spend £10k to get a rainwater harvester installed that will save them £50 a year, or similar
The councils are trying to ensure new buildings are to better standards, but when the price of doing so is extortionate it isn't going to happen |
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Reply | Net Zero and Tony Blair.
at 15:00 30 Apr 2025
Way too much doom-mongering about it too when no one with any hint of power is willing to change anything
Only solution is to innovate our way out of it |
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Reply | Player of the season rankings 2024/25
at 12:34 30 Apr 2025
Good post, thanks for taking the time to write it out
Obviously a few bits in there I disagree with but generally minor stuff rather than major but nice to see it all laid out so clearly and thoughtfully |
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Reply | 441 miles
at 12:23 30 Apr 2025
Zenit St Petersburg to Dynamo Vladivostock is a 124 hour drive [in current traffc....!] |
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Reply | Yep, to write him off....
at 10:51 30 Apr 2025
Transfermarkt values him at €9m which is ~£7.7m.....think £7.5m-8m sounds about right for him |
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Reply | Yep, to write him off....
at 08:46 30 Apr 2025
The only thing for me is that not sure he really fits with how we want to play - he's not a RB in our system so most useful in that RW/RM role.
I think after a very slow start, where he struggled in that RB role, he's been a pretty good performer in the main.......but he's playing a role we probably aren't going to need next year as will want/need a more attacking threat on that right hand side
Whilst I wouldn't drive him there myself, if we could get a good fee for him then think we could find someone who is a better profile for what we need and it's good business |
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Reply | New Signing!
at 08:42 30 Apr 2025
Think Charlie Warren is going to Bolton in the summer, 50% of the fee going to Needham too.
There was one crunching tackle he put in on the sideline [and somehow was awarded the throw in...!] that made you sit up and take note. Brightlingsea a big physical side but he stood up to a fair old bombardment at times as F&W had a lot of set pieces and the like and despite all their player the keeper didn't need to make a save really bar one decent one in the first half - which for game state is a pretty impressive defensive display |
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Reply | Carl Rushworth, Jason Knight & Flynn Downes
at 12:36 29 Apr 2025
It's also the domino effect of it as well, in reality in the GK position this summer we are already relatively likely to:
- Find a loan/permanent destination for Muric
- Find a first team loan for Slicker
- Sign an U21 keeper to be 3rd choice and not take up a squad place
It's already a fair amount of work to do, and if we look to sign a Rushworth then we then need to shift Christian Walton as well.
It's a lot of work to do, to not improve much - if we go up with Palmer and he looks like he may need an upgrade we can prob do it easier in summer 2026 |
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Reply | Season of Struggle
at 16:14 28 Apr 2025
The season is defined by the chasm between the bottom 3 and the other 17 - we could have done everything right, got every break of the ball, bought 4 Liam Delap equivalents but we wouldn't have got more than the 40 points needed |
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Reply | Who's available on a free this summer?
at 13:26 28 Apr 2025
Harry Darling and Thyrys Dolan probably the pick of Championship players but wouldn't say either are a particular need for us |
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Reply | Just been listening to BM Podcast
at 13:23 28 Apr 2025
The Championship is never easy but you look at it this season and you see Leeds and Burnley a fair chunk ahead of Sheff U in 3rd, and then 22 points between 3rd and 5th
Put aside '100 points, 100 goals' talk from when we went down under Burley, but that point total is the sort of area we need to be aiming for and gunning for.
The parachute teams have as big an advantage in that league as the top 17 do in the PL.....I know we want to pretend that isn't case as don't want to end up with egg on our face and look like we have massive hubris, but external onlookers will be seeing that with us now.
Without being a nob, the only way missing out on going up next year is acceptable is if we get 85+ points and miss out then lose in the play offs [which is what might happen to Sheff U this year]
We are in our own mini league next season [Post edited 28 Apr 13:24]
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Reply | Just been listening to BM Podcast
at 11:30 28 Apr 2025
I think people, including myself, are still underestimating just how ambitious (and well funded) the owners are here |
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Reply | Line up tomorrow
at 12:23 25 Apr 2025
Palmer
Tuanzebe
O'Shea
Burgess
Greaves
Morsy
Cajuste
Johnson
Enciso
Clarke
Delap |
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Reply | New Signing!
at 11:13 25 Apr 2025
That would be my view - we should have Josh Stokes and Charlie Warren in here too, not too late with the latter.
Got to work with the Suffolk and North Essex clubs and try to ensure every pro from this area comes through here at the very least [Have done so with Wood now and Walker Shabazz-Edwards] |
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Reply | Liam Delap
at 11:11 25 Apr 2025
Whilst that would have been my view yesterday morning, the chances have risen since that point with the comments from McKenna and Ornstein.
It still feels hugely unlikely, but that is a step in the right direction from impossible! |
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Reply | New Signing!
at 11:01 25 Apr 2025
I wonder what changed Ipswich's mind on him as weren't that fussed from what I heard a while back |
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Reply | Liam Delap
at 21:47 24 Apr 2025
I’ve had an update from ‘The Athletic Transfer Insiders Group’ tonight on WhatsApp - I assume anyone can join this so I’m not claiming to be special here…..
But David Ornstein was asked about it and said the below:
Eoin C. asked: “Hi David — a nice and simple question for you. What’s the most realistic landing spot for Liam Delap? Based on player preference and those close to him, not the clubs being linked.”
Ornstein: No favourite yet, Eoin. He will assess all of the many options and consider what level he wants to take his next step at. I suspect he’ll then whittle it down to a small number of candidates and make a decision before the Under-21 Euros.
We know the contenders — including Ipswich, by the way — and the destination will become apparent over the next month or so.
I just don’t see why McK would have said it again, how he did and why Ornstein would significantly reference it. Ornstein is the best connected and most accurate transfer guy out there, and it’s not even close, and is also careful with what he says in the main.
Not getting hopes up, or anything like that - but it must be much more likely than it seemed this morning [Post edited 24 Apr 21:53]
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Reply | So, season tickets up 10%
at 16:18 24 Apr 2025
For my wife and 2 boys, their STs work out at less than £22.50 a game combined.
You can't do anything for that sort of money these days with the kids |
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