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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    That's what will likely happen if we get a trade deal carve out with the US, we will become the primary gateway for trade with the US and Europe/east (more so than we already are anyway).
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    We actually need to do the opposite. We need to maintain the goodwill of the current US regime and negotiate a trade deal to remove tariffs. We do less than 50% of our trade with the EU and this figure has been declining. The US remains our single largest trading and economic partner and that...
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    Ange in or out?

    I think the difference is in the manner of winning tight games. In that, the games under Ange are very rarely "tight" in fact it's a game of chicken in terms of creating chances and gifting chances and to see whose finishing is better on the day. Of course, that can still lead to narrow...
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    Ange in or out?

    I think this is a really good summary of Angeball. Executive summary: - Mostly batter anyone you're significantly better than. - Mostly lose to anyone decent. First bullet helps in the general confusion surrounding how ineffective/effective the system is as it pads the stats leading to people...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Yeah, and it's not actually just Trump, he is just the most extreme example. The EU pushing back on Chinese car imports under pressure from German and French manufacturers is a symptom of increasing protectionism. As is French pressure on the EU to ban the clearing of euro transactions outside...
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    Ange in or out?

    I've done this before. When we win we often win big. Ange believes in keeping going, keeping the pressure up all game. When we lose we don't tend to lose by much because we keep attacking, even if 3-0 and have rescued quite a few hammering back to respectable scoreline by scoring a couple of...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    The brexit stuff is more fundamental than other stuff. What would reneging on it even look like? Just applying to rejoining the EU without a referendum? The Labour Party would probably implode in the resulting infighting. Plus, joining the EU now would look very different from what we left. We'd...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    They had to be.
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Starmer is pro-EU. He was the architect of the 2nd referendum policy. He just zipped that part of his belief system to be electable...
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    Ange in or out?

    Yeah, i actually feel like this too. Ange's performance was sackable months ago. The club's decision to give him the rest of the season has not only written off the season (Europa League pending) but as its descended into more and more toxicity and Ange's behaviour in front of the cameras has...
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    Ange in or out?

    Where we should be IMO with the squad: between 5th and 9th depending on variables which also include the seasons Chelsea, Saudi Sportswashing Machine, Villa, Man Utd etc are having. And whether there is a Leicester/Nottingham Forest/Brighton style challenge from the pack.
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    Ange in or out?

    His confidence has gone. As has most of the players. They're second guessing everything they do.
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    Ange in or out?

    Dawson was a solid defender. Didn't make the daft lunges Romero makes and doesn't lose sight of the situation and the ball like VDV does. Dawson knew his limitations, a key self reflective trait in a good defender particularly very rarely allowed his lack of pace to be exposed, he stayed close...
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    Ange in or out?

    I do also worry that VDV's pace has allowed many to overrate him. Think having that pace is useful in a high line for recovery and he's clearly a good footballer but in a situation where he's made to defend in a "non covering" situation such as defending crosses, set plays, blocking, standing up...
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    OMT: Spurs v Chelsea Thursday, 8pm at Stamford Bridge

    What did he say about Bergvall then?
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    OMT: Spurs v Chelsea Thursday, 8pm at Stamford Bridge

    Chelsea have overspent 100%. Other than Palmer I don't think any other of their players gets a sniff at Liverpool, Arsenal or City for example.
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    Ange in or out?

    You can tell that. I think back to what made, for example, the Jol and Pochettino eras special. They went out of their way to build an affinity with the fans. It felt like everyone in the club was pushing in the same direction. Redknapp was a bit more detached in that you always kind of knew...
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    Ange in or out?

    We are 14th in the table after 30 games, above 16th on GD. We've lost 20 times. We've just lost to one of our bitter rivals, in a game in which our own manager decided to mock our away fans, and we are all on here debating whether singing "you don't know what you're doing" counts as abuse or...
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    Financial Results

    Thing is, we are pretty much the only big club that tries to keep our wage bill around about the 50-60% mark recommended, and we have a tonne of stadium financing to keep ticking over so right now our turnover isn't translated to purchasing and wage power in the market on a commensurate basis...
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    Ange in or out?

    Absolutely. He's had the most backing from both the fans and the board of any Spurs manager i can remember and it's taken best part of 2 seasons of consistently poor results for any real heat to be directed his way. We've totally overhauled the squad and spent a lot of money. So far he's been...
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