Morning all. 9yrspodcast Friday Update up now; again, feedback welcome! [Link]

Shame Brentfintord have lost there brilliant manager they do seem to appoint good managers

Was this Wasim Akram statue made by the same person who did the Dave Beasant one? [Link]

I wouldn't like to meet the Czech number 3 down an alley in Prague.

Will Ian mention it on HIGNFY I wonder?

We've made Private Eye cartoon section. Probably a first ...

Exiled - Pretty much a carbon copy of your post from a year ago - you worry too much ;)

Exiled, I generally let you do the worrying for me lol

Exiled - yeah but we’ve got new caterers so every cloud.

Anyone else a tad concerned that it 3 weeks before Marbella we’ve lost just probably gonna lose Tilley and Browne as well and yet as of now there is absolutely no inkling of any new signings not even the usual click bait rumours.

Which? magazine petition - stop fleecing fans. Please sign and share. [Link]

Under 21s on Channel 4 tonight. Will be more entertaining than England seniors. Please remind me why Carsley was unsuited to take over from Southgate, and why we have Tuchel in charge now?

There was the incident at Heathrow (might have been Gatwick actually) recently with a BA pilot who went to accelerate for take off but out the brakes on as well/instead.

Papers - think it happened in 2002 as well. Boston United beat Bristol Rovers?

Papers-given the teams involved it will be Oldham v Accrington and Barnet v Newport

Even wierder RK is that there appears to be footage of him walking away from the crash, he didn't even need to be pulled out of the wreckage. The experts the BBC were talking to were speculating about the flaps not being extended properly but no idea how valid that is.

We will soon lose our distinction of being the only side to be knocked out of the League Cup before the 1st Round as the EFL has announced 2 preliminary round ties in 25/26 featuring the 2 sides promoted from the Conference and the 2 sides finishing 21st and 22nd in League 2 last season.

I'm not a pilot (would have loved to have been but turned down for training on medical grounds in 1972) but that nose looked quite high.

Incredibly someone has survived the Air India crash [Link]

Most fans want their teams to be successful and entertaining, suppose we got one of those 2 last season.

I believe the FA would not allow that happen again

I believe the FA will not allow that happen again

I’m happy for us to be “fan owned” in the sense of that meaning that the fans might be able to prevent something like a move to some godforsaken shitehole 60 miles from Merton, but in terms of real growth and progress we must attract investment - the conundrum is how to achieve that without ending up with a huge issue as we had with Koppell et al…. 🤷🏻‍♂️🙄

So, in conclusion, we can’t afford to be fan-owned and truly competitive without wealthy benefactors like ‘John Galt’ subsidising the wage bill because the hoi-polloi can’t afford it.

Btw if I came into a significant sum of money I would seriously consider using some for the benefit of the club. But until then it will have to make do with my ST and the couple of pints of overpriced beer on match days.