I think we have had it

King Billy · 2026-02-19T11:14:45+0000

fixitflav said:
Yes, it's a myth that they came to help Britain. They came to get work and a better life here. There's nothing at all wrong with that, we're familiar with Adam Smith's work, but they didn't come out of altruism.

Is that why they fought alongside UK during WW2, as well, to better themselves?

fixitflav · 2026-02-19T13:02:22+0000

King Billy said:
Is that why they fought alongside UK during WW2, as well, to better themselves?

What's that got to do with it?

John Smith Esq. · 2026-02-19T13:05:23+0000

MNW67 said:
It depends what you mean by 'better'. We now have many of the best foreign players in the world, so objectively the quality of the football must be better. But since all this money came into the game, I don't feel the same connection.

We had many of the best players in the world then and they were mostly home grown. That was preferable.

diy_fun_uk · 2026-02-19T13:13:31+0000

MNW67 said:
It depends what you mean by 'better'. We now have many of the best foreign players in the world, so objectively the quality of the football must be better. But since all this money came into the game, I don't feel the same connection.

They should take football back to basics. Obviously that'll never happen.

Make it mandatory that anyone playing for team x must have been born and lived at least part of their life within say a 150 mile radius of the stadium of the team for which they'll play, ideally the same locality.

Cap salaries to £1.5 million per year. The boys that have a desire to become a footballer won't lose that desire just because the pay is no longer at ridiculous levels. (yes I know about the commercial world and why this will never happen

)

VAR deems a fall to be fake? Fine the player a sixth of their weekly salary. Might encourage them to stay upright a bit more.

Of course none of this will ever happen.

catlad · 2026-02-19T16:29:40+0000

blup said:
When will the penny drop that this is a commercial decision not a religious or equality based one

No! It's pandering and virtue signalling.

diy_fun_uk · 2026-02-19T17:09:43+0000

catlad said:
No! It's pandering and virtue signalling.

Fast forward a few decades and the stadium will be styled like mosques and if the women's game is even allowed to exist, it'll be mandatory that they're covered head to toe.

morqthana · 2026-02-19T17:17:40+0000

diy_fun_uk said:
Blah blah blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Thank you for your erudite and valuable contribution to the debate.

morqthana · 2026-02-19T17:27:48+0000

King Billy said:
Have you ever thought about changing your name, into something more representative of your opinions?
Something like Tommy Robinson might be more approriate.

Ben Raymond? Alex Davies?

morqthana · 2026-02-19T17:33:09+0000

SPLINE said:
Himmy, how do do you decide between posting as Morqthana or King Billy?

I see that a number of the people here who really struggle to conduct themselves on the basis of facts and truths have decided to show yet again that they DGAS for honesty.

blup · 2026-02-19T17:41:50+0000

catlad said:
No! It's pandering and virtue signalling.

Not if it’s in their contract. Would your average premiership player sign a no alcohol clause?

pete01 · 2026-02-19T18:03:14+0000

morqthana said:
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I see that a number of the people here who really struggle to conduct themselves on the basis of facts and truths have decided to show yet again that they DGAS for honesty.

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Ey?

noseall · 2026-02-19T18:15:52+0000

blup said:
130’s

I think he meant the 1930's.

catlad · 2026-02-19T18:19:04+0000

blup said:
Not if it’s in their contract. Would your average premiership player sign a no alcohol clause?

I doubt you would need to sign anything, turning up to a match half-****ed would get you dropped!
Stopping a game so people can eat is a slippery slope, it doesn't need to happen, it's not inclusive it's divisive.

blup · 2026-02-19T18:29:50+0000

catlad said:
I doubt you would need to sign anything, turning up to a match half-****ed would get you dropped!
Stopping a game so people can eat is a slippery slope, it doesn't need to happen, it's not inclusive it's divisive.

My guess is the club would be as insistent as the player if not more so, every point counts.

Odds · 2026-02-19T18:29:51+0000

Eating is permitted: breakfast, 'ere the dawn rises; before fasting officially begins for the day and an evening meal, after sunset. So night games are a possible. Even a day game can be done if the player is fit enough. I don't see what the fuss is about.

Oh wait, an opportunity to havea go at Moslems can't be missed by the Gammon faternity.

I think we have had it

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