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At least they'd be guaranteed goals.

You can certainly see why Nigel would like to sign another centre back. Shame we can't afford one.

Here we go again. With James and Williams so fragile we could find ourselves desperately short in midfield this season with little prospect of signing any more. Fingers crossed.

Broken hand apparently.

Boiler plate response, unsurprisingly. We know referees are assessed, the problem is that there appear to be no consequences for dreadful performances.

I suspect Steve would agree with him but that would just benefit clubs who happen to have a filthy rich owner. So still not a level playing field. Oddly, I don't recall him complaining about parachute payments when Stoke were getting them. Perhaps I missed it. As to the UEFA proposals iirc they would no longer allow deductions for infrastructure, academy, women's team costs and so on so I wouldn't necessarily rely on those to save the day.

I played on that Ashton Park school pitch in the 70s and it was rather good for the time!

Was he piste at the time?

There is indeed. They will announce more changes then proceed to ignore them as usual.

How are things back there in the 70s??

Seems a bit odd given that Wasps play there and this hasn't been a problem before. I think we should be awarded a win in the cup game as a consequence.?

So when the Sags told us that Sunderland fans love them they were lying? Surely not?

Thanks, we really needed to know that. A valuable contribution to the discussion.?

Why are there no restrictions on the numbers allowed to be locked outside??

Nigel said the other day that they would need to see if he can play with the discomfort he still has despite his operation. So I don't see him playing yet unless it's essential.

Yes, pubs are not included in the figures. Plus there were 5.9 viewing via BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website

Yes indeed. The WSL in its context is even worse than the Premier League in that respect. So if more money comes in it will likely go to pay ever higher wages to star, often foreign, players. Not what I would call a legacy.

Can be for a minority. From The Telegraph back in March: The investigation found that current salaries range from as little as £20,000 per annum to as much as £250,000, plus bonuses, across the 12 top clubs. That top end of the spectrum could well rise, as three sources within the WSL were aware of an England player being offered around £300,000-a-season to sign a new contract this summer. At the lower end of the scale, Telegraph Sport's investigation found that, according to the most recent accounts available, Birmingham City and Tottenham Hotspur spent the least on employee salaries (figures that included all administrative staff as well as players). Of the WSL clubs to have published details in their 2019-20 financial accounts, both clubs' average salary for employees fell well below the national average wage, with Birmingham's coming to less than £19,000. So it's a very uncompetitive league of a few rich clubs and the rest there to make up the fixtures.

Indeed. Almost every year you get that kind of guidance issued (e.g. to do with holding at set pieces, simulation and so on) and every year officials ignore it and carry on as before. Given that they know they have no intention of implementing the guidance why issue it in the first place? It just makes them look even more incompetent than they already are.

Let's just say I would prefer not to be tackled by Lena Oberdorf. Ouch!?

Indeed, as the latest guidance to referees says, there have to be consequences. The only consequence was that the player took two steps then threw himself down. I can only assume the referee was not only incompetent but illiterate so unable to read the guidance.

We're a counter attacking team so we're less likely to dominate possession. I'm not sure we have the players to do that anyway. Swansea on the other hand tend to keep the ball for ages but couldn't win at relegation favourites Rotherham. It's the outcome that matters not the process.

It looked like "**** off you ****ing p****" to me. One of the highlights of the game! Edit: I now see above that I was right. **** me, I can lip read!?

Yes, we are far too nice in that respect.

True but we tend to make little effort to prevent crosses, a problem we have had under successive managers.