@alexjamesh.bsky.social
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Twitter migrant, hoping for fewer 🔔🔚s on here. We'll see, eh?
Not having a clubcard is objectively stupid
February 12, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Not having a clubcard is objectively stupid
Yeah but you try closing a small local pub/shop/sports club and they'd be straight on the bandwagon.
Plenty of bandwidth for nonsense.
Plenty of bandwidth for nonsense.
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Yeah but you try closing a small local pub/shop/sports club and they'd be straight on the bandwagon.
Plenty of bandwidth for nonsense.
Plenty of bandwidth for nonsense.
"Friends"?
No, that's not possible.
No, that's not possible.
January 15, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"Friends"?
No, that's not possible.
No, that's not possible.
Probably cheaper to just issue them on request rather than getting bogged down in case by case assessment and negotiation.
Why wouldn't you want as much grit as possible on the roads and footpaths.
Why wouldn't you want as much grit as possible on the roads and footpaths.
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January 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Probably cheaper to just issue them on request rather than getting bogged down in case by case assessment and negotiation.
Why wouldn't you want as much grit as possible on the roads and footpaths.
Why wouldn't you want as much grit as possible on the roads and footpaths.
Players can and do say no to transfers.
Perhaps he believed he would be good enough to get into the team.
Perhaps the £ was too attractive to say no to.
Whatever has gone on, the player appears to have made a poor choice.
Perhaps he believed he would be good enough to get into the team.
Perhaps the £ was too attractive to say no to.
Whatever has gone on, the player appears to have made a poor choice.
January 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Players can and do say no to transfers.
Perhaps he believed he would be good enough to get into the team.
Perhaps the £ was too attractive to say no to.
Whatever has gone on, the player appears to have made a poor choice.
Perhaps he believed he would be good enough to get into the team.
Perhaps the £ was too attractive to say no to.
Whatever has gone on, the player appears to have made a poor choice.
"if he's what you want/need then you'll have to pay and if he isn't then you won't" seems perfectly fair enough to me.
The player should've run a mile from any such agreement though. "I'm not signing up to a season long trial" would've been my response.
The player should've run a mile from any such agreement though. "I'm not signing up to a season long trial" would've been my response.
January 2, 2026 at 6:17 PM
"if he's what you want/need then you'll have to pay and if he isn't then you won't" seems perfectly fair enough to me.
The player should've run a mile from any such agreement though. "I'm not signing up to a season long trial" would've been my response.
The player should've run a mile from any such agreement though. "I'm not signing up to a season long trial" would've been my response.
I can see 1 good reason for its use - it's a far more meaningful proxy for "did we play well?" than the alternative i.e. the musings of a biased and potentially not very bright coach with an imperfect & selective memory, who invariably has ulterior motivations for what he or she says.
December 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I can see 1 good reason for its use - it's a far more meaningful proxy for "did we play well?" than the alternative i.e. the musings of a biased and potentially not very bright coach with an imperfect & selective memory, who invariably has ulterior motivations for what he or she says.
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This is a massively dumb way to fund things. Just fund local government properly through fiscal devolution, council tax reform, and social care reform. Oh, wait, you ducked all of those again....
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is a massively dumb way to fund things. Just fund local government properly through fiscal devolution, council tax reform, and social care reform. Oh, wait, you ducked all of those again....
Hmm, is it?
Comparing a place which is "well located" and in the EU with another place which is neither?
And most of the reasons cited for the former doing so well are EXACTLY the kind of things that Telegraph constantly campaigns against if anyone tries to do them here!
Comparing a place which is "well located" and in the EU with another place which is neither?
And most of the reasons cited for the former doing so well are EXACTLY the kind of things that Telegraph constantly campaigns against if anyone tries to do them here!
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Hmm, is it?
Comparing a place which is "well located" and in the EU with another place which is neither?
And most of the reasons cited for the former doing so well are EXACTLY the kind of things that Telegraph constantly campaigns against if anyone tries to do them here!
Comparing a place which is "well located" and in the EU with another place which is neither?
And most of the reasons cited for the former doing so well are EXACTLY the kind of things that Telegraph constantly campaigns against if anyone tries to do them here!
I agree.
Her boss doesn't though.
Her boss doesn't though.
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I agree.
Her boss doesn't though.
Her boss doesn't though.
Isn't this in some part because the electorate gets larger with each election
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Isn't this in some part because the electorate gets larger with each election
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I can't imagine a job i'd like to do less. Managing an organisation held to a ludicrous standard by roaring idiots on a daily basis, while the main mediums it uses are all in decline and it's starved of resources.
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I can't imagine a job i'd like to do less. Managing an organisation held to a ludicrous standard by roaring idiots on a daily basis, while the main mediums it uses are all in decline and it's starved of resources.
You won't
Police need to do their job, banning away fans whoever they are is just a cop-out, no pun intended.
Or alternatively, ban them all cos they all have violent thugs.
One or t'other.
Police need to do their job, banning away fans whoever they are is just a cop-out, no pun intended.
Or alternatively, ban them all cos they all have violent thugs.
One or t'other.
October 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
You won't
Police need to do their job, banning away fans whoever they are is just a cop-out, no pun intended.
Or alternatively, ban them all cos they all have violent thugs.
One or t'other.
Police need to do their job, banning away fans whoever they are is just a cop-out, no pun intended.
Or alternatively, ban them all cos they all have violent thugs.
One or t'other.
AFAIK it's happened once only previously and that's not a justification for it happening again. If it was, it could happen for every game.
You're obviously in favour of allowing our police to unilaterally decide elements of their job are too hard and they can just decide not to bother.
You're obviously in favour of allowing our police to unilaterally decide elements of their job are too hard and they can just decide not to bother.
October 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
AFAIK it's happened once only previously and that's not a justification for it happening again. If it was, it could happen for every game.
You're obviously in favour of allowing our police to unilaterally decide elements of their job are too hard and they can just decide not to bother.
You're obviously in favour of allowing our police to unilaterally decide elements of their job are too hard and they can just decide not to bother.
There are innumerable clubs who have groups of supporters who are capable of creating chaos - Macabbi are no worse than many.
If WMP's ban is fair, then quite a few other clubs should get similar treatment.
We'll see if that happens.
If WMP's ban is fair, then quite a few other clubs should get similar treatment.
We'll see if that happens.
October 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
There are innumerable clubs who have groups of supporters who are capable of creating chaos - Macabbi are no worse than many.
If WMP's ban is fair, then quite a few other clubs should get similar treatment.
We'll see if that happens.
If WMP's ban is fair, then quite a few other clubs should get similar treatment.
We'll see if that happens.
'We should just take the police's word for it"
If it weren't for countless incidents that the police have fucked up and then covered up I'd be tempted to take that point seriously.
We should trust our police but never unquestioningly - especially when they are refusing to carry out a core duty.
If it weren't for countless incidents that the police have fucked up and then covered up I'd be tempted to take that point seriously.
We should trust our police but never unquestioningly - especially when they are refusing to carry out a core duty.
October 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
'We should just take the police's word for it"
If it weren't for countless incidents that the police have fucked up and then covered up I'd be tempted to take that point seriously.
We should trust our police but never unquestioningly - especially when they are refusing to carry out a core duty.
If it weren't for countless incidents that the police have fucked up and then covered up I'd be tempted to take that point seriously.
We should trust our police but never unquestioningly - especially when they are refusing to carry out a core duty.
Of course, we could largely eliminate violence at all football matches thereby freeing up significant police resources by imposing blanket bans of away supporters.
But that would not be the actions of a free country.
But that would not be the actions of a free country.
October 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Of course, we could largely eliminate violence at all football matches thereby freeing up significant police resources by imposing blanket bans of away supporters.
But that would not be the actions of a free country.
But that would not be the actions of a free country.
I recognise that most matches - domestic and European - have potential for disorder, but that our police forces have always previously deemed themselves capable of discharging their obligations to ensure public safety at matches and should continue to do so. It's their job.
October 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I recognise that most matches - domestic and European - have potential for disorder, but that our police forces have always previously deemed themselves capable of discharging their obligations to ensure public safety at matches and should continue to do so. It's their job.
I'm not doubting that there are plenty of violent thugs who follow Macabbi.
My point is that 2nd city derbies are at least as hard and probably harder to police than 1000 Macabbi fans.
Yet they always go ahead.
IMO this is WMP bottling it.
My point is that 2nd city derbies are at least as hard and probably harder to police than 1000 Macabbi fans.
Yet they always go ahead.
IMO this is WMP bottling it.
October 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I'm not doubting that there are plenty of violent thugs who follow Macabbi.
My point is that 2nd city derbies are at least as hard and probably harder to police than 1000 Macabbi fans.
Yet they always go ahead.
IMO this is WMP bottling it.
My point is that 2nd city derbies are at least as hard and probably harder to police than 1000 Macabbi fans.
Yet they always go ahead.
IMO this is WMP bottling it.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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