Foden deserved to get sent off. He made his own decisions.

I'd have sent him off but then when I refereed VAR didn't exist so my decision was final.

Nick - Woking. 8% from Lloyds on offer presently.

I'm not arguing Lurker but that was the explanation of why VAR didn't mention it. Fernandes and (Enzo) Fernandez two of the nastiest players in the Premier League.

OI surely kicking someone in the back when they’re lying on the floor, clearly deliberate is violent conduct.

On another matter, been watching the Beeb's coverage of the Ultimate Athletics thing over the last few days. Very good it was too. Today though, after bigging up the fact that Aemondo Duplantis was going to sing a song during the closing ceremony, the woman interviewer and Amy Hunt continued yacking over his efforts. Pity really, as I was more interested to hear his singing voice than their waffling. BBC take note. Two women and a mic trumps all else.

Teeny Tiny man (not mine) has just got home, so I will bid you all anon.

Sending out love to the ginger one.

spit - I will be honest. I have been known to have a cider drink in my time.......

Best wishes, tGG. Never knew you were going through a bad patch. Hope life improves for you.

As the Chumbawamba song,"i get knocked down ,I get up again" hope for better times Mr TGG

cheers, padders. One of the voices of reason over the past fifteen years or so.

but back to more mundane matters, how did Foden get binned and Fernandes didn't even get a yellow? There were some home-town calls in the first 15 minutes, but nothing particularly egregious.

Good to see those two tags together.

Good luck, Ginge. We mentioned you the other day when a friend opened a bottle of Pouilly Fumé (sp?) for us. Hope the crap times pass.

trigs - it absolutely destroys your bladder (for some reason, it affects males a gazillion times more than it affects females). Fortunately, I was only an occasional participant (end of comment removed at tGG's request)

OI - I agree with that, but I also recognise that it's a somewhat academic discussion, as I don't think that the DT would adopt that approach anyway - they will keep plugging at the "please, please, please, please.....give us your money" emails until time runs out or we get bought out by someone and the issue goes away

Ditto what others have said tGG, hang in there fella. The FAQ's myth, it goes on everywhere, the writer posts Q&A's to the stuff they want to get out that nobody asks, and then uses it as engaging with their audience. Never is a public questions received are displayed and a the replys published..

Ketamine is extremely bad for you.

I don't know the legal position but ethically you'd have to allow those who have already invested to take the higher rate. Has anyone heard any more from "half a million guy" mentioned on here a few days ago?

thank you for your thoughts. On the plus side, I am still out-performing Swin on Premium Bond returns on a monthly basis.

The Trust seem to be missing a trick on this bond thing - as it is obvious that there isn't going to be enough demand at the terms on offer and sending begging emails isn't going to change that. If the alternative would be to take out finance at 10%+, secured on the stadium, why not try offering a more realistic rate (say 10% rather than the 5% on offer) to fans to buy into the new issue. Clearly this would increase our interest costs but if the bond fails then we would have to pay that to a commercial lender anyway and it would be better to have 10% unsecured debt to fans rather than 10% secured debt to a commercial lender. Of course we might still not attract enough money but there is a chance, as people might see the rate as making it a gamble worth taking on the risk. Nobody, other than a truly committed fan, is going to lend to us at 5% when you can get 4.4% from a commercial bank, fully covered by the FSCS guarantee scheme but if you could get a really good rate for the loan then some might take the punt.

Not good to read tGG - hope things improve?

Sorry to hear that tGG, life can be s**t sometimes, hope for recovery soon

Very sorry to hear all of that tGG - do take care, and I hope you’ve got some support too….