Recent content by Brian Fantana

Unfortunately midfielders of Alexis Mac Allister's and Caciedo's quality do not grow on trees. We were incredibly lucky to have them at all, let alone passing through the club at the same time. I fully expect to see a proper attempt made to replace them as closely as possible this summer. FWIW...

If there's a minimum age to be President, surely there should be a maximum age too? You can't be hovering around (or indeed) over 80 years old and effectively run a nation the size of the USA. It's bonkers.

My only comment is that Belfast gets a bad rep (obviously), but it is a lovely place to visit. Titanic museum especially is fascinating.

If they didn't go with a headline of 'End of a Vera' then I don't know what the world is coming to.

It'll be more entertaining than Fanzone, that's for sure.

I go 3 times a week. Personally I've never felt unsafe there, but I was referencing another poster on this thread who said they DID feel unsafe.

I wasn't referring to him. I was referencing another poster on this thread who said they didn't feel safe as a Jew walking in London.

The fact that someone of any religion (or none) doesn't feel safe walking the streets of London is very worrying and very sad in equal measure, IMO.

I don't shop anywhere that is cash only. No excuse not to take card these days.

I'm with you here, pretty much. My first live women's match was last season's FA Cup final between Man United and Chelsea and I came away very disappointed in terms of both atmosphere and standard of play. Atmosphere-wise, I know they're clearly appealing to a different base to the men's game...

Zidane is apparently now Bayern's number one target. A much better idea than going for RDZ.

And that's a very noble take, which I'm sure pretty much everyone would agree with. The issue though, which you've helpfully alluded to with your own personal example, is that separating genuine from the lazy isn't something that is easily done. Especially when the suggestions are to take the...

That's my exact point. These 'crackdowns' will still allow people through the gaps who have become adept at playing the system, whilst genuine claimants without so much knowledge of the system might struggle to get the help and support they're entitled to.

If he's able to game the system currently, what makes you so sure that he won't be able to continue doing so under any proposed changes?

Fair challenge. Although there can't be many players knocking around with a test average that high (even from a small number of matches) and still playing today, let alone in English county cricket. The only person I can think of is English, but I may be on the wrong lines!