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Ipswich nil 1 wow Delap

redid my 'dropped points' (lower now) to reflect how good some teams have turned out to be and how poor we have become we have dropped 12 points in games we should have won or drew 4 SHAMBOLIC draws dropped 2 dropped 2 dropped 2 dropped 2 2 losses, one we should have drawn, one we should have won dropped 1 (95th minute choke, I had this as a dropped 3, but Fulham turned out to be far better this season than I had them rated) dropped 3 (Ipswich are HORRID, no excuse to not beat them)

3 nil Citeh hat trick for Marmoush

1 1 Wood his 18th EPL goal of the season

Marmoush on a hat trick

Citeh 2 nil

Citeh 1 nil

1 nil Fulham

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riddle me this IF they are trying to get rid of fraud why the fuck would they try and wipe out some of the main, most powerful ANTI-fraud parts of the US government? ones that have found billions in fraud over the years and protect the US taxpayers and US citizens in general from systemic fraud and theft by some of the most powerful banks and firms in the world for example The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the main US Government oversight to prevent fraud by the the giant banks and financial institutions and also they have fired (or are trying to) most all of the INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN US Inspectors General for the major departments of the US government You are taking gaslighting to another level trying to say this is about PREVENTING fraud. Plus, Musk and Trump are running around screaming about social Security, etc cheques being paid out to 150 year olds. pure bullshit (and betrays a staggering ignorance of computer languages) The US Social Security computer system runs on the old COBOL programming language, which does not use a date or time type. So the date is stored as a number using the ISO 8601 standard. The epoch for this is 150 years ago (1875) - aka the metre standard. So if you don’t know the date of something, it will be a 0 value, which in COBOL will default to 1875, ie 150 years ago, the date of the Convention du Mètre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre_Convention The Metre Convention (French: Convention du Mètre), also known as the Treaty of the Metre, is an international treaty that was signed in Paris on 20 May 1875 by representatives of 17 nations: Argentina, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Norway, Switzerland, Ottoman Empire, United States of America, and Venezuela. The treaty created the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), an intergovernmental organization, under the authority of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) and the supervision of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM). These organizations coordinate international metrology and the development of internationally recognized systems of measurement.

now you have MAGA types impersonating authorities expect to see this repeated hundreds, maybe thousands of times DOGE impersonators demand sensitive information at S.F. City Hall, flee before deputies arrive, authorities say https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-14/doge-impersonators-demanded-sensitive-information-fled-after-being-turned-away Authorities believe three unidentified men posing as DOGE agents attempted to seize sensitive information from San Francisco City Hall before they were rebuffed and fled on Friday afternoon. The incident took place at noon as the suspects approached City Hall wearing DOGE shirts and MAGA hats, according to the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department. Authorities believe three unidentified men posing as federal officials attempted to seize sensitive information from San Francisco City Hall before they were rebuffed and fled on Friday afternoon. At around noon, the suspects approached City Hall wearing Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, shirts and MAGA hats, according to the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department. The men entered several offices, demanding that local employees turn over digital information tied to “alleged wasteful government spending and fraud,” the sheriff’s department said. City Hall workers refused their request and called the sheriff’s department. While deputies responded within the minutes, the men fled the building. “We do not believe they were DOGE representatives,” said Tara Moriarty, the sheriff’s Director of Communications. “As soon as the sheriffs were called, they walked out of the building. They knew that their jig was up.” The sheriff’s department said it was reviewing surveillance footage as part of its investigation. Actual DOGE employees, led by tech titan Elon Musk, have allegedly attempted to access private data, including bank account information and Social Security numbers, through Treasury Department records. A federal judge blocked Musk’s team from doing so last week and the judge extended the order on Friday. Musk’s DOGE group was tasked by the Trump administration to eliminate wasteful government spending. Musk was also temporarily blocked earlier this week from accessing student loan and financial aid information from the Department of Education.

10 experienced, proven managers who are all vastly better than Maresca, all of whom he could have made MAJOR efforts to get at one point or the other Diego Simeone Zinedine Zidane (probably would have been impossible) Hansi Flick Julian Nagelsmann Gian Piero Gasperini Xavi Hernandez Simone Inzaghi Unai Emery Xabi Alonso Thomas Tuchel (could have kept him)

and a proper WC veteran CB or two £1.4 billion and counting gross spend and we are a hot mess, so weak at so many key positions

plague state inbound...................... hello polio, measles, rubella, etc running riot Louisiana health department says it will stop promoting mass vaccination. Here's what that could mean The announcement came on the heels of RFK Jr.'s confirmation to lead HHS. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/louisiana-health-department-stop-promoting-mass-vaccination/story?id=118819674 In a surprising announcement, Louisiana's surgeon general announced late Thursday that the state health department "will no longer promote mass vaccination." In a memo to staff members, Dr. Ralph Abraham described vaccines as "one tool in a toolbox" to combat severe illness and that conversations about specific vaccines are best held between an individual and their health care provider. It comes on the heels of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation to lead the Department of Health & Human Services under President Donald Trump. Kennedy has spread unfounded claims about vaccines, including that they cause autism and that certain vaccines are "dangerous." Dr. Gregory Poland, a vaccinologist and co-director of The Atria Research Institute -- which focuses on disease prevention -- described the policy change as "anti-science" and said there is good public health research data to support mass vaccination. "I've grown up in an era where other than smallpox, DPT and flu vaccine, we didn't have any of the vaccines we had today, and so we, or friends of ours, got infected, got sick, missed school, some developing polio," he told ABC News. "I mean, it's just shocking to think we would take such a critical public health tool and deconstruct it or invalidate it. I can't believe it." Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the division of infectious diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, said not promoting vaccinations could lead to increased hospitalizations and deaths, especially if an outbreak of an incredibly contagious disease, such as measles, emerges. "On its surface, it makes no sense," Offit told ABC News. "If there was an outbreak of measles, for example, and it started to sweep through the state ... Would you then say, 'No, you can do what you want. If you want to get a vaccine, fine. If you don't, that's fine,' knowing that there are people in the state of Louisiana who can't be vaccinated, knowing that they depend on those around them to protect them?" Offit said that the change in vaccine promotion in Louisiana appears to be endorsing the idea of medical freedom and individual freedom over collective responsibility, which is "dangerous." He explained that vaccines don't just protect the individual, they protect the community by creating herd immunity, in which enough of a community is vaccinated, making it harder for a disease to spread. This also protects those who can't get vaccinated due to health reasons. "This sort of medical freedom notion that you do what you want, the rest of society doesn't count, your neighbor doesn't count, is at best short-sighted, and at worst sort of absents you from any sort of societal responsibility," Offit said. "Do you have any responsibility for the person you sit next to on the bus, or you stand next to on the elevator? You do and you benefit, and they benefit" from vaccines. Poland said not promoting mass vaccination could lead to a resurgence of preventable diseases that overwhelm the health care system. He explained there is currently a shortage of health care professionals, and the current health care system may not be ready to handle an increase in the number of patients with complications from vaccine-preventable diseases. Poland added that many younger health care professionals may be unfamiliar with what symptoms of these diseases look like because they are so rare. "Our current crop of physicians, they've never seen measles, they've never seen rubella, they've never seen polio, they've never seen diphtheria," he said. "I mean, this is going to overload the health care system and lead to inadequate and poor quality of care." In a separate, publicly posted press release, Abraham said there is a need to rebuild trust from COVID-19 "missteps" and that people have less trust in institutions like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over COVID vaccination requirements. Offit agrees that trust is low in public health institutions, but says not promoting mass vaccinations is not going to help people regain their trust and may make people lose trust even further. "There are anti-vaccine doctors, who are perfectly willing to say things that are not supported by the science; that's not surprising," he said. "But what's surprising here is that now you've stepped it up a level. You've stepped it up to someone who does represent the state's public health who is now making an anti-public health statement." "And if the purpose of that is to gain more credibility, that's not going to happen," Offit continued. "All that's going to do is play into the notion that when we push for vaccinating all to protect the few who can't be vaccinated, that that was wrong, and it wasn't wrong. It was right."

lol the fraud is going to come from Trump, Musk, et al the largest heist in human history just one example: trillions of dollars sucked out by the oligarchs (trillions is tax cuts for the ultra rich) whilst vital support programmes trashed for everyone else and then there is this: Elon Musk Mocks Federal Aid Recipients As 'Parasite Class' While His Companies Rake In $18 Billion from U.S. Taxpayers ‘Beyond Disgusting’: Elon Musk Faces Backlash After Mocking Federal Aid Recipients As ‘Parasite Class’ While His Companies Rake In $18 Billion from U.S. Taxpayers and “Elon Musk Is a Walking Conflict of Interest” Federal law forbids any Executive Branch employee from “participating personally and substantially” in matters “that will affect his own financial interests.” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/elon-musk-doge-federal-contracts-conflict-interest/ Elon Musk is serving as President Donald Trump’s hatchetman, slashing government spending as part of the administration’s efforts to end federal support for everything from dying babies in warzones and Americans displaced by disasters to US schools and startups working to slash energy bills for rural farmers and grocers. As the world’s richest man pitches himself as the savior of the American taxpayer, the companies he runs are raking in more federal dollars. This past Sunday, Tesla finalized a deal to sell 430 megawatts of batteries to Genera, the private company that now operates Puerto Rico’s power plants, for $767 million. The contract, first brokered in October before the election, will be “fully financed with federal funds,” according to a press release. On Monday, SpaceX netted another $7.5 million supplemental contract with NASA, bringing the total value of that particular deal with Musk’s private rocket firm to $38 million. That’s on top of the more than $4 billion NASA is already paying SpaceX. Appearing on television alongside the president in the Oval Office on Tuesday, a defiant Musk dismissed concerns over any conflicts of interest, insisting he had little to do with contracts brokered by the companies where he serves as chief executive. “You have to look at the individual contract,” Musk told reporters. “First of all, I’m not filing the contract. It’s people at SpaceX…and I like to say if you see any contract where it was awarded to SpaceX and it wasn’t by far the best value for the taxpayer, let me know—because every one of them was.” On Thursday, the State Department backed away from plans to spend $400 million on armored Tesla vehicles, after the proposal was revealed on social media and reported by the New York Times. The procurement forecast did not specify which Tesla model would be purchased, but the Times speculated the stainless-steel Cybertruck “would be the most suitable vehicle,” despite questions about its safety. All seven of Musk’s companies—which include X (formerly Twitter), xAI (a rival to OpenAI), Neuralink (a brain implant startup), Starlink (satellite internet service) and the Boring Company (a tunnel drilling firm), in addition to Tesla and SpaceX—have netted a combined $20 billion in US government contracts and subsidies, according to the Financial Times. “Elon Musk is a walking conflict of interest,” Craig Holman, the government affairs lobbyist at the consumer watchdog Public Citizen, told me by phone on Thursday. “Over and over again, he’s just involved in governmental actions that directly and substantially impact his own financial wellbeing.” The federal code known as 18 USC 208 “prohibits an executive branch employee from participating personally and substantially in a particular Government matter that will affect his own financial interests, as well as the financial interests of certain individuals with whom he has ties outside the Government,” according to the US Office of Government Ethics. In theory, that “should” apply to Musk, Holman said. But Trump can easily issue a waiver exempting Musk from complying with the rules as a so-called special government employee. Lawmakers have considered tightening federal ethics rules on special government employees in the past, but those were “not serious efforts,” Holman said. “We haven’t seen this type of abuse until now,” he said.

‘Ejaculating without intent’ draft bill slammed as ‘mockery of basic biological concepts’ https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/fine-law-abortion-ejaculation-ban-ohio-b2698443.html An Ohio draft bill planning to fine men who ejaculate ‘without the intent of conception’ up to $10,000 has been labelled a 'mockery of basic biological concepts'. Bill authors, Ohio State Representatives Anita Somani and Tristan Rader said in an interview on February 13 that it highlights the hypocrisy of laws regulating women’s bodies. “Men have the same rights no matter where they go in the country. Women’s rights depend on where they live,” said Somani. Rader added, “The point of this bill isn’t to get it passed; it’s to call out the hypocrisy.” However, Republican Representative Austin Beigel slammed the bill as “a mockery of the most basic biological concepts,” and introduced his own bill claiming human life begins at conception, and seeking increased legal protections for embryos, under state law. Currently, 10 states have made it illegal for women to have an abortion, even in cases of rape.

it is madness how much we are regressed in attack and that, in turn, had exposed our shite defence it all truly started with that shit draw at Everton (the game where he could have went top if we had won) on December 22, 2024

we are so fucked insane the amount of hamstring and knee injuries we have had the past several years

remember, last season Poch only lost ONE of his last 15 EPL games (Arsenal)

Nkunku is horrific atm he cannot handle the EPL, especially as a CF Colwill is regressing like crazy bullied like a likkle bish most every game now

made the right choice (great Valentines Day with wifey) and missed this shitshow we are so fucked, we are weak and so young (no leadership) across the board no even remotely decent CF now until April our back 4 is diabolical we are overrun in MF almost every game and our wingers are shit cannot see us getting top 5 atm (and may drop out of all the European slots) so it may well all come down to winning the Conference League to even get Europa League next season we are going to end up selling Palmer at this rate (when I do not know) as he will not want to play with no CL (perhaps after next season IF we fail thsi year and next to get into the CL) shambolic board, Maresca is out of his depth with this lot as well

Chelsea moved quickly for inexperienced Mathis Amougou – but they’d tracked him for two years https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6130555/2025/02/13/Chelsea-mathis-amougou-transfer-analysis/ Chelsea’s final decision to sign Mathis Amougou had to be a quick one — but it was long in the making. There were inevitable question marks when Chelsea bought the teenage midfielder from Saint-Etienne for a fee in the region of £12.5million ($15.5m) last week. Amougou has made just 19 professional appearances in his career and was only halfway through his first full season with the senior Saint-Etienne side. But while his experience at the highest level is limited, Chelsea have actually been scouting him for the past two years. This is an individual who has been capped for France from under-16 to under-20 level, so it is not a surprise he was on their radar given a key part of their modus operandi is finding young talent across the globe. Significantly, Chelsea were not the only club following his progress, especially after he was voted the third-best player at the 2023 Under-17 World Cup. He made seven appearances, scoring two goals, including a late equaliser in the final against Germany. France ended up losing on penalties. Amougou followed that promise shown on the youth international stage by making another five appearances as France reached the final of the Under-19 European Championship last July. This time they lost 2-0 to Spain. Bayer Leverkusen had seen enough to be convinced. The Bundesliga club tried, but failed, to sign him last summer. Other Champions League teams from across the top five European leagues were also beginning to make their interest known during the January transfer window after seeing him make 17 appearances in Ligue 1. Up to this point, Chelsea had been erring towards waiting until the summer or next year to make their move to acquire Amougou. But in the final days before the deadline, the club opted to bring their plans forward to ensure they did not miss out to a rival. Amougou playing for Saint Etienne against PSG (Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images for Qatar Airways) This was not a player Saint-Etienne wanted to lose. Talks over extending his contract, which was expiring in 2026, were opened before Christmas, but no agreement was reached. When Chelsea showed they were prepared to pay the €15million asking price, it was just too good an offer to turn down, even though there was some understandable regret he would not be continuing his progress with them. Current head coach Eirik Horneland summed up the sentiment when asked about it by the media last week. He said, as reported by MaxiFoot: “Am I disappointed to see Mathis Amougou leave? You can see it in two ways. We can note that we managed to develop a rather interesting player who has caught the eye of Chelsea, who does not hesitate to put a lot of money into promising young players. “They had several meetings with Saint-Etienne. Chelsea has paid a fairly interesting amount to recruit him. Our strategy is of course to develop young players, but there will also come a time when we will have to sell them. Mathis was really interested in joining Chelsea and we can simply wish him good luck.” Chelsea see Amougou as a No 6 they can develop. It is a position they place great importance on and one they want to find more depth for. Among those operating there for the under-21s, the club rate Kiano Dyer and Sam Rak-Sakyi highly but see Amougou and Dyer more akin to Romeo Lavia, who has made just 13 appearances since joining from Southampton for £53million 18 months ago due to injury. As The Athletic reported, Amougou is being lined up to join Strasbourg on loan next season so he can get more regular first-team football. However, the benefit to joining Chelsea now is he can spend the next few months acclimatising to life at their base in Cobham and the style of play Chelsea use without too much pressure on his shoulders. The 19-year-old has already begun training with the first team under head coach Enzo Maresca and by adding him to the Conference League squad for the knockout phase, there is an expectation he will also get some minutes in the competition. Starts in the Premier League are certainly not on the immediate agenda. So how good a player is he? Obviously, it is early days. Before joining Saint-Etienne’s academy in 2021, he had played for a local French team, Entente Brie Est, near where he grew up, and Torcy, a club renowned for developing more than 50 professionals, including Paul Pogba. He was also enrolled in the nation’s famous coaching centre at Clairefontaine. Former Saint-Etienne coach Olivier Dall’Oglio, who gave Amougou the majority of his senior Saint-Etienne appearances before being replaced by Horneland in December, was clearly an admirer. Speaking about Amougou in one press conference earlier in the 2024-25 campaign, Dall’Oglio told OneFootball: “Last season, he had a very difficult season with a lot of tournaments with the French team, his school certificate, his time with the pros — at 17, that’s a lot. It’s not easy. “Today he can concentrate on football, he is a boy who can do something and I am counting on him. He also has to prove himself.” Amougou challenging for the ball (Alex Martin/AFP via Getty Images) There is obviously a small sample size of data for what he did in a Saint-Etienne shirt. The fact he is playing for a club that have been struggling against relegation all season naturally means his statistics are going to be affected. His profile on Fotmob, which compares his output to other midfielders in France, showed that in the 857 minutes Amougou had in Ligue 1, he ranks particularly highly for tackles won percentage per 90 minutes (71.4). He also averaged 1.3 interceptions and was dribbled past less than once a game (0.95). However, a lack of duels (45.7 per cent) and aerial duels won (20 per cent) highlights just two areas in need of improvement. Franck Talluto, who currently covers the club for L’Equipe and has followed the club for 20 years, agrees he is a player with potential. But he has flagged the fact he is joining Chelsea much earlier in his development than other players to come out of Saint-Etienne, such as Kurt Zouma, Wesley Fofana and William Saliba. “We didn’t see a lot of him,” Talluto tells The Athletic. “He wasn’t helped by the fact the team is in trouble this season, so it has been harder for him to show what he can do. If you look at his statistics, even if he started the game, he would get around 40 touches a game, which is not enough (Fotmob shows an average of 45.9 per 90 minutes and that is in the bottom six per cent of midfielders). His move to Chelsea is early, he needs to play more matches, but there is definitely a player in there. “In the first half of the season, he started games, but I think he needed one or two more seasons in France to improve his skills. That is where Strasbourg can help.” No one at Chelsea is getting too carried away. They regard him very much as one for the future rather than the present. By giving Amougou an eight-year contract, he has plenty of time to make his mark.

every free agent CF valued at 1m euros or more Player Nat. Age Out-of-contract since Market value Wissam Ben Yedder Centre-Forward 34 Jul 1, 2024 €4.00m Hárold Preciado Centre-Forward 30 Jan 1, 2025 €2.50m Maxi Gómez Centre-Forward 28 Aug 19, 2024 €1.70m Aké Loba Centre-Forward 26 Jan 1, 2025 €1.50m José Juan Macías Centre-Forward 25 €1.20m Lebo Mothiba Centre-Forward 29 Jul 1, 2024 €1.20m Jaroslaw Niezgoda Centre-Forward 29 Jan 1, 2024 €1.20m Marko Dugandzic Centre-Forward 30 Jan 31, 2025 €1.20m Mariano Díaz Centre-Forward 31 Jul 1, 2024 €1.20m Raúl Ruidíaz Centre-Forward 34 Jan 1, 2025 €1.20m Gerard Deulofeu Centre-Forward 30 Jan 16, 2025 €1.00m Diego Costa Centre-Forward 36 Jan 1, 2025 €1.00m

we are so so fucked at CF we need to sign a free agent for the rest of the season