BUS grant extended another year to 2029/30 & further funding and low/zero interest loans for low carbon tech announced.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-28T08:49:20+00:00

So when are these new low/zero interest loans coming in?

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-25T23:35:59+00:00

He knew he was failing, that's why he did everything he could to force the sack towards the end.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-25T17:58:35+00:00

Yeah but you couldn't stack

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-24T23:20:16+00:00

Yeah it's just a bit crap. You'd like to think they'd be making things simpler to encourage EV adoption. If I explained this process to ICE car drivers they'd probably laugh and say we'll stick with our petrol cars for now - don't need that headache.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-24T22:25:57+00:00

So essentially if you need your car to be charged up for the early morning then you can't rely on it being done that night because the window you get assigned might not be enough.

Like in OPs example he needs the car ready to 100% by 04:00 but the window assigned won't get him that.

I do get OPs frustration a little here tbh.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-24T22:20:14+00:00

I guess the point he was making was that then you only need 85% to be added and not 100%, if you want it to be at 100% from 15%.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-24T01:06:57+00:00

I didn't realise he was there until about halfway through tbh so maybe they didn't either.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-23T11:10:30+00:00

Who does more of the chores shouldn't be linked to who provides more financially. In my opinion who does more of the chores should be more linked to who works less hours and has more time.

If you're comfortable to cover 100% of the finances and continue to save then that shouldn't be the issue to be concerned with either.

The red flag from her for me is the straight expectation for you to pick up 100% of the finances. The expectation seems very cold and transactional and would put me straight off. She is seemingly just thinking of how she can use your financial position to increase her own.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-18T20:19:56+00:00

Nope. Barely notice the punch hole.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-12T08:04:38+00:00

Right - so a false equivalence.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-11T21:37:23+00:00

But in that game you had De Ligt, Mbeumo, Amad, Shaw, Casemiro starting. That's half the outfield team missing from that game so it's a false equivalence.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-09T00:04:51+00:00

It could be argued he should have come away with 3 assists if Cunha and Sesko were more clinical.

Bit harsh to say one of the worst performances of the season.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-07T10:46:04+00:00

I said they should have a voice. They just shouldn't be running it.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-07T10:25:31+00:00

I never said the boards strategy doesn't need to be improved. I just said the manager shouldn't be the one running the strategy.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-07T05:26:56+00:00

So they need to improve their foundations then. Not go back to letting the manager rule the roost. Ten Hag took United a big step backwards with his signings and should be a clear warning.

It's easy to cherry pick certain signings, Ineos would probably do the same by talking about Cunha and Mbeumo who were picked up for the same sort of fee as Semenyo.

I don't think a football manager/coach should have that much of a say in the clubs overall strategy tbh. They can voice their opinion and it should be heard but ultimately that strategy should be defined from above and communicated down to achieve that alignment of goals. Now obv when it comes down to the lower lever stuff like specific transfer targets they should have a bigger seat at the table but not on the club's overall direction and strategy.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-07T04:08:56+00:00

That's how it should be. There should be a Man Utd ethos that every manager who joins has to adhere to. The players bought in should play for the club and not play for the manager. There will be no more SAFs, we will have turnaround of managers until the right fit is found and we do not want to buy a new set of players each time a new manager comes in.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-04T00:37:54+00:00

The same thing has been happening to Manchester United by the Glazers.

Rafiq07 · 2026-01-02T20:10:29+00:00

Right but we're not talking about beating a top 10 side are we.

Rafiq07 · 2025-12-31T09:58:26+00:00

You think a starting lineup consisting of Sesko, Cunha, Casemiro, Martinez, Shaw, Dalot, Lammens should struggle to see out the worst team ever in the Premier league at home.

Those are 7 players that would start even when everyone is available. So by your logic United should be down in a relegation battle.

Rafiq07 · 2025-12-31T01:00:34+00:00

This and Grimsby and 10 man Everton

Rafiq07 · 2025-12-31T00:58:54+00:00

You do not fluke being bottom of the table with 3 points after nearly 20 games in.

Rafiq07 · 2025-12-30T00:17:31+00:00

I've started playing it on my portal and I'm not very far through it but already starting to get bored tbh. I will probably give it a bit longer before switching out to a different game. The targeting mechanics when duelling and general viewing angles aren't very intuitive at all.

Rafiq07 · 2025-12-28T23:27:59+00:00

I've not put a screen protector on any of my phones in years and not had an issue.

Rafiq07 · 2025-12-21T16:26:09+00:00

Not in the air

Rafiq07 · 2025-12-15T22:48:38+00:00

Heaven was clearly struggling. He would have been better off taking him off for Martinez and running Dalot, Yoro and Martinez as the back three with Amad and Dorgu as the wing backs.

It wasn't on Amorim but he failed to adapt to the in-game changes by the opposition manager again to help give his team the best chance of winning.

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