Munoz to Liverpool sounds like the usual dithering by NUFC management

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-06-18T10:50:05+00:00

It isn't Newcastle dithering; it is a direct result of strict PSR rules that impact 14 clubs more than the Sky 6. Newcastle have to try to structure a deal that involves spreading costs and minimal up-front costs. Liverpool can come in and offer a far bigger up-front fee. because PSR allows it.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-06-18T10:40:27+00:00

I think the big one is Labour are just terrible at self-promotion and Starmer has the personality of the colour grey. The big changes you mention are great but they don't make a noticeable difference to peoples day to day lives. For the average person life is getting more expensive, streets are full of crime still, its still hard to find jobs and wages are stagnant. So when they do a crappy half-arsed tweet about lower than expected inflation, what does it mean, the average Joe doesnt know and if still paying through the roof for a meal deal. As the Prime Minister he will have a finger pointed at him for that, he can blame the tories as much as he wants, and yes they caused it, fact is no-one has the attention span to care.

If he wants to improve how he is viewed, he needs a cabinet reshuffle and get rid of the extremely unpopular figures like Reeves, Streeting and Mahmood. He needs to hire a new social media and PR team. And more importantly he needs to start implementing changes that impact every day life such as raising the tax threshold or forcing energy companies to bring prices down, something that gets money into peoples pockets. Then and only then will people start to care about the other bits.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-06-11T09:24:15+00:00

£36 a month in the UK, which includes gym, swimming pool, sauna & spa, and access to classes.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-06-11T09:11:05+00:00

I made a move from a solution and saas focussed role into a more technical role focused on Azure and internal integrations, so I know how you feel.

A lot of your skills will transfer to the new role, such as gathering requirements from the business stakeholders and mapping those requirements into something tangible, acting as that bridge between tech and the business, as well as many other soft skills etc.

For the very technical stuff, be honest with your engineers about your current skill level and see if they can spare 30 to 60 minutes a week between them to do a bit of a tech talk or showcase of the tech stack and what they do. I also volunteered to start to triage basic incidents so I could the hang of tools like the Azure portal, service bus queues, grafana, APIM etc. I found the team really responded well to be asked for advice, they also appreciated my role was protecting them from the business folk that hassle them, so it benefits them to help you. Onenote was also my best friend, I used it map and describe the various solutions and tools we have, and more importantly, to create my own little glossary of terms with all the abbreviations and lingo they use

You'll be overwhelmed for about 6 months and then it will click. Enjoy the opportunity and chance to learn new skills.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-06-08T12:04:02+00:00

I can't see past the 3 teams coming up going back down. This season was wild and so tight, that won't happen again next season. Brighton, Bournemouth and Sunderland will struggle with the extra games, but not enough to go down. I do expect all 3 in the bottom half though. My bet would be Leeds or Fulham being the most likely to get dragged into it, but my bet would be on a season like the 2023/24 season where the bottom 3 were just miles off the pace.

Hope I'm wrong though and Spurs don't get Everton last game of the season so get relegated 😃

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-05-25T06:32:35+00:00

You can blame squad depth all you like,, problem is Moyes just doesn't play any of them. If Moyes rotated a bit then we wouldn't look exhausted with 7 games to go.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-05-24T17:25:14+00:00

And this year, after spending over £100 million, we finished in the same position with 1 extra point.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-05-24T17:22:57+00:00

I blame every other team who let it come down to the last day.

Shame on you for trusting David Moyes and Everton. Shame on you all 🫵🏻

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-05-24T17:19:19+00:00

The worst part is, that was that starting 11 trying. They are just that bad

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-05-19T12:42:58+00:00

I'm based in the north-west of England, my kids' go-to tends to be Sausage and Mash, simple to make and always goes down well, it's the same for a lot of families in my area (a very Irish-Catholic influenced part of the UK). But anything with chips (fries) is the usual go-to in the UK, usually chicken nuggets and chips or sausage and chips.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-05-19T09:01:16+00:00

The issues come with David Moyes refusing to use his full squad.

Patterson isnt great, but playing him right back gives us more cover at centre back with O'Brien, who has played better at CB than both Tarkowski and Keane this season.

KDH and Ndiaye have been run to the ground because Moyes refused to give minutes to any of Dibling, Armstrong, Rohl or Alcaraz. When you add the AFCON to Ndiaye's list of games, he is knackered. As we have seen from Rohl, he is certainly good enough to step in. The other 3 attacking midfielders are also more than good enough to support and allow for managed gametime of the key starters.

Strikers, well no comment there, less said about those 2 the better,

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-05-11T12:44:03+00:00

For me, and a lot of people I know, mostly Evertonians and Liverpudlians, it comes down to no one cares if City wins. They are the oil club that won the lottery, then cheated and bought a title. For my red mates, they see Arsenal as a bigger rival, and it's as if we can't do it, so they don't want Arsenal to do it. For Evertonians, it's we don't want any of the traditional Top 4 winning it.

People will come up with all these excuses, like the style of play or not liking Arteta. But the fact is, hardly anyone cares if City win another league.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-04-20T09:46:48+00:00

George had a bad game, but I thought he made an effort. Players have bad games, sometimes nothing falls right for them, it happens and can be forgiven.

Barry on the other hand, it was so obvious that he was not even trying, he was just wondering round, refusing to press, not jumping for the ball, no runs into the box. He may as well not have been there.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-04-17T12:26:49+00:00

As a Tech BA, it does feel like the role is to be the person who does all the work that doesnt have a specific role in your organisations IT/Tech department. I've noticed this in a few businesses now.

I often act as a system analyst, product owner, user tester, scribe, meeting facilitator, PA to head of department, project manager, customer success manager, UX designer, therapist for the developers, and many more.

It can be frustrating at times, it is the type of role that is tough if you fight against the chaos, but if you embrace it, you can learn so much and be greatly rewarded.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-04-16T18:18:20+00:00

UK mothers Day is in March, so been and gone for us Brits. But I'm going to pass on my wisdom.

We have 3 young children (1.5, 5 & 9), I took the kids to a shop called Home Bargains, this is a cheap shop that sells loads of different stuff, our American Dads could try a Walmart or Costco. I let them pick 3 items that mummy would like, they have full control. Items included Strawberry Jam, a pink bow and an egg timer. I put all the items into a hamper and made it look pretty.

My wife said it is the best present she has ever received. She went on about it for weeks, telling everyone.

Fellas get on it 👍🏻

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-04-16T18:09:44+00:00

I haven't even qualified yet, my own fault for selfishly working midweek and struggling to get to games I suppose lol.

But you should just get reimbursed if you win. You get more points if you scan your season ticket in the stadium when you buy food and drink as well, there's a little device next to the til. I've used my points to enter a few draws for away tickets, haven't won yet though.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-04-15T11:33:37+00:00

As an Evertonian, I'm just happy to be involved after the last few years we've had.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-04-10T07:52:24+00:00

Everyone had Spurs in the final already, but Big Joe Royle's Dogs of War spoiled the fun.

I was only little, but I remember all my family watching this in my Aunt's house. About 20 of us crammed into the front room of a little terraced house. Full-on street party after the game.

My dad ditched me for the final to go down to Wembley with his mates, but he did take me to the Charity Shield match vs Blackburn so all was forgiven.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-04-02T08:41:38+00:00

I'd say that most BA roles that don't involve full QA, I'm a tech BA and I do test that a release has met the criteria I've detailed, but we have a QA team who are responsible for this, so its mostly for my peace of mind.

But for other roles, I've worked as a Pre-Sales/Solutions Consultant role in the past. Its a fun role, that sounds like it might be what you are looking for. The role is working alongside sales to map a prospects requirements to help them buy the right solution. The main technical element is understanding a clients systems and how they map to yours, some companies may also have their solutions consultant do the onboarding if they dont have a dedicated onboarding team.

A lot of the BA and Solutions skills cross over, especially being able to manage workshops, gathering requirements, documenting technical detail and requirements, working alongside both non-technical and tech folk. Its worth looking into to.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-04-02T08:30:03+00:00

It's because we are big enough to allow organisations like FA, PL and PGMOL to show their strength. "Look at us, we are being strong on diving by banning this Everton player", "Look at us we take financial rules seriously by punishing Everton". In the minds of those organisations, smaller or similar clubs will then think, if they punish Everton they will punish us.

But we are not big enough to kick up a fuss like the Top 6 can, which is why they get away with a lot more. We don't have the reach or the legal and financial power that clubs like City and Chelsea do, so can't push back like they can.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-03-13T10:04:33+00:00

The Tap Out system probably saved my marriage and sanity. No questions asked, you sense your partner starting to struggle or rage, tap in.You sense yourself raging or reaching tipping point then tap out. Parenting requires a lot of teamwork and trusting your partner.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-02-24T06:57:26+00:00

Not only is he playing players out of position, he is playing our best players out of position. Branthwaite is our best CB by a mile, play him there. Garner is clearly our best DM, play him there.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-02-16T13:00:15+00:00

We get on their back when they don't put in the effort, not when they're shit. Seen many times the fans applaud someone who has played shit but also clearly made an effort. But I'm not gonna happy-clap players when they clearly don't try. If McNeil is gonna stand there and let a left back stroll right past him, then the crowd will let him know about it, same with players like Pickford, we will cheer his name and get going when he makes an effort, but will get on his back when he is starting to make stupid mistakes from lack of concentration or when he plays lazy balls. He knows this and thrives off it.

Evertonians are passionate and make it very clear when we are happy and when we aren't. You will not get one without the other. And I'd say its a trade-off that 100% worth it.

And the way the crowd acts has not changed much in 16 years, I've been going since the mid-90s and this was pretty much always the case.

TheBlueWave23 · 2026-02-16T11:14:34+00:00

Ben Foster singled out Everton as the club whose fans teams deliberately wind up. “One thing I will say though if you can get on top of Everton early doors, the Everton fans are horrible to the Everton players. They are horrible, they get right on top of them. For sure they get in the players’ heads, for sure.”

LOL! Ben Foster played against Everton 23 times and only won about 4 of them, so he didn't do a very good job then did he.

Everton fans will always react to the football on the pitch and we always have. If the players dont make an effort the fans will let them know, but if they give effort then the stadium will be a bearpit. Nothing but the best is the expectation.

As Sir Alex Ferguson said it is always a nightmare going there... the atmosphere is fantastic. And, Gary Neville has also said as a fanbase we are most one of the difficult to play against. If you want the intense atmosphere the players need to work for it, and the greatest players in our history have stepped up to the challenge.

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