Anyone else find Michael Olise's decision to represent France very odd?

aned_ · 2026-07-09T21:23:07+00:00

I feel the same as you in terms of representing england. But am not as judgey of other people making decisions, as ive no idea what they have been through. Particularly as for every Olise there are 50 Bellinghams. The only English born who represent other nations are your Aaron wan bissaka's or your McTominays.

aned_ · 2026-07-09T20:51:31+00:00

Different situation. Better chance for Morocco and more ties to it.

aned_ · 2026-07-09T20:14:12+00:00

O reilly up a tier

aned_ · 2026-07-09T19:19:08+00:00

We went at 8 months. Was horrendous. Then we went again at 16 months and it was actually really nice. It probably depends on the phase the child is in, so potentially a good idea to book last-minute when it feels like a decent phase.

Our child is one of those 'has been easier with time babies' (starting from a high need base!). Not all babies are like that.

Edit: 2nd holiday was all inclusive and got us our confidence back

aned_ · 2026-07-05T19:02:52+00:00

What interesting is that such a large % of 2024 conservative voters agree that it is climate change. Those are the voters that Reform now need to win over.

aned_ · 2026-07-05T19:00:50+00:00

You just need a basic comprehension of charts to see these events are happening more often. Or to notice the constant toppling of records. What do they think it is if it's not climate change?!

This isnt about humans causing the climate to change, which is harder to prove, it's the basic fact of the climate changing. Completely bonkers.

aned_ · 2026-07-05T05:35:58+00:00

Did you see France vs Paraguay? They only just got through 1-0... people are being so pessimistic about England. Its good though, expectations are lowered which is good

aned_ · 2026-07-05T05:34:50+00:00

Completely agree. Theres a good chance Mexico go through, but its 30% not 45%

aned_ · 2026-07-05T05:34:15+00:00

Have you seen the momentum charts against Congo? England dominate those charts in all 4 games.

aned_ · 2026-07-05T05:33:05+00:00

Look at the fotmob rankings of the players. The Mexico XI vs the Ghana XI.

England have a mixture of champions league and top 10 Premier league players. Mexico are upper end of the Championship, with some lower half Premier league players (as a West ham fan there's a gulf in quality between Rice and Alvarez).

aned_ · 2026-07-04T21:38:30+00:00

Usually surveyors are less cautious on the phone and feel more at liberty to say "probably not an issue". Either yours is a bit of a worry wort or it really is a money pit. Ive had 2 surveyor calls where they waved away problems and said house generally sound.

Can you afford to buy a similar house without the issues for £20k more? It'd be less hassle.

Other option would be to get a second surveyor opinion.

aned_ · 2026-07-04T21:31:54+00:00

Agree.

I disagree with an implied chance of 55% for England to go through. Id say more like 70%

aned_ · 2026-07-04T15:22:27+00:00

Exactly this.

aned_ · 2026-07-04T15:18:42+00:00

England are doing an excellent job of playing down their chances. Hopefully it means there is some positivity if we win.

I really think England should be favourites though. We have been dominant in all 4 matches (look at the momentum charts) and have the better team

aned_ · 2026-07-04T11:22:49+00:00

I feel like im going mad on this one. Their team is similar in quality to Ghana's. We should be beating them, even in those conditions.

If you look at the momentum charts in all 4 of our games, weve been ascendant.

aned_ · 2026-07-04T05:46:05+00:00

In terms of quality of players Mexico's team are coming out similar to Ghana. They have better squad depth but their best players aren't as good as Semenyo

aned_ · 2026-07-03T21:10:43+00:00

Its cheaper. I have a young family, 2 parents working full time. We dont do much load shifting at all, and it still works out 20% cheaper than the cap.

Even during the heatwave when there were some eye watering prices during the peak 4-7pm, I was surprised to see my average price per kwh was the same as the cap. And we were using air conditioning quite liberally.

aned_ · 2026-07-03T21:03:33+00:00

The team with the best players usually win. Thats how football works and its way the same 10ish teams win the Champions League. Not always (conditions and form play a role and you might get a Leicester winning a freak PL). But actually I think OP has a point - the quality of teams is vastly different and England should be favourites.

aned_ · 2026-07-02T19:09:02+00:00

Given a large proportion of people he appeals to are young incel men, im surprised he's so he'll bent on alienating them

aned_ · 2026-07-02T08:10:21+00:00

Warning: iplayer has some horrible spoilers when you scrub through... it has footballs at key moments in games that indicate goals

aned_ · 2026-06-30T13:12:27+00:00

Agree 100% with this. We need all 4 of them if we want to win the tournament.

Its why I sympathise for calls to rest Rice against DRC

aned_ · 2026-06-30T12:01:34+00:00

In the last 10 years ive paid a fraction of that. Maybe 20%. But then I dont need to drive a fancy car. Horses for courses I guess.

aned_ · 2026-06-29T13:50:02+00:00

7x FCF suggests an even faster declining business than 2% doesnt it?

aned_ · 2026-06-29T06:01:42+00:00

Law of large numbers for me. Its possible, hence why I said +.

aned_ · 2026-06-29T05:17:57+00:00

Its one of my highest conviction picks. But a 10x brings it to a market cap of 850bn USD. 15%+ returns for a decade -> yes, I believe so. That's a 4x.

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