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Connections Puzzle #857 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Strands #591 “Going up?” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

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Wordle 1,579 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

England have qualified for the World Cup Finals after beating Latvia 5:0 in Riga. Can they go on and win it?Sky SportsEngland qualify for World Cup: Win in Latvia seals spot i...England have qualified for the 2026 World Cup, with a 5-0 win in Latvia giving them an unassailable lead in Group K; Thomas Tuchels side have won all their qualifiers so far - but his job is about to

So it's Brackley Town in the first round of the FA Cup.

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Another dreary day here. Just having a quiet day in.

Dreams can come true. Cape Verde have qualified for the World Cup.Small Nations can make it big.

This years FA Cup has to be a top priority for the Club. Nothing less than the strongest starting eleven should be fielded for this one. Notts need to have a decent Cup run. Other lower league teams do it, so why not Notts? The long held excuse of resting players for the league is just not going to wash with the majority of the fan base this time. The Club just has to aim for a third round spot & a potential money spinning tie against one of the big six. We are talking about potential earnings of hundreds of thousands of £, money that can go to strengthen the side in January.

The point I was trying to make is that as Belarus are ranked 100 in the international football ratings. Scotland should really be dominating teams such as this. The fact that Belarus were a "class above Scotland in terms of playing styles" demonstrates that Scotland have a long way to go before they can reverse their dismal WC record over the last 40 odd years. Instead of trying to copy the continental style, maybe they should play to their traditional strengths when it comes to playing style.

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It looks like the brothers have prepared Notts very well by improving the financial health of the club, so I don't think that our club will have any problems meeting the new criteria. I think that in light of this new development with clubs having to prove their financial health other clubs will be looking at the Notts financial model very favourably. Unfortunately, I don't think that the rich clubs will be affected because of the huge amounts of money that those clubs generate. I don't think that this development will do anything to prevent the richest clubs dominating the Premier League, & with it the football pyramid. I still believe that there should be a cap on transfers fees & players wages to try to prevent the richest clubs creaming the best players, thus reducing fair competition.

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Strands #590 “This & that” 🟡💡🔵💡 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵

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BBC SportFootball clubs will have to prove financial health before...All 116 clubs in England's top five divisions will have to prove they are financially healthy before being granted a licence allowing them to compete, under plans released by football's new watchdog.

Wordle 1,578 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I guessed all the words (58 out of 58) in today's Squares puzzle. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Can you guess this puzzle? https://squares.org/

A good draw against non league opposition in the FA Cup 1st Round. Good chance to progress.

Scotland should be burying playing nations like Belarus. I think it's a big shame that the Home Internationals were discontinued. They used to be so competitive & I really do believe that those end of season finales used to help the home nations especially when it came to competitive match practice. Whether it's a coincidence or not Scotland has failed to qualify for the World Cup Finals since the team played under Jock Stein in Spain in 1982. The home internationals were abolished in 1983/84 season.

I was stuck by what @True Magpie said in another thread when he said, "But with Kelle Roos already here, Notts will not want two goalkeepers who both expect to play every week". I don't know whether Martin Paterson would agree with that. The whole point of having a good quality squad is to encourage competition for first team places. At this particular time Notts do have players that have cemented their positions in the first eleven, but I am quite sure they will be looking over their shoulders because there are others who are working hard to take their place. As far as the goalkeeping position is concerned, there isn't much competition, & I believe this isn't good especially in such a vital position. There is no doubt that Notts do have a weakness in that position. That's where we come to the debate about the right or not to a first eleven place. I believe that there should be continual competition for all places in the team based on performance & attitude. That includes the goalkeeping position. It just doesn't suit the Notts cause for it not to be so.

The team is doing very well & has an outside chance of qualifying via the playoffs. Although their chances are slim, they are making history & boosting their standing in World Football.