u/Monkeylowkey333

While rivals down the road have been forced into selling major key assets this summer, Kyril Louis-Dreyfus and the board have stood firm on valuations to keep our squad together. Retaining high-value players despite concrete interest from domestic and European heavyweights proves we are no longer a stepping-stone club. Building sustained stability under Le Bris is the only way to solidify our spot in the upper half of the table.

Another academy player taking the next step. Finn had an excellent season in front of goal and has been rewarded with his first professional contract. He's also already earned his senior international debut for Armenia at just 18, which says a lot about his progress.

Hopefully this is only the beginning, and we get to see him pushing closer to the first team over the next few years. Wishing him the very best!

I’ve been working in an admin role for a few years and was finally lined up by my company to transition onto a Chartered Degree apprenticeship to upskill. Then the 2026 funding policy shifts hit, and because I'm 24, I’m officially barred from government levy funding for Level 7 programmes since they restricted it to under 22s. My company instantly pulled the offer because they don't want to fund the commercial rate out of pocket. It feels incredibly short sighted to completely lock out young professionals who are trying to pivot their careers just because they didn't jump straight into a higher scheme at 18. Are people pivoting to Level 5/6 schemes instead, or just giving up on the apprenticeship route entirely?

It was perfect all day, then I had an important interview and everything started acting strangely. And it's not the first time this has happened, especially at a very important time.

I never really thought about router placement before because in my old house, the router was already set up where it was and everything worked perfectly. In my new place, I asked them to fit it where there was some spare space, but the connection just doesn’t feel as smooth now. It works, but some rooms seem weaker, and things randomly feel slower than they should. I remember hearing someone mention router placement making a difference before, so now I’m wondering if that actually matters or if I’m just blaming the wrong thing.

I’m looking at upgrading to the Full Fibre 910 plan and the Pro II package is being pushed hard because of the 4G back up. I realised that in the year I’ve had standard Vodafone fibre, I’ve had exactly three outages, all of which were fixed before I even finished my morning coffee. I noticed the Super WiFi Plus booster now comes with Alexa built in, which feels a bit like they’re just trying to stuff tech into the box to justify the price. I’m not sure if I’m better off just tethering to my phone if the line goes down.

I’ve been going back and forth on this a bit. Part of me likes the idea of picking a few individual stocks and trying to beat the market, but at the same time funds and ETFs just feel a lot less stressful and easier to stick with long term. Not sure if I’m overthinking it or if most people just settle into one approach after a while. Would be good to hear how others handle it.

No matter how the rest of the episode goes, it always comes down to that. Still the only bit that genuinely gets tense.

Did anyone see the PwC report from last week? Leading firms are automating 74% of decisions without human intervention. I’ve just seen a demo of an Agentic Auditor that does a sample check in 4 seconds that used to take me a whole week as a trainee. Is the move to pivot purely into Advisory and ESG Assurance, or are we just waiting for the bots to learn how to handle a client who refuses to use Xero?