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Do people who dabble in Bitcoin ever use them to buy anything? Or do they just accumulate them to speculate on the price?

Buying anything with them results in a CGT gain (if the price increased since you bought)

some people don't realise that every crypto trade is taxable as they think that crypto is only taxable if they cashout to their bank account, but if you trade ETH into BTC for e.g. then that is a taxable event also. CGT tax-free allowance is £12,300.
https://koinly.io/ is very good for working out what you owe on taxes.

is this britain?

some countries are tax free, that's where the serious players are

CGT also applies to crytpo in ROI but tax free allowance is much less, < 2k.

Extra time but no penalties, is that right?

Correct. Replay on the 19th.

The bench was stacked on Saturday and we didn't have Fab, Ox or Milner available. I would be happy enough with what we have but agree with BCB, a 5 choice attacker would be a good addition...someone young and fast who wouldn't a back up role for a couple of seasons

We absolutely need another option here with AFCON on the horizon in January. We could potentially be without Salah and Mane for 5 weeks. Keita gone too but we have better back up there.

General question on the South - is proof of vaccination required to enter hotels or restaurants down there at present?

Only required for indoor dining in a pub/restaurant.

Ah lads, catch yourselves on. The Americans is great viewing, thoroughly enjoyable and compelling but quite frequently absolute nonsense. Elizabeth climbing into the trunk of the car in the repair shop and taking the trip into the FBI office makes me laugh every time (which it's not supposed to).

Not a patch on a series like The Wire.

You have seen Season 5 of The Wire, right!?? You know the one where McNulty invents a serial killer because he's pissed off that the police budget was cut. I mean that wasn't nonesense!

Just finished the final series of The Americans and would have to say it's the best series I have watched in a long long time. it can be a bit of a slow burn at times but the acting , storylines and the 80's soundtrack were a fantastic combination.

It's just brilliant TV. Up there with the best of them.

[In our own half of the draw Madrid aren't as good as they were 3 years ago and Porto aren't as bad as they were 3 years ago.]

A good draw for Liverpool. We won't have to face the big three of City, PSG and Bayern until the final.

In our own half of the draw Madrid aren't as good as they were 3 years ago and Porto aren't as bad as they were 3 years ago.

That's the type of throwaway line that comes back to haunt....

It's the truth. Liverpool aren't as good as they were last year either.

[I've watched a fair bit of football the last year and can't say there's too many centre half's who look that impressive.]

300 years after it was first promised, today it seems that the club have actually appointed a Director of Football.

Well, a 'Football Director' - maybe that's the same thing? Darren Fletcher also given a bump. Hopefully signifies an intention to change how the club goes about recruitment. Matt Judge still there, though.

About time, nothing short of shambolic the way the club has been run since Fergie left; In fairness since Ole came in at least there's manager there who appears to see the bigger picture when it came to player recruitment.

A big summer ahead, as long as United make the CL and with the return of fans next season then United financially will be a in position to sign someone like Haaland and a top centre half although can't say I have any faith in it happening. I've watched a fair bit of football the last year and can't say there's too many centre half's who look that impressive.

I said this on the Liverpool thread. The two Leipzig centrehalves were very highly rated and linked with a number of top clubs in Jan with Upemancho (sp) going to Bayern. In the two matches I watched them recently they were not great

The 2 Leipzig centre backs that are most highly rated are Upamecano and Konate. Konate didn't play in either game against Liverpool.

Anyone hold ADA or have any opinion on it?

Hi Lads

Sorry if i come across as a complete idiot but i need some advice if possible. Im a young lads with around 3/4k saved in the bank. I am hearing and reading rave reviews about investing in cryptocurrency(mainly bitcoin). Would this be a good investment to make? Can i take my money out anytime i want? My money is taking no hurt sitting in my credit union, but it would be nice to make my money work for me and maybe make a few quid. All advice is greatly appreciated 😊

As someone pointed out if you're investing in Crypto you probably need to be prepared that you may end up losing your investment.
Alternatively you could create an account with Degiro or another online broker and use your cash to buy more established, less volatile equities.
In both scenarios you would be liable for CGT (33% in ROI) on any gains. There's an exemption up to about 1300 euro.

Another option is to invest in an Investment Trust such as Scottish Mortgage. It's a managed fund so there there will be management fees but they've been
around for years and their results for last year were excellent. Again you'd be liable for tax on any realised gains or dividends.

The sport of boxing in Ireland is fcuked. Conlan for example was one of the brightest prospects in world boxing never mind in Ireland but unfortunately he will always be associated with MTK and for that reason he will never get the support of the Irish public that his talents deserve. At one stage he could have hoped to become a peoples champion after calling out corruption on live TV during the Rio Olympics. However, dangle a financial carrot in front of some of these boxers and all of a sudden they are inside a world that they will find it almost impossible to back out of. I do wonder if deep down they have some regrets, in some cases it is difficult to fault the individual boxers for taking the money but anyone from Ireland would need to be living under a stone not to be aware of the implications. The silence from the boxing community (both fighters and the media) in Ireland in recent days tells you a lot.

Conlan's brother is one of the top execs in MTK.

Gérard Houllier has died.

RIP

Can't see him back out for the second half.

A decent manager would have taken him off. Crazy from OGS.

The greatest. No argument IMO. I can still remember watching him in the '86 world cup. He was simply breathtaking. You have to remember back then
we had very little live football on TV and certainly nothing from Serie A or La Liga. You'd get the odd English league and FA cup games. It was fairly turgid stuff.
He was something we hadn't seen since Best/Cruyff (before my time). The ball control, the way he glided through challenges, the vision. He was just amazing.

That was as bad as I have seen Liverpool playin a long time.

Eh....I reckon Aston Villa game was worse...

Luckily I didn't watch that game. Still a win against the Danes in the final game will see us through.

A draw against Ajax next week will see us through.