Héctor Bellerín

An in depth look at Arsenal's rising star Héctor Bellerín

Born on the 19th of March 1995 in Calella, ​​Barcelona Hector first played football in the college Jesús María de Badalona, ​​where he was training with coaches July and Sebastian from 2000-2002. In September 2002,  his coaches and parents saw an advertisement in the Barcelona sports daily FCB Escola, summoning a test for future youth players, Hector made ​​two test matches with Barça School . Hector was chosen from more than 200 kids also his age for the FCB Escola.

Hector was part of the Barcelona youth system for eight years, their honours include victories in tournament Cologne (Germany), the Mediterranean International Cup 

(MIC), Benjamin de Pontevedra tournament, several tournaments in Bilbao, international championship Canillas (Madrid), which Barca won twice, with Hector receiving the MVP trophy for the second time, which was delivered by Zinedine Zidane, in September 2008.

However, the most prestigious tournament, and more importantly on a personal level for Hector was won on the 8th of August 2010 at Old Trafford, defeating the Pachuca of Mexico 1-3 in the international final of the Nike Premier Cup presented by Rio Ferdinand. Hector has been called up by the Catalan selection sub-12, Spanish Under-16, Under-17 and sub-19 participating in the U17 Elite Round in Georgia in March 2012.

After joining Arsenal in the summer of 2011, Hector's made his debut for the U-18s in a friendly ironically against Watford in which he scored his first goal. His U-21 debut came in the spring of 2012 which also came with a goal, this time against Chelsea under 21s. He signed his first professional contract with club on July 2013. Bellerín made his competitive debut against West Bromwich Albion on 25 September 2013, coming on in the 95th minute as a substitute for Mikel Arteta displaying his versatility putting in a good shift in the middle of the park. Arsenal went onto win this game on penalties.

I recall first watching Hector play for the Arsenal U21s in 2012 at Underhill against Everton in a game Arsenal won comfortably 3-0. He first caught my eye with his extremely relaxed approach on the ball combined with great vision but I suppose this is to be expected from a player who spent 8 years at La Masia. In one of Arsenal's attacks Hector started in his own half but combined with Nico Yenaris too put Hector running at full speed at the Everton defence, the one-two with Yenaris killed four Everton midfield players and Hector went onto breeze past now Everton regular and England international Ross Barkley as well as Everton's commanding number 5, a strong centre half. Hector then played a through ball to Sanchez Watt who stuck it inches wide. I remember sitting in the stands thinking Arsenal have a real gem on their hands here considering he just ran through half the Everton side.

In late 2012 Hector was called up by Arsène Wenger to the senior squad for the Capital One cup fixtures against Coventry and Reading, however on these occasions he didn't make his debut. Throughout the 2012/13 campaign Hector nailed down the RB spot and was instrumental as he used his pace and direct 

style to cause defenses problems, he participated in most games .With the U19s they also went on a European adventure, they got past the the group stages playing a host of great European sides such as Marseille and Sporting Lisbon to reach the last 16 game against Inter Milan in exceptionally testing conditions (the winners of the competition the previous year) in which a long range winner on the 69th minute from Nico Yenaris secured the gunners place to the Next Gen series quarter finals against CSKA Moscow at the Emirates. 

Against CSKA it was a chance for the young gunners to put all the pieces of passion, fight, determination and concentration together. A crowd just shy of 7000 turned out at a freezing Emirates stadium. After just 5 minutes Hector was already proving his worth, putting a great ball into Serge Gnabry, who headed straight at the CSKA keeper. However, that was a sign of things to come as later on in the second half Bellerin was once again combining with Gnabry and put him through on goal and Gnabry slotted home to provide what was to be the winner and only goal of the game and put Arsenal on the plane to Italy to play the semi final of the Next Gen series against Chelsea at Lake Como with team spirit at an all time high.

So as Arsenal headed out to Lake Como with the belief that they can beat any team, this was another chance for me to watch Hector as the game aired on Eurosport. On the 16th minute the pair of Gnabry and Bellerin again combinded as Hector split the Chelsea defence open with an underlap, after an inch perfect ball from Gnabry, Hector put it on a plate for Chuba Akpom to give Terry Burton's gunners the lead. After finding themselves 3-1 down in the 85th minute, a Christensen OG in the 86th minute gave the gunners a glimmer of hope. Although come the 90th minute it was very much roles reversed as Hector slotted in a perfect ball to Gnabry, splitting both the Left back and centre half with Gnabry then cutting inside and curling the ball into the bottom left hand corner to give the gunners extra time after two goals in very quick succession to bring it to 3-3.

Although Lewis Baker killed the young gunners dreams with a 116th minute winner, again this game displayed Hectors attacking capabilities using his pace to underlap, going on solo runs and providing two assists. However, on this occasion it was Hectors composed defensive performance that impressed me most as it has been well documented that Hector was always a winger but with Steve Bould and the coaches help he is able "every day feel more and more comfortable as a right back". With Hector also saying “It gives me a chance to go forward, and I am learning every day about the defensive side - I really enjoy it." 

I had also watched Hector at Underhill play against Manchester United in a game which he scored a last minute winner to secure a 2-1 winner on a night where he was again the most dangerous Arsenal player attacking wise, yet capably carrying out his defensive duties. That goal vs Utd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e95NYt8MqbQ

Another occasion where I got to watch Hector was when they were playing over at Borehamwood against Patrick Viera's Manchester City side. On a bitterly cold raining night the players were tested by the conditions and this may have been a reason why the game finished 4-3 to the Arsenal U21s. On the night again Hector again didn't disappoint, he pressed high on the Manchester City left winger to steal the ball from him before sprinting through and being layed off by Kristoffer Ollson who slotted the ball into the City penalty area for Hector to slott the ball into the left hand corner of the net to double the gunners lead to the delight of his family who were sitting to my left who were cheering his name and looked delighted. Again, Hector's ability to create a goal scoring opportunity out of nothing was the reason these individual moments stuck in my head, although I must say Toral's  second goal of the night, an individual effort was very special. Highlights from that game can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ltscbvjzR8

Photo credit goes to David Price

The most recent occasion where I watched Hector play was a couple of months ago where the Arsenal U21s played against Chelsea U21s and due to Carl Jenkinson being in the side Hector was given the 7 shirt and played in his natural position at Right Midfield. After some great team play in the first half Jon Toral gave the ball to Isaac Hayden who dinked one over the top to Hector who showed great strength to hold off Chelsea centre half and displayed his pace to latch onto the loose ball. In the second half Hector returned to RB with Jenkinson moving inside to centre back. Overall Hector put in a very solid defensive performance to display the good work he has been doing with Arsenals defence coaches, however Swift headed beyond Macey with 4 minutes left on the clock to double Chelsea's lead after a great flick from captain Lewis Baker brought in all square earlier. Highlights: http://player.arsenal.com/matches/3717056/arsenal-u21-v-chelsea-u21

Photo credit to David Price

One of the main reasons I think Hector has every chance of reaching the top level comes from when I was actually on my way home from that game. As I was in the train carriage on the Piccadilly line on the way home I looked to my left and I recognized who I saw. I recognized the people that I had saw at Borehamwood, It was Hectors family as well as Jon Toral's girlfriend who was with them. In total there were about 5/6 people and they were so quiet that I only noticed it was them about half way home. Considering Hector had just played very well and scored at The Emirates and also that Jon had also played well they were all very humble and didn't seem over excited and I suppose that they are even like this with Hector and keep his feet firmly on the ground and don't allow his ego to grow like some players would. Lastly, when I was getting off at Cockfosters this was also where they were also getting off and because I had tracked Hector's progress for a while I did feel like saying to them 'Hey, well done to your son' although they were speaking in Spanish as I'm not sure how well their English was haha!   

Next came a loan spell at Watford in the Championship for Hector when it was announced on the 22nd of November 2013, it was announced that he would join Watford on loan on a short-term deal until January 2014. Bellerín made his debut against Yeovil Town on 30 November 2013. Bellerín grabbed headlines in his third appearance for the Hornets after a solid defensive display away at Leeds as well as an and assist after sprinting with the ball from his own half to set up the goal.

It was announced on 3 January 2014 that Bellerín had extended his loan at Watford until the end of the season, although he was recalled by Arsenal on 18 February.

Against the team I support QPR, Hector was up against a tall, physical winger in Matty Phillips when the sides met at Vicarage road. This was an opportunity for me to see Hectors progress on the defensive side of his game and he did brilliantly, he had to cut out a number of diagonal passes and defend against grown men a lot older than the 19 year old.

Onto that assist, everyone on social media and a lot of my Arsenal supporting friends were hyping their 'loan man' but for me I've watched Hector for a while and know this is a part of his game and regularly bursts up the right flank so I'm looking forward to seeing him hopefully doing this one day for Arsenal in the Premier League. Unfortunately last year Hector was busy with the Selección and missed out on the pre season tour and Emirates cup. However, it was great for me to see Hector involved this year against Borehamwood, in the second half I know a lot of Arsenal fans were impressed by his accurate balls into the box. He also featured in America against NY Red Bulls. He then went onto feature against Benfica for the first time in front of a full Emirates stadium and done extremely well against world class international players producing a very mature performance,even lighting up the game with one of his trademark solo runs that had Arsenal fans off their seats. Too round it off he put in another trade mark inch perfect ball for Campbell to slot home. You can watch his individual performances against Benfica and Borehamwood here:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1asnsHUmNI

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c71--0inOJ4

It was disappointing not to see him in the squad for the Community shield at Wembley but there are promising signs ahead for Hector due to his inclusion in the Champions League squad in Turkey a couple days back. I'm sure his family will keep him humble so lets see Hector do it for the first team for Arsenal!

Just 10 minutes down the road from me, I'm sure Hector will keep grafting putting in countless years on the London Colney pitches to keep improving all aspects of his game to stand him in good stead to one day be a world class player and the prospect of a Spanish international, good luck!

Thanks for reading! 

My thoughts on QPR's return to the Premier League.

May 24th 2014: 

The day had arrived...

I think I speak for all QPR fans when I say this was a day I woke up feeling extremely excited at seeing little old QPR at the home of football in-front of 40,000 R's fans, however I was also very nervous at the same time.

As the mourning wore on my thoughts were a bit all over the place in truth, I was thinking what team I'd start, how the players would fare on the biggest stage, would we stand up and be counted? Or would we hide? If we failed to get promoted what players would leave? Would Harry and his team pack it in for retirement? Would Nedum, Joey, Junior, the ageing Clint and Dunne be up for another fight in the Championship? Something in my mind was saying no, this was a MUST win game, otherwise our beloved club could see a downfall spiral. This was the chance to get our rangers back.

As me and my dad walked down the stairs of Wembley station hearing QPR chants in the distance and seeing the huge arch of Wembley at this point it all became very real, and seeing Wembley way lit up with blue and white made my hair stand on end. Being among fellow QPR supporters walking down Wembley way I felt a sense of optimism and there was genuine excitement amongst our fans, furthermore as the squad was released this reassured me that this could be our day. Players like Green, Simpson, Dunne, Kranjcar, Barton, Hoilett, Zamora, I mean the amount of Premier league experience meant although to me being inside Wembley was surreal this shouldn't phase players who have spent most of their careers playing at the likes of Old Trafford, The Emirates, Stamford Bridge, St. James Park, Villa Park etc.

The view from my seat

As Lee Mason brought the first 45 minutes to a close there was very little to choose between the sides, however as everyone will never forget on the 60th minute the ever reliable Nedum Onuoha gets nut megged and Gary O'Neil takes down Derby's Johnny Russell. For a second there was a glimmer of hope as Lee Mason consulted  with his assistant, although when the red card was produced there was that split second delay of a dreaded roar from the Derby fans who immediately knew this was there game, they had been on top all second half also. This was when all QPR fans around me had hands on heads looking around at each other in disbelieve and fear knowing that for the next half an hour with 10 men we had to defend against a young attacking Derby side who had easily knocked 6 past Brighton on aggregate in the play off semi finals. We all feared the worse at this point and it was a case of when they'd score rather than if. Everyone talked abut our squad having the experience and in typical QPR fashion it looked like this was going to bite us as Derby had a young, possibly fitter squad and I doubted our ability to be able to defend for 30 minutes, get to extra time and defend for another 30 minutes. Unfortunately all the thoughts going through my head in the mourning started to filter through as Derby pilled on the pressure producing wave after wave of attack. 

Come around the 83rd minute or so time seemed to be moving so slowly, it was just Derby attack, Derby corner, Derby attack. It was endless, at this point we hadn't even have had a shot on target and we couldn't even get out of our own half, we had players like Karl Henry playing when we needed Ravel on but the circumstances just didn't allow and I felt like our attacking players were too tired to even get up the pitch with both Junior and Charlie working extremely hard on the wings to protect both Simmo and Armand.

89th minute....

It was all a bit of a blur and happened so quickly but I remember Bobby winning a throw on, Simmo just sticking it down the channel to presumably give the team a much needed breather and run down the clock. At least ease the pressure for a couple of seconds before the ball would be pumped back at us, however somehow Junior wins the ball off Buxton and puts the ball in to Keogh.... and from that moment on Bobby has given me a memory I will tell my grand kids about, a memory I will bring to the grave with me. From my seat I perfectly saw the ball fall to Zamora and for a split second there were bellows of 'SHOOT' and we could see perfectly the ball curve into the bottom left hand corner. The ball felt like it was airborne for a age and time seemed to stand still but when the ball hit the back of the net the Rangers fans exploded into absolute delirium and I just remember jumping up and down uncontrollably for about a minute straight with both my dad and his friend. We all couldn't believe it, our first shot on target was the goal that sealed our promotion and after an admittedly quick 3 minutes of extra time all fears were completely put to bed and we had won at the famous Wembley! We were back in the Premier League amongst the big boys.

When celebrating at the final whistle I'm sure all QPR fans couldn't stop trying to take in the roller-coaster of emotions and everything that had just happened. What an incredibly emotional day for all the QPR family and it was what we've deserved after all the mercenaries that we've seen entering Loftus Road with a big smirk of their face thinking about that huge pay check they would be receiving, the dire performances, the lack of effort. I think it's fair to say we all sort of fell out of love with going to see QPR just because of all the 'overpaid wankers' taking liberties at our club. Like all QPR fans I've probably seen the goal back 100+ times and on the short journey back from Wembley I couldn't help but get excited at the fact QPR would be going to all the top grounds and facing all the top teams and  all the top internationals from City, Arsenal, United etc at the peak of their careers would be coming down to packed, manic  Loftus Road.

After Bobby scored the goal that awarded us with £134 million as well as TV rights money I knew we'd do things the right way this time around with Tony Fernandes frequently taking to Twitter to assure supporters that this time things will be done the correct way and that lessons, extremely expensive lessons that  have been well and truly been learnt. Also who couldn't get exited at the teasing that Amit Bhatia and Tony do between them when we have a signing wrapped up.

Lastly, I couldn't be happier with the business we've done so far, Rio, Caulker, Mutch, Isla, Fer, and Vargas are all extremely good players with a lot of international experience between them with half of our summer signings featuring at the World Cup in Brazil and Vargas even scoring the only goal of the game against Spain to knock them out of the group stages. He's been linked with Arsenal for years and really is a world class player and probably the signing that excites me most. Although I really like Charlie, I noticed against Hull in the second half, a game we were extremely unlucky to not come away from with a point after creating 6 shots on target, the most shared with Arsenal on the opening weekend, that in the Premier league you can't be static with your hand up asking for a ball in the box.

 Remy offers runs in behind and his movement and pace alone creates chances and I feel that Vargas will offer a very similar skilful direct play on the shoulder style. Little words need to be said about Rio, so experienced, led United with Vidic to a Champions League and multiple Premier League honours and will be great for all the younger players especially Nedum and Caulker. Caulker as well was one I was extremely happy about, a typical strong English centre half with age on his side and no doubt a future England regular. Isla will provide stiff competition for Simpson and gives a bit more pace and threat from RWB. Mutch and Fer are also both great midfield additions to Joey, Ale and Karl. With Mutch being both footed but particularly having a great left foot and a long range shot on him, with Leroy offering more of a traditional box to box tireless approach in the engine room that's so needed at this level. The prospect of Loic Remy staying now also looks like a strong posibility after Harry's press conference this mourning in which he said he's spoke with Loic, he's impressed by the signings made here and is enjoying himself at QPR. Let's get Remy secured on a new contract and for me although he was going to join Liverpool, will be the best bit of business this summer. This could divide opinion but I'd love to see Adel get fit and firing again, he is the perfect player to put balls through to our strikers and even is a goal threat himself, I think he'd be the perfect man to have a free role behind the strikers. Also, Alex Mccarthy from Reading would be a good signing and strengthen our GK options, Lastly I'd love to see loan deals for Niko and Andros to return back to Loftus Road and that would be amazing summer business from the board and Harry. No doubt we will make Loftus Road the fortress it once was and turn around our dreaded away form around that has haunted us for years! 

After 5 years of being a season ticket holder at Loftus Road this is the season I feel we are all most optimistic about and I think we will stay up this year and hopefully keep pushing on! Lets give the big boys a run for their money!

Lets say a final thanks to the promotion winning side and especially Bobby because without them this legacy that is being created right now at Loftus Road wouldn't be possible! Good luck to all who departed from that squad.

The good times are coming back to Loftus Road! Lets enjoy every minute of it!

Roll on Spurs! 

My starting XI for Spurs on Sunday, Fer on the bench because he's recently came in and needs to adapt to his new players style. Ale played very well before coming off against Hull so he'd get the nod for Sundays game.

Thanks for reading! 

Come on you R's!

2014: 2 week holiday Alcudia, Mallorca

After holidaying in the wonderful Mellieha bay in Malta last year my family, which is a party of four we decided after hours of searching  that we would go to a bay called Playa de Muro, Alcudia, Mallorca.

After the toughest academic year of my life doing my AS level studies finally the day of the 27th of July that I had wanted all year arrived. We made our way to Luton all very excited to catch our Easyjet flight to Palma de Mallorca (PMI), after a very quick two hour flight landing at approximately 1AM Spanish time we stepped out of the plane onto the tarmac and were greeted with a very pleasant night.

After getting our luggage we made our way out to a very organised taxi rank service in which we were directed to our taxi and we were on our way to Alcudia albeit with 85 euros less. 

After the short 35 minute drive down the motorway we arrived at the hotel we were staying in which was the 3 star HSM Lago Park. Upon arrival we were greeted with friendly staff, although clean admittedly it was a very basic hotel with a two gas hob cooker and toaster and very old TV with Sky News being the only decent channel. However, the AC was very good and is in all rooms in the hotel which is a strong point. In addition the hotel has an excellent child friendly pool and bar area surrounded by tropical palm trees. Furthermore the hotel is only a minute walk from the beach and has restaurants, shops, bars and hire car businesses in abundance.

My parents shared the bedroom while me and my sister slept on the sofas that convert into beds. In terms of our room placement we were first floor overlooking the bar and swimming pool that divides Lago Park 1 & 2 which was pleasant after reading reviews that people had rooms overlooking the busy street. However, the only criticism is that at around 12:30 pool exercise begins with loud music and when the pool opens at 9:00 AM be aware that children will be screaming and jumping into the pool. But obviously this is a family resort and it's great that they're enjoying themselves but it's just a warning that if you do come in late expect to be woken up early. Overall, I'd recommend the hotel for it's location and cleanliness, more can be found about HSM Lago Park here:

- http://www.saintmichel.net/es/

- http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g1222290-d1392141-Reviews-Apartamentos_HSM_Lago_Park-Playa_de_Muro_Majorca_Balearic_Islands.html 

Onto the holiday itself, in my opinion it was fantastic, the Alcudia stretch of beach is 14km down to Can Picafort. The particular part we stayed in was Playa de Muro, this is a great family destination that has clean water that is shallow for a long walk before you reach the deeper water. The beach provides for a very scenic setting with the bay being surrounded by mountains. The actual town/marina of Alcudia as well as the Old town can all be reached by bus and taxi services that are relatively cheap. The marina boasts a vast amount of boats and some are even available to hire. 

In Alcudia there is also the old town, which is surrounded by medieval walls and boasts history back to the 13th century, however we tried to get there on directions from a waitor in one of Alcudia's resturants that we stopped by for some lunch. So we walked, and walked and had no clue where we were and it being around half 7 we decided to take a cab back to our hotel and go to the Old town another day. Although now that I've looked we walked along the coast of Ses Pedreres along to Cala Poncet and Es Pi Tort before finally calling it a day from walking when we reached the golf course in Alcanada. Although we got lost, like all places in Mallorca it still provided a very scenic views as we walked past very nice properties.

Whilst most of my days in Alcudia were spent relaxing on the beach soaking up the 30+ degree rays and spending the cool evenings in nice restaurants me and my sister did go para-sailing. Water sports can be found in huts nearer to the Port'd Alcudia stretch of beach, Although it was €40 each to go up into the skies for 10 minutes it was worth every penny. The views from up there were an experience that will stay with my for a very long time and the time passed so quickly up there. The sunset added to the peaceful atmosphere up there and its just so quiet and mellow and the sea looked like a still image being surrounded by the mountainous terrain. Wow! what an experience a MUST for anyone staying in Alcudia. Also on offer were banana boat rides, peddle boat hire which all four of us did, para-gliding, wind surfing as well as snorkelling and scuba diving. Although we would loved to have part taken in these activities be warned they are quite expensive and if our on a budget it can be tough to take advantage of all the amazing experiences on offer.

We did eventually get to visit the old town, although quiet was a nice place to walk around and take in the culture which my sister is very big on, walking on the walls allowed us a great view of the mountains and of Alcudia. 

Lastly, we went to quite a lot of restaurants, although the two that stick out for me were The Gurkhas which is a must for any curry fans as every thing served there tasted amazing with extremely happy and friendly staff. Secondly, Las Palmeras also provides live music entertainment, has very nice food and vast choice also is a very big restaurant again with very friendly staff who seem to just love their jobs. I thought these two were the two best in Alcudia so if you want to check out more reviews and photos from the restaurants go through these links:

- http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g1233772-d6510311-Reviews-The_Gurkhas-Alcudia_Majorca_Balearic_Islands.html

- http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g1222290-d4491328-Reviews-Las_Palmeras-Playa_de_Muro_Majorca_Balearic_Islands.html

The Gurkhas, korma, chick peas and naan bread.

Overall, I really enjoyed our time in Alcudia, if your looking for a warm place that's family friendly with clear shallow water that has a relaxed atmosphere on top of fantastic cuisine and service offered by the restaurants then this is the place for you, I'd definitely return sometime in the future! If after a week however you do get a little bit bored of Alcudia car hire spots surround the local hotels so you can explore the rest of Majorca.

Thanks for reading!

Friday 22nd August: Scheduled tube strike

Members of the train drivers union on the central line are set to strike for 24 hours from this Friday mourning.

ASLEF- The train drivers union claims the dispute centres around management’s ‘refusal to treat drivers with the respect and dignity they deserve at work’.

The union claims that incidents include vulnerable people leaving sickness review meetings in tears and drivers with years of good service being threatened with disciplinary action for short delays that sometimes aren't even their fault i.e. signal failure.

Once again we receive the news that tube drivers want to once again take strike action. Earlier this year in April strike action occurred not over pay but over job loses among staff especially over the ones in the ticket offices.

London Underground claimed its plans were an essential part of modernising the tube.

It wanted to remove staff from ticket offices, which it says are becoming redundant, and place them in foyers where automated ticket machines are located.

With that strike I must sympathise, my neighbour is a male in his mid 50′s and works in a ticket office. Should he have lost his job it could have spelled disaster if he couldn't find employment, I mean how would he put food on the table? Pay his expensive gas and electricity bills?

It was been well documented that they are among a very well paid bracket amongst the public sector, it was even documented by Nick Collins a transport correspondent that they received “a generous pay package of £48,000 a year”.

Tube drivers with years of good service have been threatened with disciplinary action for short delays.Although this may not fully justify industrial action, nowadays it seems that increasingly raised awareness comes about via strikes that catch the attention of the media and the thousands disrupted. However, to be fair to the drivers ASLEF have said that health and safety investigations have been refused. This got be thinking, what I first thought was a strike with little motive, could turn out to be a serious issue here. If drivers don't feel safe at work then this becomes a much larger issue and I just wonder if something bigger than a strike is needed to raise awareness of this issue and when the strike finishes this problem can't be ignored as we will get nowhere.   

If Boris Johnson condemned the last strike to be pointless, which to be fair had some substance due to jobs being lost, I can’t wait to hear what he’ll have to say about this one because I think to an extent tube drivers are being void of dignity, in most professional employment health and safety is the biggest priority so why is health and safety being ignored here?! Some drivers have went as far to say management have bullied staff as agreements are being broken and it quite frankly can not continue. 

Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to read my views.

Do you support the strikes, are they justifiable and for what reason? Let me know your thoughts, please comment/share.

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