AlexLaw76

Geddon!!!

Great save by their keeper...

Brilliant goal, lovely through ball, brilliant run by fraser and a great touch to Arma for a lovely finish...

Whittaker scores again for Plymouth - Premier League bound player, if there ever was one outside of the top sides

FFS, hit the post

Fair play to the ref there, let play continue as their Rotherham forward fell to the ground

good battling by Adams down the left...we are killing them that side of the pitch

Fraser is murdering them at the mo

Game Over!!!!

Look at the 2 line ups, got to be a win...3-0 to Saints

But leaving the ECHR would probably bring down a government, or close to it...

Are you saying James O'Brien has not lost listeners?

I would have hoped that upon the initial bid* to stay, he would have been immediately deported. But of course, that is not the UK we live in *and the requirements to remain are reviewed and toughened up by some measure.

Yep. They were routinely losing some/all power at sea. Just floating around. The first T45 is about half way through its 'life', and all 6 have still not completed the much needed propulsion upgrade https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/what-is-the-status-of-the-type-45-destroyer-engine-repairs/

the very much shortened, but incredibly accurate, version

I hope the attacker get the support he needs, clearly got mental health issues. Probably needs a nice house, free money and just a kick start to life...

T45s were ordered well within the good times of the mid-noughties. The initial scope of the project was for 12 (to replace the 12x T42s left from the Falklands conflict), it was cut to 8, then 6. That is just an example of cuts that happened during the Blair years. Of course, this class requires/required entirely new propulsion systems, which are still being fitted out today up north. That is why we only have 1, maybe 2 available at any time. Just for further context, the 1998 SDSRn(and the 2005 installment) 'they' retired a number of frigates early....35 escorts to 25, 12 attack SMs to 10. T45 order was cut from 12 to 8 (now 6). During this time (due to cuts away from the front line), the 'Fleet' availability dropped from 90%-ish to 60%-ish. with 6000 sailors cut. Of course, i refer to the Sea Harrier, a decision made during the good years to cut it from service. The RN have only very recently stood up a fixed-wing sqn, which of course, it posturing as the F35s are effectively owned by the RAF - https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmdfence/779/77908.htm Much of that was to make way for a new carrier enabled power projection capability, that was due around 2012 (already retired the 3x invincible class). To be fair, what the RN delivers against the £ should put the other forces to shame, but lets not suggest that Blair/labour were any more of a friend to the forces than any other government.

Feck me, how are Leeds not winning

Leicester and Ipswich can quite easily keep doing what they are doing? No, we will be below Leeds if they pick up points tonight, so no one worth lookingf over our shoulders at.

It is documented (by Karen Brady anyway), that Saints went back to West Ham to get the deal done (for JwP) and lowered the asking price and other demands....He apparently did not want to stay and we needed his wages off the books.

There were cuts in troop numbers, hulls, tanks and airframes in the good years of 1997-2008. Yes, 2 new carriers were ordered, 3 were retired (albeit, much smaller), along with the sea harrier (for example). T45 destroyers - 50% cut in the tendering process. This was against the backdrop of fighting on 2 major fronts. Of course this government have not been friends to the forces, but none have since 1991. I am certain not much will change under the next Labour Government, primarily because the general public do not care enough, as they can't get a freebee out of it.

Neither could we

Again, more posturing....for something that is not going to happen, right?

No need to put any effort in to find direct quotes. Certain there are plenty more to find if I had 5 minutes.