AlexLaw76

🤣 Pairing of official does not get much worse than this!

Boruc KwP Toby VvD Bertrand Morgan JwP Mane Tadic Rodriguez Ings Subs - Forster, Fonte, Shaw, Davis, Wanyama, Lallana, S.Armstrong, Pelle, Lambert Manager - Pochettino

As we face hikes in fuel prices, partly due to Ukraine, I guess we hope the US can help plug the gap we have imposed on ourselves. thankfully, despite the ‘tough talk’ the US have ramped up their imports of Russian oil. Be handy to sell it onto Europe, with a good mark-up of course.

What you are replying to is what I think will happen, not my answer.

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If he is judged like this, when will other despots get the same treatment? Chinese & Saudi leaders for example? Bush/Blair? Even if it is just Putin, so what? Will doing so make you / I feel better? The real world has given us all one big slap in the face over the last few months, I think.

Sadly, I think it will stop when Russia have 'an out' provided, or most of Ukraine's major cities (at the very least in the east half of the country) are uninhabitable, which is probably close to reality. I predict that it will unlikely be Russia directly paying for its rebuild!

We wont be, we are a NATO country - that is a different ball-game altogether. What we wont do though, despite all of our 'tough talk' is rapidly increase the size/capability of our armed forces. I give it about 3 weeks when this is all over before focus shifts on spending more on something else (probably welfare/NHS).

All sounds great, doesn't it.

I have no idea. All I can say is Ukraine is getting destroyed (if not already) - it has lost. In the meantime, the cost of everything is rocketing up all over the show, and nothing is stopping Russia. 'Tough talk, sanctions and threats of war crimes (as if that is ever going to happen) certainly isn't - that is all we have left (bar a toe-to-toe conflict). This needs to end ASAP and if that snippet in the tweet is true, looks like USA, France and Germany have had enough now.

Look, more 'tough talk' You really think this carry's an ounce of weight in Russia (or most other parts of the world)? Does it make you feel better though? Happy to pay high taxes for it?

They hung Ukraine out-to-dry early (well, our European partners). Remember when Germany banned UK aid flights from their airspace before the start of the invasion? Because that is what we do. We have been meddling in the affairs of nations for hundreds of years. Influence you see, that and a massive boost to the arms trade. Who ever makes our anti-tank and anti-aircraft munitions/weapons must be rubbing their hands. If we were serious about defending Ukraine, we would have placed NATO troops in the country some time ago. We never, and that is very much off the table now.

How on earth is he going to be 'punished'? What about all the other despots around the world (some which WE are backing), who are currently murdering people all over the show, how do they get a free pass? One of the worlds major leaders will not be finding himself in the Hague. We all know it. We can stamp out feet about it and clap at Question Time comments when MPs demand it. Makes us feel better, almost washing our own hands as a country for very recent misgivings. although the West is the economic powerhouse, almost most of the world is not sanctioning Russia (is that even having the desired effect?). Heck, even the EU is still ploughing hundreds of millions of £ to them very frequently (again, with the outpouring of tough talk). Ukraine is losing (if not lost), the country is destroyed. Give Russia a quick way out, and do it now.

This needs to be over ASAP. No matter what we are being 'fed' by our news, Ukraine is (at best) getting destroyed, price of everything is going up, and Putin (despite all the noise) will not find himself in the Hague

I have noticed that over the last handful of games, we win very few freekicks in his 'range'....clearly deliberate by the opponent.

Real football, for real fans

Hardly anyone cares, social media being live or not.

Tella, Longy are Adam A???? I reckon he will go with Tella. Will have no idea why if he does!

I hope France fall foul like many holders do, and just not be as good as the World Cup previously

weird

Don’t worry, people will just fancy themselves, literally! the latest ‘thing’ has just dropped!

I thought it was a foul tbh, ihenacho hoiked his leg....

Our forwards were poor throughout, Che being better of the two The long throws are now hilarious I prefer KwP RB and Perraud LB. But a good problem to have with Livramento Ralph really does not rate A.Armstong. Can see him being loaned in the summer

Good point, in a frantic game. It was a point we needed as we have lost a few, and have a tough couple of game coming up