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He wasn’t there for 5 minutes, he was asked repeatedly first more nicely and then more forcibly to move on for nearly 2 hours. That’s not right, it’s intimidation towards the women and not fair on the residents. What if you’re trying to sell your house? It’s all tied into freedom. I don’t actually agree with online banning of content generally, whether it’s Christian or Muslim extremism (really graphic and nasty porn aside), I’d rather expose extremists with reason and evidence then have them disappear to dark webs, but Vance can’t realistically batter a much older civilisation on that and openly and enthusiastically severely restrict women’s freedoms over their bodies. Freedom can’t be something the US Conservative movement repeals in the most basic human forms when it suits and bans others when it doesn’t.

Can’t be good for anybody. Ross needs to move on with the next stage of his life with a very positive bank balance behind him to invest in the future and still play football if he’s able up to the standard defined by the insurers which could be as high as the 5th tier.

The context being that Juric has been utilising a formation with several full-backs in it.

Great to see such a patriotic country with such dedication to its airline safety and injured veterans…not

https://www.dcreport.org/2025/02/18/disabled-vet-fired-at-the-faa-this-threatens-public-trust-and-increases-the-likelihood-of-future-accidents/ https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/doge-lists-militarys-probationary-workers-pentagon-118947796 https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/02/18/boston-man-who-oversaw-va-information-security-swept-up-in-doge-cuts-veteran-privacy-at-risk/ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/veterans-affairs-cuts/

Joined Ross Stewart, Larios, Tereja, Sarmiento and others in the Southampton disappearing triangle.

Club can attempt to reach a negotiated settlement but if he isn’t anywhere fit for the level they are playing at there’s the frustration option to terminate the contract if the player and agent won’t play ball. Same as Larios. Time to be business-like but reasonable. Not good for the players’ mental health just cluttering the place with no prospect of what they originally sought to do for a living. After insurance they could play again at more appropriate level - Spanish lower semi-pro leagues or lower Scottish leagues or an ambitious non league outfit like South Shields for Stewart as high as the insurer will allow.

Looks a much better physique than 18 months ago, better training and coaching under Rohl and has done the work on his core which Smallbone needs to apply himself on to be the best version of himself and what he can be.

The home-made chutney SOG made was very tempting, I headed over from the Cotswolds to Romney Marsh but my car fell down the sinkhole in Surrey on the way there.

The guy was asked repeatedly not to intimidate women going for procedures and advice, with a PCO speaking to him 1-1 for 1 hour 40 mins, he ignored it, ignored a small fine, so was hit with a much larger one by the courts and law of this land. He’s also been funded by Christian Evangelist extremist groups in the US so is a political activist. The vast majority of the local residents around the clinic insisted on a buffer zone as a minority of others were persistently doing the same and invading their privacy. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g9kp7r00vo Also, Vance wants free speech for the far right online but doesn’t support and his party and appointed judges refuse to allow millions of women basic rights over their bodies. Once Roe Vs Wade is restored, I’ll listen to him on freedom of speech.

Got to dash, will respond more later. The misinformation around abortion and reproductive rights wasn’t good for start https://www.dw.com/en/jd-vance-free-speech-claims-debunked/a-71642886

Their midfield still has far too much pace and power for ours. Agree broadly with their upcoming decline - their last couple of windows have been Reed-esque although Minteh has started pulling his finger out recently. Mid-sized clubs cannot afford one bad window at PL level.

This post is a pity as your post and reposte on the Reform thread was so well framed and thought through. Trump just gave Putin exactly the domestic imaging and messaging he so badly wanted - US and USSR as equals as per 1980s and before. Huge tactical fuck up which will have long-lasting repercussions after Trump. He (Putin) was struggling to hold on domestically before that and his mate Donald just gave him a huge unwarranted boost. Which will hit you and I in the pocket as well. The idea that the US hasn’t gained economically from being leader of the free world is for the birds - or MAGA nuts. Yes, some NATO members need to spend more of defence but 5% isn’t feasible for most, 3% maybe. Europe needs a fresh defence strategy and to count the US out largely although I suspect air cover might be the compromise. As for the JD Vance comments, we’ve clearly got totally different values on what western democracy looks like, especially from an election denier like him. Meeting with a Neo Nazi politician but not with the official state leader of Germany tells you all you need to know about Vance and Musk. This from the man who called his President ‘America’s Hitler’. More like Chamberlain. The D-Day 80th anniversary and GI blood shed must have passed Vance by.

True, they’ve just not been so blatant about territorial gains. Puerto Rico (labelled an unincorporated territory of the US) being one example.

It was hilarious I have to say and unrealistic. As subtle as a loud fart in Winchester Cathedral.

More than 4400 at Plainmoor on Saturday though, that’s more than some clubs in League 1 attracted and most in League 2.

Ironic (not that the Americans do that stuff) that the Yanks spent half-a-century lecturing us British about empire and that’s exactly what they are doing now. Even brought down the Eden government over Suez.

It’d be like the Gazza Dentist Chair celebration in Euro 96 but in the Standing Order not Wembley.

The 🐘 is still in the room - trade with RoI dropped 6bn during 2024 due to Brexit trade friction and red tape https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/17/irish-figures-show-6bn-drop-in-trade-with-great-britain It went up between RoI and NI, the latter still operating under EU trade rules.

Much needed overtime for the plod.

Of itself it isn’t a bad signing for £3m, but when you’ve already signed Edwards for similar, renewed Bednarek and tied in buying THB, it made less sense altogether than as a single transaction. Which summed up the whole window - a trolley dash at Lidl item by item rather than thinking about what the meal needed and was going to look like at the Michelin Star restaurant, even on a budget.

‘Fuck’s sake Downing’. ‘Fuck off Downing, you’re fucking shit’. This must be an AI hoax, they never get on their players backs. Well, apart from Carl Tiler. Paul Downing now at Kidderminster.

Shearer went a huge rant about it post-match on the BBC about what the hell Guly was doing at the back post.

Quick though for a centre back and can actually play. A decent manager might turn him into a decent higher-end Champ CB. Not sure his concentration is PL level and has a touch of the Stephens in his ball-watching.

Hope you’re right on much of that Manji, if RM was in charge in summer recruitment with Rasmus doing the paperwork then he was even more out of his depth and deluded than we feared. Fancy buying BBD, Taylor, Archer and loaning Lesley for possession-obsessed football. It’ll require major investment from Dragan as far as FFP allows, Wolves under Nuno are the template. Pace, strength, then technical ability right through the spine of the team plus a new first choice keeper. Negotiate exit compromise packages with Bazanu, Stewart and Larios, latter two won’t be fit for professional football at any level again and insurance should cover some of it. Whether it’s Rohl or Cooper coming in, I don’t think another manager wedded religiously to a system or style is what is needed as we can have again at the moment as we had with Juric and Martin, although empathy and respect with the former for even taking this rabble on frankly. I didn’t care for the picture of Rasmus sitting next to Spores at the Burnley game with a face like a smacked arse. That didn’t look like someone willing to easily to give up his Mr Football/Frank Spencer role within SR. Dragan may have dissolve him out of SR and re-employ him for Goztepe’s DoF to resolve a potential power struggle.