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Utter pony. By your thinking we should have levelled Dublin when the IRA were conducting mainland bombings.

You keep asking this. Proportionate response would be to target Hamas not level Gaza, displace 300,000 people and deny them power, food and water. If you think that the current actions by Israel are proportionate and fair (which I can only assume you must do) and the only reasonable response available to them then you’re full of pony.

Not sure that's actually been verified has it? Only reason I mention it is because there seems to be a lot of stories like this that ultimately turn out to be false. I remember in the first gulf war when Iraq invaded Kuwait and there were accounts of Iraqi soldiers going into hospitals and ripping babies from incubators. I think that story was planted by the daughter of a Canadian diplomat who was working for a PR company. Loads of similar accounts circulated by the Creel commission in WW1 too. That's not to say that Hamas hasn't committed an incredible amount of verified atrocities so I'm not trying to downplay anything, just might be worth holding fire (no pun intended) on quoting that example.

Have to be honest, I didn’t hear any boos. There was some moaning and annoyance int the second half and you could tell the crowd were getting anxious but, at least from where I was, it was a long way from unanimous booing. Anyway, regardless of whether they’re being booed, or even if they should have been booed, the manager and players should know better than to criticise the fans. Nothing good ever comes of it. Might not be fair but that’s the way it is.

Quite pleasantly surprised that the reaction isn’t too negative. Any other day we win that easily. Frustrating not too win obviously but created loads of chances and their keeper had a great game. Thought Edozie looked very good. Che didn’t do himself any favours. Hopefully Stewart will be in the squad soon.

That's quality. I want him doing commentary and punditry on TV.

Yeah, sorry, rather than just repeat what Martin said in the presser I should have said it's amazing he hasn't stuck to a fairly loose prediction of when he'll be back. Personally I doubt he'll ever play again.

Said in the presser that he’s been back in training for a few weeks, think he said participating in some sessions and hopefully back sooner rather than later. Didn’t want to put a date on return but suspect after the break we’ll probably see him start to make the subs bench.

No mention of being brave. I'm disappointed - we haven't had enough emphasis on being brave this season and ultimately it's the only way to win games.

Can see the format for WC in 2030 causing so much controversy. From what I can tell just three games are going to be held in South America - that's going to be very harsh on non-South American fans who'll have to travel over there and back again. Seems ridiculous when everyone is conscious of climate change and the environment. Not a fan of the 48 team format either.

I've placed the "lucky" bet on Rotherham to win so omens look good. I'm expecting a fairly tight game where we have the vast majority of the ball but struggle to create clear cut opportunities so I'll be happy with a win of any kind. I'd also bring Charles in for this because he needs the minutes and because he looks our best bet to score from corners. I think we'll see lots of corners in our favour. Would also like to see Edozie get some time whether as a sub or starting - he was looking pretty good before he was dropped so I'd be looking to play him before Fraser (at least).

Ah ok, cheers. That makes sense although presumably the argument is that the money saved is now going to be spent directly on improving capacity on inter city and local services. Generally I’m in favour of spending on infrastructure but never been that convinced about HS2.

Genuine question but is the north really crying out for a high speed rail link to London? I heard Mr North himself, Andy Burnham, describing the decision to scrap the second phase in pretty apocalyptic terms; it would doom the North to second class economic citizens for the rest of the century. Stuff like that. Now I’m not northern and I don’t use trains much either so I don’t know if he’s right but I’m a bit sceptical that HS2 would make that much difference economically speaking. Certainly there seems to be a decent case for improving the northern rail network in general as it appears that it’s pretty shoddy and doesn’t have the capacity it needs so kind of makes more sense to use the money there instead (huge caveat, if that actually happens). Anyway, would be interested to hear views on scrapping HS2

He’s a good lad and very underrated. Good luck to him.

Definitely S Armstrong if past history is anything to go by. I'd imagine he also wants to give a bit of time to Charles, Edozie and possibly Adams and Fraser. Wouldn't surprise me if we see S Armstrong, Alcaraz and Sulemana drop to the bench. Not saying that's what I'd do but I could see us going with: Baz KWP THB Bednarek Manning Charles Downes Smallbone A Amstrong Che Edozie

We'll either win or draw as I've just put a bet on Stoke to win. I'm doing this as a public service seeing as how it worked against Leeds.

Yeah, she’s wrong on that one but I bet if you asked most fans after a game they’ve just lost then a large percentage will claim the ref was poor.

I watched the game twice yesterday (once at the ground and on TV last night) and rewatching it, it was surprising how much more direct we were. It wasn't hoofball but we did get the ball forward much quicker and there were far more longer balls as well. For a bit of interest I also looked up what Leeds fans thought and the first reaction I got was this one: Obviously she's only a fan but she certainly seems to think we were much more direct as well so I think you're in the minority here.

I did but it was more in the hope of jinxing a Leeds win than anything else. I don't really bet much but I'm happy to do the same until it becomes unlucky and Saints start losing again.

We stand a really good chance of winning today. I've bet on both teams to score, Saints to lose and Piroe to score - 5/1.

I like the crazy version. That's OK. On the subject of golf, it strikes me that it's not a particularly great spectator sport especially if you're gathered round one of the tees. Surely that's like watching someone take a penalty but not being able to see if it went in the net?

Oh yes, forgot about Tella. Fair enough

Can you do that with a shirt?

Not sure it's a significantly weakened attack - it's the same one! Unless you're counting Tall Paul as a big loss? I suppose he is big......

I know for many he’ll be known as Stumbledore (or whatever) in the Barry Trotter wizard films but for me he’ll always be the lucky git who got a greasy massage from Joanne Whalley in The Singing Detective. Anyway, RIP, seemed like a decent bloke and played some decent roles.