Jimmy_D

Judging by the players we were linked to, we were certainly trying for a few different attacking players (and signed a couple of them). When it comes to out and out strikers good enough for the Prem, there aren’t too many baskets to put eggs in.

Maybe a little jaded after the two big home games, but still deserved something from that game. Just didn’t fall our way on the day. Guh. on to the next one.

Shows how much of a psychological effect they’ve had on Russian morale that they’re so desperate to claim they’ve all been destroyed. Or possibly how bad Russian military intelligence has been, if they truly believe they’ve destroyed that many due to the decoys. (Or both) I’d imagine they’re trying to keep their own troops in the dark about continued HIMARS hits, but that must be pretty difficult when ammo dumps keep going up in a big bright fireball visible for miles every night.

Not to mention that part of our trouble with scoring has been playing more defensively to compensate for a relatively weak defence. With that improved we can afford to be a bit more adventurous in attack. Adams in particular already seems to be benefiting from that.

Mara and Edozie are both attackers that we’ve signed. Signing a slightly higher profile player is no guarantee of success either. January will give us options too.

Sport Republic have quietly had an excellent first summer window too. This must be our highest net spend ever? All while going under the radar with the media, Saints predicted for relegation, and all signs pointing to that money being used for excellent value players. Even more so looking at some of the prices there have been this window. Joe Shields obviously looks to have been a big part of that, but it’s extremely encouraging for him to have been backed this well too.

Dammit, this could only happen to Sai…. Oh. Never mind. I wonder if he would have passed a medical at Leeds?

Be even funnier if Dan James going out was finalised before Leeds got shafted.

Like I said, diplomacy and politics will be more important than the exact letter of the law. That said, if Russia never legally had a claim on the USSR’s position, it might open up some interesting conversations on whether they ever had a claim to some of the benefits the USSR had, for example the permanent position on the security council and their veto, if there was the political will for it. After all, what’s to say that Ukraine wouldn’t have had a claim on those benefits? If nothing else making Russia have to defend their position will have some effect.

Speculation I’ve seen is that at that time, Khazakstan would have in effect been the USSR, as Russia left before Khazakstan did. Russia technically was just a former member with no claim to the USSR’s position.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62750584 His company reporting it was ‘after a severe illness’ apparently. Sounds like they’re making the Russian line as implausible as possible without outright claiming he’s been assassinated. I’d think even going as far as that isn’t without risk in Russia at the moment.

Sounds like Dieng to Leeds is all but done, might bring PSV back to the table with us for Gakpo if they need the money.

So, while the USSR was a member of the UN, Ukraine has requested the records for when Russia started being part of the UN. Looks like Russia never joined, and there’s no legal mechanism that allowed them to take on the USSR’s membership. Apparently no one else has ever thought to ask. Of course in an organisation like the UN the exact letter of the law takes a back seat to diplomacy, and Russia aren’t completely without allies in the UN, but given their current status in the eyes of the World, it’s certainly an interesting question to ask.

We have got Caleta-Car Defends just like a jaguar … There’s a start for you

Today’s the last day of the transfer window, it’s certainly not early on. It’s not exactly falling apart either, we’ve got two more very promising players from City’s academy and Maitland-Niles coming in, and even if we don’t get anyone else today, it still looks like being one of our best transfer windows in years.

Sounds like Leeds offered a bit more money to make them turn away our bid, and then Gakpo turned down Leeds? Sounds unlikely the player will force the move to us, unlikely we’ll increase our offer, and unlikely that they’ll accept less money, but I guess the day’s not over just yet.

Aw man, sad because it’s over but happier because it happened sums it up perfectly for me too. Always felt like he gave his all, but knew exactly where the line was, booked so many times but never once got sent off for us, must have been a nightmare to play against. There aren’t many players that have bought into playing for Saints as much as he did; He’ll be missed, he’s a player whose career I’m always going to keep track of. Maybe we’ll even see him back here in a coaching role one day! Thank you Oriol.

Supposedly our efforts to buy up the entire Man City academy have continued.

Played really well, and this time got the result the performance deserved! Adams’ hold up play has been immense so far this season, a new striker in to play off him that turns out as good as our other signings and this season could start to look very interesting!

Seems so. OPSEC means any details beyond ‘this is happening’ are thin. Ukraine have been keeping their tanks back from the front lines, between captured tanks and military aid donated, they’ve got more armour now than they started with. If they’re using them to support an infantry advance, unlike Russia that have been constantly misusing them as a spearhead, they’re likely to see much more success. If we hear anything more than rumours that tanks have been committed, that’ll likely be the first concrete indication that this is a serious move by Ukraine.

Oooohhhhhhhhh! Welcome to the club Bournemouth…

Still on! 8-0…

There’s 7…

Daylight robbery that they won that, Saints by far the better team. New signings are looking better and better. The ref… well…

Russian partisans apparently claiming responsibility for the car bomb https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/21/ex-russian-mp-claims-russian-partisans-responsible-for-moscow-car-bomb