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Sadly I see it the same. I hope I'm wrong.

Yep. As things stand, I can't see us getting out of it. Based on what we've seen so far, are there 3 teams that'd finish below is? Forest look poor, but anyone else?

Terrible game of football. If we can't finish above those 2, we deserve to go down.

At last word that was credible I'd let you have, but nonsense bollox like that I won't. Let's face it mate, you pretend to know what you're talking about when you don't. Don't squinny when you get called out.

So your definitive list of chip suppliers which didn't include China wasn't a definitive list. Gotcha. As for China, the western world is more fucked without their products and production than it is without Russian oil and gas. I'll leave it here mate. Knock yourself out if you want the last word.

I'll ask again. If China can't supply their own chips, who does? It ain't Taiwan.

Fair point!!

Yep. Howe - crap. Broja - crap. Delap - amazing (on the bench at Stoke). Apparently.

That's a crap response. You've given a definitive list of your belief of suppliers of parts for precision machinery, but swerved the issue of where china and Iran get them from. The truth is that i don't pretend to know details that aren't in the public domain, and I find it amazing that people with no greater knowledge try to pretend they know more than they do.

Forgive me, but you and others give the impression that you're armed with facts but you have as little actual knowledge as the rest of us!

Iran and China have precision drones and weaponry. Who supplies them their parts? It won't be any if the countries you listed as the apparent only suppliers. If they can source them, ditto North Korea, then Russia can.

I share your gratitude, and although I appreciate you've not made claims, I asked as you've talked about this war as if from a position of knowledge. Others have done similar. Seems that none of us know what we're talking about, just relying on what we're fed/assume/hope.

Do you have a military background?

So you're claiming that China and Iran rely on Belarus for their chip tech?! Taiwan can make them, but not China proper? Come on.

So who supplies China and Iran theirs? They ain't getting them from Taiwan or the USA! I don't want to go all Manji, but I do think some people are believing what they hope to be the case.

But you claim they're weak. Is that hope or do you have some kind of knowledge? As for microchips, they'll get them - China, Iran, others won't give a monkeys about minor issue like sanctions. North Korea have developed nukes and regularly build the missiles and kit to build and fire missiles against the background of hideous sanctions.

Curious that MLG reacted to an MLG post.

Leicester aren't on their way to relegation. I can see 3 clubs finishing below them, but sadly not below us.

I'm not challenging what you say as I don't pretend to know the position, but I'm intrigued to know what you base your position on? We all hope that that they're weak and out of missiles, but claiming it is something more.

You can view the psychology in a number of ways. Sure, the damage to the bridge is a psychological blow to Russia, but it'll be repaired in no time and won't make a significant difference to their war effort. The impact is Russia smashing the shit out of various cities which, to the civilians of Lviv and Kyiv who were relatively safe, will be massive. I'd hazard a guess that there is more panic on the streets of Ukrainian cities than in Crimea.

I'm all for stepping it up and smashing their air force/navy. At least get value for reprisals. A hole in a bridge is a token victory.

If you and Whitey are pointing to sabotage, I don't buy it. Russia didn't need an excuse to do what's happened overnight and whatever will follow. Surovikin wants to flex his muscles.

1) irrelevant. It's 2022 2) what did they serve to gain from a little hole that'll get fixed in no time? Is the price worth it? Pick your fights.

Don't you?

And yet people say Ukraine are winning. It won't feel that way to the residents of multiple Ukrainian cities. A large price for a small hole in a bridge and a bruised Russian ego.