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Yep, although I've always liked Newcastle as a club, it's just that they've replaced a hideous owner with a more hideous one. Everton has always been a bit of a nothing club for me and I'd be quite happy to see them relegated.

Sized

Not unless the USA are on board with lifting sanctions, which is very unlikely. The timing of all of this is very interesting though.

What utter bollox. Bandera died 60 odd years ago and has got nothing to do with modern day Ukraine. We have statues of all sorts of people who have blood on their hands. By your bizarre approach, a statue of Cecil Rhodes, for example, suggests that we're inherently embedded with imperialism. Anyways, if the Ukrainian public choose to vote for a load of fascists it's got nothing to do with Russia and doesn't justify them smashing Ukraine to pieces. No properly tuned individual can justify what Putin is doing.

Penalty

Salesman

Comfort

Lagoon

He's not just a young player doing well or in purple patch. Anyone who saw this lad play before he joined us could see a player big, fast, powerful, skilful, two good feet, great finish, good movement, great on the turn, etc. That's the signs of a decent player. He's then come into the Premier league and smashed it. If I were a city fan, I'd be as excited by signing this kid as Kane. In a couple of years Kane will be beyond his best or playing deeper, whereas Broja will still be improving. I appreciate that you'll disagree and advocate that A Armstrong would be a better option, but each to their own.

I saw your point that he was over rated and that was enough mate. You stated that the kid was less talented than Adam Armstrong and have continued to talk nonsense about him since then. We all misjudge players - I thought Jake Thompson was gonna be a superstar and he managed to look shit in the national league. We all get it wrong sometimes treacle.

Autumn

Do you believe all the shit you post? Broja overrated. Behave.

Rain (....yeah I know)

Jefferson

Kitten

How is Ireland's GDP double ours? Crazy.

Yep. Ukraine haven't got time for sanctions to bite and for Putin to possibly be ousted. On the last part, I think the answer is obvious. Our sanctions have been piss poor in comparison to almost everyone else who's sanctioned, so hardly likely that we'd announce military support if we've supplied it.

That's a lot of waffle mate. I'm none the wiser whether you feel that Putin should be able to dictate who joins other people's clubs.

To be clear, you're saying that Moldova or Finland should abandon Nato or EU membership if Putin demands it?

Putin’s demand is not to drop it, but amend its constitution to agree to never to seek membership. If they're out, they'll always be a sitting duck and the minute they ask to join, Putin will have another crack. Just tell the little prick that Nato decides who's in their club, not him.

He's essentially said that Nato don't want Ukraine as they don't want to protect it from Russia. That's not a willingness, and doesn't give any protection to Ukraine from Russia, protection which they bought when they surrendered their nuclear weapons. Nato should to stand up and admit Ukraine when this nonsense is over - they're no less deserving of a seat at the table than the Baltic states or Poland.

How about Nato or EU membership? If Ukraine concede that. Should Moldova or Finland be expected to do so if Putin insists?

1, 2 and 3. 2 assumes that we'll react if it escalates to a Nato country. We should, and that would be a short lived conventional war that he knows he won't win. That increases the risk to a nuclear war and i'm not convinced we'll risk that, or that you're right that he'll be talked down. Thus, I think he either tests the West or just sticks it out in Ukraine. I'm not sure what this fool will do. 4. The idiot has backed himself into a corner. There's no compromise here, and I can't see that he'll retreat for the reason you state.

There's no distinction between items leaving one Nato country in a plane and arriving in Ukraine, or a plane leaving a Nato country and arriving in Ukraine. Any argument to the contrary is bollox. One of our senior forces guys (or ex, I can't recall) said something about Ukraine pilots crossing the border and collecting them. Seems like a solution. At the end of the day though, Putin has said don't supply planes, we've shit ourselves and said "don't blame us, it was the Poles idea". Pathetic.

Poland needed US support on this. Rather than give that, the US didn't just say no, they've publicly said what Poland wanted and hung them out to dry. Sure, the US didn't have to agree, but the public message is a tacit apology to Russia.