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Yep. All whilst building, strengthening and plotting. Absolute mess of a situation, but we've left carnage pretty much everywhere we've meddled.

The harsh reality probably is that it was indefinitely or nothing. Indefinitely was not realistic, but what those people have is dire. Tough call, but unless we were willing to stay and contain forever more, was there an alternative?

Yep its shit. How long should we have stayed?

I posed a similar question above. What's been happening over there is dreadful, and it'll get worse. Unless people are suggesting that the West should have stayed around indefinitely, I'm not quite sure what people expected to happen. We should never have meddled, all we've achieved is a more resilient Taliban, more internal division, and lots of destruction. Sad situation.

Sure, there are successes and failures, but for me, I think given that we need someone to come in, integrate, play and succeed, I'd be happy with a proven championship player. Even a hipster.

I think that's a big part of it. New culture, language, climate, must be a massive thing. A drive down the M1 is altogether different.

I've studied that beard and it's not trimmed at right angles so don't panic.

If he hand grinds his home roasted coffee beans whilst listening to that gramophone, it's a no from me.

I'm not sure why, but it happens that way. Take Adam Armstrong, makes his move and comes straight into the team. Adamo Del Armstrongo from some foreign league wouldn't have done that. Cash at Villa did well last season, Watkins too, ditto most of the Leeds players after promotion, etc.

He's named after a village near Sheffield, not a Peruvian village, so he's as non hipster as a mug of tea. He'd make a bloody good signing though, and I've prefer a proven championship performer to a hipster who'll need a season to adapt.

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Yep, but this Dman may turn out to be a nice new poster. Always has seemingly gone, and this warriorsaint may fill a gap. We've also had a Watson and Holmes pop up too.

How he was once is irrelevant to his form over those 27 games, and his poor game management. Nothing lasts forever. 15 points I think it is over the last 21 games, which equates to 27 points over a 38 game season. On any assessment that's relegation - do you honestly think persisting with him in the hope that he can resurrect us is worth the risk?

I agree that we don't need flair from our two x 6's, but the way they play don't help us dictate play. When Armstrong played in there, he played with no more flair as such, but he broke forward with the ball and gave an extra dimension to our play. Diallo has the ability to do that to a limited extent, but JWP and Romeu don't have it in their lockers. The problem with Armstrong as a 6 of course is that if he's in there, we lose him as a 10. Yep, many holes in this team.

So if I called you a racist and popped a winky on the end that'd be ok would it? I don't for one moment believe you are, I just want to establish that we can say what we like about people, pop a winky on, and all is cool.

Welcome new poster... Is MLG still around?

It can't be that complicated. He's had a pre season with Tuchel who plays a pressing style. Armstrong has come from Blackburn who play nothing like us. Having 2 right backs on the bench yesterday, and not this lad, made no sense to me.

Yep, and we are back to square one. However, and although we've (the west) have been integral in creating this mess, we had to walk away at some point. Sadly, Afghanistan is yet another country where the meddling of the waste has created problems that will likely never go away.

I've thought the same. Been happening for a while. Definitely a few alter egos here alongside their usual poster too. Some are easier to spot than others. CollinsDic was an easy one, and I suspect he's phoenixed as someone new.

They won't want him for long, he'll be back soon.

There is violence there, and the situation will be dire for many, women included (ditto academics, journalists, government officials, soldiers, police, etc etc). However, what are the west expected to do? We could not stay there indefinitely - withdrawal at some point was inevitable, and after the US made their decision us following suit was inevitable.

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No, we're on a shocking 27 game run. Anyone who watched yesterday's game will have seen a game where Rafa changed his tactics, but that Ralph had no clue how to respond. That's happened for months and months, game after game. This is not a one game issue.

Shit. Is his ability an indicator of John Terry's or something? If not, what's your point?

Yep, he is, but we ain't getting far with a nice guy in charge are we.