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Behave. Shields was a massive appointment for us. Ridiculously well thought of in young player recruitment, and we lured him from City - you make out that replacing him like for like is as simple as popping an ad in a shop window. The fact that he left 4 months in suggests something ain't right.

People looked at the perceived potential of the signings and got excited. Then reality struck and they realised that we'd signed talented kids who, collectively, weren't going to improve us anytime soon. I get where he's coming from and I don't think there's an inconsistency.

Rarely

Blimey, that's not the strongest B team we have.

Personally I'd have a midfield 3 of JWP, Diallo and AMN, then two 10's (one being Aribo, the other Djenepo or Edozie) and Adams up top. I want to see us pressing again though as we've got no chance by just sitting off teams as we have been doing.

Its easy to underestimate the Chinese. There was an IT security dude on radio 4 this morning talking about the threat to the west of China and Chinese tech. Amongst what they're doing is trying to introduce their version of gps as a worldwide standard, or at least amongst much of the world. Now in use by 120 countries. He was alluding to a Russian tie in, ie assistance to developing countries ok condition of military bases, and absorbing Chinese tech with constant tracking and data gathering. No disrespect Whitey, but it's laughable that people think that China can't produce a chip to guide a bomb.

It's fair to say that allowing Romeu to leave and pinning our midfield hopes on this kid was a moronic decision.

Indeed they do. Although their chips may not be top of the tech charts, we seem to agree that they make them.

Nah, although I'm surprised he hasn't had a job since his decent little spell as caretaker at Man Utd.

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.