benjii

If we don't go up this season then a big chunk of the first XI will leave. Then next season it'll be, "there are lots of new faces, it'll take time for them to understand what we're asking them to do..." rinse and repeat. A long term strategy within the club is a good idea and it should contribute, over time, to a higher chance of having a good team. At a first team level, the only thing that matters is winning the next game. If you have a good player then unless you are one of the big few clubs you have about two years to extract maximum return from them.

Jews lived in Palestine before the UN partition plan. There weren't many there, but they were fine. How's that theory working out for the West Bank Palestinians?

Biden's visit is a little worrying. Geriatric mumblings about Hamas making ISIS look more reasonable are idiotic and inflammatory. Let's hope he doesn't say or do anything too stupid whilst he's there. Fuck me, look at the people the US and UK have had in charge recently Trump, Biden, Johnson, Truss, Sunak.... it's utterly mental.

- We're not aware of any deaths. We'll investigate. - Some people were killed, but by Palestinians. Rocket went off by mistake. - OK, we did kill them but they were terrorists. - Yes, OK, some of them were civilians but they were being used as human shields by the terrorists. - OK, there were no terrorists in the area. We made a mistake. But we only kill civilians by accident and they do it on purpose. - Yes, OK, we have killed way more civilians than they have but look at other countries - they do bad stuff too! - Why are you so interested in Israel anyway? Are you some sort of anti-semite? Edit: this post wasn't about the hospital blast. Looks to me like that was not an Israeli air strike.

I think they are in Qatar, not UAE.

Yeah, dropping bombs/shelling trucks full of people on the main highway south does, on the face of it, look like the work of a complete cunt.

The people of Gaza weren't being bombed because Netanyahu has tried to cosy up to Hamas to cause a split in alliance between the Gaza leadership and the West Bank. Certain Israelis think this is why such a huge defence failure occurred at the weekend - Netanyahu didn't think it would happen. Putting Gaza aside, the reason there can never now be a clear two state solution is because of the Israeli government's support and encouragement of Jewish settlement in the West Bank and ensuring that Palestinian settlements are contained in ever shrinking enclaves without any hope of effective collective governance or statehood. Whether the above is justified or not is a matter of opinion but it is a policy clearly designed to eliminate the prospect of having to concede a proper Palestinian state on the land. It's a complete mess now with little chance of permanent solution in the absence of a pretty comprehensive genocide, but that would likely cause further escalation. I would also point out that post 7/7 the UK government didn't bomb Leeds, Leicester and Bradford. Edit: Bernie Sanders has summed it up pretty well

I watched the first episode of the BBC drama. I didn't like the way it jumped between present and past all the time. Now/then, now/then. Not for me, thanks.

Clear foul on Downes before their goal, so I presume we get a PGMOL apology later. More pertinently, that triple sub was stupid. I can understand putting Alcaraz on for ArmA or Adams, but why take Sulemana and Stu off at that point? P.s. why can't Amo Ameyaw get in the squad? Much better than Fraser or Aribo.

Clearly offside though.

No more than goes on at virtually every corner. Couldn't have complained if it was given but it's not some great injustice that it wasn't.

Or even Amo Ameyaw.

Why is Manning so narrow when we're defending?!

Keep it.

Let's say his dad is really ill and might die soon. What impact does that have? He's with the team and he's been dragged up to Boro to sit on the bench. If he's in such a terrible mental state that he can't possibly come off the bench then send him on compassionate leave. Otherwise, I'm sure he'd rather be on the pitch than sat there aimlessly. I'm sure we've all worked with colleagues with family troubles. You either need time off or you don't. If he doesn't, don't start using his personal situation, which Martin has no business at all disclosing publicly, as an excuse for your own inept management. It's bollocks. Basically, Martin doesn't know what to do with him.

The 9-0 could be under threat here. Such a bad season to get relegated last year. The three promoted sides this season are utter shite.

Someone should get Martin, his coaches, Charles and Downes to watch the video of the North Londom derby and just watch Bissouma's positioning. First class and exactly what we don't do well.

Bazza Bree - THB - Bednarek - KWP ----Charles - - Smallbone-- Stu--------Adams-----Edozie -----------Armstrong------- P.s. And when we want to sub a winger, put Amo Ameyaw on, who deserves not to be shunted below dossers like Sulemana and Aribo.

Looked lucky not to give a pelanty away there too. If matey had gone down, reckon ref would have blown. Better shape but if we have midfield cover we don't need Downes and Smallbone. Provided Charles and Downes are disciplined, we can get Alcaraz in there. Also, not sure why you would pick Holgate over Bree. Bree isn't amazing but he was regarded as a very good Championship full back, and our full backs are actually playing in full back roles today. Important 45 mins coming up!

Doing it up the arse. Sure, there's a novelty value, but a fanny is better.

Should have gone full Saville and fucked his dead mum to get it out of his system. But, yes, I agree with you. It seems to me that any sort of pathological behaviour usually derives from some sort of longing or loss that is deeper than the sensation of the experience itself.

It's not as though Man City have stayed the same though. Guardiola has changed things during his time there. The idea that we need to copy some sort of blueprint in the Championship is silly. Most Champ teams would love to have Adams, Stewart, Armstrong, Fraser, Alcaraz, Sulemana and Edozie. Most Champ teams would probably like to have Bednarek, Stephens, HTB and KWP. Apparently Manning and Bree are good full backs at this level. I expect most teams would like to have Charles too. We don't need to be clever. Just get a decent structure in defence and get the attacking players in a positive mindset. Job done.

He started Joe Aribo over Alacaraz FFS. Out.

Thanks for the effort you put into summing it up.

My car does about 8mpg. Lolz.