shurlock

At least May and Trump held hands afterwards.

I, for one, look forward to Trump's state visit.

You mean protectionism and mercantilism, based on thoroughly discredited thinking?

Exquisitely delusional Les. One question: how will you see those sunny uplands from your siege-filled bunker?

Baldrick, you're citing al jazeera. You maverick Others might just call you lazy and disingenuous. As for dim rightwingers who are prone to comparing apples and pears and have a more tenuous grasp of historical context than a gnat, this might be useful. http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/30/sorry-mr-president-the-obama-administration-did-nothing-similar-to-your-immigration-ban/

Another Cortese signing.

"Two leaders thrashed out an agreement that they would trade 'more than ever'" Again nothing to see. Won't stop Trident aka GM wééing himself with excitement over #hotairanddribble. I'm still laughing at his absolute mare over Gina Miller. At least this time he spared us the hopeless chart Needless to say the FACTS are that Trump has entered office and the administration has already scrapped TPP, a major free trade agreement; threatened Mexico with tariffs causing a diplomatic standoff; introduced an indiscriminate and ill-designed ban on refugees igniting another backlash; coined the phrase 'alternative facts'; done little to heal the rift with the CIA which he had previously accused of being behind a Nazi-like smear campaign against him. Never mind Trump's fact-free rants about popular-vote fraud or his petty obsession about crowd sizes. And that, if you can catch your breath, was just the first week. To his credit Trump's been thoroughly consistent in his zero-sum position that US interests, jobs and business come first. In this respect, it was painful to see May mealymouthed invocations of the special relationship and self-flattery that the UK would be the Greeks to their Romans only for Trump to make her look silly hours later by announcing the refugee ban which forced her to put out a statement and put her at odds with her own party. Trump didn't give two f**ks about the UK state visit -never mind May's entreaties for the US not to turn its back on the world. No. He ploughed straight on, as promised with his agenda which is 100% made in the USA. And this is the person that Brexiters are pinning their hopes on? Finally the Brexiters must be loving May's visit to Turkey to scope out a trade deal, the first visit by a foreign leader since last year's military coup and purge of the government and media. Some would say it was utterly shameless, though I guess it's all shîtś and giggles now and the referendum bogeyman of 65 million Islamic terrorists flooding the UK is water under the bridge for our merry bunch of morons. One wonders where next on the #takebackcontrol tour? Pyongyang? May decked out in a leather pantsuit, full smiles, gift Corgi in hand, goose stepping with Kim Jong-un?

Do you 'play on the edge' pal?

We beat a stronger arsenal side in the league cup - tonight's arsenal side which struggled against Preston was there for the taking. Surely the point of rotating over the season is to conserve energy, so we can deal with busier periods. We've reached a point where we're rotating from league game to league game, regardless of the cups or Europe. If we're not going to reap the benefits of this strategy for priority games like tonight, when are we?

Sims been a bright spot.

Channelling your inner ALWAYS_SFC pal?

Hojbjerg -dear oh dear

Gardos is looking dodgy in possession as he's always done.

Bit early for Puel to cash in some of the goodwill earned from Weds?

It's our year la.

Phil Neville

Penalty hull. Scored. Now 1-2 on aggregate.

Come on Hull - Dawson close.

You're confusing valuation with financial reports.

Yep, I still have flashbacks of that David Norris goal.

There really isn't a Chinese market when it comes to supporting English sides. Chinese consumers are as interested in following star players as they are in teams and even then are likely to support sides across all the European leagues rather than be invested in one side in one league.

His ability to keep possession in tight spaces and play through the lines are his best assets - perfect for a counterattacking side that will get chances if it can beat the first press.

Yep, strictly speaking, it implies KL will retain the controlling stake; but who knows. The journo might be using the term loosely or figuratively as in the Chinese have offered assurances they won't be changing the club's personnel, organisation or culture.

Long's movement was anything but natural. That the ball hit Long so far up probably worked in his defence, even though it's still technically handball.