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Then he produces a strong defensive header to get Tadic down the left. Good play. He looks rusty yes, but Clyne has been far worse defensively so far

Then he produces a strong defensive header to get Tadic down the left. Good play. He looks rusty yes, but Clyne has been far worse defensively so far

SSN have confirmed Forster will be starting on Sunday

Exeter's squad were affected by a sickness bug as well, meaning their 41 year old manager had to name himself on the bench.

1-1 FT

Exeter 1-0 Portsmouth

He wasn't a bad player, Chelsea never gave him a chance. And when they did half the time he had a shot that came off the inside of the post or the underside of the crossbar, it just never happened for him. I watched him in the UEFA cup the season before he signed for Chelsea and he was absolute class, you wouldn't believe he was the same player. In the Netherlands Kezman scored 105 goals in 122 appearances. That's a better goalscoring record than Van Nistelrooy, and 2nd only to Van Basten.

Rojo can play at either LB or CB so would be a fantastic signing in many ways. Another factor is Yoshida is an able backup, and people forget that with game time, he actually played better than Fonte in a few games last season when he got a run in the side at CB. As for Hooiveld, great guy but I'm afraid I wouldn't play him in a League 1 side. We definitely need a GK, a CB and a striker minimum

Just because one side has infinitely more resources than the other doesn't make their intentions any different. Hamas is committed to the destruction of Israel and defeated their only domestic political rival through violence. They have also committed their own human rights abuses against their own people. They are led by extremism and are deluded enough to believe that they can defeat Israel through military might, when they are merely a tool that Israel uses to justify war crimes against Palestinians.

Hamas and the Israeli government are as bad as each other. If Hamas had been armed to the teeth by the U.S. they'd only be doing exactly what Israel are doing now. Hamas was actually founded during the first intifada, which was the first major Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation. Israel were illegally occupying Palestinian land long before Hamas came around. Israel has every right to defend itself and it does with the Iron Dome, one of the world's most advanced missile interception systems that destroys approx 90% of all rockets fired from Palestine. But self-defence is not knowingly bombing civilians in UN-run schools, or bombing women and children out of their homes with white phosphorus, or having different civilian rules/laws in the occupied territories that are dependent on race (like it or not, that is apartheid). The key thing however isn't the current violence, it isn't the Palestinian rockets, it isn't the Israeli air strikes, or even the dangerous assumption that this war is anything but completely one-sided. The key thing is the (government supported) illegal settlement building. Israel will 'support' a two-state solution forever more, whilst it gradually encroaches further and further into Palestinian territory. Then one day it'll become increasingly clear that a two-state solution is completely unworkable logistically, and the western world will have to "accept the reality on the ground". A combination of this and the Palestinian's general treatment will inevitably provoke a third intifada, and the Israelis will use this to justify a full-scale invasion.The Palestinians who survive will be forced to flee into neighbouring Arabic countries and Palestine as a state will be effectively wiped out, all under the guise of the "war on terror". Provoking Palestinian violence is exactly what Israel wants. They know Hamas are deluded enough to believe they 'can win', and know Hamas will continue to fight a losing battle. The 'brutal' truth is that history is always written by the victors.

Another Israeli air strike on a UN-run school http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28628682

Nope, that's extremists who twist whatever they believe to suit their own bloodthirsty agendas. In Islam, suicide is considered one of the gravest sins because the belief is that the body should be treated as a temple. Suicide bombers are thought to date back to the 11th century and were used in both WW2 and the Vietnam War. Islamic extremists didn't start using this tactic until the 1980s.

http://www.itv.com/worldcup/world-cup-ones-to-watch-saphir-taider-algeria Would indicate a Wanyama type player

It's where two clubs own the contract of a player, although he's only registered to play for one. Quite common in Italy, amongst other places

IF stories like in the original post are true then it's starting to sound like classic sociopathy. Squad built up that can compete in the top half of the PL, players sold an extremely convincing promise that their being taken to the Champions League. After certain events, players realise the promise is based on personal ego, hot air and bull****. Top 6-7 clubs circle like vultures, start a chain reaction and players want out. The bubble was crafted, manipulated and decorated to perfection for the players to admire and yearn for. Problem is all bubbles go pop.

Ah yes the blind support for Lewis Hamilton, where it's believed that virtually every team-mate of his is either a 'moaner' or 'whiner' and incidents like him throwing his toys out of the pram in Monaco are glossed over. Neither of them are 'moaning' or 'whining', they're both politicking to try and get an advantage within the team. It's Rosberg's consistency vs Hamilton's raw speed, and they'll be 'whining' as much as each other from here on in

Translated - "We can't do a damn thing, so we don't want to play football with you" Trying to convince an organisation like FIFA to strip a country like Russia of the World Cup. Good luck with that

Agree on both counts. 'Facts' and 'allegations made by the Ukrainian government/western media' seem to get confused easily with some. Personally I don't believe the Ukrainian government any more I do the Russian government.

It seemed to be a forgone conclusion 1 page ago.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28424115 Are these the same black boxes that have apparently already been sent to Moscow?

If anyone needs to know how much credibility we have in threatening sanctions against Putin/Russia because they apparently supplied the rebels with an anti-aircraft system that was used in the attack then they should bear in mind the following. We have sold well over £400 million of arms to the Russian government since 2008 and have been continuing to sell them arms way after the Crimean crisis started. As of 4 months ago we still have 271 separate export licences active. This equipment has included sniper rifles, ammunition, drones, laser technology, air vehicles, military helicopters and spy equipment. We'll go to the ends of the Earth to pretend we're doing something but there are good reasons why we'll do virtually nothing.

Exactly!

Nope, I'm saying it's like all propaganda during wars. Both sides will tell their version of events and the truth will be somewhere in the middle. No matter who reports it, news is not reality. It is an agenda-driven artificial construction designed to represent reality. In this case a key cultural difference between the English and the Russians is that the Russians don't really do subtlety. They'll be more upfront and direct about what they twist and invent regarding the recent events but what about our press? Let's look at what's been the news headline on the BBC website all day, the text that millions will glance at and perceive as fact - Ukraine rebels 'destroy MH17 clues' That's not a fact, it's an allegation presented as a fact. Subtle and very clever. Do you think the BBC will have a headline like "Ukraine 'must bear responsibility for MH17 disaster' reporting what Putin's been claiming? No, because the BBC like all media outlets is agenda driven, and I've come across far too much rubbish printed in local and national media to believe that everything is always one side's fault in a conflict. When ourselves and the U.S. were propping up Saddam's regime in the 1980s and Saddam brutally murdered thousands of his own people with VX/Sarin gas, I'll never forget the U.S. categorically stating Iran had done it, when they knew full well it was Saddam. Out of genuine interest, has anyone (other than the Ukrainian government) said or confirmed the black boxes have been sent to Moscow? LOL the Russians are the finest chess players in the world my friend. Even if they had concrete proof the Ukrainian army had shot it down, who would believe them? Besides it was almost certainly Ukrainians who done it. The 10 or so forces that make up the pro-Russian militants are Ukrainian (some of them army and police defectors). They aren't Russian, just because Russia supports them and sells them arms. Also I don't think there's many people on either side that will have Farnborough as the first choice destination for black boxes in that part of the world.

Or the notion that propaganda only exists on one side of any conflict?

Shooting down a commercial airliner flying at 10000 metres takes some seriously sophisticated military equipment