JackFrost

Dire first half and Austin's goal changed the match. That's the use of having a poacher like Austin in the team, it can turn games from absolutely nothing. Aside from a blocked Hojberg shot his goal was our first chance of any description. Austin's finish was beautifully guided into the corner and it was just at the right point of the game. We were much better second half and defended exceptionally well. Adrian was the busier of the two goalkeepers and VVD & Romeu were superb. I thought the referee had a good game, Zaza was diving all over the place and Bertrand's penalty shout was ball-to-hand. 3-0 probably flattered us but delighted with that result given how dire we were in the first half.

There were times at the back end of last season where he was so much better than Wanyama I didn't care when Spurs signed the latter.

And the worst thing about that is how avoidable that could have been. The New York Fire Department and NYPD have historically had and still have a very macho rivalry in terms of getting to emergencies first and sorting it out. In times gone by there have even been incidents of the two engaging in street brawls when dealing with an emergency. There is suprisingly little cooperation and communication between the two. On 9/11 a police helicopter had a birds-eye view of the south tower collapsing and immediately radioed to all units to get the hell out of/clear of the north tower. As the fire department had set up their post in the lobby of the North Tower and used a separate communication system on a different frequency, they didn't realise the immediate danger they were in. They were all in the North Tower blinded by dust and not even aware the South Tower had collapsed. Therefore in the 30 minute window they had to get out, no attempt was made. The other tragic fact about the firefighters that day was about the first firefighter that died. He was approaching the tower on one side when one of the 200 or so people that were forced to jump from above the impact zone of the twin towers landed on top of him killing him instantly. (genuinely true)

The funny thing is even Corbyn/Smith are only the tip of the iceberg of how unelectable Labour are. Here for example is what the shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry construes as "sexism" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37332287 She was on the panel of an Any Questions episode I attended a few years ago. She's genuinely more of an actress than she is a politician.

West Ham practically played half their reserve side in both matches against Astra. If we do the same I'd be surprised if we won a game in the group. You've misunderstood part of my post as I actually largely agree with most of your post. How "big" a league we play in has nothing to do with it and I never said anywhere it would be 'easy'. If we did find form, our current players should be too good for Prague or Beer Sheva, who are predominantly made up of domestic players, whose better players might get in the Czech/Israeli national sides. On current form however, we'll be struggling and like I said there will be no excuses. We'd go out because we simply aren't good enough.

I'm happy to give Puel enough time until players are back from injury or back on form but the early signs are worrying. I was rather underwhelmed at his appointment from the start and if the manager loses the players the it'll only go one way (see Chelsea last season) One thing I haven't seen mentioned is the Europa League, we should be too good for Sparta Prague and Hapoel Beer Sheva home and away and there are no excuses if we don't get through the group stage. Either Puel will get the diamond system working in some way, the diamond is scrapped and he gets us performing, or he'll be gone by Christmas.

Claude Puel = George Burley mk2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svf22MD11lU 14-15 seconds clearly shows him starting to turn in. He did push him too wide however but that's no different to how Lewis defends on the inside line. Elbow the other car on to the run off. True to an extent, but it's more Lewis knowing how to scramble his head and Rosberg not knowing how to handle it. As for Lewis, here's your team player http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/17172494/mercedes-regrets-lewis-hamilton-charlie-whiting-approach

When you have an apocalyptic death cult who can freely broadcast on social media, then they'll recruit certain sections of the mentally ill ANYWHERE. Daesh are a conglomeration of the Middle East's psychopaths/sociopaths/paedophiles/dangerous criminals who have thrived due to lawlessness in large swathes of the Middle East. A significant proportion of their leadership are Saddam's old lot. (Good one George/Tone) Geo-political reasons have forced a migration crisis of millions, and people forget that Iraq/Afghanistan were invaded 13/15 years ago now. In other words some of the teenagers/young adults coming over have known nothing but bombs/violence and have never experienced NOT living in a warzone. It is normality for them. Kids like that Afghan on the German train are the children of Afghanistan/Iraq's 'liberation'. Throw in a establishment whose laws allow a migration crisis to go across an entire continent making international borders invisible and here we are. The fragments of the Middle Eastern chaos have blown into Western Europe. Going forward the EU will tighten up border checks and Daesh's HQ will fall in Raqqa and Syria. We'll still get the lone wolf attacks but they'll eventually fizzle out over time when the Middle East gets some stability. The world map will look a hell of a lot different when it eventually happens though, which will well into the future

Authorities can't find anything linking the Munich gunman to Daesh but state he has obvious links to Anders Breivik (BBC)

3 attackers, 1 possibly dead with 2 on the run. Manhunt currently underway. Motive currently unclear.

'Allah' is merely the Arabic word for 'God' and was used long before Islam even existed as a religion. Anyway, Daesh will probably claim it, but then again they'll claim anything that appeals to them. It's the failure to remove Daesh from social media, and letting them build their terrorism 'brand' online that has been on of the biggest mistakes in the last few years. The attacker was a brainwashed 17 year old Afghan refugee who's most probably seen death and destruction all his life and barely existed on this earth when 9/11 happened. When you combine the above with an apocolyptic death cult then the result is this.

If Angela Eagle is the best Labour can come up with to oust Corbyn it may well be the most sensible option

You've actually summed up my point extremely well. 'It's an Islamic terrorist attack purely because his first name is Mohammed'. I just don't get how anyone can carry out an 'Islamic terrorist' attack when their "not known to have any jihadist links or shown any signs of radicalisation, and not even particularly religious" Especially when we're talking about a "weird, depressed loner" with numerous convictions for assault/domestic assault/road rage/alcohol/drugs related offences. Regardless of whether this is all linked to an Islamic terror group or not, Hollande comes across as a shambles regardless.

If the police find an ISIS flag in the lorry I'd be perfectly happy to acknowledge the fact. It's just personally I don't jump on bandwagons before finding out facts. Also given that a number of the victims were Muslims your statement couldn't be further from the truth.

The thing that intrigues me with this case so far is that Hollande said straightaway it was a terrorist incident but, AFAIK -No one including Daesh have claimed the attack -The perpetrator is not known to have any jihadist links, shown any signs of radicalisation and apparently wasn't even particularly religious -He has history of domestic violence and was supposedly going through divorce. -Reports of his previous misdemeanors indicate he had a very short temper (previously attacked a driver with a pallet during a traffic incident according to the BBC) -Some reports claim the weapons found in the lorry are fake So I'm intrigued as to why Hollande knows it's a terrorist incident as opposed to say the guy having a horrific mental breakdown akin to that guy that flew the plane into the mountain.

Given his own team stated he had a brake issue on the final lap and he was fighting for a race victory/championship, no not entirely. If Rosberg's car didn't have any issues it'd been completely his fault as I said previously. Besides it was virtually the same move that Hamilton did when he deliberately drove into Rosberg's front wheel at the start of the Canadian GP. Hamilton at Catalunya was far worse than that Austria incident, but given Rosberg had the temerity to defend the inside line before Hamilton even tried the move, Sky insisted that was as much Rosberg's fault as it was Hamilton's Ability wise Hamilton and Rosberg are equal but Hamilton is mentally stronger. The issue is Lewis is the most protected driver in F1 since Schumacher for commercial/political reasons and he knows how to play the system and the media. I personally prefer to take an objective view of both drivers and don't let Sky's propaganda influence my opinion. (It's as bad as James Allen's ITV Lewis Hamilton fan club coverage). I can take the coverage being in favour of the British driver but it's sad hearing a talented and respected commentator like Brundle struggling to spin every incident to scapegoat Rosberg and portray Lewis as God. The following are questions Kravitz GENUINELY asked Toto Wolff after the race finished. "You gave Lewis the undercut on the 2nd round of pitstops but why on earth was he only given one lap to exploit the undercut?" "As you gave Rosberg the undercut on the 1st round of pit stops don't you think you have a moral obligation to let Lewis win the race?"

He pulled the same move on Lewis that Lewis did on him at the first corner of the Canadian GP ie. elbow him on to the run off area. Unfortunately his tyres/brakes were at their limit and gave up on him (as Lauda stated) Just because Sky always spin it and state everything is always 100% Nico's fault doesn't make it true.

Another clash on the last lap at Austria. Rosberg either outbraked himself and ****ed up or had a tyre/brake problem (Lauda says it was the latter) and Lewis got the better of it. The decision to switch to soft was spot on. Meanwhile Sky seemingly at a complete loss as to why Lewis is getting roundly booed in the heart of the Styrian Mountains and Ted Kravitz & Lewis Hamilton are officially having an affair. I really thought Toto Wolff was going to lamp Kravitz at one point LOL

In order of preference Crabb May Leadsom Fox Gove (Please, just no)

She started impressing a lot of people with her TV performances in the build up to the general election last year. She then led the Tories to 2nd place in the Scottish Parliament elections this year with a significant surge in support, displacing Labour as the main opposition. (No mean feat) She's inevitably going to end up at Westminster in some capacity.

They've been quietly angling her up for a top job for years now

Leave won because they played a blinder in electioneering. They threw the dubious claims out and drew large sections of the remainers into doing the same back. Those remainers tried to put out the leave campaign fire with fire, drew the run up into a mud slinging match and managed to convince enough of the populace that the remain campaign were no less cynical than the leave campaign. All the remain campaign had to do was rise above it and they failed spectacularly. The public stopped believing them and voted the other way. Ultimately immigration has been good for this country but the current levels were never ever going to be sustainable. The days of free movement in from the EU were always going to be numbered at some point, and an arrangement like the Aussies have was always going to happen. As international security measures get tightened up due to having to counter the threat of terrorism and control the movement of refugees (2 completely separate issues), the current arrangement of free movement within the EU was never going to last. The Schengen agreement worked 10-15 years ago but it simply will not continue in its current form. The world has changed. When humanitarian disasters and international terrorism make the borders of independent countries an irrelevance something will inevitably give. Immigrants have been a huge asset to this country overall and it needs 100% to continue, but this is no longer 2003. We must put limitations and controls in place for it to be targeted and controlled. We must work alongside the EU, as opposed to within it. Cameron tried the latter and got nowhere. There will be short term instability but trade and markets will not collapse, they will merely adjust. Just because we will no longer be subject to EU laws and trade agreements, does not mean we are incapable of coming up with implementing similar. Negotiations happen because they suit both sides.

The final nail in the coffin for the leave vote was Gove saying he'd resign if Britain voted to stay in the EU. Remain will win 61%-39%

Agustin Delgado Spent most of his time here injured, scored one goal when I think the ball went in off his arse from a corner. Went back home started scoring regularly and scored twice during Ecuador's run to the last 16 of the 2006 World Cup.