Lighthouse

There’s a cracking Zouma joke there somewhere, leave it with me.

I’m more annoyed at how easy the draw is for the other big teams, not even a Merseyside Derby or something to trip them up. If we managed to pull of the unexpected, that leaves us needing to beat Liverpool and Chelsea in the semi and final.

Man City. Brilliant. All the big teams avoid each other.

Videos have been circulating of an elderly woman, barely able to walk and hold up a sign, being arrested at a protest in St Petersburg. Unfortunately for Russian propaganda, she is a famous and well respected war hero. One of, if not the, last remaining survivors of the siege of Leningrad and an icon of the glorious history Putin wants to preserve and emulate. Kind of a tough sell, that one; arresting frail war heroes, for the glory of Russia.

I don't think anything we do on Saturday is going to lower his wages.

Nothing screams reliability like the phrase, ‘Romanian Mig’ and thankfully it looks like this isn’t a malicious act, just a very unfortunate coincidence.

I’d love it if one year the FA Cup draw was just like 0:45 - 1:25 of this episode.

Unconfirmed reports going around of a Romanian Mig and helicopter missing, inside Romanian territory. Really hoping that’s an accident/inaccurate, it would be a big escalation if not.

Don’t think I’ve ever seen such an emotional rollercoaster in 13 posts.

Great result that, tactics spot on, fresh and bright, won both halves, into the next round. Boom! P.S. Called it when the teams were read out, wallowing in my own smugness now. 😎

FFS! If we keep going like this, we'll end up with our women's U-15 reserves beating Man City 4-0 in the final.

Is it me you’re looking for!?

I would be too, with the mess that’s inside him.

Sod’s law says we rest 80% of our team and get a bad injury to one of the only three players we genuinely give a sh*t about - The WP brothers or Perraud.

We’re going to win this!

Hmmmm, looks like game over for me. My only wish is that the EMP from the bomb is strong enough to erase my browsing history.

I think the legal pack could be a bit meaty with this one.

Why would they defend it? It's just farmland, they'd be exposed with no cover from artillery or airstrikes, no amenities, food or shelter, it'd be a completely pointless waste of life. I once drove 2/3 the way down France in less than a day and without air support. Is that impressive?

I'd agree with that. It may take a couple of decades but the younger generation will have no desire to uphold an autocratic state which is ultimately China's b*tch in Europe.

How much? I've been thinking of moving up the ladder.

It's s**t or bust for him, he needs Russia to succeed. Without Putin precariously propping his regime up, he'd have been out on his arse long ago. His COVID denial was the final straw for a lot of people. There may even be a danger of his own people taking inspiration from Ukraine and revolting, if this invasion stalls completely.

How about, "okay general, here's a blank cheque, get a couple of your best men into the Kremlin and pour the contents of this bag into his coffee."

From a security meeting in Belarus, apparently they're after the breakaway separatist region of Moldova, also known as Transnistria.

Shame he wasn't watching to see it.

She can come round here and be tough on me if she likes. I said that out loud again, didn't I.