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Are you suggesting that he should have kept unnecessary restrictions in place, just because it wouldn’t be popular, in order to prove that he isn’t pulling some popularity stunt? It does amuse me slightly when people who are clearly going to do anything but forget about the parties and scandals, say he’s just doing it so we forget about the parties and scandals.

So basically the Baltics are next, according to his interview.

Disagree with that. The omicron variant has, thankfully, turned out to be the mild, dominant variant we all hoped it’d be. We haven’t got near the worst case scenarios modelled by sage. The anti-viral drugs approved at the back end of 2021 have been in widespread use for a month or two and are really having an effect on serious illness and hospitalisation rates. The vaccination programme has done its job, anyone who wants three jabs has had one. I don’t know what other triggers we realistically need to wait for. Even the Aussies are letting people back in. The biggest driver in all this is patients in MV beds and the NHS’ ability to cope with their volume. Currently it’s just over 300, the lowest since June, and falling rapidly.

So as of Thursday ‘the great global reset’ will amount to the basic advice given to anyone with a common cold in the last couple of centuries; jabs for the elderly and vulnerable, stay off work if you have symptoms.

We should recognise Chechnya as an independent nation and "allow" them to host "training exercises" with them.

Because the results are disproportionately skewed in terms of good and bad last season. If our remaining 13 fixtures were indicative of our average form from last season, we’d have finished comfortably second on 82 points. I think if the comparison drops from +16 to around +10 and we end on 53 points, that’ll be decent. Still a challenging 21 point target from 13 games.

This popped up on my twitter feed 'recommended topics', or whatever it's called. I've not been following Tiss for a year or two now but it would seem it's not just COVID, he's full on, broad-spectrum loony.

I think playing Moi was initially born out of necessity. Armstrong was injured and nobody else has looked good in that wide 10 position. Redmond has been better recently but Walcott, Tella and Djenny have done nowhere near enough.

That's basically the point though, it's a parody of cringey stand up routines, crashing and burning. John Thomson is generally very funny, IMO.

Looks about right to me. Imagine placing four way PL accumulator on Saints to beat West Ham, Leicester to beat Man City, Brighton to beat Liverpool and Villa to beat Everton, in the same weekend. That's about the likelihood of Saints winning the FA Cup this year. If anything 25-1 seems short. 10-1 for Everton seems absurd.

Got a mate who works at the Longleat site, was chatting to him about it only this morning. Trees down everywhere apparently, a right mess.

Didn’t Charlie Austin hold the previous record for that non-performance at Fulham a few years back?

It was a perfect hat trick too, right foot, header, then left foot. 🤣

I don't think United will be too happy with signing £35m Varane, £70m Sancho and Christiano Ronaldo to once against finish 20+ points behind City.

Eighth time they’ve conceded three or more goals this season. Liverpool and Spurs next, Arsenal, City and Chelsea still to play.

Leeds' strikers must feel like England's test bowlers.

Leeds can’t defend to save their lives. Look pretty likely to make it three goals conceded for a third consecutive match.

Not another game but it seems like a wonderful advert for the city of Manchester.

That’s only of limited use if you only have access to money within Russia and can only spend it there and in sympathising countries. If, the US and EU banned all exports to Russia, for example, similar to the situation with Iran; the oligarchs are going to be none too impressed. The ladies there are also extremely nice. I don’t know if we will be taking in refugees if Russia invades but I’m a very humanitarian kinda guy.

Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea for me.

I've already seen the Sky highlights on YouTube a couple of times. Watching Bohemian Rhapsody instead.

I have a feeling Allan was probably on a last warning anyway and would have been treading on eggshells the rest of the game. Gomes was completely outclassed but I can't see how keeping Allan on would have helped. Team full of brides. Too many chiefs and no Indians.

Still not buying that, his touch is generally poor and he's frequently offside. He may have had a couple of decent cameos against crap Everton and Swansea sides but he does very little to trouble most teams in this league.

Cracking performance all round. Absolutely bossed it in midfield, JWP and Romeu were immense. Can't really pick out a bad performance from any of them, everyone played their role well. Everton were crap but they'll do enough at Goodison to stay up.

F**k me, the traffic in town.