Saint86

I can't see any way he gets 67% of the senate to back leaving Nato. That just isn't happening. The midterms are also coming up in November, at which point he looks set to lose control of the house and will be a lame duck president.

Yeah, he's just chatting shit and trying to appeal to his MAGA base - in reality its just more hot air that can be safely ignored. Much like Putin with his constant threats to nuke europe during the earlier stages of the ukraine conflict.

This Iran conflict will essentially end his influence on the world stage imo. His bullying rhetoric isn't enough to pressure European leaders into getting involved in a middle east war, and so they've all just stopped listening to him and are now quietly waiting for him to shuffle off to the side. Whoever the next president is, they will have an awful lot of making up to do.

One of them was a gift from Southgate, so no need to feel too sorry for them.

What they're saying, is that if you bet £100 you'll lose a £100 🙃. Unfortunatley, they've withdrawn and rested most of their key players for their run in, and they've therefore got nearly a full squad with which to prepare for the opening matches. They've played the game very cynically (as Arteta does) - but it sadly means they'll be ready and well prepared for saints, whilst we're missing key players (scienza, Downes, and stephens) and others are still away on international duty (manning, azaz, Charles, Larin etc). The kind of cup magic we need doesn't happen when the big clubs don't play by the same rules as the rest of us - sorry to be glum/pessimistic.

And yet they stuck with Eckert when the vast majority of the fanbase wanted him out, his substitutions were getting booed, and there were chants of "you don't know what you're doing" 🧐🤷

The, "they can't be worse" outlook is what have us this labour government.

When my boy was around that age i used to park around Grosvenor square / Bedford place area. Price isn't bad and its a good distance for walking to and then getting out easily via the station / hill lane / shirley etc.

With the exception of fernandes, our current side is better, and certainly more confident.

Seems topical 🙃

The two men who were arrested have now been released on bail. Assumption being that there wasn't enough evidence to charge them at this time, and therefore probably for the best that their identities were not relseased.

#1 Basque (and other baked) cheesecakes. #2 Meringues - Eton Mess / Pavlova / Lemon #3 Crepe Suzette flambé Honorary mentions to Lemon Drizzle, treacle tart, crumbles, and all non baked cheesecakes...

Presumably because they haven't been charged as yet, and the police/government don't want to create further tension in the community 🤷‍♂️. Its going to come out eventually...

Similar. I criticised him early on for the team looking extremely disjointed and poorly coached - but clearly that doesn't apply anymore and fair play to him. I am genuinely impressed by how quickly he has learnt and adapted to the squad and the league. Player rotation has been good and fitness and game time has been well managed (including reintroducing Archer and Edozie so they were fresh when needed). He has also given game time to some of the academy players throughout the recent run. We do have a strong squad, this is true, but i equally do not think it would be realistic to expect any manager to have achieved a greater points return than he has managed recently. When you considered we went to Coventry away and were good value for the win, and similar to Fulham and arguably deserved that win - i struggle to think many people can be unhappy with him any longer. He's earned his stripes at this point. I just hope even the dreaded "vote of confidence" from the fans all getting on board with him isn't the kiss of death...

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