badgerx16

Did the last 26 games of last season not happen then?

28000 US troops remain in South Korea, in a couple of days there will be 0 in Afghanistan.

It's the Police. I once saw a bloke handing in a shotgun at a rural Police station. The officer on the desk obviously knew him, and asked why he was handing it over. "I've been keeping it under my bed but don't need it any more. My divorce has finally come through".

All you had to do was leave out "we may have some on here". But you can't resist.

Since we beat Sheff Utd on 13th December, ( 27 matches ), we have taken 9 points from the 18 games where we were not leading at half time. 2 wins, 3 draws, and 13 defeats. We have held onto a half time lead to win just 3 times in the same period. In the 11 matches where we were behind at half time we have failed to take a single point. Under Ralph we simply don't do second halves. That has to be down to him.

Not quite "points per half", but take a look at my post on the previous page.

Clean the CB out as well if necessary. He won't dick about the next time.

Looking back over the last 18 months of league fixtures it bloody well is !

Somebody might give you a bottle of Dr Pepper.

If he didn't get a call he shouldn't have ducked under it.

I posted this on the post match meltdown; ( By my reckoning - including today, looking at second half performances )..... Since we beat Sheff Utd 3-0 on 13th December we have played 27 league games. In those games we have "won" the second half 5 times, and "lost" it 15 times. Of 8 games we had been leading at half time we went on to win 3, draw 2, and lose 3. Of 8 games we were drawing at half time we went on win 2, draw 3, and lose 3. We lost all 11 of the games where we were behind at half time.

2 minutes into the second half Ralph's half time words should still have been ringing in their ears.

How long before we can wet the bed ?

( By my reckoning - including today, looking at second half performances )..... Since we beat Sheff Utd 3-0 on 13th December we have played 27 league games. In those games we have "won" the second half 5 times, and "lost" it 15 times. Of 8 games we had been leading at half time we went on to win 3, draw 2, and lose 3. Of 7 games we were drawing at half time we went on win 2, draw 3, and lose 3. We lost all 11 of the games where we were behind at half time.

Fixed it for you.

Not like you to miss the sarcastic tone of a post. All the time we were chasing him people were saying that was the case.

I thought AA's big issue was that he lacked pace.

That was 1996.

"The child that is born on the Sabbath day is bonny and blithe, and good and gay." So that's 1 in 7 of us at least.

Will you all please take note, "fruit bat" is not a helpful term to use when discussing people with mental health issues. Thankyou.

wane

The problem from day one of the international intervention was always going to be how to disengage. Afghanistn is not a "Failed State", it is not possible for it become a Viable State because of the tribalism and factionalism across the country, and conesequently no single person or group can unite to govern and control. In the last few days the current leader of the country has flown to a northern district capital to try to persuade two local warlords to join the national army in opposing the Taliban - two leaders who he had previously deliberately sidelined and ignored, preferring to impose his favourites from elsewhere onto the regional Government, Police, and military leadership. Many of the people in rural and remote areas are extremely 'conservative' in their beliefs and resent / resist Western influences, which they see as being imnposed by an out of touch cabal in Kabul.

Possibly, but the first step in any US answer to an international problem is to unleash their B-52s and blanket bomb the other side. Remember, the current situation started because the Taliban, or at least one of the factions, were sheltering Bin Laden. ( And of course, who armed the Talibannies and OBL in the first place ? The Yanks because they were fighting the Commies Russians ).

Historically Afghanistan has been a country run by tribal warlords, and only superficially governed centrally. It has also been the graveyard of just about every armed intervention. ( There was a British army that marched in, and 1 man got back). The Taliban is not a single entity. It is a loose alliance of militias bound by a conservative interpretation of Islam. Once they have control they will start squabbling amongst themselves.

They didn't put 9 past Bertie, he was sent off after the first.