badgerx16

Didn't he say a couple of weeks ago that it makes it easier to switch to 3 at the back if we need to change formation ?

1) Starting Yoshi at RB away to such a side was simply inviting trouble. 2) JWP is NOT a 'dead ball specialist'. 3) Vic's distribution and control nullified any defensive strength he brought to the team. 4) Too many poor decisions in placing or attempting passes. On a postive note, we at least created chances, and the 2nd half finished even. ( And we can still LOL at Newcastle ).

At least we have had attempts on target, unlike the last game.

2 words that too often apply, regardless of which player they are referencing.

Or down to 5 defending against 2 in the middle, and leaving Kolarov with acres of space on their left and time to stop, look up, and place his shot.

Yoshi dragged well out of position, at CB he is acceptable but at RB he is suspect.

Game plan coming together now - sit back for 30 minutes then start to 'up' the tempo.

Correction, everybody in defence - mistake........

Yoshida at RB - mistake - goal. So predictable.

As I have posted, it's a matter of perspective and experience. In my experience there have been great changes, in yours there probably haven't been any. For Local Authorities there have been large chunks of funding withdrawn, luckily the Police dodged the purge this time around, ( although they have been cut in preceding budgets ). If the GDP / growth figures don't work in his favour, then GO may have to start considering the major funding areas that have up to now been protected or deferred, because it's only in pensions and benefits that deep 'cuts' can be acheived. ( See the IFS response to the Chancellor's statement ).

Sour Mash; "As above." Try quoting the appropriate text.

Not sure I did that, tbh. My point wasn't about me, it's about the 'service users' finding services reduced or withdrawn. Unless you are personally part of this audience you will probably feel that the cuts are insignificant. That doesn't mean they are not there. You are entitled to your opinions, you may even be wrong.

https://www.southampton.gov.uk/news/article.aspx?id=tcm:63-368186 http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/13805808.Hundreds_of_job_losses_at_Hampshire_County_Council/?ref=rss Extrapolate across all Councils, take into account that this is a pattern being repeated over several years, and bear in mind that more 'deprived' areas will have proportionately greater reductions in funding. Not necessarily 'great' changes unless you are one of those, like me, losing your job, or a user of one of the services being chopped.

Until it affects services you rely on.

wind

Did you see the 'debate' between David Cameron and the leader of Oxfordshire CC ? Government spending has been cut by what might appear, to some, to be a relatively small amount, but with the number of 'ring fenced' budgets, the relative impact on those areas left to bear the weight of the cuts is harsh. GO has played a 'get out of jail free' card this time around, with regard to Tax Credits and the Police budget, but it only needs the GDP / growth figures to fall a couple of decimal points below his forecast and the whole house of cards starts to fall. This may not be 'austerity' as defined by the Greek or Irish experience, but we were never going to end up in a similar position.

http://www.ifs.org.uk/uploads/publications/budgets/Budgets%202015/Autumn/SR_Nov_2015_opening_remarks.pdf "...this is not the end of 'austerity'", "A swathe of Departments will see real-terms cuts", "He's going to need his luck to hold out.".

And somehow people are losing their jobs as a result of the "cuts", and services are being pruned back due to the "cuts". They may not be as deep as might have been feared, they might not affect as wide a part of the population as might have happened, but trust me, they are real. In respect of this 'Spending Review' GO is gambling that the (conveniently ) revised GDP figures will turn out as rosy as they have been painted - exactly the aspiration that he slated Gordon Brown for.

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Neat reversal of my words : "Christianity has been highjacked....... " is what I wrote. And how does "they corrupt and pollute it's teachings to try to justify the unjustifiable", absolve radical Islam of anything ? Stop ranting and start reading.

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"From the Islamic perspective it's not good to use violence or bear arms against anyone, regardless of their faith, and no life should be killed unjustifiably." Imam Asim Hafiz, Muslim Chaplain to the Military http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/priests/armychaplains_1.shtml

[quote=CB Fry;2275081 Funny really - Islamic terrorism is not religious but the second world war was. Was that what I said ? Or was it that God was invoked by both sides to bolster support for their participation - even the atheistic Soviet Union 'rediscovered' religion as a prop for the Great Patriotic War.

First point - they are sociopathic bullies, plain and simple. Second point - why do you deliberately misconstrue something just to provoke argument ? Maybe the following will help, ( courtesy of Bob Dylan ) : Oh my name it is nothin' My age it means less The country I come from Is called the Midwest I's taught and brought up there The laws to abide And the land that I live in Has God on its side. Oh the history books tell it They tell it so well The cavalries charged The Indians fell The cavalries charged The Indians died Oh the country was young With God on its side. The Spanish-American War had its day And the Civil War too Was soon laid away And the names of the heroes I's made to memorize With guns on their hands And God on their side. The First World War, boys It came and it went The reason for fighting I never did get But I learned to accept it Accept it with pride For you don't count the dead When God's on your side. When the Second World War Came to an end We forgave the Germans And then we were friends Though they murdered six million In the ovens they fried The Germans now too Have God on their side. I've learned to hate Russians All through my whole life If another war comes It's them we must fight To hate them and fear them To run and to hide And accept it all bravely With God on my side. But now we got weapons Of the chemical dust If fire them we're forced to Then fire them we must One push of the button And a shot the world wide And you never ask questions When God's on your side. In a many dark hour I've been thinkin' about this That Jesus Christ Was betrayed by a kiss But I can't think for you You'll have to decide Whether Judas Iscariot Had God on his side. So now as I'm leavin' I'm weary as Hell The confusion I'm feelin' Ain't no tongue can tell The words fill my head And fall to the floor If God's on our side He'll stop the next war.