badgerx16

He had a release clause in his contract, according to the BBC.

Heroyam

Donald Trump says that the US should take over Greenland, Denmark says it is not for sale and boosts defence spending on the island. This additinal expenditure counts towards Denmark reaching the 2% of GDP spending that NATO requires, and Trump has demanded.

Ukraine

Joyeux Noël, Christophe.

Thanks for your insightful contribution towards the discussion of our new manager.

2 days too late, Saturnalia ends on Dec 23rd. Sol Invictus is celebrated on Dec 25th.

Nowhere near as bad as A Song of Ice and Fire for underage interactions.

Bell

Hopefully he won't find playing for Saints to be his Waterloo.

I would imagine PETA aren't happy with him over-working the reindeer either, having to drag an over-laden cart all the way round the World in one night.

Some think that the Germans saw the Saudi warnings as shit stirring, so down played them.

Like VAR did, and decided there was no penalty.

He wasn't. He wasn't brilliant: Downes should not have been hooked, perhaps another Fulham player should have been, and a few biased observers think he missed a Saints penalty ( that wasn't), but I thought on the whole he did OK.

That's an improvement over Russball.

Football is a universal language.

Lawyers

Being reported the suspect is a doctor, originally from Saudi Arabia.

In his end of year diatribe, Putler said that the roads in occupied areas of Ukraine are being upgraded to "Russian standards". Surely the shelling that has wrecked them has already acheived this.

"Hand built by robots, driven by Italians". Fix It Again Tomorrow.

If he saves our season he would probably have walked across.

There was no mention of CE until you mentioned him. And as for the perpetrators, many are of North African extraction, ( not that it makes any difference ). Perhaps people aren't posting because the subject does not require intense scrutiny - at least they are being sensible enough to not let it degenerate into the usual bating / taunting exchange.

Ides

I'm not sure it's relevant to any others but it can go on the New Manager thread if you wish.