badgerx16

People harking back to last season as a mark of success; we finished 4th, 9 points off the autos, and conceded 63 goals. Thinking next season in the Championship with RM at the helm will be better, ( or even equal to that ), is highly optimistic.

Prisons

Is there a possibility that Trump won on the economy and Immigration ?

Will our squad be stronger than the other 2 relegated sides ? We will at best be the third best playing group, and probably not much better than, for instance, the three unsuccessful sides that reach this season's playoffs. Of the last 30 teams relegated from the Premier League to the Championship, only 11 have gone straight back up, and only 2 of those that finiahed bottom of the PL. History and statistics say we will not get back up at the first opportunity.

IMO we will not, and I have outlined my reasons before on the forum. We will go down as the worst of the three relegated sides, by quite a stretch, even more so than we were 2 seasons ago, and the other 2 that come down with us will be short odds favourites for the top 2 spots, disregarding other 'big' sides who also have PL ambitions - Leeds, Middleborough, Norwish, etc, ( depending on who makes it up this season ), who we will be competing with for the playoffs. I think we will have more or less a re-run of 2 seasons ago, but will this time fall short. Whilst I was delighted that we won at Wembley, I think overall Leeds were a little unlucky. If Russ remains at Saints then this scenario only becomes all the more likely.

Won't happen.

Guess who the last team that Man City beat were .........

Presumably that means you have never felt like shagging Jeremy Corbyn ?

"There are no easy fixtures in the Premier League"........well there are 2, but they are against a team we don't get to play.

ALDI trolled them on social media; "Copy nothing - you sound like our legal team". Then there is this....

Is a short Frenchman an Homme-let ?

Why are there subtitles on the RNIB TV ads?

Flasher

WTF ?

ethernet

Ballistic missiles are difficult to stop. Their trajectory and speed ( on the descent phase ) give tracking and interception systems very little time to react.

So, Gaetz withdraws his nomination because the Senate won't approve his appointment.

Which amounts to the ships being 'mothballed'' pending any decision to initiate the 'regeneration programme'. Neither Albion or Bulwark have been operational for at least 12 months, and the previous Government showed no inclination to act on bringing them back into service. Such a situation mirrors the Thatcher Government's actions in the Defence Review immediately before Argentina invaded the Falklands - the number of RN ships listed to be decommissioned was a significant factor in the Junta's perception that the UK would not try to counter their actions. ( Hermes was to be decommissioned, Invincible was to be sold to Australia, and both Intrepid and Fearless were to be listed as surplus to requirements as the Navy was pivoted to a predominantly anti-submarine force ).

"What we’re actually seeing with HMS Bulwark is extended readiness, just under a different name. Despite previous announcements about returning to service, I think most people knew that was unlikely. The reality is that the ship is unlikely to be deployed for any significant operations. The notion of being ready ‘if required’ subtly but unmistakably points to this being the case.” https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-bulwark-unlikely-to-return-to-sea-unless-needed/

It is a Get Out Of Jail Free card that the Israelis have been playing for years.

Just seen it. As entertainment it isn't a bad film; historically it is bunkum. As for the monkey-dog hybrids, sharks in the arena, and grossly oversized rhino, they probably aren't the wildest flights of Scott's fancy. I listened to the Mark Kermode review of Gladiator 2 and he said that early on in the film's genesis Nick Cave was asked to write a script, taking into account that Russell Crown had said he wanted to be in any sequel. What emerged is summarised here https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180810-gladiator-2-was-written-and-its-mad , and the script itself can be found on the Internet.

They are not laughing at the news stories, they are laughing at you.

Albion and Bulwark were both mothballed by the last Government, and Northumberland is beyond economical repair due to structural failures.

Locum

Remember that if you start playing Stairway To Heaven you have to play through to the end, it is VERY bad luck to stop part way through.