Lionator

I don’t really know what’s lying in the Leinster depths but 9 and the centres seem like positions where the drop off is huge, and the back row is nowhere near as good as a few years back.

You keep pushing your cope down the road though. First of all it was that they’d collapse second half of the season, and while they’re not winning every week, they’re not collapsing. Other teams are crap too. Of course they will likely struggle for obvious reasons but it’s still gonna sting.

Ireland have been dreadful this tournament aside from 20 minutes v England and 40 minutes v Scotland. The decline has begun.

It is crazy how they literally just lump the ball up to wide men and it causes so many problems.

Forest are gonna be in Barcelona while we’re in Stockport.

This is what happened this week. USA got Ukraine to fully submit to negotiate on their behalf. USA put the ceasefire offer forward knowing full well that wasn’t going to be accepted. Then the way Zelenskyy and Polydak were treating was that as soon as Russia initially rejected it, they thought Trump would be like “well Russia rejected it and have no interest in peace, here’s our nukes” (I exaggerate). But we shall see what happens next. US are just not going to escalate militarily, maybe economically is absolutely necessary.

I think the Biden admin would’ve ended up in this position anyway. We’ve just got there quicker now.

Exactly, which is why the war will very likely continue because I don’t think either side is willing to compromise enough. I think our side was very much trying to play a ‘gotcha’ with Putin this week but it was far too easily telegraphed and the Americans didn’t fall for it. Russia is obviously not going to accept a Ukrainian devised ceasefire.

Starmer is still utterly delusional if he thinks Russia will agree to a ceasefire that sees British and French troops then roll into Ukraine.

There’s plenty of local non league clubs playing at an ok level to get behind depending on where you live in the county. North - Quorn (absolutely flying), Shepshed West - Barwell, Leicester Road, Coalville south - Harborough Citeh - Ansteh, Aylestone Park If you’re disillusioned with the city, support them. Ask all the lads that are involved in clubs like that how much of a positive impact it’s had on their life since they swapped the city for it. It’s about being part of something again, community, mates, affordable pints, good football etc.

Does Rishi have a hundred contract w again?

Clubs: help carbon footprint by having digital tickets. Also Clubs: fly 6,000 miles on wild pre season tours to LA and Bangkok.

Looking at u21 team, he’s clearly wanting those younger ones to get tournament winning experience this summer, so I suppose it makes sense for those eligible to play in that team for now.

At what point can you start calling conspiracy? This week has been almost unbelievable.

I know we knew it was coming but Rutte coming out and directly saying Ukraine can’t join NATO is pretty extraordinary and sad in so many ways. Then saying NATO and Russia need to normalise their relationship. All those deaths and fighting over a decade, all for what?

Some would argue they had their shot and missed (or hit his ear)

Brother in Christ, it’s Albania and Latvia.

That’s honking, christ. It’s funny because it’s Forest but imagine being Anderson or Gibbs-White and seeing some of those names instead.

It is but we still have to see what comes next. Commissioning in the nhs was a terrible idea and you get situations for example (from personal experience) that drug and alcohol services will doctor their figures, rush people through and give poor quality support, just to win a contract. So it’s all about keeping those commissioned alive.

Reckon he’s been done over by the officials here. I’m not having that Hummels red card should’ve been, the ball is going towards the corner flag and there’s a covering defender.

Trump sr is mental. Just openly saying he’s going to annex Greenland in front of the head of nato. The maddest geopolitical moment since Bin Salman said he was going to make Qatar an island.

64 is better than 48 though. Because then the top 2 can qualify rather than some stupid ‘8 best third places’ nonsense. Either 32 or 64.

He did obviously kick it twice to be fair.

Marciniak would batter all of these players.

https://news.sky.com/story/captain-of-solong-container-ship-involved-in-north-sea-crash-is-russian-national-company-says-13326888 Here we go. Very likely a deliberate attack on Britain and America. The only other thing is that it was on a set course before the American ship anchored and didn’t change from that course, so maybe not.