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Syrian rebels have taken Hama and the military base there I believe that this is an airbase can we expect that the Syrian airforce were proactive ???.

sounds like it might still be some time - and I’m confident it will be a let down because everyone will expect what they got in the World Cup

Because the World Cup system is patented by adidas (chip in ball to identify when struck by player.) premier league ball is Nike so I believe system developed where the var will still have to identify when the ball is struck and then cameras in the stadium together with AI will produce a 3D image as per the adidas/champions league system. It’s NOT going to be nearly as quick as the adidas system. But it will be quicker than drawing the lines. clearly they are having issues with it cos it’s not considered ready to be wheeled out

It was a corner 😄

I wonder if VK isn’t up to playing twice in three days ? He did have an injury earlier in the season. When I saw Thomas selected on Saturday I wondered if we’d decided to save viktor for last night

Their defence is worse than ours ! (until the inevitable clean sheet when we meet)

He plays the man but it’s pretty soft. mads should not be missing the punch under that amount of pressure it’s an on field call. If the ref doesn’t give it then var wouldn’t overturn.

Let’s see how the coach’s trust in him works out. Feeling trusted by a man of RVN’s status could have quite an effect on the lad. confidence is a huge contributor to the output of a footballer.

Not sure I want to be defending set pieces without wilf and Bouba really tough calls for RVN now if we get a result from this then maybe he’s the lucky general we need!

He’s probably assuming mads will be gone soon 😄

It works both ways The club loaning the player requires some security. If you’re going to say that you have the right to recall any loan player in jan then you’ll have to compensate with a lower loan fee or them covering less of the wages. some clubs would avoid loaning the player if this was a condition.

Kudus back for West Ham probably the best player they have

Man City and Chelsea would be funny if both were not in the top 4 come the end of the season! complete joke of a competition. Needs binning.

Never realised just how strange the American system is. Are there any restrictions as to what the outgoing administration can do in those ten weeks? I guess we should, be thankful that in 2020, trump was completely occupied by trying to overturn the election for those two months. Lord knows what he’d have tried to do if he’d not been distracted by that. The events of jan 6th were probably quite tame in retrospect!

Can we have an outbreak of something and get a postponement ? could do with a whole week of training before we play again

What’s the attacker supposed to do ? He’s not obliged to hurdle the keeper.

That’s like watching our defence

5 year deal till 2027 cost 15m so he’s at 6m next summer in the accounts with two years left was hoping we’d turn a profit on him but seems v unlikely now

absolutely not - cut from the same cloth as ISIS and likely to abuse the population in the same way. gadaffi and sadam were both despots but their countries were relatively stable. Now they’re gone are less people being murdered each year in Libya and Iraq ? You can’t argue that either man deserved to continue their dictatorships but realpolitik says that the world was safer with both in place.

The problem now is that he looks so crap that we won’t be able to sell him for a fee that makes it worthwhile

Not sure a Tesco value isis is much better than a Waitrose version I wonder if the Russians could at some point give up on Assad or ask the Iranians to get more directly involved in support. They have enough problems closer to home. I think they relieved one of their generals today in the Aleppo region of his duties. wouldn’t expect the Americans getting involved, especially with trump incoming. Biden will dither. I think they have little strategic interest in Syria.

Can’t see them sacking him after losing to arsenal - especially now they’ve had a bit of a go if they hadn’t won at newcastle then maybe different

I doubt there will be many sticking their hands up after today !

Some chat that there might be rebel activity in Damascus itself the Russians have attempted to help, out in Aleppo but tough to make a difference with limited air power and nothing on the ground

I believe that the EU don’t believe the elections were free and fair