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I wish Rowett would just try another system 3-4-3- or 3-5-2. Anything different than just trying the same s**t with the same players.

Copied this from a different tweet: Britain only has 4 operational nuclear missile submarines. Labour Together MP Joani Reid, the Red Princess whose husband David Taylor has been arrested over allegations of spying for China, has been accused of improper behaviour with the Captains of two (50%) of these vital boats

I mean, they're not really, they just have weaknesses like all aircraft carriers. The fact that the US had to move it's carriers away from a conflict with Iran sort of shows why they're becoming less important. They're very vulnerable (especially as missile technology advances), they have lots of maintenance issues which are expensive to maintain, they need a lot of people to run, and they need to be surrounded by a fleet of other ships to protect them. It's also why if a country starts a war, it's a good idea to warn it's allies so they can prepare. You can't just send aircraft carriers out at the click of a finger. The USS Gerald Ford cost $13 billion dollars and a laundry fire caused so much damage and took over 30 hours to put out. They were already spending $4 million dollars and $400,00 dollars a day on trying to fix toilets that don't flush properly.

I'll be surprised if they do put troops on the ground. The US couldn't even defend their own bases or Thaad missile defence systems when they launched a surprise attack. Those guys would be sitting ducks. Even if they could get them there without being shot down or sunk - how do you keep them there and resupply them. All nearby bases destroyed/abandoned - and their aircraft carriers had to leave the combat zone almost as soon as they entered it. The world's largest carrier: the USS Gerald Ford is now out of action for over a year - due to a 'laundry fire'. It's probably just a big bluff, but it's clear Iran have been preparing for this for 40 years and his bluffs aren't working. The American public are not ready to see the expression on their soldier's faces moments before death as a cheap drone flys into them. Drone's are modern IEDs that fly with cameras now. Trump and his yes men have boxed themselves in. The most powerful side doesn't decide when a war ends, it's how long the weakest side can resist. You can't kick a hornet's nest, then just demand all the hornets go back into the hive when it doesn't go to plan.

Changed his mind just before all the US markets opened on a Monday. He cares more about that than anything else. He started the war on a Friday night after they'd closed - and probably thought/hoped it would be over before Monday.

Or: They've called my bluff and because I set a deadline now I have to say this.

Yes. We won the last game and looked a lot better defensively. The first game anyone had won with this squad for two months. That's managing football. Did you see how s**t this lot looked under King for every game. He basically puts out the same team as Tuesday and they turn to s**t.

It's hard to manage this club when you don't know what you're going to get from this lot. They can look like a completely different team from one half to the next - let alone game to game. People calling him a fraud for picking the same players who won a few days ago doesn't really make sense. There are problems like the recruitment, lack of height, lack of physicality, lack of fitness, and that the spine of the team is so weak. The main problem is these players are so mentally weak. They have nowhere to hide now. I guarantee you the players were living in a delusion that they were better than this - and it was all other people's fault (like managers). Now most of them know it's on them. They really are lower championship players who've been carried for their career - this is their level. And just like when delusion meets reality, they can't cope. They wilt under the slightest pressure - and even worse - if someone makes a mistake like Nelson today, they treat it as an excuse to not even try anymore. We have to stop blaming managers and letting these players off.

He looks good on the ball. But his communication, awareness and heading really, really need improving. He's young, so he'll have a really bad performance like today, it's just part of his development. It's more worrying that this season he's been part of a defence that concedes at least 2 goals a game and he rarely stands out. I don't care what he did at Oxford anymore, I care what he's doing right now. Even with the odd half-decent performance (that people blow out of proportion on here) it isn't good enough.

Trump says it's nearly over. What if Iran disagrees. He's opened pandoras box here, now he's trying to shut it now it hasn't gone to plan. Iran will have planned for all outcomes. Strategically, why would Iran stop. They've been under sanctions for years. Israel/Netanyahu aren't just going to disappear. The last few times they've negotiated they've been bombed, so they've got no interest/trust in that. They've managed to make America abandon all their bases, destroyed lot's of radar and missile defence systems. Why would they just stop now. America and Israel will just learn from these mistakes, strengthen, then probably come back. And the new leader is more hardcore - and just had his family wiped out. If they keep this going for a few months up until the American mid-terms, causing enough disruption to the US economy, then Republican's/Trump are in real trouble. All Iran has to do is fire off a few missiles everyday and keep the Strait of Hormuz closed (or allow certain countries through). Edit: some Republicans are pissed.

He's an odious little *****. But he's honest, I guess! These are the kind of clowns advising Trump. The rest are sycophantic podcasters, youtubers, grifters and religious nutters. This is what happens when you fire senior military, intelligence and diplomatic officers who weren't blindly loyal yes men. All those people who would have advised against this, warned of the risks, retaliations are gone. Now there's no-one to de-escalate. Iran have been preparing and planning for this for decades. They've already taken out the US's bases in the region. They just have to survive, not win, and they know it. They know the damage they can do to the world economy by dragging this out. Edit: there's more...

These jokers are so far out of their depth now.

Evra saying what most of us are thinking when ex-Utd players criticise Carrick. He just has no filter. Last line is the best: Most of these guys get a managerial job and get fired straightaway. I said to Neville: 'It's easy to talk on TV. When you were at Valencia, they asked you for paella, and you gave them fish and chips.'"

As soon as MVDV got sent off it gave this lot an excuse. They've got no character or backbone. It's why they finished 17th last year too. It really isn't a good squad of players. Both Ange and Levy must be having mixed emotions watching this.

Might have been idea to ask Zelensky who's been fighting these drone for years before they launched this war. Unless of course this hasn't gone to plan.

MTG hasn't really changed. You have to look at her as a true believer when it comes to America First. She wants no involvement in any foreign wars. She wants all their tax dollars spent at home on the American people. She was never just anti-Ukraine. She's always been one of the only American politicians pointing out how many American politicians take money from AIPAC - and how much they take. She always wanted the Epstein files released. Now she's realised she got played - she fell for Trump's/MAGA's con. It is odd when you see her saying something you agree with. Always worth remembering she used to believe all the school shootings like Sandy Hook and Parkland were staged conspiracies. She mocked and harassed some of the victims. But it is nice seeing these hard-core right-wing people turn on themselves. She always was a horrible bully. It's just now she's on the other side, so she's striking a different tone - cause she isn't that brave. It's much easier to bully and mock school shooting survivors than it is the Trump.

Regime change is very complicated. There are no easy answers. History shows it rarely works out. Even if it does in the short-term, long-term if often backfires. Like for example in Iran in 1953. They had a leader who was progressive and wanted what was best for his people. To the point that he wanted his people to profit from all of Iran's oil reserves. So the UK and the US used MI6 and the CIA to launch a coup and overthrow him. The thing about people behind screens talking about regime change is: people who are negative/cautious tend to be consistent in most conflicts until it spills out into war in other countries. People who are pro: often change their tune depending on the regime. Putin isn't great to his own people; he sees Ukrainians as his people. You okay with sending our troops into Ukraine and Russia and bombing Moscow, St Petersburg and Crimea? If you're consistent fair play to you; but a lot won't be. Lot's of people behind screens are happy to cheer on regime change and missiles flying - until there's the remote chance the missiles might start flying back at them behind their screen and their loved ones.

I doubt he does care about the loss of life. But he probably cares if it makes him look weak. He changes his mind from one moment to the next entirely on how he's being viewed on US news channels like Fox News.

Right now there's a good chance Starmer is going to look a lot like Harold Wilson who (under a lot of pressure from LBJ) refused to send our troops into Vietnam. The fact that Rubio is on TV backtracking about what he said yesterday - and basically admitting they have no current plan on how to evacuate American's from the region shows they haven't planned this very well. And the US consulate in Dubai has just been bombed by a drone.

Bit worrying we've promoted from within for CEO. You can imagine them interviewing qualified people. Top getting all excited until it gets to the point in the interview where he goes: And do you have any questions for us? They're probably going ask relevant questions, then run a mile when they get the answers. Nobody with any actual experience or proper qualifications is coming here to carry the can for the idiot son.

I mean, I don't pay much attention to what he says anymore. So this could be out of context as I don't really watch his speeches. Or, this could be fake news as it's easy nowadays to be fooled, but MSN.com and Daily Express US have reported it. So if it is fake, I apologise. But they hacked Iranian state TV and he told them to. Saying things like: now is the time and this is the moment. This was around 20 hours ago and they haven't yet. So it's not unreasonable to think, maybe, that is what he really wanted.

But he had to say that after America's bases and allies started getting hit. It is possible he planned for this. Or, he thought they'd take out the leadership then the Iranian people would rise up. But they haven't, yet. When he bombed Venezuela he was saying something about this is nothing like a conflict in the middle east which is why he was doing it (can't remember his exact words). He changes what he says on a whim. It's one thing saying more soldiers will die, it's another thing when it actually starts happening. Regime change isn't a bad thing if it works. But the regime that comes after could be worse. America spent all that time, money and death in Afghanistan and replaced the Taliban with the Taliban. The last memory was a load of their soldiers being blown up at the airport as they left as quickly as possible. Iran has a lot of cheap missiles and drones. And all the defences America uses like Patriot missiles are a lot more expensive. That will start to add up, as will the economy and the price of oil. Iran could really drag this out.

Really? Iran aren't that strong. The US started a war it didn't need to and has no real end game. I've got American relatives. Some of which are Maga Republicans. None of them are happy. After over 20 years, thousands of dead servicemen, trillions of dollars - they finally got their troops out of the Middle East. Now they've already got dead servicemen, planes being shot out of the sky and they've bombed a girls elementary school. Trump probably thought this would just be like Venezuela (or the other countries he's recently bombed). Where he'd dip in and dip out. He didn't make any effort to get US citizens home from the region; it's like he didn't expect them all to be stranded. Their allies are now being bombed. Countries like UAE, Saudi, Qatar: I doubt their tourism will recover from this for a long time - if ever. They're not going to say it publicly, but they can't be happy over this. Then you've got all the unknown long-term consequences.

It's hard to really work out whats going on with all the fake news about. On X you can see US bases being bombed. Given the fact we and other European countries wanted nothing to do with this originally. Now we're letting them use our bases. I'm assuming it's not going as smoothly as America and Isreal leaders expected.

I do wonder how this plays out domestically for America long term. While you have the Maga Republicans who are just brainwashed hypocrites, sucking Trump's dick and whatever he says goes. There are a lot of Republicans and swing voters who voted for him because they wanted what he was campaigning on. A lot of Republicans are America First. They are true believers. They don't want any of this. They want their tax dollars spent at home. They don't want their soldiers dying in wars and then years later seeing their troops getting run out of town and achieving nothing. He basically campaigned on 3 main promises. Improve the economy, America first (no more foreign wars) and release the Epstein files. He's failed badly at all 3. Even Republicans are saying they won't vote Republican next time. I reckon we might see a Tory style wipeout. Though it won't be as damaging as it was here due to their tribalistic politics.