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It possibly was a bit of a trap for Labour though. Obviously they couldn’t approve it anyway as they aren’t in power, but if they said they supported it then the Tories would have been saying “Labour are undermining the will of the people” all the way to the GE.

We lost to Chelsea two seasons ago in the league cup on penalties but otherwise yes our record is pretty good as far as I can see (and recall).

Him, Klopp and Pep can all get in the bin. There rhetoric around replays definitely had an influence on the decision.

I have feeling this is the latest in the series of Rishi knew and did nothing because nobody was looking.

He is comfortably our most important player. He's not just world class in terms of ability but also in mentality. He's a born winner and just a huge personality that would be impossible to replace.

After flogging his squad to death this season by not rotating them, Arteta has praised the decision to scrap replays as he is worried about player welfare

I wouldn't be confident he's 100% fit. I think he's carrying a knock for the last few weeks to be honest.

He's a proper "angry celebrator". I love it. I know because I'm one too.

If we are including 19th in this impossible weekend equation,

That's not what most sources I've seen say, though. A couple of examples: CNN - "The United States has collected specific intelligence that suggests senior Iranian government officials were caught by surprise by Saturday’s bloody attack on Israel by Hamas, according to multiple sources familiar with the intelligence. The existence of the intelligence has cast doubt on the idea that Iran was directly involved in the planning, resourcing or approving of the operation, sources said." BBC - "The decision to attack, Mr Raz said, was taken "by Hamas, based on its own interests, arising from the Palestinian reality" (this article quotes a bunch of Israeli military figures and academics all saying basically the same thing) Obviously any discussion needs to acknowledge that Hamas benefits from Iranian weapons and training, but that's not the same thing as supporting the Hamas attack on Israel. And that makes sense when you think about it. Iran primarily want Hamas to exist as a deterrent; it's another front that Israel has to worry about if they want to take on Iran. Hamas launching an attack on Israel that isn't part of a wider Iranian plan just gives Israel the opportunity to isolate Hamas and wipe them out, removing an important Iranian piece from the chessboard.

Did my first run 6 months after tearing my ankle ligaments. My ankle is still sore but I'm not sure if that's actual pain or the ligaments being weak or under stretched or shorter???

"You ate a whole bag of doritos and didn't leave me any?" "You ate two packets of hob nobs and I didn't eat one." "Yeah but I offered.' "You weren't here." FYI there are two more bags of doritos in the cupboard. Apparently I'm in the wrong for eating a bag of crisps to myself regardless of quantity remaining and other snacks consumed elsewhere. Bullshit.

Not feeder per se. Abramovich was friends with the Vitesse owner. During those years, Chelsea sent 28 players on loan there.

Just thinking of our general shoot out record. Am I right in thinking the only serious shoot out we've lost in last 30 years was 1999 against West Ham? And that match got replayed in the end because they put on an ineligible player. We've had the shoot out wins v Tranmere, Inter Milan, Bolton, Sunderland and West Brom before last night so a very good record indeed compared to most clubs. Think it's due to the keepers we had at the time being great presences for those occasions. Bosnich, James had that Emi type presence facing penalties and Guzan and Steer also did well in the more recent ones. Also usually have a core of experienced penalty takers which helps aswell.

V Sports acquisition at a discount price?

Damning stuff in the Guardian 1) It said Vitesse had provided “incorrect information” that was important for a forensic investigation of whether it had breached sanctions law. It said Vitesse had also withheld vital information 2) The KNVB’s licensing committee said it had concluded that there were “indications” that Abramovich had controlled, or still controlled, Vitesse and that there were “risks” that sanctions had been violated. It said it would await the outcome of the ministry’s investigation 3) In a statement on their website, Vitesse said the deduction had been “inevitable”, citing factors including their submission of incorrect half-yearly financial figures and their inability to demonstrate that they did not have ties to Abramovich.

Quite enjoyed Gunpowder, especially the noble last stand..

No. I’m not. What I am assuming is that they wouldn’t have done the 7th October rampage of murdering 1500+ people and kidnapping 250 more if Iran wasn’t onside. If that’s right, then the precise degree of which individuals from Hamas and Iran pushed for it, planned it, supplied the weapons and intel and so on can’t really be known apart from those involved. So I think Iran was, as a minimum “onside” with it and more likely, IMO, approving or indeed encouraging and deeply involved in instigating for their leaders own twisted agenda.

As I've said 100 times. There will be a CPO there sooner or later. We need to modernise UK housing stock and that's prime poor quality housing. Once Ladywood is redeveloped they're bound to cast their eyes at more areas. A private partner to help get it done would be welcomed I think.

Chelsea feeder club?

They're quite heavily in debt and their new owner has been rejected by the Netherlands FA, I believe.

Calculated with a typical crazy Argentinian emotional personality. .. he has worked with a psychologist on how to get the advantage in games. And Cuts said that when he joined he was very inward and that he worked with him to bring his personality out . If you can cry after a shootout then you can change that inward emotion into a more aggressive outwards emotion. Thats what he has done . The dancing is planned. That is different to all other keepers. The shushing is planned. He takes the crowds anger to focus on him and away from his teammates. Bit like Mourinho. Its genius but requires someone who has balls of steel to carry it off. The world cup final shootout was won because he controlled everything. Including the ref .

I think it was more about how it was not far off from Emi or the official