regular_john

Given Russia's ties to China, Iran etc. an open escalation by NATO will almost certainly trigger a major war that, for all intents and purposes, would be WW3. We'd be looking at millions and millions dead. In my opinion, NATO are playing this perfectly. As things stand, Russia are burning through resources at lightning speed all for the sake of marginal gains in a country that, in the long term, they cannot hope to occupy. If things continue as is, Russia will have degraded it's military capacity to the point of collapse and all without the war moving beyond a relatively small section of Ukraine.

Score?

Solid ITK source. Some guy on the beach just told me we're getting Manny Lanzini from West Ham on a free transfer.

No chance of a positive outcome now, sadly. They haven't even found the thing let alone worked out how to get to it, resurface it etc. This became a mission to recover the bodies some time ago

With the additional fixtures from a (hopefully) long run in Europe, we'll do well to manage 6-8th

Got a point from a game in which we deserved nothing. Can't grumble too loudly. A bit more composure towards the end and we could have nicked it

Yup. Miserable as sin. Unbearable to listen to

This is the opposite of the Newcastle performance. Absolutely shocking so far.

I recall reading that the first game would be spread across the first two seasons so I suspect this season will finish at around the halfway point of the first game

I recall reading that the first game would be spread across the first two seasons so I suspect this season will finish at around the halfway point of the first game

Nirvana - either Reading gig

Greatest attacking player? Messi. By a distance. He's one of the best goalscorers we've ever seen, probably the best dribbler we've ever seen, and has one of the best ranges of passing we've ever seen. He is absolutely streets ahead of everyone else. Not sure he'd be much good in goal though!

And herein lies the rub - they had signed a prenup. In the event of divorce, he gets what is his ($millions) and she gets what is hers (naff all). If he dies, she gets it all. Guess what they were in the process of when he died? Divorce He had already had her removed from his will but died before he could sign the amended version. I've known trout that have smelled less fishy

1. I fear you have failed to understand standard deviation from the mean. Does that make you part of the 49.9%? 2. An old rotter is still a rotter. Prison. Or death. Or cake. Cake or death. Or prison. 3. Good question. No easy answers. Maybe take an almost 'drug clinic' approach. What is clear is that the current approach of keeping them illegal and waging a 'war on drugs' has failed and shows no sign of succeeding. Currently, the profits from drugs go exclusively to criminals. Drug users are also at risk from catastrophic health consequences from unknown and unregulated adulterants. Both problems go away with legalisation. 4. Yes and no. It has been managed atrociously at government level. Unfortunately, however, we have an increasingly unhealthy population with problems that are incredibly expensive to fix. The NHS was not designed to manage an obese, diabetic, alcoholic, hypertensive, cigarette smoking population. It is simply not possible to fund a service to fix these problems without raising taxes to a level that the population would find unacceptable. 5. Agreed 6. Fair point. Allow me to revise my statement. MOST of the best looking and coolest cars were US made pre 1970 8. Disagree. Both are classic. The Terminator is one of the all time great horror movies. T2 is one of the all time great action movies. 9. I disagree. He had enough heroin on board to slay a donkey and would have been unconscious when the trigger was pulled. There have been no recorded cases anywhere ever of an equal or even near equal heroin level that did not result in immediate incapacitation (needle still in arm). No chance he took that much heroin and remained conscious long enough to pick up a shotgun and use his feet to pull the trigger 10. I heard it's something the immigrants done

Great idea!

1. Not everyone should be able to vote 2. Career criminals who have shown no ability or desire to contribute positively to society should receive life sentences 3. Drugs should be legalized 4. Despite the heroic efforts of the brilliant staff, who I can't fault and don't blame, the NHS will inevitably fail. We need to accept this fact and begin the process of moving towards a European style system. 5. Monotheistic religion represents amongst the worst series of ideas the human species has ever had 6. All of the best looking and coolest cars were American and made pre 1970 7. The world would be a significantly better place if women occupied the majority of global leadership positions 8. 'The Terminator' is better than 'Terminator 2' (which is also properly excellent) 9. Kurt Cobain was murdered 10. Anyone who voted in favour of Brexit should have to pay lifelong tax for their incredible stupidity

It's America. You can buy guns at McDonald's there.

Shocking tonight. EMERY OUT!

Messi. No question. He is one of, if not THE, greatest goalscorers we've ever seen. He has one of the best ranges of passing we've ever seen. He is one of, if not THE, greatest dribblers we've ever seen. In fact, had he never scored a single goal, he'd still be in the GOAT conversation for his passing and dribbling. Simply incredible. Nobody comes close.

He's on his way from Villareal to the real Villa! Welcome, Unai! If it comes off, he'll be the most successful manager Villa have had in my lifetime (35)

He looked world class when he joined us. It seems that the more we coached him, the worse he got. Hopefully, whoever comes in next can undo some of his 'coaching' and get him back to the Coutinho who joined us a year ago.

He was one of our best players yesterday. I thought there was a noticeable drop in our performance when he went off.

Because if we take a risk and it backfires, we will almost certainly be relegated

I knew it would all end in tears from the moment he was announced. He had nowhere near the required experience to take on a job of this magnitude. Part of me (a very small part) feels bad for him as he's failed spectacularly, and very publicly, in a job he should never have been offered. Oh well, on to the next one.

Yup. Pie in the sky stuff