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He's been my biggest disappointment this year given he was the player I was most excited about signing. It's not his fault though that we absolutely fucked up his start to the season by playing him out of position. I expect that messed with his confidence a bit.

Well they only just squeaked past Mansfield in the last round….!

I'd have gone all Billy Bright in Football Factory when he takes his missus to the pub ... "OI, keep your fkn noise down" 😂

Probably not, Djenepo is playing in Iran funnily enough...and isn't even a regular for them.

Aberdeen were "disgraceful", "horrendous", "embarrassing", "atrocious", "unacceptable" and, according to their own interim manager, are "trending in the wrong direction". https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cg7ep3z5m7go Aberdeen started last season really well. But they had some sort of Ralph moment, and have really struggled since. Stu not enough turn it round.

Most North Sea crude, at least 80%, cannot be refined in UK refineries as it is too 'heavy'. It is exported via the international exchanges and we import 'lighter' oil from elsewhere to refine in the 4 remaining refineries.

I always considered it a bad omen when opponents won the toss and opted to switch ends. As you can imagine I was dismayed when we switched permanently. First season doing it turned out to be the worst home record in our history. Coincidence? I think not.

Their form below. They've only won 4 games since October and none since December. They're really only in with a shout of survival because they have drawn a fair few. Yes they got rid of their manager but they're in trouble. I've grown up with Saints doing Saintsy things but I'm quietly confident we win this. 3-1.

Moussa Djenepo is better than Tom Fellows. He has been a very poor signing.

I will never understand the Panenka when you can simply pick your spot and smash it in like LND did on Sunday. Brentford had a relatively easy path to a Cup Semi Final and Outtara does that. Moron.

Looked like he just ran out of ideas the longer he stood there 😂

I'm guessing they'll play this wonderkid Max Dowman - he looks scarily good.

You’d be fuming if you went out on pens because your team mate got cocky and did a paneka.

I agree, he is pretty much equally good at passing and controlling the ball with both feet, and equally poor at shooting with both 😄 It is good to have a winger who can go both ways, makes him and us more unpredictable, but I just love the old wingers who got to the byline and crossed, so I guess I was hoping to see more of that from him.

Crude oil extracted from the North Sea can be sent to exisiting refineries, though refining capacity has declined over the last 20 years (from ~16–17 million tonnes/year to ~9–10 million tonnes/year). For natural gas, North Sea gas is processed at terminals (e.g., St Fergus Gas Terminal) to remove impurities before being fed into the National Transmission System (NTS) for domestic distribution. The above restricted due to the reduction in the ability / capacity to store energy. The UK can use levers of Government to heavily influence where said resources are directed, via taxes, levies and maybe licensing conditions. Not my words......

Who was the last underdog to win a quarter final and stop a team winning the quadruple? And we were really shit then!

No it couldn't because the UK Government: (a) can't extract it (b) can't refine it (c) can't choose where it then goes That's even before the fact that there's not much there.

I said be more energy secure, not 'get energy security'...and yes, this could be done with the stuff the UK owns /claims in the North Sea (according to the UK Government anyway)

Keep the faith It’s meant to be

You're still not getting it. The only way to get energy security is to have the fully vertically integrated network. That's something that was taken away from us by Thatcher and no amount of increasing or decreasing the amount taken from the North Sea will change that.

Take comfort from the fact that we won our one eigth final

Her Majesty has the exclusive right of searching and boring for and getting petroleum to which this section applies. (2)This section applies to petroleum (including petroleum in Crown land) which for the time being exists in its natural condition in strata in Great Britain or beneath the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom. (3)For the purposes of subsection (2), “Crown land” means land which— (a)belongs to Her Majesty or the Duchy of Cornwall; (b)belongs to a government department; or (c)is held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department. (4)Subsection (1) is subject to paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 and subsection (2) is subject to paragraph 5(3) of that Schedule.

The Gunners are in for a thrashing!

In other news, an Ozzie take on Donny's latest ramblings: "He's done. He is absolutely fucking done. This peanut brained tangerine testicle just called CBS News FROM HIS GOLF CLUB in Doral, Florida, and said the war with Iran is "very complete, pretty much." Very complete. Pretty much. From the golf course. While eight Americans are dead. Eight families just got the worst phone call of their lives and this fat fraud is sitting in a golf cart telling a reporter it's all wrapped up. Like he's talking about a fucking renovation on one of his bankrupt hotels. You know what his own Department of Defense posted on the SAME DAY? "We have Only Just Begun to Fight" and "no mercy." The Commander in Chief says very complete. His own Pentagon says only just begun. That's not mixed messaging. That's a man who has completely lost control of the situation and is making shit up from a sun lounger while the adults keep dropping bombs. And you know who else thinks "very complete" is horseshit? Benjamin fucking Netanyahu. Two days ago Bibi was promising "many surprises" for the next phase. Israel's army chief said the war will "likely continue for a long time." Eighty one percent of Israelis support the strikes. Sixty three percent want it to continue until the regime falls. They're pushing for early elections so Netanyahu can ride this war to victory. Der Spiegel called it "a dream for Netanyahu that became true." Very complete? Netanyahu hasn't even gotten to the good bit yet, you absolute muppet. He's got regime change on the menu and an election to win. He doesn't give a flying fuck about Donald Trump's feelings. Trump is looking for the exit and Netanyahu is ordering another round. And here's the kicker. Israel's defence minister admitted they were already planning to strike Iran in mid-2026 and that Netanyahu set the goal of assassinating Khamenei back in November 2025. You didn't start this war, Donald. You got talked into it by a bloke who's been playing people since before you figured out how to bankrupt a casino. And now you're standing in a global fucking inferno wondering why it's hot. Let me tell you what "very complete" looks like in the real world. Brent crude spiked to $119.50 a barrel Monday morning. Then it cratered roughly 30% after Trump's CBS interview. The market heard "very complete" and translated it to "this bloke is shitting himself and looking for the exit." They literally front-ran his cowardice in real time. But even after that 30% drop, oil is STILL up 50% since this genius started bombing Iran. The damage is done. You can't un-fuck an economy with a phone call from a golf club. The Strait of Hormuz is shut. Saudi Aramco is cutting production. US gas heading to four bucks a gallon. The Nikkei dropped 5%. South Korea's KOSPI dropped 6%. Analysts warning about 1970s stagflation. Eight Americans dead. Eleven Reaper drones shot down. First 100 hours cost $3.7 billion. Fifty thousand troops deployed. CENTCOM planning for operations through September. And his big move? He has "someone in mind" to lead Iran. Someone in mind. For a country of 88 million people. A civilization that's existed for 5,000 years. Like he's picking a shift manager for a fucking Arby's. This is who Donald Trump is. This is what he does. Every single time. He breaks everything he touches, declares victory from the wreckage, and leaves someone else to clean it up. Except this time Netanyahu won't let him leave. The Pentagon won't let him leave. The oil markets won't let him leave. Reality won't let him leave. The war is very complete. The economy is very complete. His presidency is very complete. He's right about one thing. Something is definitely fucking complete".