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I'm sure if the Superleague comes back in the summer, they'll be sure to be asked, as befits one of our very top sides. 🙂

Boruc in for Davis/Gazzaniga? Like Baz, I was very late in seeing that Davis really wasn't up to it in the PL.

Interesting. There might be mileage in having a poster seeing both sides of things, on an ongoing basis. 🙂 I think Baz did make a significant difference to our fortunes. He was a key part in Russball. It played perfectly to Baz's strengths and made Martin's tactic much more effective. We still see the benefits of it, playing out from the back. I was in the pack of "could he have done better?" for quite a while, before the penny dropped that he very rarely did. Low and to the left. Low and to the left. I agree there are always other factors. But the moment McCarthy and Peretz came in, you could see the defence look a lot more comfortable as a unit. As much as I wanted Baz to do well, it's been a significant improvement.

There goes my theory that age difference criticism, from her dad Jude, was the reason for Bellingham's selection problems. 🙂

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Microphone

Next season's strike force of Downs and BBD will take everyone by surprise.

Job done with two lovely, early goals. Charles' strike was fantastic. But the first was such a good goal under our formation. A great through ball by the ever improving THB, an assist from a wide player to an actual presence in the box. Just what we've needed for such a long time. Apart from a defensive comedy moment, that in fairness, we've not seen anywhere near as much of, we were comfortable. We keep our 6th spot going into the break, which once seemed so far away.

Faith

It could be like Somalia, where the press crews get to the landing site first.

I was saying much the same to a friend, on another Trump subject, last week. Start with the caveat of what he is as a person. But then talk about the broader US goals being targeted, historic ones from before his time. Part of that is absolutely Trumps "weaving" where he drifts back and forth across subjects, often contradicting whatever went before. But knowing full well the news cycle and other politicians react every time. Following my own logic, there are objectives such as aiding Israel to take out Iranian leadership; further degradation of Iranian nuclear capability (even though they were destroyed completely last time) moving against another long term sanctioned country; destabilise regime; impact on proxies; impact on Iranian allies, also subject to other US actions; get some control or renegotiations on their oil. Not forgetting Trump knows he has until the mid-terms to really get things done. So, he's got a lot of things he can get drawn into. And those advising him, know that too. However, US strategic planning rarely seems to go past the shock and awe stage. No uprising; no long term planning and even his own side and allies are looking at this as a disjointed mess.

trousers on English dictionary manoeuvres again. 🙂

Bottle

A quick glance at the headlines shows that we're allowing the US to use our bases to attack things to protect the strait. But wait, another headline says that Trump wants to be asked to help protect the strait, as he's considering pulling out, as he's met his objectives. But wait, yet another headline is talking about US troops very possibly going in. Shambles.