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I'd want KWP replacement in the bag before letting him go.

Broja has scored 16 in 70 with us, vitesse and Fulham. Lots of sub appearances in there. 9 in 29 for Albania adults and u21. That's decent in a shit team. Delap 12 in 68 in the championship. Delap has only managed 5 u21 games, albeit scoring 2 goals but 1 was against Luxembourg. Putting stats aside, Delap barely looks like a championship player, whereas Broja looked like a PL player when with us. I wouldn't want Delap but I would want Broja.

Championship Vs PL Completely different.

1. Isn't that another way of saying a negotiated settlement with the land laying as it is at that time? 2. That's a possibility if Trump is elected. 3. I don't see that as credible. The big risk is 2 which is why I think there'll be pressure for a solution, and an incentive to Ukraine to agree one. As to outcome, if I was a betting ban, Russia to keep Crimea which lets face it Ukraine ain't winning back, and the remainder of the deal is that else is negotiated that Russia keeps of the land it's occupying. It's not a fair or just solution, but I think it more likely than 2 or 3 on your list.

No idea. How do think it'll end on the battlefield?

I'll wager you that this will end around the negotiating table not on the battle field. There's zero chance of the latter.

I've also seen some articles linking him to Barcelona.

There's a lot of belief in the spin in there. If there really are 10k troops being put to the slaughter weekly I'd be staggered, but if so, Russia are able to put kit on their back and weapons in their hands. What's more relevant for the Ukrainian defence is it's ability to keep supplying the troops it needs, and we know from Ukraine themselves, that they're struggling on that side. Got a link re the EU supply issue being remedied please? I'm sure I'd seen another saying that Germany supplies were held up until December 24, not solved, but hopefully that's wrong. Imo the negotiating table push will come if we get a Trump government. The push will be US led, not Russian.

And Ukraine have gone cap on hand to the west. The difference is that Russia are getting the ammo that Ukraine can't. Re the sanctions, North Korea are known to be manufacturing weapons using US chips! The sanctions aren't stopping the North Koreans knocking out more ammo than the EU can. If Trump is elected there'll be a diplomatic solution. The EU won't stand against Russia without his support, and as per that article I've linked, they've shown an inability to supply enough ammo. It'll end in a deal. It shouldn't, but it will.

Grip

Have a read: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231114-germany-says-eu-won-t-reach-ammo-target-for-ukraine We cannot produce what Ukraine we need. It's a fact. We've given what we can spare, and can't give more. It's a fact. Russia are getting shit loads, it's a fact. I appreciate that you don't what that to be the case, and I wish it wasn't, but you can't say that something is so and it be so. That's not real life. Or the reality. Ukraine will not defeat Russia. They are losing ground, albeit slowly, but they are not gaining anything other than dead bodies and damaged infrastructure. That's the reality. How do you think this will go when / if Trump is elected? On the battlefield, or the negotiating table?

Fisted

Yep. And Russia won't reach that stage, hence the need for a diplomatic solution or a long term, and very deadly, war of attrition. Or the nuclear option. Literally.

You and others on here have being saying that for ages. I think that's because you hope that to be the case. The reality is that they have more troops than Ukraine, and more weapons. The west have depleted their stocks to supply Ukraine, whereas Iran, North Korea, probably South Africa, and goodness knows who else are supplying Russia with what it needs. This is not a war that Ukraine can win on the battlefield. It'll only end by negotiation, it always does.

Dead Mans Shoes. Splendid it is too. Great family movie. Or something.

Jeez SoG, you're determined I'll give you that. I think you've made your point, and we still ain't getting PR.

I reckon he'll re sign for Leicester, he's squeezing them for more dollar - they'll be desperate after Dewsbury - Hall went.

Who starts when Downes (if he comes) doesn't? Who starts alongside him? Reed would be ideal. Proven at this level.

Yep. Our choices were a mixture of centre ISH parties, the greens as a soft left, or reform floating about somewhere on the right. The french haf left, middle or right.

Taking an objective view, is communism fine and dandy? Regardless, the french far right isn't fascist, and the far left not communist...a sense of perspective/reality is needed in the discussion.

I suspect people are voting for what they see as the lesser of two evils, and have a lack of faith in (or wanting a change from) the existing centrist government.

Unless I'm mistaken, employers got furlough help for staff, and companies themselves could borrow...

Yep. If you can't get anything done then the underlying issues will grow, and the factions are going to get noisier.

I haven't read anywhere what this far left french alliance actually stand for but I gather it's a mixture of progressives so it may not be particularly settled on policy. As an outsider, I have no idea whether they'll be good, bad or indifferent. Regardless, they've got a a hung parliament, with no obvious coalitions, so it's gonna be a bumpy ride over there. Except a few burnt tyres here and there. The markets are bound to shit themselves too.

Another 5 seasons of that, people consistently clambering for tickets, still being settled in the PL, and it'll then be time for a discussion about expanding the stadium.