Rayvin

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/uk-lords-propose-ban-on-vpns-for-children They are now looking at age gating VPNs. They will get you to surrender your data to random US companies, one way or another.

I would say that's possible if NATO weren't saying the same thing right on top of it. So if it is a dead cat bounce, all of Europe is riding it.

That's you banned from the US.

It's worth asking though, do we just think that because he's the one who plays in the PL and Sky adore him? Fair enough if it's totally global but for all I know Dembele could be far more prominent given he's just won the Ballon d'Or

100%. A war that we've pretended isn't happening.

I just do not see how the wider US could stand by and let that happen, even for Trump. If we've been preparing for some time then that's a good thing though.

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-rapidly-developing-plans-to-prepare-for-war-says-armed-forces-minister-13482403 Anyone else noticing a very clear pivot towards "war is coming" articles and press releases? Almost like having a weak, traitorous bellend in the white house is not particularly good for world peace. On some level I feel like Europe has to start talking like this in order to justify the expenditures that it's going to have to commit to now that the Americans are fucking off, but still, it's unnerving. Maybe we should cement the union in order to ensure we aren't picked off one by one...

True but I do wonder if they might be too fearful about the personal consequences to themselves in a way that he isn't because he's at death's door. He's already gotten away with all this and knows it, Vance on the other hand would have to live another 40 years with this shit hanging over him.

Given what he's doing to Europe I think it's actually becoming quite important that he does lose office soon, one way or another.

Good post as ever, and agreed.

No one should be going to this, and I will judge anyone who is. It is a fucking farce designed only to insert all of us up Trump's backside. The time in history when we should have been fawning over an inbred, dementia addled fuckwit has been and gone. No one should be debasing themselves by going to this fiasco of a sports event. Fuck FIFA. Fuck Trump. Fuck America. There, that should be enough to ensure I'm not allowed into the US.

Sounds fair though - wait until end of season for CL assurances. Hard to argue with it for a player of his level and in fairness, maybe we have to accept that if we can't manage that this year we need to move some players on to release the pressure on the team to succeed and buy in the next generation to take us forward. Would imagine we might lose Tonali in that circumstance also. I don't think we should give up on the CL spots yet anyway, the whole league is misfiring.

I am also leaning this way just concerned it limits both Bruno and Tonali a bit and leaves them outnumbered.

The singularity would be some fucking outcome for the game. CT would be in heaven.

What do we do with Woltemade if Wissa is available? Is it a straight swap or do we drop him deeper and take away from midfield (double pivot Bruno/Tonali?)

This is an absolutely superb article, thank you for sharing it.

Aye - top three breaking away is interesting mind. I don't see Villa holding that though so I think Arsenal and City run away with the top two spots and then it's a free for all beyond that with the caveat that Villa have an advantage.

Would be good to bring Canada into the EU/some manner of new entity that serves the same purpose over the long term. They could do with unshackling from the US as much as we could.

Aye but if that happens at least we're not going to be complaining about it to the degree that we might have been otherwise. Think this break from the side has been a good thing for Pope in the end, pressure should have dropped now we can all see that Ramsdale, while decent, is not really doing any better.

One thing I think that comes up a lot in criticism btw is this bit about us giving the ball away too much etc. IMO that happens because we're trying to break the lines by moving it quickly and taking risks - it's the consequence of not just playing it sideways. Yes it fails sometimes, yes we could get better at it, but that's a calculated risk we seem to have decided to take. And tbh, I actually think we're pretty good at it. We could get better, but you can see that we're really trying to be direct most of the game.

I full on cheat with this now - if we score, I check in so that I can enjoy the shared euphoria, but then otherwise I just stay away until the end

Quite looking forward to this tbh. Suspect the crowd will urge them into attacking which will suit us.

He's making eyes at Kirk's widow though

Is it fair to acknowledge that we're having a harder time of the CL than the other PL teams because we're in pot 4? I know it's just one game that varies but it feels like if we were playing one additional 'shit tier' team, we'd have this in the bag.

That one is absolutely a positive result. I thought we were getting bent over after 20 mins of the first half but we recovered and looked the better team by the end. No complaints from me really, Ramsdale was making some good saves by the end and the team looked sharper second half. Howe with a rocket maybe.