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The way I see it, deducting enough points to relegate us would be an exceptional punishment and would require exceptional evidence which I think the PL is extreamly unlikely to have, given there's been no leeks or even the sniff of a rumour to suggest they have anything more than the handfull of...

That's exactly what happened to Bury, they had their licence removed, it was the rules working to protect other clubs in the league, it was just handled very badly. I think you're always going to get dodgy owners who think they can use a vulnerable club in some get rich quick scheme that goes...

I'm not convinced even Russia can cope with a 'forever war' not at the current rate of attrition, they've now lost 1/3 of their artillary, similar percentages for tanks and IFVs too. It's not about troop numbers, it's about combat power and those numbers indicate the extent to which Russia has...

I went to Cathoilc schools in the 70's & 80's, there was pretty much a 50-50 split, and the rest of the town I grew up in was about the same. Apart from the above mentioned half 'n'half hats I was never aware of any sectarianism or links to either glasgow club until the late 90's when some...

I've tried to follow this thread as best I can but not having a legal mind it turns my brain into porridge, in spite of that I've had a couple of thoughts. I would have thought that if City are saying the investigation/process is flawed, then they will have to present compelling evidence, but...

Russia seems to be losing about 1% of it's total stock of artillary every 2-3 days, if they lose enough guns it might solve their ammunition problems.

Please don't accuse me of being pro Russian, I've thought Putin was an evil bastard since the day he got elected. Ukraine will win this war, it's just a matter of time (and lives sadly), I'm just trying to be a little cautious that's all, the history of warfare is full of people thinking it's...

I'm not that convinced, you've still got to get through mine fields, you've still got to clear trenches, that has to be done with dis-mounted infantry which is dangerous and takes time. Although modern western aircraft has a lot of advantages and if Ukraine had some it would make a big...

Even if NATO sent it's own troops in it couldn't be done much quicker than it is. Unfortunately western countries procrastinated over sending Ukraine heavy weapons for far too long, and when commitments were made, it was done with too much fanfare. The Russians knew exactly what was comming and...

Russian spin is that UA has only taken the "forward" line of defence and is putting pressure on the real 1st line, Lassel seems to be using pro Russian terminology which speaks volumes! It's wrong to think of isolated 1st 2nd 3rd etc lines of defence, this just seems to be something talked...

A lot has been said about the attritional aspect of this war, with people debating troop and tank numbers. But it seems to me numbers aren't that relevant, firepower is far more important. Russia has a lot more artillary than Ukraine, but it hasn't the range or accuracy, I don't know the stats...

You don't need a very large charge to take out most tanks if you hit them where they are weakest, T72s have relatively thin armour but are even weaker on the upper surface of the turret, a shaped charge (which concentrates the blast) dropped from a drone will often set off the ammo in the...

It's just my gut feeling but I think it will be the other way round, if Ukraine can cut the land bridge to Crimea and keep the Kerch bridge out of action it could end being a repeat of the liberation of Kherson with Russia being forced to simply give it up. The Donbas could be more difficult as...

From what I've read Russias Tactical nukes mostly have to be delivered by cruise missile as most of their other their weapons delivery systems don't have the range to avoid the operators being caught in the blast. I'm not an expert but I am a bit of a news junkie and I'm not getting this...

I think you're probably right but not for those reasons, I think the chain of command would comply with an order to use nuclear weapons, but use of even a low yield weapon in Ukraine would cause panic on the streets of Moscow like you can't imagine (revolution maybe?), we've already seen the...

Irpin, Bucha, conventional weapons, even Russian, ones can be pretty devastating there are plenty of examples from this war. Anyway I can't be arsed arguing about, if they do use nukes it almost certainly brings Nato into it which will only make Russias position worse, so I doubt they will use...

The Black Sea Fleet is based at Savastapol in Crimea, it controlls the sea of Azov and most of the Black Sea and is the reason grain exports from Odesa have been so difficult, I imagine it does include submarines, it does have a capability to launch cruise missiles which can be armed with nukes.

But in that scenario surely you would just use conventional artillary, it's cheaper, won't give NATO an excuse to get directly involved, and you can't stop an artillary round, it's what has worked for Ukraine so far.

This whole thread has been both disturbing and fascinating at the same time, with some much better informed posters than I am. For what it's worth, I don't think a deployment of Russian tactical nukes would result in a nuclear response from NATO. I think NATO would more likely carry out a direct...

The Earth and Moon orbit a common centre of gravity which because of the relative mass of the two objects lies inside the Earths circumference, seen from a distance this would make the Earth appear to wobble, the Moon like most moons and planets orbits on a path that is almost but not quite...