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Those fouls were truly reprehensible - in terms of both the players responsible, and the referee overlooking it - targeting a player who is just back from a second injury after a potentially career ending year off, can't get lower than that. Or the point where they played on when when Dias was...

Haaland has played too many games this season already.

They will. In fact, given those three players on just the last two games, we would be pretty close to Arsenal at this point.

"defensive alliance " That expanded all the way to Russia in the 90s and early 2000s when Russia didn't have any military to speak of. "If Russia does not invade any of the countries" Which countries did Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Venezuela invade? You are the one who is being intentionally...

Most of the pre Ukraine expansion happened by the early 2000s, when Putin was barely in power and the Russian army was pathetically weak. Russia became "paranoid" when NATO went all the way to Ukraine, organised a coup to overthrow a democratically elected Ukraine leader and started attacking...

So the US would be fine with South American countries forming a military alliance against it with China and Russia. Simples.

Its amazing how Iraq (and it's "WMDs"), Libya, Afghanistan, and now Venezuela were all an existential threat to poor old US and it's European lackeys, and they simply had to unleash war and untold miseries on tens of millions of civilians. But NATO, expands all the way across Europe to...

Sweden and Finland have no fight to pretend indignation over Russia acting against NATO expansion, while they happily go along with a Western bloc that repeatedly launches unjustified, unprovoked wars of aggression against Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and now Venezuela. I am waiting for Britain...

"Under this president" The US carried out as many, if not more unprovoked acts of aggression under "Nobel peace prize" awardee Obama. It's standard Western conduct, which is why most countries such as India and China treat them with utter contempt when they try preaching about Russia.

And there goes all moral justification for the West's support for Ukraine. Yet another, in a long series of unprovoked attacks and wars by the same countries that are sanctioning Russia.

They also used rockets, so we should stop using them.

Thats the problem with 2023-24 City, a few immensely strong players -Haaland, Mahrez, Walker, Rodri, De Bruyne. Difficult to replace when injured / retiring, and even if you get a capable replacement, would he be willing to sit on the bench? Marmoush for instance would be a starter for every...

They have been pretty horrible since 2013, but worth remembering that have been top-3 four out of the six seasons prior to 2023-24. Still very miserable returns given their extravagant transfer and wage spend, but they should realistically be challenging for at least top-4.

Highlights videos often flatter players, but that display reminds me of Fernandinho, excellent interceptions plus sharp, line breaking first time passing.

Who said I was miserable about it? I became a City fan when Keegan was rge manager back in tier 2, whatever if was callback then. Winning 5-3 with practically no defense, five strikers and SWP playing wing back was standard fare for most of my early days.

And Nico Gonzalez standing folfornly, all on his own in the middle of a huge gaping space in central midfield.....

What's even more interesting is the flip side of those stats -clubs winning when NOT ahead at Xmas. City have a great record at converting a leading position (3/3,) but also account for 5/16 times a team trailing at Xmas still won it. In fact, last 14 year, the 11 times City were not leading...

If Nunes plays well, would rather spend that money on Wharton or Anderson.

It seems like we are repeating the mistake of overplaying Rodri, with Nico. He needs a rest, and that was a big factor, though I am one of those who would agree with your assessment of Wharton.

"What a sick place the world can be" There are lots of places in the world, an lots of people and cultures, who don't go around repeatedly murdering innocents because of their faith. The world isn't perfect, but don't use that to excuse pure evil, and those who propagate it.