Waylander

Agree on Rice and Mount not so sure on Bellingham. I have only seen Bellingham in glimpses play for England, good energy and good moving the ball forward though did not stand out defensively as are say a McTomminay or Fernandinho. Looks to me more like a box to box midfielder too.

Had not heard that and do you know the reason for him going to Turkey?

Bizarrely given all these claims about escalation there has recently been a prisoner exchange.

There was a study done and revealed a few years back that shocked the BBC, it was found that those with higher French / Norman ancestry were more likely to be successful in society after almost a millenium. Within Britain and Ireland there has been a lot of movement of peoples and an early influx from France. Yet outside of this apart form the 20th Centruy we were fairly isolated.

Yes England look ordinary it is almost like Chelsea played recently. Southgate looks like he needs a plan B though not sure that in his locker.

I think you need to consider that between 12th Century England and the 19th Century England very little immigration and fairly homogenous culture. Sure a lot of English has Germanic roots yet also has French in it too. The closest linguistically today is Frisian spoken in small parts of the Netherlands.

The Finns ceded 9% of land before WWII, the Soviets argued they were concerned about Leningrad's (now Petersburg's) security though allegedly they actually wanted more land before the League of United Nations were involved. Britain was looking to support the Finns yet then the focus quickly switched to Germany. The point is though as Finland is geographically close to Russia's second city and a major port in the Baltic they would follow politics in Finland with interest.

If the Finnish leader was at a private party fair enough yet if she was at a public night club or event she might be judged a security risk. They border Russia and were once part of the Soviet Union and you can bet there are Russian sleeper agents in Finland.

We saw Sweden swing towards the poltical Right recently. Part of this swing was seen as a policeman blew the lid on a breakdown of violent crime over a weekend and then read the countries where the offenders came from. There was the possibility of legal action as he spoke out of turn although due to public support no legal action was taken.

Yet the voting rights can be changed though would require legislation.

Political fights brweing in the US over continued illegal immigration. Abbott of Texas and De Santis of Florida following Presidential orders they cannot stop illegal border crossings have started moving illegals to Northern States. 50 were flown to Marthas Vine Yard, who said they could not cope and someon piped up the Obamas have a ten bedroom mansion........... http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2022/09/marthas-vineyard-shelter-coordinators.html

Disappointing to only draw against Salzburg, Sterling scores for us yet again. Auba looking rusty and Broja lively when he came on with an excellent run out of defence into attack. Many chances missed, Mount, Ziyech, Broja yet they score late on due to Silva going to ground and not clearing it properly and on the subsequent cross Azpi not sharp enough to close down and block the attacker in the centre. This aside we looked to play more progressively.

Why do we need the All Stars when we have World Cup, European Cup, League of Nations and World Club Championships?

I personally don't think CFC will remain more that a couple of seasons under Boehly think we will end up with another foreign billionaire. I would have liked to have seen TT given more time yet think the owner saw some below par football late last season and it continued into this one and then a difference of opinion after our last result.

Currently on a channel called Quest.

Thanks was not aware and now copied it across.

Gene editing - remove an entire species?

I've caught a few of those Wheeler Dealer series where they buy popular older cars and aim to restore them making a profit. I did a few things on an old Cortina back in the day before realising that was not my thing yet do enjoy seeing what they do to these cars to get them ship shaped and make some money. Of course it help to a have a decent workshop with a car lifting contraption. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler_Dealers

In his last months at Chelsea Alonso's attacking play dropped a notch not sure if this was due to uncertainty about his next move yet he was not as predatory or clinical as in previous seasons.

I remember as a kid probably '73-'74 Woolworth's had a 'pick and mix', where you had a paper bag you could fill up with any assortment of sweets you liked for a small fixed price. It was a real treat when you were allowed to do this, always remember bizarrely the pink chocolate mice that I never chose.

Certainly is a stalemate seems to me the US is happy to send weapons to see how they function in a real war setting. The real loser of course is the Ukrainian people as their country faces being devastated. Russia has made comments about Transinistra the area to the East of Moldova with its Russian speaking citizens. It could become a future hot zone. Latvia is also interesting and though I do think there will be trouble there possibly as much as 40% of its people see themselves as Russians rather than Latvians.

Rewatched Full Metal Jacket the other night only the second time I watched and some thirty years later. An unusual film almost two parts, the training with Marines being put through their paces by the excellent tough guy Ronald Ermey. You could be forgiven for thinking the film was finished when private Pyle has his full metal jacket incident. Then we get to see Vietnam where private Davis (Modine) is assigned to the Army press corp and it is here he fences cleverly and with wit with his commander about the embellished content they are being asked to provide. Eventually asking for a transfer to the front and off he goes at first all laughs and mutual backslapping until the VC advance and then it is a game of death and with snipers. Davis wears a CND badge on his lapel much to the annoyance of some officers though he gets away with it as he has 'Born to Kill' inscribed on his helmet. His wit stays with him until the platoon eventually shoot a female VC sniper. They want to leave her mortally wounded and convusling and he does not. They walk away and for the first moment in the film you sense Davis has lost his wit, he hesitates and then shoots and kills the woman. My rating 8/10.

Don't get too excited Alonso to come.

Hold your breath sounds like she is not 'taking prisoners' might be someone just as controversial to come.

I quite liked that idea in AVP where the Pyramid starts moving and then they get to pick an item from a opening in a rock which triggers the game of Predator vs Alien. Of course it takes a while for the humans to work out what they have begun. Thought the intro was good too as they recruit all these experts in their own fields and then take them to Antarctica to begin their search.