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With what’s going on at United, clearly something isn’t right. Last season, Maguire was colossal for Man U.

I think he meant a younger version of McFadz as well as JCS rather than a younger JCS.

Agreed, he’ll do for now, but he isn’t confident in that role and isn’t particularly strong enough either. He’s much better in midfield, without a doubt.

I really like Sheaf and his game has come on leaps and bounds, but he’s not comfortable at centre back.

We kept the same formation all season, with or without Jones. McNulty was just slow to start the season, Jones playing or not is irrelevant. Jones’ numbers were impressive and undoubtedly we’d have been a better team had he stayed fit. Andreu getting injured was a bigger factor since he was...

I don't think Shipley is a Championship calibre player, but he's played a decent rotational role at times and has cropped up with some good goals for us. Obviously COH is a better player, its a no contest, but considering the stick Shipley gets, you wouldn't have thought he'd have had more...

Best performance of the season for me. We battered them and could have reasonably scored 6 or 7. COH was superb and had a real killer instinct today. He was selfish (in a good way) in his shot selection and the goal for his second was a good finish. If he plays like this on a consistent basis...

I agree. Biden is predictable and weak president internationally. For all his faults, Trump (as the 2020 alternative) was at least stronger in foreign policy and his abrasive and unconventional style deterred the likes of Putin. It’s no surprise Putin has intervened in Ukraine during two...

We are standing up to Putin. The past cannot be undone, but NATO countries were far too slow to aid Ukraine in the build up to the invasion and perhaps should’ve sent soldiers to prove they were serious. Two factors: 1) Frankly, there wasn’t the determination to engage in Ukraine before the...

Class! Agree with the comments that Sheaf and Hamer (and O’Hare) are a good base for the team! We only need to add a bit of class here and there and we’ll have a really solid, top half to playoff team.

The logistical issues we’ve seen from them is a bit embarrassing for a great power. It’s unlikely Putin’s entire inner circle is feeling sufficiently suicidal to start a nuclear war. For that reason, I’m confident things won’t escalate that far.

We’re not going to have a nuclear war with Russia. Even as Putin engages in nuclear blackmail, he isn’t even the only person in Russia with the launch codes and power to end the world. Threats of nuclear war is bluster on Russia’s part. There is unlikely to be a scenario where NATO needs to...

You see what’s happening in Ukraine… NATO exists in today’s world to stop Russia land grabbing parts of ex-Soviet republics and installing regimes that are pro-Russian. If Russia can dominate Ukraine, then what chance do the likes Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia have? Stop The War is a naive...

Let him crack on. Even if he’s unbalanced and feeling suicidal… His kleptocrat friends probably don’t and will probably move against him if the prospect of nuclear Armageddon became a real possibility rather than aggressive posturing. Putin’s power has always been based on the support of the...

Trump was more unpredictable whereas Biden could be read like a book, Putin’s calculus was something like: - The US and NATO had no intention placing troops in Ukraine - The US (in particular) had no appetite to even risk conflict - US and allies would be slow to support Ukraine with military...

Trump wouldn’t be siding with Russia and he put Putin on notice by flattening Russian mercenaries in Syria. Trump was bombastic and diplomatically abrasive, but it’s absolutely no coincidence that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine under two Democrat presidencies. One thing Biden has done...

To make a sweeping generalisation, there is a propensity in Russian politics to look to 'strongmen' politicians. If anything though, the way Putin utilises the Orthodox Church, he's modelling his leadership on a modern day Tsar. For sure, I'm not disputing the extremism in that region. My...

… As does Russia, why doesn’t Putin solve his own ugly far right problem before invading other nations. Unfortunately, it is a trend in ex-Eastern bloc countries.

The Cold War wasn’t driven by the West against the USSR. It was very much a mutual undertaking with both the USA and USSR proving the supremacy of their political systems. These sentiments, show more than anything, the effectiveness of Russian state disinformation and censorship campaigns...

These states absolutely have the right to break away from the Russian orbit. If Russia was a reliable and friendly nation, there wouldn’t be a need for these countries to join NATO. Georgia and Ukraine accelerated their NATO bids following 2008 and 2014 respectively and likewise, the remaining...