Narendra Modi just gave Taco a decent serve about falsely taking credit for the India-Pakistan ceasefire. Taco has been claiming that his trade overtures led to the ceasefire but, according Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri, Modi told the Toddler in Chief during a 35-minute call that there was no US mediation, no trade-based incentive, and no discussion of American involvement at any level. Modi explained that Pakistan requested a ceasefire through existing military communication channels after sustaining significant damage to nine air bases.
Taco has now modified his language from "I stopped the war between Pakistan and India." to "[I'm] so happy that two smart people ... decided not to keep going with that war ... That could have been a nuclear war. Those are two nuclear powers, big ones, big, big nuclear powers, and they decided that".
And, while I'm at it, how about his brand new gold smartphone and phone service?
You too can have a USD169 Chinese smartphone for USD499. MAGA will be all over it
North are going in quite tall. Particularly in defense.
Wonder if they are going to screw themselves in a way we normally do.
I dont necessarily like the Haynes match up with Zurhaar, but I suppose we could swap him with JSOS and have Haynes match up with Darling instead. Larkey is Weitering's cryptonite normally so we have a bit of flexibility for match ups down back.
Looking at the lineups, Im not confident they are putting out a side that can beat us. The problem is we have become pretty good at beating ourselves, and any club who takes us seriously could challenge us.
Weitering has done better on Larkey in recent outings, I dont think the arrival of Darling has helped Larkey and maybe taken some of his supply away. Curtis, Zurhaar, and Luke Parker are players who I think might cause us more problems down forward as I think Weitering and Jack can cover their talls well enough but we often struggle finding matchups for those small to medium types who can take a mark as well as cover the ground well. Nth have a few spuds down back and I dont expect to have any problems scoring as long as our mids dominate which I think they will and this is a game where we need to win well and get some 4 quarter action going rather than play a half and then fall asleep because thats not going to work against the tougher teams we have coming up in the draw.
I wouldn't be surprised if Larkey cries like a baby again ... not that there's anything wrong with that
As we discussed earlier, Curtis is their main forward threat and one we struggle to match up on. I hope Sammy Hamill has Plan A and Plan B for him.
Our last game against North was a convincing four quarter effort and, even if we're missing some important players, I'm expecting a similar effort.
Id be playing Lemmey and letting TDK can stay onball and ruck most of the day, when he has played as a tall forward it has never really worked and I want his ability as a midfielder to help us get on top in the clearances. Cincotta for LDU and I dont want anyone who plays loose down back picking up Curtis. Id treat him as a 3rd tall forward rather than a small forward and prefer a taller stronger player on him rather than say Saad who has struggled with Keays who is a similar type. Id want to free Saad up and let him run and not have to worry about minding someone extra dangerous like Curtis. Blues by 19 points....TDK, Cripps and Hewett to do their thing and I wouldnt be surprised to see Jack spend some time forward in this game...
Curtis is a difficult match up for us and he has the ability to punish any momentary lapse in the defence. Cincotta would be my preferred option but he’ll be required elsewhere.
Iran is Russia’s source of drones for its war on Ukraine. It’s in Putin’s interests if Iran’s weapons manufacturing capacity isn’t diminished by the Israeli bombardment.
Until the recent transfer of US-supplied Patriot missile systems to Ukraine, Israel has refused to provide military aid to Ukraine or to impose sanctions on Russia.
Two of Tsar Vlad’s very few supporting nations are bombing the crap out of each other and it’s in his in interests to hose things down.
Moir hasn't done enough for a game based on what ive seen.
I wouldn't be dropping acres. Sends the wrong message and he busts a gut. He's also more versatile than most and is more likely to build into it and play at a level beyond most of our list.
We dont take our next opponent seriously and we'll pay for it.
Pittonet comes in for o'keefe as tdk will need the help dealing with Xerri.
Lewis young probably comes in by default if curnow doesn't come up. At least we can swing him forward and back, but id prefer lemmey came in, but not ahead of pittonet.
Hopefully just the one change, Francis Evans was one of our better players on the weekend and would be ahead of moir on form.
Yes, Moir has to earn a game. He was pretty good two weeks ago but reverted to a cameo role on Sunday.
Acres is down on form but is still in our better players and way ahead of any the blokes who played in the VFL last week. The only way he’ll miss is if he’d benefit from a week off.
Replacing McKay with a ruck/KPF worked … until Skull did his hammy. Skull’s replacement has to depend on whether Charlie is OK, and I think he will be. Then there’s the Xerri - De Koning contest. Xerri got the numbers last time but he had little influence and we smashed North in clearances. I don’t think that we need to bring in Pitto to counter Xerri.
If Charlie plays, then Young or Lemmey comes in for Skull. I’d go with Lemmey, simply because I think it would be a good opportunity to see how he goes at AFL level, and he’s spent a couple of years training with Charlie and knows the running patterns. His recent VFL form has been very good.
If Charlie doesn’t get up, we’re faced with the dilemma of going with a combination of a first game KPF/ruck with a ruckman trying to be a KPF or a KPD trying to be a KPF. Alternatively, we could go with McGovern as an undersized KPF but he’s much better value as a third tall.
Frank the Tank’s VFL form has been good, but not good enough to displace any of our small forwards.
Iran do not feature on the list of nations possessing nuclear weapons.
Israel on the other hand, do.
Its fundamentally hypocritical to stop another nation from obtaining them if you have some.
Or does it matter which side is the goodies, and which are the baddies?
The fewer countries that have the bloody things the better.
If a countries leaders constantly sprout the elimination of your country and embark on a program that could result in them obtaining nuclear weapons, then the rules of 'fairness' and hypocrisy go out the window. You don't play fair. You use the advantage while you still possess it. You're going to do everything in your power and capability to make sure such a program doesn't progress.
Even if the supposed best intelligence network says that the program doesn't exist?
I bet Ukraine is spitting chips that it gave up what was the world's third largest nuclear arsenal.
You're right though, no-one should have nuclear weapons, but I can't see that happening unless we produce a brand new crop of genuine leaders not wedded to 20th century ideologies and nationalism.
His disposal efficiency is a tad under 79% ... and that includes a lot of rushed kicks under pressure. Jack Silvagni gets a lot of praise for his ball use but his disposal efficiency is just under 75%. Of all the defenders we've used this season, only Weitering is using the ball better than Haynes. So, yes, we do need an elite ball user.
After an apparent shaky start, no issues with Haynes. Very reliable. Dunno about crediting Austin for that pick up.
Austin gets the blame if any additions to our list don't meet expectations so he has to get the credit for any that work out. Wright hadn't signed up when we took Haynes
Austin and his team have to be all over every free agent and out of contract player. They must have felt that Haynes met a need, and they were right.
I should also mention Nick Haynes. When we picked him up I thought that he’d provide injury cover but, after a shaky start, he has consolidated his place as a very reliable and consistent member of our defensive combination.
His intercepting and spoiling are elite, his disposal by foot is very good and he complements our other defenders very well. An astute addition to the list by Nick Austin.
I think his contested marking is good but his disposal by foot is ordinary and we need more elite kicks coming out of defense imho.
His disposal efficiency is a tad under 79% ... and that includes a lot of rushed kicks under pressure. Jack Silvagni gets a lot of praise for his ball use but his disposal efficiency is just under 75%. Of all the defenders we've used this season, only Weitering is using the ball better than Haynes. So, yes, we do need an elite ball user.
Tulsi Gabbard, US Director of National Intelligence, told Congress in March that the intelligence community “continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Khamenei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program he suspended in 2003.”
After the Iraq WMD fiasco, US intelligence pronouncements have to be treated cautiously but I suspect that Gabbard has a better handle on things than Taco. The latter seems to be more concerned about keeping in lockstep with Bibi than following authoritative advice and/or trying to end the conflict.
And Thry, I'd be running too if I came up with such a cheesy thread title ... but you did bring a smile to my dial
I should also mention Nick Haynes. When we picked him up I thought that he’d provide injury cover but, after a shaky start, he has consolidated his place as a very reliable and consistent member of our defensive combination.
His intercepting and spoiling are elite, his disposal by foot is very good and he complements our other defenders very well. An astute addition to the list by Nick Austin.
Leaving the G7 meeting early and telling folks in Tehran to 'immediately evacuate' is pretty concerning. Sounds like something pretty big may be about to go down.
I suspect it might be some American involvement above and beyond defence. They have those bunker busting bombs that can go where the Israelis can't reach...yet.
I think that’s it more that Taco has NFI!
How can you evacuate a city of 10M people?
He should asking his buddy Bibi to avoid civilian casualties … not that he would listen.
And how about Taco’s praise of Tsar Putin and criticism of the G7 leaders for giving him the Khyber? 🙄
