Robci1983

@JulianOD @NLwartracker @RALee85 @casualdiot I wasn't questioning that, just confirming the position from the view of the PBI. And we did have an expected large role in a proposed invasion of Japan. The nightmare scenario you highlight becomes real if seizing Kharg island turns into a fiasco.

@robci1983 @NLwartracker @RALee85 @casualdiot Have I questioned the reasoning or necessity? No. I merely used the example to highlight a nightmare scenario that could play out all too quickly in the hands of the madman in charge at the moment. Btw, please remember that the UK also had skin in the game. British Pacific Fleet.

My grandfather's rifle company landed on Iwo Jima with 256 Marines and sailors. He was one of 8 from the original 256 who was still with the company when the island was declared secured, despite being wounded twice. His company sustained more KIA in one month on Iwo Jima than any Marine battalion sustained in Iraq or Afghanistan on a single deployment. Marines will always rise to the occasion, but let's hope we never repeat this.

@JulianOD @NLwartracker @RALee85 @casualdiot One group who never questioned dropping the bomb. The Marines and GIs who fought on Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and who were expected to form the vanguard of an invasion of the Japanese home islands.

@NLwartracker @RALee85 @casualdiot Small sidebar-losses at Iwo Jima, and likely losses if all the Japanese islands were taken the same way, were part of the reason they dropped the bomb. Let’s hope that suddenly doesn’t become one of the orange moron’s ideas…

@LoftforWords It's all very well talking positively about the Derby fan engagement process, but you have to account for Carlton Morris falling asleep facebook.com/share/p/177tuW…

#QPRPOR Preview-ish A desperately needed victory at Leicester and a week of fronting up from the QPR hierarchy ahead of Saturday’s visit from struggling Portsmouth. fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queen… #qpr

@statmanana @Jay_Stewart1 @KieranMaguire @IanDarke The game will eventually run out of people prepared to lose £2 million a month in achieving Championship mid table and getting abused by idiots in doing so.

@Jay_Stewart1 @KieranMaguire @IanDarke BristolC lost £18.6m in this same period, have a rich owner that has pumped in £280m to date (over 29yrs tho) and still have fans singing "sack the board" as another midtable finish is imminent. Champ is a depressing league to try to compete in. bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

Portsmouth publish accounts for 24/25, when the club finished 16th in the Championship. By the standards of the division, the financials are very impressive. 🔑figs ⚽️Revenue £24.6m ⬆️80% (mainly due to promotion to Championship and earning 6.5x in the TV deal ⚽️Wages £17.4m ⬆️ 65% ⚽️Wages 78% of revenue ⬇️6% ⚽️Average weekly wage £7,400 (Championship average £16,100) ⚽️Underlying loss £4.6m ⬇️18% (Championship average £31m) ⚽️Player sale profits £0.4m ⚽️Pre tax loss £4.4m ⚽️Player purchases £4.6m ⚽️Player sales £1.0m ⚽️ Borrowings £8m

@relegationteams @secondtierpod The Championship is a Northern league.

@secondtierpod They get too comfortable when they get close to that fifty point mark. It can be suggested that Preston are a little bit too happy to be in the EFL Championship - their fans never kick up a fuss. And they have to travel loads for away games as they’re far away from Southern lot

What has happened to Preston? This was the table on January 1st 🤔 Norwich have got to 50 points with Preston stuck on North End 🤯 A drop in form that needs studying.

@myersowl068 @henrywinter If I'm a selling club and someone offers me a big fee in instalments in the situation you describe, I'm taking a charge over their stadium as part of the deal. For protection. If I'm a player, I'm sceptical about who I sign for in those circumstances.

@robci1983 @henrywinter It could be argued it over protects football, if there was more jeopardy to said debts then perhaps the financiers would lend on lower multiples, which facilitate transfer fees and wages. Maybe it would bring costs down

New licensing system for the 116 clubs in Premier League, EFL and National League requires them to hold “sufficient resources” to steer them away from any potential “cliff edge”. Level of risk will be assessed on a club-by-club basis by Independent Football Regulator. From 2027/2028 season, clubs in the top five divisions will require a licence from the IFR in order to compete. Clubs need to show liquidity to meet their financial commitments and cope with "stress" such as relegation or withdrawal of owner funding. Club liquidity will be monitored on an ongoing basis by the IFR which can also impose measures such as “reducing expenditure or restructuring debt”. (Players not counted as liquid assets as “clubs cannot readily realise their value outside transfer windows”). Clubs must also show evidence of “having meaningfully consulted" with fans. “It cannot be right that so many clubs exist on a cliff edge where one change could threaten their entire existence – fans should be debating formations not finances,” says IFR CEO Richard Monks. “Our licensing regime will ensure that club risk is managed appropriately, creating a more stable environment for growth and investment.” Four “key risk factors” that IFR expects clubs to “monitor and mitigate” are... *Business Model – funding gaps between income and costs. *Liquidity & Cash flow – the ability to meet short-term financial obligations. *Solvency and Debt – risks to operating in the medium to long term. *Governance – adequacy of financial decision-making and risk management.

@myersowl068 @henrywinter It protects the whole league system. If a club goes into administration and cannot pay the other clubs and players it owes money to, I'd expect them to be voted out of the league

@henrywinter The one rule that should change is the 100% protection for football creditors in insolvency. As with the 25p rule for former owners loans on the EFL test.

@BookerDeWitty @KieranMaguire So clubs can lose even more money on player wages?

@KieranMaguire The money put into the national league by the league needs to be increased. The participation money in the EFL alone is ridiculous compared to the NL.

Aldershot Town lost over half a million pounds in 24/25 when the club finished 16th in the National League. Losses underwritten by shareholders putting in fresh funds and loans. Common theme from financial results at National League and above is nearly all clubs making substantial losses. If this is a sustainable industry then I’m a pineapple and you can call me Percy.

@maulenmasuria @spyder_peter @wartranslated Italian naval innovation was always underrated

@spyder_peter @wartranslated The HMS York was hit and immobilized, by an italian explosive boat (X Flottiglia MAS),in 1941.

Trump said that kamikaze sea drones do not exist and were created by AI. Because if they existed, America would have struck them long ago.

@LoftforWords The away crowd that shocked me a bit was Stoke. 6 days after taking 9k to West Ham, there were barely a few hundred for a 3pm kick off

#LEIQPR 1-3 Pitch forks and flaming torches down in early trading today... fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queen… #QPR

@APHClarkson Not a huge difference to the Irish corporation tax situation over 30 years? The population shift to red states cannot just be a matter of tax though

Sort of fascinating to see the US internal market fray even as the EU Single Market experiences further integration

@PNWCatDaddy69 @JimmySecUK He'd not say please

@JimmySecUK Pls bro just one warship bro. You arent even using it bro. Its not a war bro. We won bro. Iran is done bro. Just one ship bro. Pls.

Incoherent rambling nonsense. If Iran still possess drones, mines or “short range missiles” then the United States has not “destroyed 100% of Iran’s military capability”.

@camaradamachado Ask the Moehne dam. It wasn't aimed at breaking the will to fight the war, but the industry sustaining it.

Uma das mais devastadoras campanhas aéreas da história foi conduzida pelos britânicos e estadunidenses contra a Alemanha na SGM, e isso só fez os civis pegarem em armas na Volksturm. É impressionante como os ocidentais parecem incapazes de aprender com a história.

@Matt_QPR Who takes him? Likely leaves on a free

People still think he will be the saviour. But he honest with yourself How many games has he played in the last 2 years? He’s 29 this year, back and knees are fucked. He will only decline from now on, I’d get rid in the summer.

@madamkovic @IAPonomarenko I think that's actually similar in most European nations. The capital as an "ice queen"

@IAPonomarenko Hopefully Zele will not click this time. We have a saying that ppl from Brno (2nd largest CZ city) do not think anything nice about ppl from prague, while ppl from Prague do not think anything at all about ppl from Brno. Zele should be "ein Prager" this time.

Orban: “There should always be something between Hungary and Russia — it can even be called Ukraine.” This shameless scoundrel is clearly baiting and trying once again to provoke Zelensky into an emotional reaction and a public clash. It would be wise for Zelensky to temper his combative instincts and not give this slither any more oxygen for propaganda for elections.

@dave_barton76 Adamson, a natural RB, on the bench as well

As pathetic a home performance as you’ll ever see. Nowhere near good enough and as for throwing that poor kid smith on as a right back for 5 mins what was the point of that, we sacked marti for this #QPR

@_DundeePerfect_ @DavidTannerTV Seen similar in France. Big fire in an old quarter of Metz, the fire engines were pumping water from the Moselle. If its going to be an all day job, I assume they use river water when possible

@DavidTannerTV This is a problem that is happening all over the place and I feel far from accidental, hopefully this one starts a major Arson enquiry. What i did find pathetic is they had to get water from the Clyde and most videos i have seen show one hose being used on it.

This wonderful Glasgow landmark survived the Clydeside Blitz and has succumbed to a vape shop. A bloody vape shop.

@sean_Qpr @LoftforWords @Southsuperhoop @PeteRowe10 Side note; 3 years ago Neil Critchley called out the squad for being weak mentally and they threw him under the bus.

@sean_Qpr @LoftforWords @Southsuperhoop @PeteRowe10 Against the better teams (Southampton, Boro) we've been in the game until 2-0. At that we just crumble. The Madsen injury holed Stephan below the waterline as that was the only means he tactically had to get the ball up the pitch. He's looked out of ideas since.

That’s a 7-1, a 5-0, a 4-0, a 4-1… all in the same season.

@sean_Qpr @LoftforWords @Southsuperhoop @PeteRowe10 Warnock had us losing 6-0 at Fulham with the star player at a bus stop outside. Magilton took exception to a poor result by headbutting the star player. Just throwing teacups around etc doesn't work anymore.

@LoftforWords @robci1983 @Southsuperhoop @PeteRowe10 He can't get the players motivated we need someone who the players are a little frightened off, can you imagine a Warnock type as our manager and players laughing and smiling when 3-0 down ffs