@Gunner4life81 @Kaz_zom @AnfieIdFix We definitely adapt our style depending on the game including often within game like all the best teams do
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@Kaz_zom @AnfieIdFix We never play a back 5 or change our style for anyone. Slot completely bottled it tonight
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For the past year Slot has moaned about how PL teams don't want to play football and always references PSG as an example of a team which plays football "the right way". Now he has the chance to play PSG again and he comes out with a back 5, parks the bus and plays like Tony Pulis
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@Kaz_zom @Wahyahsay2 @OhhToBe_AGooner @AnfieIdFix Of that bunch only Saliba and Gabriel as pure CBs. All of the others have played full back regularly in their careers including for their national teams. Plus when we have the ball, which is most of the time, we play a 2-3-5 so the full backs are either in midfield or the wing.
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@Wahyahsay2 @OhhToBe_AGooner @AnfieIdFix Ben white, Caliafiori, Saliba, Gabriel and Timber are all CBs.
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Thomas Frank and Spurs played PSG with a back 5.
Man-to-man from the goal kick, low block in open play.
Direct but prepared and balanced in possession.
Big emphasis on using set-pieces and long throws to exploit PSG.
Slot tried similar but lacked open play defensive clarity.
That’s unacceptable.
Why?
He went against his own principles and Liverpool’s DNA.
But, you know what, that type of game-plan is smart if you are Thomas Frank and Spurs.
A team with a massive qualitative disadvantage at the beginning of the project.
No problem.
But Liverpool won the league last season, spent €450m, and their only starter injured is their goalkeeper.
Beyond unacceptable, that.
Worst day for Arne Slot at Liverpool yet. The second sign of him crumbling under pressure, right after him being much more agitated on the sideline lately. Losing his calm demeanour in the process.
With Xabi Alonso available, the pressure only increases.
People may say Xabi also plays a back 5.
But only sparingly at Madrid. And that was because Mbappé and Vinicius don’t defend.
He won’t use that at Liverpool. 0% chance. I’ll stake my entire reputation on it. Not more than 2 or 3 times max, anyway.
An awful night, this.
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@Dave_Tula @EBL2017 Knockout tournaments typically require a significant amount of fortune to win regardless of how good you are.
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@EBL2017 Perhaps Arsenal’s pragmatic style might just be what’s needed to win the UCL this season. Who knows? 🤷♂️
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@janethinde @QasimRashid A nuclear programme they are legally entitled to pursue in cooperation with the IEAA just like every other country. Including the country that is constantly at war and twice used them on civilian cities without warning. American war criminals.
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@QasimRashid Obama gave the Iranians $150 BILLION in cash so they could continue their nuclear program. Your post is not the flex you think it is.
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Iran Deal By Obama:
•Strait of Hormuz open for free
•Iran limits Uranium enrichment
•Iran agrees to make no nuclear weapons
•Iran allows Int'l inspectors to ensure compliance
•Inspectors confirm Iran's full compliance
Iran Ceasefire By Trump:
•Strait of Hormuz closed, only open for $2M Per Ship
•Iran makes no guarantee of limit on uranium enrichment
•Iran makes no guarantee of no nuclear weapons
•Iran makes no guarantee to allow Int'l inspectors
MAGA: Trump Playing 5D Chess! Art Of The Deal!!
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@justthenews907 @QasimRashid @danpfeiffer Whilst the US launches illegal wars of aggression that kill thousands of civilians, double strikes a girls primary school, assassinate protestors, have multiple states where child marriage is legal, and has a President that publicly threatens genocide, humanity's worst crime
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@QasimRashid @danpfeiffer Free =100 billion in cash
Limits= weapons grade
Allowed= failed IAEA inspections
Meanwhile slaughter their people, marry 9 year old children, call women cattle and chant death to America while funding terrorism worldwide. ✅
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@NorCalSportsFan @QasimRashid Cool. Now do Israel. Refused to sign the non proliferation treaty. Illegally developed nukes. Illegally failed to disclose them. Illegally denied access to inspectors. Afforded the farcical status of nuclear ambiguity. Credibly accused of genocide, leaders wanted for war crimes
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Wrong. Obama deal ended and Iran could go on and develop nukes and did nothing on missile development to deliver them. Iran's word is worthless. The inspectors were delayed and not allowed unabated access to all sites. By the time they were the facilities were scrubbed. As shown by the military action, Iran had many secret sites. According to the Iranians they were weeks from having military grade enriched uranium. They continued to enrich under Obama admin. The deal by Obama was a dog and didn't go far enough.
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@jay_scot @LethalBizzle If you've ever held a public event then you'll know it is far from simple, easy or cheap
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@LethalBizzle All it take is for someone who can be asked to put it all together it’s that simple. The truth is no1 wants to.
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Wireless is cancelled and they didn’t try to save the show. What does that tell you?
UK Live music is in the financial bin. Streams doesn’t equal fans buying tickets. UK artists don’t stick together. We have the power but we give it away so they stay in control.
I hope 1 of the future generations get it right because there is proof that it can be done (CC Dave DBE Stormzy) etc until then it’ll continue to be a few individuals winning while the rest get the crumbs or nothing at all.
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@4yourcountry @AmericaFirstCon You know going to war for regime change is illegal, right? How many times have you tried and failed this around the world? You spent two decades and 8 trillion to replace the Taliban with the Taliban, having trained Bin Laden & the Mujahadeen to put them there in the first place
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@AmericaFirstCon I doubt much of this is true. NYT is rarely right. Trumps interest and national security teams interest has been our interest for 42 years. Remove Iran as a regional bad actor. Now is the time to do it.
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The New York Times is reporting that Rubio and Ratcliffe told Trump the idea of regime change was unachievable while General Caine concurred. Vance told Trump that starting an unnecessary, unprovoked and existential regional war with Iran was "a bad idea" but Trump started it anyway.
The next day, U.S. intelligence pushed back sharply. CIA Director John Ratcliffe called the regime-change scenario “farcical,” with Secretary of State Marco Rubio adding: “In other words, it’s bullshit.” Gen. Dan Caine told the president: “This is, in my experience, standard operating procedure for the Israelis. They oversell, and their plans are not always well-developed.”
Trump dismissed regime change as “their problem” — but remained focused on targeting Iran’s leadership and military. By Feb. 26, in a final Situation Room meeting, opposition inside the room was clear but fractured. Vice President JD Vance warned the war could spiral and drain U.S. resources, but ultimately said: “You know I think this is a bad idea… but I’ll support you.”
Drop Site@DropSiteNews
💢📰 REPORT | New reporting from NYT reveals how Trump decided to go to war with Iran — after a closed-door Israeli pitch and despite deep internal divisions inside his own team. At a secret Feb. 11 Situation Room meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a four-part pitch for regime change, including a video montage of potential replacement leaders such as Reza Pahlavi. JD Vance was absent, stuck in Azerbaijan. Appearing alongside Mossad chief David Barnea and military officials, Netanyahu argued: Iran’s ballistic missile program could be destroyed in weeks. The regime would be too weak to close the Strait of Hormuz. Street protests — fomented with Mossad help — could trigger an uprising. Kurdish fighters from Iraq could open a ground front in the northwest. Trump’s response: “Sounds good to me.” Trump’s response: “Sounds good to me.” The next day, U.S. intelligence pushed back sharply. CIA Director John Ratcliffe called the regime-change scenario “farcical,” with Secretary of State Marco Rubio adding: “In other words, it’s bullshit.” Gen. Dan Caine told the president: “This is, in my experience, standard operating procedure for the Israelis. They oversell, and their plans are not always well-developed.” Trump dismissed regime change as “their problem” — but remained focused on targeting Iran’s leadership and military. By Feb. 26, in a final Situation Room meeting, opposition inside the room was clear but fractured. Vice President JD Vance warned the war could spiral and drain U.S. resources, but ultimately said: “You know I think this is a bad idea… but I’ll support you.” Rubio said regime change was unrealistic, but destroying Iran’s missile program was achievable. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was the biggest proponent of war and backed immediate action. Military leadership outlined risks, including depleted munitions and the threat to Hormuz, but all stopped short of opposing the plan. Key officials responsible for managing the fallout, like the Treasury Secretary, and DNI Gabbard were notably absent. Trump went around the table asking advisors their view, then made the call: “I think we need to do it.” The strikes began two days later.
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@FudKim @GregBellini66 So great less than 3% of people who try it actually buy it
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TLDR
Today: “holy shit v14.3 is here!”
Curated fanboys tomorrow: “our minds our blown!!!”
Broader audience in a week / month: “yeah, it still has issues”
Smaller audience in a week / month: “it’s worse than v14.2”
Elon in two months: “v14.4 is gonna be so sick bro”
$TSLA
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@JulianVLamy @GregBellini66 Specifically, when Tesla take on all liability for operation with none of this cut out two seconds before a crash nonsense
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@GregBellini66 honestly no FSD update matters unless it says "unsupervised". I have no idea why anyone gets excited about slight improvements to "smoothness" or whatever. When can I text and drive? That's all I care about.
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@ThatOneElectron @brhodes Maybe you block the nuke option but you have radicalised, justifiably, more people against the US. They still have the enriched uranium which is plenty for hundreds of dirty bombs. Ukraine has shown how to exploit logistics chains to get weapons inside borders. All so unnecessary
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@brhodes This is nuclear dumb.
1) we have no idea whom he is negotiating with or what the endgame is.
2) The Mullah's ability to make nukes now is close to zero. Which was the entire point.
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In the best case scenario, Trump struck a deal to reopen a Strait that was open before the pointless war he started, with the IRGC demonstrating its control over the Strait and potentially extracting fees plus sanctions relief. Thousands of innocents - including hundreds of children - dead in Lebanon and Iran for no reason. U.S. troops killed and wounded. U.S. embassies and bases in the Middle East badly damaged. U.S. standing in the world obliterated. U.S. munitions badly depleted. Hundreds of billions spent. Prices up everywhere. More global economic fallout to come. Putin strengthened and enriched. Just a catastrophic situation even in the best of circumstances. A profoundly shameful episode in American history no matter what happens next.
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@AFCDan86 @pedroelchileno For some reason? Martinelli was the imminent threat. Don't close him down and he has a free shot on goal. Close him down and you leave Havertz alone. It's a simple 2 on 1. What do you want the defender to do?
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@pedroelchileno He's just there where you expect him to be occupying one CB just as any #9 standing in that position would.
Kai was marked by the other CB (or CDM) who for some reason was attracted to the ball due to Nelli beating his man so Kai peeled in behind to the space he vacated.
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Why do they make such an effort to make it about Gyokeres? Ffs.
No, Gyokeres has absolutely nothing to do with this goal. He is not “pinning defenders”, the player marking Havertz jumps up to block Martinelli’s run and Havertz take advantage to make a run behind.
Gyokeres is there standing, probably setting himself as a passing option for a 1-2 or layoff, but in no shape or form is he “pinning the CBs to create space for Havertz”
Please stop with this absolute bs. It’s not even the case he is doing anything wrong, but we are at the stage that we are converting nothing actions into the reason we scored for players who are not involved in the play.
The Arsenal fan base is in complete delusion between these agenda driven idiots and the other parts of the fan base that just drive hate to our players and manager.
Enough!
The Football Era@FootballEra_
Only the intelligent ones will understand that ghosting into space doesn’t happen unless a player drags defenders away from that space. This goal doesn’t happen without Gyokeres creating space for Havertz by pulling the centre-backs out of position. Guys, watch football with your eyes and your brains open.
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@fiveyearwaruk @QuietObserver10 @josh_wingrove "as you have choked them of." Literally your words. I'm not even American. Lunatic.
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Trump to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs: "How many men did you send altogether, approximately, for the operation?"
Caine: "Uhhh, I'd love to keep that a secret, Mr. President"
Trump: "OK, well, we are. But I will tell you -- the number, I'll keep it a secret, but it was hundreds."
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@Rusting_Iron @Microinteracti1 $22 trillion?! On what? You are counting US defence spending and attributing it to NATO. Those forces can be deployed for NATO missions but obviously they are in regular use by the US. No substantial NATO mission since Kosovo. You live in bizarroland.
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@fiveyearwaruk @Microinteracti1 It's $22 Trillion, not billion, and it has gone to defense and weapons and what not. Look Europe has mostly been a parasite on the US.
If you don't believe it, and are unwilling to change, that's fine.
We should go our separate ways.
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I am not sure the American military establishment has fully grasped what Trump has actually done here. So let me spell it out in language even a Pentagon procurement officer can understand.
Europe has been buying American weapons at a staggering rate. In 2024 alone, US foreign military sales notifications to European countries hit $76 billion. Four times the European average since 2008.  F-35s, missile systems, air defence, ammunition. All of it American. All of it coming with decades of service contracts, maintenance agreements, spare parts, software updates and training programmes worth hundreds of billions more over their operational lifetimes.
Between 2020 and 2024, the United States supplied 64 percent of all European weapons imports. 
That is now over.
Europe has an $860 billion defence plan, and American contractors are being frozen out. The goal is 80 percent of all military purchases from European factories by 2030.  Airbus. Rheinmetall. KNDS. Saab. Leonardo. BAE Systems. They are about to receive the largest order book in the history of European defence industry. Because Trump made it politically impossible for any European government to keep writing cheques to Washington.
Some European governments have discussed worries that the Pentagon could remotely disable American F-35 fighters or impose restrictions on how US weapons can be used.  When your supplier is also threatening to annex your allies, that is not paranoia. That is basic procurement logic.
Trump set out to make America great again. He has succeeded magnificently. For Rheinmetall.
Gandalv / @Microinteracti1
MAG🔫1775🇺🇸@realMAG1775
100,000 troops in Europe. Zero help on Hormuz. Bring them home now. No more free rides.
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@RepNateMoran Just and moral? Nuking civilian cities, illegal wars, funding Bin Laden with the Mujahadeen, torture and indefinite detention without trial in Gitmo, kidknapping heads of state, facilitating genocide in Gaza, secret wars in Cambodia and Laos. You are monsters.
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The United States of America must always be prepared to use overwhelming military force when necessary to defend our national security interests and protect Americans at home and abroad.
And, a President should have the latitude to make decisions to that end, but only to the extent that those decisions are also consistent with the inherent authority of a Commander-in-Chief under the U. S. Constitution and the provisions of the War Powers Resolution. To date, I have supported the President’s decisions relating to the Iranian conflict because they were consistent with these authorities and the ultimate goal of protecting national security interests.
At the same time, what sets America apart is not only our strength, but how we use it. Our nation has always conducted military operations for just causes and through just and moral means. This must continue in the future; otherwise we forfeit our legitimacy to lead the world.
So, let me be clear: I do not support the destruction of a "whole civilization." That is not who we are, and it is not consistent with the principles that have long guided America.
I have and will continue to support a strong national defense—one that is focused, disciplined, and firmly rooted in protecting the safety and security of the American people. But, how we protect the lives of the innocent is just as important as how we engage the enemy.
America is great because America is good.
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@nonewthing If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.
Also a bit of a self own that you believe everyone who reads your stuff just isn't that impressive. If you're so good why are none of the best tacticians in the world paying any attention to you?
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@zei_squirrel @ErikSueco The BBC is as responsible as politicians for all the deaths, destruction and misery caused by war in the last 25 years.
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the BBC has a front page article where they cite an "Iranian" who is begging to be left without electricity, water and also to be nuked to death. The shamelessness of the sub-human scum in the Western media class and their gusano slaves like Ghoncheh Habibiazad knows no limits
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@squawksquare @ImGinnyRobinson Yeah publicly announcing your intention to commit war crimes that overwhelmingly harm civilians is both smart and tough. Bellend
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@ImGinnyRobinson Wait, according to you delusional libtards, he died this weekend. Stop spreading fake shit just because you can’t handle having someone in office who actually has balls and a brain. 🤣
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Trump’s saying he may use a NUCLEAR WEAPON on Iran tomorrow night.
This is madness, y’all.
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@Rusting_Iron @Microinteracti1 Seriously, where do you think this magical $22bn has gone? Are there some secret NATO jets somewhere? An undisclosed NATO warship? Do you have even a shred of critical thinking to you or do you just regurgitate right wing nonsense like some brainless NPC?
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@Rusting_Iron @Microinteracti1 You clearly don't understand anything whatsoever about NATO. It is a glorified defensive pact with some admin costs. You don't put any more money in than anyone else, you are just the biggest member and spend the most on YOUR military. You can't be this dense.
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