Paid Members stumobir Posted February 27, 2022 Paid Members Posted February 27, 2022 Well, yeah, obviously but that wasn’t my point. Without context that video might be showing, in what’s probably a very tense environment, border guards seeing men of a certain age approach and have prevented them from crossing, the probably didn’t think to ask what they’re undergrad was in. By all accounts, the Polish have been head and shoulders above everyone else in offering all kinds of support. Our Government have said Ukrainians can come here, as long as they can fill out the online form and agree to pick fruit. Let’s not lose sight of who’s doing what. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted February 27, 2022 Members Posted February 27, 2022 40 minutes ago, stumobir said: Well, yeah, obviously but that wasn’t my point. Without context that video might be showing, in what’s probably a very tense environment, border guards seeing men of a certain age approach and have prevented them from crossing, the probably didn’t think to ask what they’re undergrad was in. By all accounts, the Polish have been head and shoulders above everyone else in offering all kinds of support. Our Government have said Ukrainians can come here, as long as they can fill out the online form and agree to pick fruit. Let’s not lose sight of who’s doing what. Or if they're pork butchers bizarrely. Quote
RancidPunx Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 Have the Ukrainians put up more of a fight than anticipated? Quote
Keith Houchen Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, RancidPunx said: Have the Ukrainians put up more of a fight than anticipated? Yeah, much more. Russia were expecting them to just roll over and a lot of Russian troops were fresh recruits who had no experience and haven’t got a clue what’s going on. Quote
RancidPunx Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 Interesting marketing strategy from Carlsberg. Quote
69MeDon Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 I wonder what year it'll be before I next go a single day without getting a BBC News push notification that makes me go, "well, shit"? Quote
Moderators neil Posted February 27, 2022 Moderators Posted February 27, 2022 Never because they want to drive up page views. Quote
Merzbow Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 (edited) Any truth to Kadyrov sending in troops to help Russia? One or two dubious looking places claimed he was offering bonuses for every Nazi captured. Which I'm sure is in reference to a certain battalion. Edited February 27, 2022 by Merzbow Quote
The King Of Swing Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 40 minutes ago, Merzbow said: Any truth to Kadyrov sending in troops to help Russia? One or two dubious looking places claimed he was offering bonuses for every Nazi captured. Which I'm sure is in reference to a certain battalion. Apparently so. If some twitter reports are accurate it does not seem to be going well for them. Nothing confirmed as far as I'm aware. Quote
Merzbow Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 Speaking off... fucking hell. For anyone who doesn't know, he's a Muslim. Quote
69MeDon Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Merzbow said: Speaking off... fucking hell. For anyone who doesn't know, he's a Muslim. Somehow the fucking fist emoji makes it even worse. I'm glad to have seen some discussion about things like this on here. Everywhere else, it's just completly uncritical flag-waving. Don't mention the neo-Nazi battallion, you Putin-sympathiser! Edited February 27, 2022 by 69MeDon Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted February 27, 2022 Members Posted February 27, 2022 14 minutes ago, 69MeDon said: Somehow the fucking fist emoji makes it even worse. I'm glad to have seen some discussion about things like this on here. Everywhere else, it's just completly uncritical flag-waving. Don't mention the neo-Nazi battallion, you Putin-sympathiser! Also, being anti NATO doesn't make you pro Putin, as seeing a lot of that floating about the last couple of days. Quote
Paid Members PunkStep Posted February 28, 2022 Paid Members Posted February 28, 2022 On 2/26/2022 at 1:06 PM, PunkStep said: Will be interesting to see FIFA's 'we don't get involved with politics' stance on the war with their reaction to this, which I fully expect to result in Russia being given a bye. Well they have surprised me by condemning the invasion on Ukraine, but of course stopped short of banning them. They've gone down the ICO route of 'you can't play under your flag! Ha, take that!' Bit torn on this. I get that it's unfair that the Russian footballers suffer as a consequence, but what's the point in this 'punishment'? Especially if teams still refuse to play them, as is the case. Ukraine crisis: Russia told not to compete under national flag - BBC Sport Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted February 28, 2022 Members Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, PunkStep said: Well they have surprised me by condemning the invasion on Ukraine, but of course stopped short of banning them. They've gone down the ICO route of 'you can't play under your flag! Ha, take that!' Bit torn on this. I get that it's unfair that the Russian footballers suffer as a consequence, but what's the point in this 'punishment'? Especially if teams still refuse to play them, as is the case. Ukraine crisis: Russia told not to compete under national flag - BBC Sport FIFA and UEFA have now banned all club and national sides at all levels. Edit: Russians only. Thanks Keef. Edited February 28, 2022 by SuperBacon Quote
Keith Houchen Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: FIFA and UEFA have now banned all club and national sides at all levels. So they’ve banned every game of football then, not just Russian sides? Quote
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