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says this every month. Likelihood is that their conscripts are wasting a lot due to lack of training.

Sadly these are probably just conscripts sent to the front literally as "cannon fodder". We've also seen videos here of interviews with families from the poorer regions who are "sending" their men as the death and disability bonuses are comparatively so large in relation to to their normal incomes.

This is where the "budget limits competition" argument falls down a bit. Aston Martin take a Mercedes engine and complete rear end Inc gearbox and suspension. They give them to a Newey protege and he uses them better than Mercedes does - a cocktail of red bull theory,/design and Mercedes...

Goes back to my original point is there really a dearth of engineering/ design talent to compete? Mercedes had a prolonged spell "beating" Newey but the exodus of staff 2021/2022 to Red Bull also damaged Mercedes. Aston Martin obviously found someone seeing as the "Mercedes b car" outperformed...

In season sure. But season to season ( with a ltd number of engine suppliers) the gap should be closing with a budget cap. There's (seemingly) no one special expensive item the RB has that other teams don't. It's how they put things together. Mercedes had the edge for so long then badly went...

Alonso a nice story but that's ominous for the season. Best car wins by basically a lap and that's with engine settings turned down for large chunk of the race etc. Is there such a dearth of engineers / designers that the other 9 teams just can't find the talent to compete with the top team -...

First race of the season halfway point max is a second a lap better than 3rd place and 2 + seconds a lap better than 9th and below. Yet again Sky having to hype up battle for 5/6/7/8th at the end of the race. Don't see myself lasting a season of this. Mid table scraps aren't enough to keep it...

Any sort of competitive championship welcome/needed. Even a few more competitive races would be nice - even some of the supposed closer ones last few seasons have been down to safety cars etc rather than actual racing. In this cap era it remains slightly odd gaps haven't closed much.

The swing from Mercedes to Red Bull coincides with so many engineering etc staff moving from Merc to Red Bull. But to go into a new season with a design that nobody else considered just seems desperate. To correct that mistake will take half a season according to Mercedes - that does seem a...

Apparently Russians who are opposed to Putin and had been fighting in Ukraine.

For these Russian rapists, murderers, paedophiles etc Ukraine is sadly a busman's holiday.

He should be made to rent out the 30 empty bedrooms to asylum seekers (those over 18!!!). That'll make him more than his freebie (seeing as he does no work these days) handout.

It's a historically brutal authoritarian regime propped up by Russia. Was under all sorts of sanctions even before the Ukraine war started.

It all highlights why boxing is in trouble. It had little to do with boxing it was all about celebrity. I don't get celebrity - one of the perks of being an expat is that I have never seen a reality show - not one episode of anything. My mind is consistently blown when reading UK papers the...

https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2023/february/news-coventry-city-publish-accounts-for-ended-31st-may-2022/?fbclid=IwAR2_6axUsY9gaQrGMzEDt6myAT9xHbawIv0cMyV4F49bJp9RYIclG-uKH84

Also why Russia may not be keen on peace talks? These aren't isolated incidents. Peace talks would also accelerate the war crimes investigations.

May try and circumvent this by announcing an arms deal with Belarus instead - seeing as Lukashenko is visiting Beijing atm. Timing of supposed Belarus partisan attack on Russian plane is convenient for some.

Game turned on the Brook run out. Foakes shouldn't have been sucked in like that but that is bazball.

Boxing has a load of problems: - too many organizations equals too many"world champs" - little free boxing on TV. Now you need pay TV and then if a big fight comes along you've got to pay an extra PPV. Losing the casual fan - MMA. Product of modern society. People want fast "crash,bang,wallop" -...

Get it now. Just seen a Bunce interview and it makes sense. I had no idea this Paul had 200m followers on social media. And Bunce is right boxing needs help.