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I am of the opinion that we should separate those of the Republic and the early Principate with those of the Late Empire - different times, different requirements.

Constantius III - now there is a...

Juve choked tonight big time!

Nothing has been agreed yet it seems - http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-migrants-eu-idUKKCN0W810Z



However, overall it looks a promising deal given that it's directing money to where it...

To be fair his goals did keep Villa up and got them to a cup final. Now they have...erm...Rudy Gestede!!!

In regards to the Gooners, I still can't understand why Wenger didn't strengthen in...

Some of the French regulars who were stationed in North America(Les Compagnies Franches de la Marine) were acquainted with both regular and irregular warfare and were successful in attacking British...

Irregular warfare is of great nuisance value but the generals who served in North America during the eighteenth century knew that conflicts couldn't be won without a well maintained regular army. In...

It was Inkie who originally posted that. I responded to it John - all back on page 2 of the thread.

Responding to your question though it does seem that the Imperial forces had successfully...

Considering Simpson was sent off about ten minutes into the second half it wasn't really surprising that they lacked the freedom they've shown in the previous games, and many the pundits pre-match...

The only thing we can safely assume is that Bosnians are a South Slavic people just like the Serbs and the Croats. Lets leave the petty nationalistic nonsense aside please.

The Albanian resistance was largely propped up by Venetian support. Castriot was a useful tool for the Venetians and other Italian states in keeping the Ottomans occupied. Once Castriot died, the...

Rumour has it that Dani Alves might follow too...

Leicester were one of the favourites to go down at the beginning of last season, and nobody really fancied them doing any better at the start of this season either. Ranieri's appointment was seen by...

Leicester had a terrific run of form under Pearson towards the end of last season that ensured their safety. A lot of people had them down at Christmas during the 2014/15 season.

It's arguable that Baghdad never recovered from it's destruction in 1258.

If you shut down Vardy then you've still got the pace and skill of Mahrez and Okazaki to deal with. They get the headlines but the consistency of Drinkwater and Kante pulling the strings in the...

My team Forest just had the lowest home league attendance in seven or so years against QPR recently. Dougie is doing a decent job(we're currently 13 matches unbeaten) but the football isn't inspiring...

Echoing geyserik I have also got Marozzi's book. It has got mixed reviews but, although I am in the early stages of the book, it seems decent enough. I'll let you know when I have finished it.

Ok, on the first page but he was referring to the aftermath of the Balkan Wars. In my opinion suggesting that there was "state sponsored genocide" on the part of the Serbs was a bit strong, but there...

Nobody has mentioned anything about genocide except for yourself, therefore the burden of proof lies more with you. Best start by enlightening us on these so called genocides committed against the...

There is equally no plausible evidence that they are descended from the Albanians that once resided in the Caucasus. I think we are wasting our time trying to tie the Albanians to a particular...

The blame lies more with the Great Powers of Central and Eastern Europe, than it does with those in the West I'm afraid.

As subsequent memoirs show there was some massive egos in the German 8th army at the time. Ludendorff, Hoffmann and Von Francois all wrote accounts showing themselves as the true architects of German...

Rennenkampf has to take a share of the blame - his caution after a rather bloody encounter at Gumbinnen is understandable, but even slightly more urgency on his part would've given the command team...

Two draws and a win against Costa Rica and that needs to be convincing. That is my take on England. I don't Roy is any more conservative than Sven or Capello if we're being fair though.

The...

I would love to see Belgium perform at this World Cup. Other than England, they will be the team that I will want to see do well. I just get this feeling though that they won't deal with the...

I'm not a fan of either club - mostly to do with both club's hierarchies than anything, but I'm enjoying this. Bayern simply haven't been at the races - at the back certainly. I mean Lahm has been...

Looks like he fooled you again. :-) For all the gamesmanship and the outbursts over the past week Jose got his tactics spot on today.

Tissues for Azog anyone? :tongue:

Everybody is talking about Jose and not the players - classic Mourinho. :)

I think the thread has run it's course, with the current discussion certainly going way beyond the premise of the OP. Closed.

A bit extreme that.

Had a stinking run of form. And this was after going about 17 matches unbeaten in league and cup. We had some injuries to key players - Wilson has been long term, Hobbs, Reid, Lansbury and Vaughan...

Moyes hasn't been sacked tw player but his long term future is in doubt. I wouldn't be surprised if he is gone at the end of the season.

Oh and congrats to Burnley on being promoted to the PL.

Jamie Hammill seems like a well balanced kind of bloke.

Give him a year with the Vettel-Horner double act and Ricciardo will have all that youthful enthusiasm pushed out of him. :)

It wasn't good for F1 when Vettel and Red Bull were cleaning up and it won't be good for F1 if Mercedes completely run away with it this year, although Hamilton can't have many excuses if he does...

Jose is a pragmatic sort of chap but you can't really say that a side which contains the likes of Oscar, Hazard, Schurrle, Lampard and Saleh always plays it ugly. Football has always been a results...

Alderweireld is the right back although he hasn't got a lot of game time at Atletico. I think iirc that he's another converted centre-half. Meunier is another promising right-back at Bruges.

Isn't...

They're not quite PSG. Chelsea do have a history, but have always had a reputation as a playboys club. Back in the 1960's and the early 70's they were like that. I think the arguments that they have...

They'll win at Anfield though...that is just how Chelsea have been this season.

He does the job for Star Sports that Gary Nev and Carra do for Sky Sports. Can you imagine?