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Iran's biggest export markets for crude oil are China $500m and Uzbekistan $5m which adds a further dimension to this shit show.

Remember hearing at the time and it seemed a bit strange/ stupid: Gathering and festivities Supernova Sukkot Gathering was a weekend-long outdoor trance music festival that began on 6 October 2023[16][17] and was produced by an organizer called Nova[18][8] (also referred to as Tribe of Nova).[19] It was the Israeli edition (pre-festival event) of Universo Paralello, a psytrance festival started 23 years prior in Bahia, Brazil.[17] It took place in the western Negev desert,[8] approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) from the Gaza–Israel barrier, near kibbutz Re'im.[6][18] The line-up included artists well-known in the psytrance scene, such as Astral Projection and Man With No Name.[17] The organizers switched to the site only two days before, after the original location in southern Israel did not work out.[20] Scheduled to coincide with Jewish holidays: the final day of Sukkot (6 October) and Simchat Torah (7 October),[6] the rave was billed as a celebration of "friends, love and infinite freedom".[18] The festival site had three stages, a camping zone, and an area with a bar and food.[6] Attendees described the crowd as mostly consisting of Israelis of ages 20–40 from across the country.[8] Attendance was reported to be 3,500 but figures vary.[21][a] Security guards and police were present at the festival. Twenty twenty hindsight but that's batshit fucking mental at best.

Wasn't what I was meaning mate - say Scotland are top 5 in the world and England are late 20's. I'm Scottish, played at youth level for Scotland but there are 5-6 left wingers better than me so unlikely to get in the full squad. I hit 25 and England make a Euros and want to add some depth to their squad in a problem position - qualify through residency, no real affiliation but only chance to play in a major tournament along with boosting the business end of my career. I can see why players do it to be honest but equally wonder if it's weird looking back once you've retired and think you've pinched someone else spot really.

Did they not move the location of the festival too just days before the attack from fucking miles away to almost the Gaza border?

So at least 5 countries pulled together to help intercept 99% of Iran's missile strikes on Israel but couldn't do anything other than ring their hands at Gaza being blown the fuck out of. The world is fucking horrible.

Each to their own but we moved down to England really young - both parents are Scottish and Scotland would be my first choice all day. If in a parallel universe if I wasn't good enough for Scotland and England wanted me would I play for them? Up until fairly recently I'd have said nae chance but suppose it would depend where you are in your career and if it presented an opportunity to improve your stock in the transfer market. Luckily a dichotomy I'm unlikely, as a fat middle aged bloke with one good knee, to ever be presented with in reality.

Can’t beat a bit of quality shitehousery

Completely agree too - it took until 3-2 for anyone to bollock anyone else but by the time Kim Little actually did it we'd conceded the peno anyway as think VAR pulled it back from memory. From there the fallout seemed ridiculous to be honest and even if Kerr was absolutely wankered telling them they should never have lost a 3 goal lead then it doesn't mask what an omni-shambles the subsequent euro qualifying was particularly as the tournament was in England. It really pisses me off when they moan about the game not growing - they were the ones who blew the opportunity due to the world cup hangover and need to look inward. Instead a lot of that squad are still on the go and give the impression they believe they're a championship level side whereas by the end of this campaign would be surprised it doesn't become blindingly obvious at least a decade will likely pass since 2019 world cup before we qualify for something again. The next manager has a bit of a Berti Vogts situation on their hands although hopefully there's a conveyor belt of youth to tap into.

To be honest I think he's a shoe-in and more likely KT fills in right side than Taylor getting dropped.

I totally agree. I got into it probably 10-15 years ago and switched it on to take the piss really then found myself really enjoying it. Quality wise is was crap but it was a group of women completely part time who were completely tipping their heart n soul into representing Scotland and you could see the progress. However, now we should be at a point beyond happy clapping crap just because it is the women's team and need to be critical where it is warranted. The tempo and style we play is crap and we look like we're getting left way behind whilst the lower ranked nations are rapidly catching up. I genuinely don't get how we're still so reliant on 30+ year olds who really belong in a bygone era when there was nowhere near the level of investment in time and facilities in this. Hopefully there is some talent coming through the u19s, and grass roots seems to have taken off, but surely there must be more early- mid 20s knocking on the door. In general terms, unpopular opinion, but I genuinely preferred watching the last women's world cup over the blokes. It's the same sport played completely differently and I enjoyed it being a bit rougher round the edges and having the surprise of seeing teams like Columbia looking mint whereas the surprise element in the blokes has gone really.

Well amazing how 4.5 minutes on a Wednesday can improve your outlook for a Thursday. Scabby t-shirt stayed on and the light remained off but can't really grumble.

I'm on a promise on a Wednesday! Means she's broken something physically, fiscally or both but we'll deal with that Thursday.

Yeah I'd sort of written the whole thing off thinking the final play off was one-leg but looks like it's home and away which improves chances slightly. Injuries have knackered us but seems widespread issue across the women's game rather than purely ourselves although it being all our best players apart from Cuthbert is a bit mental. It does mean the whole qualifying process is even more a farce - imagine finishing 3rd in Nations League A and still potentially going out because you have a dodgy game away to a B1-2 side!

Yeah the whole format is frankly ludicrous and league B is a farce really. Would still have hoped for more than 3k but performances haven't warranted it at all. Think the ladies need to look inwards rather than outwards regarding it stagnating. I'll be amazed if we qualify for this Euros given the current level of performance, the obvious reliance on the old guard and likely needing beat a League A side away.

Whilst others are on an upward trajectory the life has been sucked out of ours. We usually have a bus from the girls team going and there's usually a scramble for a place on the bus but they couldn't even half fill it this time so had to cancel. Had a great chance to kick on after qualifying for a couple of tournaments but seem to have fucked it right up and for once don't really blame the SFA maybe apart from being too loyal to Pedro.