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Celtic will still win the league. But it won't be pretty.

They are 3 points behind Hearts with a game in hand.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/12/07/liverpool-no-doubt-mohamed-salah-will-join-saudi-pro-league/There are "no doubts" that Mohamed Salah will play in the Saudi Pro League, a senior figure within the league has told Telegraph Sport.

Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad are understood to be the clubs most likely to sign Salah should he leave Liverpool.

Sources are unsure as to whether a deal can be struck for the January window, having suggested one was more likely next summer. But that may have changed after Salah's extraordinary outburst on Saturday evening, following Liverpool's 3-3 draw away to Leeds United when he was again on the substitutes' bench.

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The SPL will now explore whether a deal can be agreed for next month and whether Salah is serious about leaving or whether it was just a show of frustration.

The SPL was not expecting Salah to make such a public statement of his discontent at Liverpool in which he accused the club of "throwing me under a bus" and talked of the breakdown of his relationship with Arne Slot.

One source likened it to the television interview that Cristiano Ronaldo gave to Piers Morgan in November 2022 when he claimed he had "no respect" for Erik ten Hag. The following month it was announced that Ronaldo was leaving United as a free agent and joined Saudi club Al-Nassr.

Given Salah signed a new deal at Liverpool last summer, having spoken to the SPL about a free transfer with his contract running out, it is highly unlikely that he will be allowed to leave without a significant fee being paid. The 33-year-old was subjected to a rejected £150m bid from Al-Ittihad in September 2023, although relations have remained positive between him and the SPL and with the Jeddah-based club, in particular.

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They are the current champions, captained by Karim Benzema, and are now coached by Sergio Conceicao, having toppled Al-Hilal who are the other club thought to be most likely to sign Salah should he leave.

Al-Hilal's star names include Salah's former Liverpool team-mate Darwin Nunez and they are managed by former Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi.

"We are absolutely convinced that Mo Salah will come to Saudi. No doubts about it. We don't know if it will be January, in the next market, or next summer," a senior figure said.

I thought the LLTS was excellent. CMAT and Roy Keane and Conor Bradley and Kingfishr plus all the singing.

Yes obviously. Israel is a Jewish state. I just don't care about their magical word spells. Remember how self styled "philosemite" Kevin Myers was dealt with when he kowtowed a little too much.

Israel is a Jewish and Palestinian state. 20% of Israelis are Palestinian.

Winning one is still precious,winning multiple Munster clubs is still an achievement with this squad, I'm sure they feel like they should have more.

But so many great teams never win, that great Thurles team under achieved so many times..

I'd say they should win but no certainties until you lift that cup

There are some great clubs on one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Ireland_Senior_Club_Hurling_Championship#Roll_of_honour
Loughgiel have 2. Legends.

https://www.ft.com/content/28c3b5c8-ef1a-4a12-9aa2-7589aaf6207c

Trump is also famously attuned to public opinion. Support for Israel has long been a litmus test in both main parties in the US. That is changing. Younger American Jews are no longer so steadfast in their backing. And it cannot have been lost on the president that several polls show pro-Israel sentiment is also declining rapidly among young conservatives. Views among opinion leaders on the right are also shifting.


https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/04/08/how-americans-view-israel-and-the-israel-hamas-war-at-the-start-of-trumps-second-term/#views-of-israel

A slight majority of Americans (53%) now express a somewhat or very unfavorable opinion of Israel. This marks an 11-point increase in unfavorable views since March 2022, when we last asked this question. The share of U.S. adults who voice very unfavorable views of Israel has roughly doubled over this period, from 10% in 2022 to 19% in 2025.

Well, that's the implication. Still have to go and win the thing, and they've a really historically poor return at AI level.

They have one all Ireland from 5 attempts.

https://www.michaelmcdowell.ie/ireland-badly-needs-to-face-up-to-the-minimum-responsibilities-entailed-in-our-independence/

While Northern Ireland is relatively peaceful, the underlying potential for violence still exists and could easily be magnified in the context of any movement towards constitutional change.

How many Irish women and men could, if called upon, rally to the flag and handle an automatic weapon? How many Irish students, trainees and apprentices could assist the Irish State in an emergency? More worrying is the question as to whether the full-time Army membership could face down well-planned widespread political violence of a paramilitary kind were it to emerge.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k41eqlvqwo

Between the whole lot of them they could not run a bath.

The GFA structure of a permanent government is a problem. The DUP need time in opposition. They are hopeless.

Open question to all:

If Britain did decide to invade Ireland again, as our perpetual enemy of course, ..do you think the Irish Army should resist?

Or should only the 'Ordinary Irish' resist, but without weapons of course, as per RBB, HoG and every other tankie far-left fantasist muppet out there? 😂😂

We all know the answer of course.

Javelins would stop British tanks too.

That's not a hypothetical question. It's historical fact.

Funnily enough your biggest cheerleaders of Ukranian militarism in the 26 feel that nationalists in the north should have just stayed quiet and accepted the consequences of occupation, sectarian pogroms and denial of their human rights.

In fact Micheal Martin, the protagonist of eroding Irish neutrality, also an Israeli propagandist went as far as to blame the troubles wholly on the PIRA.

You are also going to be undone by your hypocrisy. You don't have a moral standpoint here. It's like a football team to you, you don't care how it's done as long as your guys win.

Haha lots of words, bluster and bullshit but you didn't address the question as usual 😂😂

If the Brits (the occupiers) poured over the border into the 26cos from the occupied north:

1. Should the armed forces of Ireland resist with the weapons available to them and those provided to them by allies?

2. 'Ordinary citizens' confront the tanks? Without weapons of course so there is no 'escalation'?

3. HoG confront the tanks on a shining white horse holding aloft a Sabina Higgins poem on glittering golden paper?

Which is it HoG, 1,2 or 3?

Well? You've had long enough?

What does AI say?

You ran away from the point I made as you're completely and an utter hypocrite.

Like you, the most vocal "pro-Ukraine" (that actually couldn't give a continental about Ukranians) have no issue with occupied forces committing terrorist atrocities on their island. In fact not only did they have no issue but they didn't do anything to support their fellow country men undergoing sectarian pogroms, state sponsored violence, murder and intimidation, denial of their human rights and institutional discrimination, they only blamed the victims for it.

This was inflicted by a state who have committed genocide on our people and still occupy our lands and ensure injustice to this day.

And you won't even address this. It's funny how the most fervent of the "pro-Ukraine" mon were so in favour or occupation and dehumanisation of Catholics in their homeland in the north of Ireland.

I'd rather you address this but you're trying to deflect with your usual smear and nonsense propaganda.

You don't care about Ukraine. You don't care about Ireland. You only care about Western imperialism succeeding at whatever cost. You are a fanatic and an extremist, a dangerous one.

What has this rant got to do with neutrality? Try to follow the programme.

I asked you a question earlier relevant to neutrality and you ran away.

You are only able to contribute in a superficial, condescending and trolling manner.

How can Russia be our enemy when they have done nothing to us and Britain be our ally when they have committed genocide on Irish people, committed numerous terrorist atrocities, still illegally occupy our lands and to this very day still deny victims and families the justice and truth of their war crimes on the Catholic population?

You won't answer this as your whole position is riddled in contradictions. This is what happens when you are breast fed propaganda all your life, as you clearly have been. You are afraid of having your views examined.

Russia was behind the drones targeted at Zelenskyy's airplane in Irish water during the week. It's asymmetric warfare. It has nothing to do with British history.

Some interview by Salah.

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/sports/football/angry-salah-launches-stunning-tirade-on-slot-and-liverpool-hierarchy/ar-AA1RQYE3

Absolute shambles at the back.

How many set piece goals is that conceded this season?

Between that and the individual mistakes from Konate and even Van Dijk, you'd wonder what kind of coaching is going on at all in training.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/12/06/leeds-united-vs-liverpool-live-score-latest-premier-league/
More set-piece pain for Slot's Liverpool this season
Only Nottingham Forest (11) have conceded more goals from set-pieces in the Premier League this season (excl. penalties) than Liverpool (10).

In fact, Liverpool have already conceded more set-piece goals in the Premier League this campaign than they did in the entirety of last season (9).

Martins are playing well. 1 point in it.

St Martins win it. Huge win.

Martins are playing well. 1 point in it.

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