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Vardy helps Van Nistelrooy to first win with Leicester as Guehi defies the FA with religious messageWHEN Brendan Rodgers talks football, I could listen to him all day. Ditto when he offers a peek under the hood at the mental side of winning trophies, as he did after Saturday’s 3-0 Premiership win over Hibs . 11 Brendan Rodgers Credit: Kenny Ramsay 11 Celtic fans' pyro show during the League Cup semi with Aberdeen last month Credit: Kenny Ramsay 11 Rangers were also charged Credit: Kenny Ramsay 11 As were Motherwell for flares let off during the same match Credit: PA But now and again, he goes off on the kind of tangent that makes you rewind and replay to make sure he’s actually said what you thought he did. Which is when you feel like telling him to give it a rest. I’m thinking in this instance of his press conference last Friday. In the middle of addressing charges brought against Celtic , Rangers and Motherwell after pyro-mania at last month’s League Cup semis , he drifted away into a riff. READ MORE FOOTBALL STORIES NEW BALL GAME Postecoglou told he's not playing 'Kilmarnock or St Mirren' by pundit FIRM OFFER Football free bets for Rangers and Celtic games PLUS bonuses and sign-up offers Away grounds, he said, have too many empty seats when Celtic visit. He laughed: “We must have the richest league in the world if they don’t want people filling the stands.” The inference being that his club don’t get enough tickets on the road, and that home clubs should play fair by moving their own fans aside. To which all I can say is, chase yerself, Brendan. 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Supporters, stewards and police at every other ground in the land will testify to this anti-social trait running through our two biggest clubs like sweary words in a stalk of rock . As, for that matter, will plenty Celtic and Rangers diehards themselves. Speak to anyone who goes to their away games for the old-fashioned pleasure of watching the football . Ask them what happens if they try to stand where the ned-mobs choose to plonk themselves. Get them to repeat the abuse they take should they ask members of these mobs to sit down/cut the bile/remember that there are weans in the crowd. When the day comes that either of the Old Firm deal with this, when they grow a pair and bring their own supporters into line, then MAYBE the rest of us will listen to their arguments about being hard done by over tickets. As it stands, the pair of them can’t even trust their own fans to visit each other’s stadiums. Worse than that, they can’t even keep a lid on things at their own stadiums, seeing as they are both on Uefa’s naughty step for repeated offences over fireworks , flares, banners, flags and sectarian garbage. 11 So here’s what I’d ask Brendan Rodgers — would you want people like these in your house ? Because I wouldn’t. I’d rather have a few mates round who don’t pee in the sink and swear at the neighbours , than pack the place out with wallopers who leave it looking like a warzone. That’s why allocations have been slashed at Tynecastle and Easter Road, at Paisley and Killie. The locals have quite simply got sick and tired of their home being treated like a cross between a firing range and an outdoor toilet . This criticism doesn’t apply to every fan of Celtic and Rangers, far from it. But every week of the season, we all see and hear just how unpleasant enough of them are to reflect horribly on the rest. Sure, it was only an aside from Rodgers and he didn’t actually come out and demand extra seats for his supporters. But he was clearly playing to the gallery, drip-feeding what the hardcore wanted to hear. 11 From a man with so much to say that’s both interesting and informative, that kind of stuff is deeply disappointing. As for the pyro stuff itself? Well, as with those recent warnings dished out by Uefa , you get the feeling both Celtic and Rangers are quietly relieved. Relieved that someone else — in this case the ever-courageous blazers of the SPFL — have read the riot act, as it spares them from any personal responsibility. To be fair, both Rodgers and Philippe Clement said all the right things about the dangers of fireworks in a crowded area. About how big games already have enough natural atmosphere without all this disruptive, time-wasting nonsense. The bit they miss, however, is the fact that this is a monster created by the clubs themselves, both of who have basically handed matchdays over to gangs of attention-seeking, self-entitled trouble-makers. Yet they both now wring their hands over how to tame them. How? Simple. Refund their season books, and don’t give them away tickets until they realise what being a proper fan is all about. 11 As I’ve written and said a million times, the Green Brigade, the Union Bears and all their copycat spin-offs have the potential and power to be wonderful for the game. They have it in them to be positive influences, to sing football songs , to make the watching world admire and maybe even envy them. It would be nice if they got their head around this before Sunday at Hampden. And if we could have peace in the Middle East by then too, my work here is done. 11 James Tavernier Credit: PA TWO goals and an assist this past week have proved there’s life in James Tavernier yet. He hassled Jason Holt into the own goal that beat St Johnstone , he started the ball rolling in Wednesday night’s 6-0 home hounding of Killie , and his outside-of-the-boot finish for the third at Dingwall on Sunday was unstoppable . But does the Rangers captain’s input against bottom six opposition earn him a start in two huge games over the next six days? It’s a massive question for Philippe Clement to answer. And, for me, that answer has to be NO. When Spurs come calling on Thursday, you can bet your boots Ange Postecoglou — if he’s still in charge after their latest calamity — will be praying Tavernier starts so he can overload down that side and expose him. The Aussie’s been there, seen it and worn the t-shirt. He wrote the textbook on how to take the Rangers right flank apart. As for next Sunday’s cup final? Well, everyone’s seen what happens when Tavernier is up against Daizen Maeda . He can’t get forward because the Japanese winger stays so high up the park , and he gets drawn out of position way too easily when Greg Taylor makes darting runs infield. Of course, Clement’s issue is that Dujon Sterling — the one natural replacement in his squad — has been carrying a knock that stops him playing 90 minutes. 11 He’s still a more solid option, though, especially in a double-header where solidity is the best chance Rangers have of coming through with their heads held high. Get it right and they might not be too far away in Europe or at Hampden. Get it wrong, though . . .? 11 Gemma Fay Credit: Getty Images - Getty FAIR play to Gemma Fay — the one female pundit with the minerals to tell it like it is about our permanently under-performing national team. Plenty of former team-mates mumbled the usual platitudes in the wake of last Tuesday’s second- leg defeat to Finland in the Euro play-offs. The stock lines about how “the girls couldn’t have given any more”, and how “they will be heartbroken”. Fay gave them it straight. Our key players aren’t a big enough influence, she said. You struggle to see an identity, she continued. It’s hard to understand what coach Pedro Martinez Losa’s trying to achieve, she added. Bang on, Gemma, bang on. As the 203-times-capped keeper put it on a BBC podcast, our women’s game simply isn’t evolving at elite level. Why it’s so difficult for others to say baffles me. Big names like Leanne Crichton and Rachel Corsie have shouted from the rooftop about women’s football deserving more airtime, more finance , more respect. Now they’ve got it, it seems they have settled into a comfort zone where no boats are to be rocked. 11 Dan Ashworth Credit: PA MANCHESTER UNITED paid £3million to nick Dan Ashworth from Newcastle United as their new sporting director. That was just the transfer fee, by the way. His wages were £1.5m-a-year. He took over on July 1, oversaw a £200m summer transfer splurge, then the sacking of Erik ten Hag at a cost of £10m, then the hiring of Ruben Amorim , plus entourage, at £11m. Then, on Saturday night, he quit because of what’s been described as a personality clash, stopping only to collect another lorryload of cash in compensation . Read more on the Scottish Sun 'vicious circle' I live in Scotland's benefits hotspot -I've only worked 4 years of my life SPLIT THE PACK I'm one of the best ever snooker stars but I wouldn't be if I was born later All this, remember, after they brought in billionaire tycoon Sir Jim Ratcliffe to turn them into a lean, mean business machine. A decision that’s currently making Rangers look like the best-run club on the planet. Keep up to date with ALL t h e latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
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NonePARIS — President Joe Biden announced Sunday that U.S. forces had conducted dozens of airstrikes targeting Islamic State camps and operatives in Syria as his administration tries to stabilize the region following the extraordinary fall of deposed President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Speaking from the Roosevelt Room, Biden warned that the rebel groups that toppled the autocrat had their own “grim record of terrorism” and said the United States was working with its partners to address concerns that extremist groups could capitalize on the power vacuum left by Assad. “They’re saying the right things now. But as they take on greater responsibility, we will assess not just their words, but their actions,” he said. Biden’s message came a day after President-elect Donald Trump said the United States should not intervene in the stunning rebel takeover unfolding in Damascus. “THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT,” he wrote on Truth Social during a trip here for the reopening of Notre Dame. “LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED.” The dueling messages highlight how the president-elect is playing an unusually active role in foreign affairs during the transition between two administrations. With little more than a month left in his presidency, Biden is working to secure his own international legacy while Trump and his allies have begun laying the groundwork for his administration’s diplomatic efforts. The Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s lightning-fast capture of the Syrian capital carries cascading geopolitical implications. Syria’s years-long civil war has provided a proxy battleground for U.S. relations with Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia, and Asaad’s dramatic departure will have sweeping implications amid the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Assad’s ouster has the potential to further destabilize the Middle East, as thousands have died in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks. Leaders around the world are anxiously preparing for Trump to return to the White House and overhaul Biden’s foreign policy agenda after he was reelected on an isolationist, “America First” platform. Trump’s picks for his administration will also shape the future of U.S. policy toward Syria. Sunday’s events could bring greater scrutiny of former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s 2017 meetings with Assad, as Trump puts her forward to serve as director of national intelligence. Biden on Sunday sought to characterize Assad’s fall from power as the result of the actions his administration took to boost allies amid the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Russia, Iran and Hezbollah were unable to aid the Assad regime like they had in the past because they “are far more weaker today than they were when I took office,” he said. U.S. government officials are cautiously watching the rise of the Syrian rebel group that ousted Assad, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which has been designated a terrorist group by the U.S. government and has historic links to both al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. Biden said he was sending officials from his administration to the region and offering assistance to Syria’s neighbors, including Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. He also promised humanitarian relief and announced his administration would coordinate with the United Nations to help the Syrian people build an independent and sovereign state. On Sunday, Vice President-elect JD Vance echoed Trump’s call for the United States to not intervene in the conflict, but he appeared to share Biden’s concerns about the future of the region. He tweeted that he was “nervous” about calls on social media to celebrate Assad fleeing the country. “Many of ‘the rebels’ are a literal offshoot of ISIS,” Vance wrote. “One can hope they’ve moderated. Time will tell.” Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, who led the U.S. Central Command during Trump’s first term, said he was concerned that the Islamic State’s possible resurgence could have “profound negative implications” for the region. He added that Trump would have to take a “good hard look at” addressing Syria amid risks that it could become a foothold for extremist groups trying to plot attacks against the United States and its allies. He noted that 900 U.S. troops are present in Syria for counterterrorism efforts. “As we know, ISIS launched a successful attack against Russia just a few months ago. That’s why those troops are there,” he said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” “So any decision to bring them out, we need to weigh that going forward.” Another former Trump official said he agreed with the president-elect that there is no role for U.S. troops in Syria. “Donald Trump is always consistent,” Mark T. Esper, who was defense secretary for 16 months in the first Trump administration, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “If there’s one thing, that’s he did not want to get involved in war.” For more than a decade, U.S. presidents have grappled with how to contain the brutal leadership of Assad without triggering a spiraling international conflict. The fall of the Assad regime fulfills a longtime U.S. foreign policy goal, after Russia and Iran supported Assad amid the Obama administration’s flailing efforts to oust the autocrat. On Sunday, Trump pressured Assad’s chief international backer, Russia, to end its years-long war in Ukraine. “Russia and Iran are in a weakened state right now,” Trump posted on Truth Social. He called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and continued, “I know Vladimir well. This is his time to act. ... The World is waiting!” The post also alluded to Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky here in Paris, noting that Zelensky “would like to make a deal and stop the madness.” McKenzie predicted there would be “a period of infighting” that would make the situation unpredictable, especially as HTS seeks recognition on the global stage. “Russia will try to work their way back into their good graces. Iran will do the same. 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No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" 1914 translation by H. Rackham "But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" 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