Me and Bill

I really enjoyed the CL match last night. I'm
still firmly in the H is a lucky manager camp,
and against a really good side, with another set
of officials things might not have gone so well.
R VdV is a different class of player and even
makes Luca look invisible. Tom was lucky
to still be on the pitch, and he was actually much
better when we went down to 10 men.
Still did not understand the subs. Crouch is
always good for defending at set pieces and better
at holding up the ball than Pav. Also why Lennon
when I would have bought Wilson on to defend.
My theory on Keano is that it somehow was in
his contract, but he still looks like a pub player.
Saving himself for Milan...
Bloody hell, Champions League. Bring on the San Siro!

I don't geddit!

There are certain things in life that I
will never understand, as you get older
this becomes easier to accept.
I'm still bemused by some of the things
that 'arold does, and for the life of me
will never understand some of them.
Firstly throw some kids into the car
crash that was the Carling Cup farce,
then loan two of them out to Ipswich and
Bristol City for the rest of the season!
Talk about building them up then knocking
them down...Surely Sir 'arold of Sandbanks
knows more about psychology than me?
This is on the same day he declares that
only Charlie and Bassong are our only fit
"centre halves"? Answers on a postcard
please...

Positives?

There really were not all that many. It
was a horrible place to be, three seats
away from the Gloating Scum. It's the
sort of thing that Levy and Sir H should
be made to witness.
I was pleased to see some of the kids
before they go 'out on loan' forever.
I think what it proved is that their
2nd tier is stronger than ours, and
also that with dodgy keepers they will
win *@*K All. Here's hoping...

Trapped

Dan the man has just gone on record as
saying that The Champions League is "not
a goldmine." I've read this about 4 minutes
after being fleeced for a ticket for the CL
home game against FC Twente. It's a 'Class
A' match so £44.00, (I only want to watch the
thing not play in it!). I then did a quick sum
on the back of the nearest fag packet: average
ticket £53.00 x 36,000 = 1,908,000.
I feel trapped,trapped in the goldmine!

COYS

Stop,start,stop,start, I just can't seem
to get going with this new season lark.
If we can't beat West Brom then I'm
going home. Billy G could be captain,
which probably says something about
the other lot in the changing room.
All I keep thinking of is when he was
shown sitting down at the end of an
Arse match (possibly at Birmingham)
like a sulky schoolboy.
If you sulked when playing for Les
Arse, then you're in for a shock!

Can you tell what it is?

Hair is early Tiger

Eyes and brows are Sampras

Face hair Rolf Harris

He's here though!

Van the man...

In the last Euro's Martha, my daughter, kept getting
lots and lots of Van der Vaart Panini stickers. For some
reason she found, and indeed still does, humour value
in the name...Now I know very little about the dark
art of buying footballers, however I would expect it
to entail a little bit more than a phone call from the
Chairman at 16:00, to say that so-and -so is for
sale at so much. In my mind I have an image of Kev,
Jo and H standing around at the training ground. H
has just removed the alloys from his BMW, whilst
shuffling a pack of playing cards for another hand
of gin rummy...(Wheeler, dealer?) "You've got who?
For how much? Yeah alright we'll have im. Oh any
news on Ryan Babel?"
Our actions in the transfer market seem to reflect
our actions as a club. No clear plan, no style...