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...

Kerrching

£66.00 for a ticket in the Upper East Stand?
Mr Levy you're having a laugh...
Is Gallas the best solution. It's like having a
collection of beautiful, old classic cars which
are always going to break down. Ledders,
Woodgate, this issue should have been sorted
months and months ago. Bring in a kid!
There are 70+ teams in the lower leagues
who will all have between 2/3 centre backs
on their books, that's roughly 150 to pick
from? No, it's not that he's an Ex-Gooner, it's
just more lazy management.
And another thing, Sky Sports News gone from
Freeview!

Aloha

Last Saturday myself, and my family had the
fantastic pleasure of being Guest(s) of Honour
at Alloa v East Fife. For me the whole experience
reminded me what football should be all about.
The entire club exuded a warmth, and they could
not have been any more welcoming. It felt like
coming home, especially if your family is slightly
quirky.
The Wasps won 3-2 in a thrilling encounter, and
I got to present the MOM award on the pitch at
the end of the match.
Oh yes, they have a plastic pitch,like many of the
lower league teams in Scotland, and as far as I'm
aware they don't have any players that don't fancy
the surface too much!
Notice that I did not comment on watching Spurs(?)
v Young Boys with Mike Leigh and Phil Cornwell in a
pub in Edinburgh, totally surreal experience!
Is Gallas the best that we can do H?

Thought...

Sir H of R to be out of here by Xmas?
That drive from Sandbanks everyday
listening to Bondy's stories, same old
coffee and pee break at Fleet services,
walnut whip and a copy of the Sun, endlesss
Talk Sport and for what?
I tell you, sometimes I tell my Sandra, I
must be crazy doing all of this, and what
thanks do I get. People should remember
when I got here they had 2 points from 8
games...
It's just a thought in this crazy, crazy world.