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That was an enjoyable way to spend an afternoon. There were too many good things in the game to count. But, in summary: HH is a Rolls-Royce performer...
@mw-in-darwin - Thanks. Maybe you will be listening (or watching via video) the game at Silly o'clock in the tropical north of Oz? I am optimistic abo...
@martin-bellamy - something like that! Thanks for the video link.
@lenmasterman - Somehow it seems to be the Nordic and the Dutch footballers, with some others, who speak good English. Even then, the Dutch sometimes...
@simonfallaha - Nice to read a piece from you again, Si. I can understand the wish to "manage" the game from a winning position because I'm not sure ...
@original-fat-bob : Good to see the old OFB confidence back in spades. I guess we might not see those Eyeballs in the Sky for some time now! And wat...
@exmil - I think all of us on this Blog want to see Conway score a goal, probably in the hope that the long-awaited goal will open the floodgates and ...
Thanks, gentlemen, for the kind words about the Match Preview. It was a bit of a rush to put it together after the game at Charlton but, in view of th...
It's a real honour to read your comments, Len. Thank you. I will now float off to the Poisoned Penguin for a few hours.
@powmillnaemore - YES - it was Roger Dean who designed a large proportion of the album covers for the records issued by the band. I had it mind that ...
@malcolm - Spot on, Malcolm. And the more I hear about, and from, Kim Hellberg, the more I like it. And I have posted the Match Preview for the hom...
@paulinboro - If three successive wins with "lost" players miraculously reappearing for those games is a bit of a "rough start", I'll take it any time...
Correction in about the last third of the piece, where I mentioned Alex Gilbert had started (and scored) at Hull on 5th December, and started again at...
Phew! A 2-1 away win is always a good result even if the last 10 mninutes or so were very nervous. Five points caught up on Coventry in 4 days. I'l...
What has Hellberg put into Whittaker's tea? I could do with some of that myself. It is no secret that Whittaker was suffering a bit under the Coach ...
@jarkko - The Match Preview for the QPR game. Ahhh....! Or should that be Arrrgh? So quick, such a rapid turnaround between games.
@Jarkko - I read your starter during the first half as I listened to BBC Tees. I am delighted with the HT score with Boro 2-0 up at Charlton, but equ...
@Jarkko - Many apologies for not having been here for a couple of days and, as a result, for not having been able to reead or comment on this new thre...
@martin-bellamy - If Conway is not scoring but is at least contributing the odd assist to others who do score, and if he is at least closing oppositio...
@Jarkko - Who needs four candles? Two are quite enough in any window! Enjoy the day... I think ANY country would celebrate freedom from the grip of ...
That was the very definition of a statement win against a team much better than Boro on recent form. I am feeling very positive without wishing to ge...
@jarkko - We ALL want Boro and Wolves to swap places at the end of the season!
What a difference a new manager makes! And a completely unexpected game for young Alex Gilbert, who scored!
What is going on? Can we please replay the Coventry game?
Has my wife slipped something in the tea I have just finished...?
And, in case I forget, the dulcet tones of Maddo on BBC Tees reminds me that the Big Game is due to kick off in about 90 minutes. I have a sort of fee...
@lenmasterman - Your post at 7.21pm on 3rd December... I have long admired Sir Tom Stoppard (he was knighted in 1997). There have, unsurprisingly, b...
On reflection I have a feeling that I might have mentioned some of the history of Hull including William Wilberforce and the cream coloured telephone ...
@jarkko - In reply to your query from 1.30pm on December 3rd: A quick squint at Wikipedia tells us what we all know, that the name of the city is K...