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Premier League quality from Brittain in the first half, with Ayling not far behind. The game gets more difficult for us the longer it goes on. Derby's...
Very sad to hear of the passing of Gordon Jones. I have thought of Gordonon frequently over the past couple of seasons when up to seven different p...
Never mind about New Year, Werder, I thought we were back to November 5th with such a dazzling display of verbal pyrotechnics. They were especially im...
Is there no end to the creativity and imagination of this blog's leader writers? The strictly true answer to that question is "yes", since my turn i...
@powmillnaemore I love living on the Wirral, but the emotional pull of the motorways in getting there I find completely resistible.
Chris Rea's "Driving Home for Christmas" is a lovely song and justifiably popular because it taps into the experience of almost everyone's most sentim...
One for the Hall of Fame Thanks to our Martin's belle aim Ee, we all got a mention That eases the tension Before our big Boxing Day game ...
@original-fat-bob Yes, Bob, see my earlier post.
Great analyses on here re- yesterday's game. Special plaudits to Bob for publicly querying the Nypan substitution as it happened rather than after the...
It won't happen. It probably shouldn't happen. And I don't think it will happen. But there is a case for dropping Tommy Conway to the bench for this...
Excellent, as ever Andy. You could scarcely get a a more incisive and accurate analysis of where we are now, and of how we got here. And your account ...
@werdermouth Thanks Werder. I'll get something to you on or before Jan 3rd.
@selwynoz No, it's fine. I felt that I had to opt out of the intros, since when they were being planned I was just out of hospital and couldn't gua...
@selwynoz I'm happy to step in if it's a help, Selwyn. The only issue I have is that there is only a two day gap between games, so I will have to...
Third game in a row when we are well in front and could well have been out of sight by half-time. Can't remember when this last happened for the Bor...
Looks a good shout at half-time Jarkko
On the language of football, the following might be of interest:
@martin-bellamy Que bueno video, that like though but.
The dangers of irony. My wife has just read my last comment and taken its opening sentence literally. In fact it's based on my experience of workin...
I'm particularly pleased that Kim seems to have overcome the formidable language barriers facing him as he communicates with his players. As with many...
Always good to read anything you write, Dormo. So this was a very enjoyable opener since, as a Renaissance Man, you are knowledgeable about most thing...
Wow!!!!! A brilliant opener Jarkko, very well written in excellent English and meticulously researched. You have done a great deal of work, and we a...
I'm a Gilbert fan but it's a very tough ask for the lad. Has he kicked a ball in anger for us this season? He won't be match fit and that isn't what w...
Oh dear, the lack of midfield defensive cover leaves us wide open to being overrun in the middle of the park. We need to play with a solid defence awa...
There's a nice story of Stoppard receiving a call from Steven Spielberg offering him a multi-million dollar contract to write the screenplay for his n...
Lots of well-deserved tributes to Tom Stoppard, who died last week No one has yet mentioned his almost entirely forgotten TV play, Professional Fou...
I always look forward to your starters, Clive, and this had all of the qualities you bring to your writing. It is funny, interesting, stylishly writte...
Almost all of Hackney's yellow cards involved him pulling back an opponent. generally putting his team in greater danger as a result. He did this yest...
Fair play to the lads, they stuck to their task and ran out worthy winners. Derby sat deep to cling on to their advantage and didn't attempt to break ...