So the all the auditions are over, and they really were auditions as Theo Walcott has discovered to his cost, and England are down to 23 players to embark on a World Cup journey. Fortunately the elimination of the seven players was not done in an X Factor manner with Simon Cowell having the players lined up before saying "Sorry Theo you're going home" backed by some dreary and pretentious Coldplay track. I made my starting 11 prediction on this ...
My stomach bug appears, at last, to have cleared my system, though strangely I am still struggling to get hungry. I am at Diane's this week house sitting and cat feeding, and whilst cats aren't my favourite mammal, these two are incredibly easy to satisfy, and are not hard work. It's not like looking after a dog for example, they are incredibly clean, and don't need too much attention bar the odd stroke.Anyway, looking at my blog today, I ...
Blimey what a 12 hours I have just had, a stomach bug has ripped through me with alarming speed and unpleasant consequences. It kind of started with a couple unusual stabbing pains yesterday afternoon which I ignored to the point that I played a full part without alarm, in an impromptu social gathering at Di's last night involving wine and take away pizzas from the local restaurant.I went to bed at about 11.00pm and awoke in a panic at 12.05am ...
Everywhere you look at the moment (and it is increasing by the day) you see cars bedecked with St George's flags. Is this in support of the 70th anniversary on the Dunkirk rescue? is it perhaps a way of supporting troops in the Helmand Provence? Why of course not you fools, it is for the heroic failure our brave footballers are about to embark on in South Africa, and rightly so. It is about time these great men are appreciated more, rather than ...
What a lovely weekend of summer weather we have just had with temperatures nudging towards the thirty mark. I love the first (and quite possibly the only) really hot days of Summer as it turns us all stark raving mad, not least the great British Tabloids, with the Sunday Mirror today boasting the headline HOTTER THAN CAIRO which is poor in comparison to HOTTA THAN THE COSTA, HOTTY TOTTY, and BRITAINS HOT TALENT! backed by pictures of what look ...