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You don’t like Mondays – A Liverpool Report
March 10, 2010 – 7:54 am | 3 Comments
You don’t like Mondays – A Liverpool Report

Are you over it yet?  No?  Good, because neither am I, or maybe I’ve just not ‘accidentally’ bumped into enough scousers to have fully expressed my smugness just yet.  The only thing I’ve had by …

Get the message? We’ve got to – Birmingham Report
February 28, 2010 – 9:40 am | One Comment
Get the message? We’ve got to – Birmingham Report

It would be nice if, just once, Latics’ players did something to help themselves.  For some reason I expected more of them today, a bit of reaction against the Spurs injustice driving them on maybe, …

Where’s your father? – Spurs report
February 21, 2010 – 10:46 pm | 8 Comments
Where’s your father? – Spurs report

For eighty minutes this game looked as if it was going to be just what Blaster Bill ordered.  One where we could forget the whingeing, backbiting and in-fighting and focus on a different enemy, an …

Frozen Fun – Bolton report
February 18, 2010 – 7:50 pm | 4 Comments
Frozen Fun – Bolton report

I’m not ashamed to say it, I enjoyed this game, I might be on my own in admitting it, but I actually came away from the ground with a smile on my face and a …

Think About It – Stoke thoughts
February 11, 2010 – 10:06 pm | 5 Comments
Think About It – Stoke thoughts

I’m not going to stand here and pretend that a draw. at home, against Stoke doesn’t feel like a bad result.  I’m not going to pretend that it doesn’t feel like we should be beating …

Momo a go go – Sunderland thoughts
February 8, 2010 – 11:47 pm | No Comment
Momo a go go – Sunderland thoughts

You reach a point in any season where you’re faced with a run of games that are clearly more than a sum of their parts.  So playing five of the top six over the next …

Wigan 0-2 Notts County: if we don’t mention it, maybe nobody will notice
February 3, 2010 – 1:26 pm | One Comment
Wigan 0-2 Notts County: if we don’t mention it, maybe nobody will notice

I so very nearly didn’t go to last night’s game, but around 4PM decided it might be a good idea to see us win for a change, you know, to keep my spirits up and …

A bad mother… Shut your mouth!
February 3, 2010 – 12:19 am | One Comment
A bad mother… Shut your mouth!

The easiest way to deal with this game would be to ignore it, pretend it didn’t happen, don’t get dragged into the doom, gloom and… OH MY GOD, WERE ALL GOING TO HELL IN A …

Picking up scraps – Blackburn and Everton Thoughts
January 31, 2010 – 11:08 pm | 7 Comments
Picking up scraps – Blackburn and Everton Thoughts

After my rant earlier about missing the game yesterday and having not reported on the trip to Blackburn, I thought that I’d better give some time over to reflecting on where the last two games …

Just the Ticket – An Everton rant of sorts
January 31, 2010 – 8:06 pm | 2 Comments
Just the Ticket – An Everton rant of sorts

Bloody away fans in our end, grrrrr, Greater Manchester Police, &^&*%!!$, Wigan Council, pah!  Although I’ve had my beefs with all of them in recent times*, it’s been restricted to grumbles because, when it comes …