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

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 …

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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 …

Bike Riders On The Storm
February 11, 2010 – 5:19 pm | No Comment
Bike Riders On The Storm

Bicycle Theives , Bar Bliss , Leigh – Friday 5th Feb 2010
“Ignorance is bliss before you know what it is”,(or should that be where it is) goes the line from the Bicycle Thieves’ debut single “Stop to Start”  . 

Expect the expected – Stoke preview
February 8, 2010 – 11:52 pm | 3 Comments
Expect the expected – Stoke preview

You already know everything that you need to know about Stoke.  I could be cheeky and say that even if you know nothing about Stoke then you still know all you ever need to know, …

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 …

Delphic in Liverpool and Club Nirvana Wigan date added
February 5, 2010 – 4:25 am | One Comment
Delphic in Liverpool and Club Nirvana Wigan date added

OK so we weren’t overly prophetic when we at  The Pie At Night  spoke of what will be for Delphic in 2010,  granted , many had been speaking for about a year or so. They were given …

Pretty Please With a Cherry On Top
February 3, 2010 – 11:10 pm | One Comment
Pretty Please With a Cherry On Top

No I haven’t either.  As I type, I can’t even remember the lad’s name properly, it calls to mind Portuguese managers, expensive wool or bright red cherries in 1970s cocktails, and it begins with M, …

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 …

He’s not the messiah…
February 3, 2010 – 12:24 am | No Comment
He’s not the messiah…

He’s just a very good signing.
It’s amazing what difference 12 years can make.  Well actually it’s not but that’s the difference between Jason Scotland and Victor Moses, 12 years, nearly 50 goals and a whole …

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 …