EastCraigsOwl

Could always do a follow-up to the Record Breakers book from last season.

Following the Middlesbrough match, my thoughts included: Buckley is way too slow and offers fuck all. Fletcher is absolutely useless. Diaby is a headcase. Not impressed with Vasquez. After tonight, I can't say I've altered any of those opinions. A couple of other comments: Musaba has all the ball control of the Wiseman cow. The fact Jeff Hendrick played the full game says loads about the current situation. No pass marks. All inept. Anyway. Onwards to WBA. Here's to winning the coin toss, a corner and 3 throw ins.

The parallel 'achievements' go back a little longer... 2023/24 - both sitting bottom of their respective leagues. 2022/23 - both promoted. 2021/22 - both lost in play-off semi finals. 2020/21 - both relegated. Interesting (or perhaps not) that their 8-0 defeat to Newcastle was almost 24 years to the day since our one. A Sunday afternoon, albeit one week of a difference.

...unlike Brian Clough.

Premier League football was summed up perfectly at Old Trafford on Saturday. Brighton scored to go 3-0 up. Their players celebrated in front of the home end at the side opposite the TV cameras. One somewhat tubby chap rose from his seat and started shouting potential rude words in their direction. Meanwhile, about 3 seats along, another 'fan' (presumably a tourist?) grabbed his phone and took a picture of the Brighton team 😮 I've been to, for example, Ajax. Trust me, had they gone 3-0 down at home to their opponents, the last thing I'd be looking to do would be to take a photo. Very strange.

Well, he was very tall.

That's exactly what happened.

Ok, I Googled. Would never have guessed that chap. I do remember his name though, unlike Adam Chambers?? That was some squad! 😮

If anybody is at a loose end tonight and fancies watching some football, Sportscene is showing the Scottish Masters, live on the BBC Scotland channel. 4 teams: Hearts, Hibs, Rangers and Celtic. Ex Wednesday representation comes in the shape of: Hibs: Grant Holt. Rangers: Maurice Ross. Celtic: Mark Burchill, Simon Donnelly and Gary Hooper. Hearts: er, nobody, although Burchill did have a short spell at Tynecastle back in the day if that counts?

Is that why they didn't pass to him on Sunday?

Yes, seriously. Taking your points in order: You haven't met the lasses in my office! And thankfully there are no Unions anywhere near our establishment. Not sure why he did things differently with her. Is she team captain? Does he fancy her? Neither 'reason' makes it ok, of course, but I'm just trying to work out where he was coming from. Of course she had her mouth closed. She was hardly going to tongue the bloke on World TV. Had she slapped him, she most definitely would have played again. The politically correct world we live in would've seen to that. She would've been celebrated as the woman who stood up to the horrible bloke and deservedly humiliated him in public. I haven't seen the 'crotch celebration'. Don't think I want to! I watched the video you provided. The one I viewed previously was just her and him, nothing of the previous players. However, I stand by my point that she has a huge grin on her face immediately afterwards. That is not the reaction of someone who has been 'attacked' / 'violated' / whatever terminology people may wish to use. Has it not been mentioned in the Press? Or are they conveniently ignoring it? It's nothing of the sort. Don't be silly.

I've managed to miss / ignore all coverage of the so called incident (and, indeed, the Women's World Cup itself). However, yesterday, I decided to watch a video on YouTube. I presume the footage was accurate and not in any way doctored. Anyway, the bloke planted a smacker on the lassie's lips. Her instant reaction upon 'release' was a hug grin on her face. Now, surely that's not the reaction of someone who then goes on to claim it was non consensual? I guarantee, if I kissed a lassie in my office like that, if she didn't want it to happen, she would either slap me across the face or chuck me out the window! Therefore, presuming the video footage was accurate, I can't see how a sexual assault charge could stick?

Meh. She's no Susie Dent.

Do street artists paint murals on the side of their own homes, or just random buildings belonging to others? Genuine question by the way. Not being facetious.

If it's the 3-1 win at Hull, Saturday tea time kick off, that was Jones in charge 🙂

Two Harriet Robsons. There's only two Harriet Robsons...

Oh dear. Remember him well from his time at Hearts. Not really much of a goalscorer. A bit of a unit though. His strength is his key component, so to speak. Otherwise, I seriously doubt he would have had any kind of football career.

Is that possible? Or is it restricted to one 'owner' per plot? (I'm guessing I probably should've read the article in more detail!)

Poor little fluffs. Are they men or mice?

No different to Man City in England, Celtic in Scotland, TNS in Wales, PSG in France, Cluj in Romania, etc. Sadly, top flight football is fucking boring and predictable in a number of countries.

Quite pathetic and disrespectful that Burnley chose to deliberately mispronounce their new signing's surname for the sake of a cheap (and very poor) joke. A much more relevant idea would've been to go down the 'Bergerac' line, although I suspect that was probably beyond their levels of intelligence. And none of the social media fluffs would have a scoob who he was anyway 😮

You think we'll have as much as one point?!

Based solely on last season, according to the BBC stats, Smith: Scored more goals than Gregory (20 vs 11) Provided more assists (8 vs 5) Played more games (48 vs 46) Averaged more goals per 90 minutes played (0.52 vs 0.34) Achieved a less 'minutes per goal' ratio (174 vs 263) Had more shots (93 vs 63) Enjoyed a higher 'goal conversion' ratio (22% vs 17%) and had a higher shot accuracy rate (56% vs 48%)

Did he score two peaches against Sunderland in the League Cup, or just the one?

Fuck sake. I read that as Dr Shon Bernard. Don't even think Shon is a name 🤔