blue moon

After that, the deluge

Oh referee

In case we forget ... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/47846944 ... We had Salas ... that Aspas corner straight to Will.I.an .... the Torres assist ... and the slip .... who says we got no 'ist'ry? Sunday will be interesting (I'll be behind the sofa)

Runs down the wing for me - he’s woken up at last!

Thanks Michael

Lovely word play, and no I didn’t spot your give away. Up there with my favourite Douglas Adams: “It's unpleasantly like being drunk." "What's so unpleasant about being drunk?" "You ask a glass of water.” On a lesser note, most amused by last night’s “You’re not West Ham any more”

Someone has to say it: Which Tyler?

He's not. When I'm in the country on a weekday, it means downing tools at 5 and getting home at midnight, thanks to the vagaries of railway timetables. Alternatively, driving in and avoiding the temptations of the grape and grain. Either way, I yearn for a return to the traditional Saturday 3 pm match.

Always did like No regrets. Regret I didn’t see the Walkers Brothers though.

It's starting again - this time Rankin' Roger has gone to the great bop in the sky, one of my favourites - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47714991. Last saw him at Glastonbury a few years ago (he shared a stage with Tony Benn , albeit not at the same time - an interesting mixture). The eruption of bald and overweight middle-aged men in crombies skanking along to Rankin' Full Stop while their teenage children pleaded with them to stop will stay with me a long time. A moment of agonised embarrassment for the young, but bliss for us oldies.

^ Probably similar to my thoughts on ... the 'B' word: It's taking forever Someone should have put in more thought at the outset, will it ever happen? Do I actually want it (very emotionally attached to the old home, although granted the new roost looks fabulous, will it attract the wrong types)? Can we really afford it?

Czech buddy tells me Slavia are considered sh*t* by Sparta, but love a bit of ultraviolence. Tiny ground, so getting in may be fun

Just back from the game. There was certainly a lack of inspiration out there, but don’t denigrate Wolves too much - they outplayed us, and on the break they were pretty good. I’d have liked to see William on at 60m, but Pedro played his socks off and apart from one or two instances where Rudy seemed to have been taking lessons from Sideshow, our defence was competent. Although Emerson seems to be getting the swing of it, I had a niggling feeling Alonso was missed. So what was missing? Poor crowd support - quieter than usual, perhaps due to being last after Sunday lunch - but where was Higgy? On the whole, a competent but uninspiring performance, and that is not I expect from a top four club. Europa next season, I fear.

Tough and gritty but still a winning proposition. 1:0. RLC to score.

Oddly, the article refers to a new FA Team - hadn't heard of that one? "Clark was rumbled by a whistleblower who took a screenshot of her post and sent it in an email to Chelsea bosses and the FA's Lick It Out anti-racism team"