R.I.P. Rik Mayall
another piece of the childhood gone. Crude, rude, trashy, vulgar from Kevin Turvey to Bottom via The Young Ones, the Comic Strip and The New Statesman that was Rik Mayall's comedy and it made me laugh. read the rest of this rubbish
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Should just cut & paste the last two games for England’s
final warm up game. England's final warm up match before they headed to Brazil was an amalgamation of the previous two outings the bad from the first and good from the second in a game of three halves. read the rest of this rubbish
The psychology of Roy
Hodgson. Much has been made of Roy Hodgson taking noted sports psychologist Dr Steve Peters with the England team to Brazil but maybe it's the manager he needs a look at not the players. read the rest of this rubbish
Did Roy see what the rest of us all
saw. As England drew 2-2 with Ecuador in the humidity of Miami, did Roy Hodgson see what was glaringly obvious to everyone else watching on? Bring on the kids. read the rest of this rubbish
Please be upstanding for the national anthem
footballer's style. Apparently Roy Hodgson has told his England players that they have to sing the national anthem when it's played before games and sing it with pride. read the rest of this rubbish
What did Glen Johnson bring to the Peru
game? Roy thinks it was “good form” England's right-back, Glen Johnson, brought to the Peru game in England's last warm up game at home before the World Cup. read the rest of this rubbish
And the winner for best comedy goes to
England. Apparently the international friendly between England and Peru at Wembley was shown live on TV in Brazil. I hope they had a suitably good laugh. read the rest of this rubbish
How to name animals in
German. Do you know your Schweinswal from your Meerschweinchen? Well does it look like a pig... read the rest of this rubbish
I, for one welcome our new Pochettino
overlord. Finally after 163 days Tottenham Hotspur actually have a manager. Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero. read the rest of this rubbish
Don’t worry, I shall be back
we shall all be back. Following on from yesterday's post another great final line of a film. Leslie Howard's classic “'Pimpernel' Smith”. read the rest of this rubbish