Whitey Grandad

Please wait until after the team sheets have been submitted.

That is very sad.

They just keep passing it along the back line. Ponderous and turgid. No purpose. No ambition.

Crises are by their very nature short-term.

Oh yes, major panic everywhere. But just because you managed to get some at Asda doesn't mean that large areas of the South East didn't have problems.

More than a few and more than a couple of days but as you were all right that's all that matters eh?

I was tempted to use the same sort of phrasing as you but the HGV industry in the UK is far, far more than just the big companies such as Tesco and the other large operators. These companies will of curse make sure that they have sufficient drivers wherever possible. So do I take it that you are now saying that these companies have made an investment in new drivers? I suggest that you take some time and research the HGV business and see how many registered drivers there are now and why there are many fewer now than there once were. It takes up to £5000 to train as an HGV driver and if you don't pass your test thne there is another big lump on top of that. For a small haulage operator to finance a potential employee to that amount without guarantee of reimbursement is money that is in scarce supply. Self-employment is another big factor in that many companies don't have full-time paid employess on their books for obvous reasons. Another factor is that the DVLA has fallen short of providing over 40,000 tests during the pandemic so even if you wanted to become a licensed driver you were up against it.

You have demonstrated again that you know nothing about business. What you choose to call investment is just another overhead. An investment has to be repaid in extra income and that extra income has to more than ofset the outlay. Did I say it was because of Brexit?

Profits? There are precious few of those around. What should any company do except try to make a profit? You have a funny idea about business and businesses.

A couple of weeks ago my wife booked a flu jab appointment at our local surgery. A few days later they rang her and asked if she’d like a Covid booster at the same time to which she readily agreed. Yesterday morning she went along and was told that she couldn’t have the booster until at least six months after her second vaccination.

It wasn’t missed, it was saved.

And as the commentator said, that counts as scoring a goal and not a penalty.

JWP has his penalty saved but tucks away the rebound convincingly with his left foot.

When Poland joined the EU was it called polenta?

If you feel humiliated by your team being relegated then I feel sorry for you. It's only a game.

Really? Where is the humiliation except in the dark cellars of your own mind?

More than an hour awa. More like 1h20m on a good day.

That's only if you think that the Premier League is the only place to be. If you love football and love your club then it shouldn't matter what league you play in. The premier League has become a rich man's plaything. In fact it's more than that now. It's a rich country's plaything. There is so much money involved that there is no room left for true sport in any version of the concept. TV has bought its soul and has paid so much for it that it has to hype up every aspect of the game. I shake my head in sorrow over what has become of the beautiful game.

Yeah, why is that? What is it about the Premier League in particular that makes it more attractive to the true football fan?

I shall judge them on their performance.

We went up there a couple of years ago. The reason the beach is empty is because it’s bloody miles from where you can park and there’s a golf course in the way. Or that might have been some other deserted beach up that way.

The reason that wasn’t given as a penalty was because the ball glanced off his thigh before hitting his hand so it doesn’t count apparently. To call it a glance is an exaggeration. It would still have hit his hand if it hadn’t touched his thigh.

Congratulations. It's important to have children so that they can look after you in your old age. And so that you can have someone to go with you to the football.

How will it help them in the short term?

Anyone who’s out of contract. Nope, I’ve got nothing either.