Whitey Grandad

It just shows that some dogs are racist.

I though that was normal in some parts of the country.

Yes, yes, but people still remember this noble stand against the modern world.

Does there? The only way is to develop slowly and steadily within our own capabilities. what some might call Post Neo-classical Endogenous Growth.

The loss is that watching this turgid sludge is boring as shit. I’ve seen washing machines on a rinse cycle that were more exciting.

So I cannot expect to see us in the Premier League again until 8 years from now?

Or… The table’s upside down and the rest of the football world is marching out of step with us.

That sort of reinforces the point. The ponytail only confirms it.

Gobble Gobble!

Well put and articulated. There are many myths in football and a lot of truths. ‘The table doesn’t lie’ is a constant truth.

Not aimed at you specifically but we often see references to ‘luck’ regarding football. Only gamblers think that luck plays a part in anything. Only gamblers blame bad luck. Football is more a matter of chance and probability and as a team you have to load the odds in your favour. Not taking unnecessary risks, taking more shots, pushing the centre of action into your opponent’s half rather than around your own penalty area, these are all things that will improve your odds. For those interested in football and statistics there’s a chapter in a book by M. J. Moroney called ‘Facts from Figures’. Originally published in 1927 my own copy dates from 1968. The chapter is titled ’Goals, Floods and Horse Kicks’ and he explains how all these types of incidents follow a Poisson Distribution, that is to say a large number of events each with a small probability of ‘success’. It’s the limiting case of a Binomial Distribution.

And the team was without form and void.

Yes but it’s not supposed to be your own crowd.

Now let’s get this straight. We have not been unlucky so far. We have got what we deserved. In the football sphere of life repeatedly banging your head against the wall does not knock it down. At best all it will do is give you a headache.

So. What’s not to like? 🤭

Now here’s a thought. What would happen in a game where both teams played Russball?

I’m sure they are but how can you say that when they’ve hardly played?

In my world if anyone refuses to do the job the way that the management want them to they are open to termination of contract.

But does Trump?

He’s a spectator in a game where we need an extra player with in midfield or further forward.

That song is very poignant for me. It was all the rage when I started university in October 1968. Just the thought of it brings everything back.

Just remember: the longer he stays the less it costs to get rid of him.

I don’t find it embarrassing to be honest but very disappointing.

I think we’ll leak more goals than that. We’re currently on course for over 70 against and to achieve (!) -50 we’d need to score 20 but I don’t think you’ll be far out.

Isn’t that why contracts are rarely paid up in full?