Whitey Grandad

Written about 1920, copyrighted 1927 Max Ehrmann http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata How about this version? http://www.joke-archives.com/poetry/deteriorata.html

I don't think anybody noticed that he had stopped playing.

They might have been right. Just because things have turned out differently three years later doesn't invalidate the original opinions.

The original post was nearly three years ago. I still maintain that he was not what we needed at that time, and I think he still has some aspects of his game that need improvement. I would put Surman, for example, ahead of him every time.

Horses for courses.

Morgan, this thread or both?

If I'm around to see it I shall be doing well. There's a transit of Venus to look forward too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Venus,_2012 Not that there'll be much to see.

You're lucky. All that's left of mine is the seat number.

That statement will be applied to any argument for the next 10 to 15 years.

Supposed to be even closer together this evening.

First class is where the arllines make a lot of their profits. Reduce that and the economy cattle have to pay more.

My thoughts too. Bit previous aren't we?

To be fair, most of the world is expensive these days, mainly because the £ is worth bugger all.

Why is it unsustainable? I see no problems with air travel.

So when they said it was lost...

The difference here is that international transport involves different tax regimes and if we're not careful the rest of the world will pass us by, if it hasn't already.

Makes sense.

Life's one big bowl of taxes for you, isn't it? Once you've raised enough for essential services, anything else is plain greed. (There's a lot of killing and robbing in our 'civilised' society)

Aviation fuel.

Why should it be taxed?

Yup, absolutely insane. Welcome to ripoff Britain.

It takes time to fit into a pattern of play and to 'gel' with an established team. Just look at Lee's runs into an offside position. When the whole team is looking for them it will be a different matter.

62 years 8 months (nearly). Born in Edmonton within kicking distance of White Hart Lane. Brought up as a beachboy near Harwich in Hi-de-Hi country in the 50s when my dad used to go to watch Alf Ramsey's Ipswich. Moved back to Enfield at 15. Three years at Cambridge studying engineering. My dad had been a very good amateur fullback so I started playing right back for my college. Went to watch Tottenham quite a few times in the 60s when Greaves and Gilzean were playing for them. Chose Hampshire when I started work, first Fareham and then Chandlers Ford where I am now. I used to play football at weekends so had no time for watching it. My wife's parents moved to Christchurch so I went to Bournemouth with my father-in-law, sadly missed. My daughter started to get interested in football during Italia 90 so I took her to some games with her friends, first Bournemouth but she wanted First Division so I took them to the Dell. We beat QPR 3-1 (I think) so she was hooked. If only we had lost my life would have been a lot less complicated. We gradually went to more games until I got two season tickets. This was during the Branfoot era so there were plenty available but we've had them ever since. First away game? I can't remember exactly but we went to a lot in those days. Gave up playing at 40, then refereed until about 8 years ago when my business needed all my attention. It's been fascinating reading all the mini bios and amazing how widespread our support is both in terms of age and distribution. One crowd holds thousands of different stories. Somebody should write a book.

It's very difficult to prove a negative.

And what was the score when Cork came on?