Let the gloating begin ..........

The absence of Helen here tells me the size of her hangover.

As a nutral it was exciting to watch

J.O'B.

Well City deserved it . They played the best football. But they're just a bunch of mercenaries playing for the highest bidder. It's the death of the football club,really. Whoever has the richest chairman wins. Even Newcastle have changed the name of their stadium to the name of the shop that the Chairman owns.

They are just doing what almost all of us do i.e. selling their services to the employer who offers the greatest reward. The "club player" is very much the exception nowadays at the top level. I know that there are a few still around but I wonder how many of them are one club men because nobody else wants to buy them.

When they are firing on all cylinders, City are easily the best and most entertaining club in England. However, even though the stats don't support this, I can't help but feel that there is a fault line running through them that is never too far away from opening up. I think this is down to a flaw in the management at the club. If they had blown it yesterday then I think that they would just have disintigrated whereas, under somebody like Ferguson, they would have picked up the pieces and come back stronger.

Anyway, English football is all very interesting, but what about the big story of the moment? Rangers' new owner elect is a chap called Green and their previous owner was Whyte. You couldn't make it up!

Yeah.But are you happy ?

Just checking in to say congratulations to Helen.

Good job I have my Lovely Eggs scarf handy:

I'm impressed that you know the Lovely Eggs. I've been a fan for a while, but they are fairly obscure.

Forget the sausage roll thumb. Have you ever read Richard Brautigan? If not, you're in trouble.