Archives for 2008
Back in August I made my predictions for the coming premier league season, so now at the half-way stage it’s a good time to see how things are going and to revise as necessary: 1. Man Utd – no reason to change anything here, although United do need to improve away from home in the [...]
This is my experience of Setanta Sports, posted here for amusement and catharsis. If it helps anyone else or contributes to their ultimate demise in any small way, then so much the better! I subscribed in November 2007 to watch occasional United games. Everything was pretty much ok and I got to see United play [...]
“Kaiserslautern were obviously missing bruised testicle victim – Youri Djorkaeff – and you feel one good ball from him could make all the difference.” From Nutshell – October 99 to November 99I was actually at this game (the first leg at White Hart Lane) and remember feeling quite deflated to discover during the pre-match announcement [...]
I didn’t have any particularly strong feelings about London Mayor Boris YeltsinJohnson’s Barmy Booze Ban on public transport, which came into effect on 1 June this year. I don’t drink alcohol on Tubes and buses, mainly because they don’t have toilets. I do, however, enjoy an occasional can of Stella on my way home from [...]
Ok, I’ve had a couple of glasses of Red. From tonight’s London Lite: Al Murray is Luiz Felipe Scolari’s new Assistant Coach. Mr Murray, 40, formerly known as Butch Peter, football blah blah blah. Now, how many Italian-speaking personnel are there at Chelsea? Cudicini? Mourinho? Shevchenko? Really, Ray’s skills would [...]
I feel like I’ve had my fair share of bad appalling customer service over the past few months and years. Maybe I’m getting grouchier? Is it just me? Do I expect too much? Or is the standard of customer service across the board nowadays so poor as to be effectively non-existent? Just last month I [...]
Is it just me or is Wayne’s so much bigger than Kanu’s? My predictions for the coming Premier League season: 1. Man Utd – SAF is confident, Ronaldo is still here, who can stop us?2. Chelsea – Maybe Cheslea can, but it will close again3. Liverpool – They will be 12 points clear in January, [...]
I’ve been using Ubuntu Linux as my operating system of choice on my home PC for quite a while now. I think it was Xmas 2004 when I finally lost patience with my Windows XP Home experience after accidentally – and, admittedly, stupidly – “cleaning” out my Windows folder of essential system files. Anyway, after [...]