Trevor Hockey's Beard

Ah, but what have the Romans ever done for us? Sterling has been very successful, and been in very successful teams, but for me he has always been a bit disappointing. All too often he seems to dribble his way into a good position, only for his cross to hit the first defender and be wasted. Now I am not equating Huckerby with Sterling. but whenever Hucks got the ball I was excited to see what would happen, whereas when Sterling gets the ball I think "Oh well, that's that attack wasted." There was a time when Jesse Lingard looked like he was going to be a great player, but he seemed to lack the hunger. Maybe that's what having so much money when you are young does to you - it sates you.

One of those players who never fulfilled their potential, or reached their peak and it was lower than expected. I think I'd put Raheem Sterling in that category too. I'm not sure what Grealish brings to a team either - he's quite good at falling over.

There has been talk of changing some of the throw-ins to some kind of kick. In the modern game having a throw-in in your own half is often a disadvantage, because of the quality of marking and pressing these days,

So, by my maths, the Sunderland signing started at Spurs when he was 5 years old. Did he have a contract back then?

Ah, but it can't be used as "emergency toilet paper" as it has excrement on both sides already.

I've just watched the second half again on BBC iPlayer - what a fantastic service, and a delicious way to spend 53 minutes.

I saw them too, but maybe the 1972 show with Basil Brush and Mike Yarwood. I have a vague recollection of them being in a car with a speeded up back-projection of a road, but this same brain also thinks it saw Morcambe and Wise in Yarmouth in another Summer show...checks Google; ABC Theatre, summer 1967. Yarmouth's not got quite the same pull these days.

Does anyone else remember a BBC Documentary about the Binners getting back into Division 1 and their first home game was against us (I think). Anyway they bigged the Binners up, and then at the end there was the switchboard lady answering the phone to some reporter and she just says "Town lost two, one." Bet her Granddaughter's doing the same tonight.

Let's hope it's the hand he writes with - won't be able to sign for someone else, will he?

I thought it was "Foursprings Dutch Technique."

Ha, that will teach them to retain the Ashes.

Isn't it just the local drug-lord's car: Crystal Meph - stop me and buy one.

Did anybody go and see the Who at Blickling this summer? I love Quadrophenia, but Daltrey's voice is shot, and the vocals are integral to the music.

A message from Trevor Hockey: "It seems that this lad has been watching my highlights reel on repeat."

I'm still trying to get my head around this double-negative. One time I see it as "We could do worse", which reverses both negatives, and then I re-read it and see it as "He is the worst." I should have taken that offer to go to a Grammar School when I passed my 11+.

That's the budget blown on Botox for Barnes then.

6. Not being fit enough to keep up with play. Simon Hooper 7. Disallowing perfectly good goals. Simon Hooper 8. Not having the self-realisation that you are cr@p see above

Maybe he could arrange the sale of Gibson to help cement this change.

He reminds me of my namesake - well apart from one thing: the smart haircut and tidy beard. Ok two things: the smart haircut, tidy beard and scoring goals. Ok three things: the tidy haircut, smart beard, the goals and the lack of crunching tackles. But he has got the short fuse and developing cult status.

OMG. We're getting scammers on this Message board now, but luckily I spotted the mistake and didn't fall for it. Posted at 17.34 on Friday 22nd December 2023.

No, offensive players include Kevin Muscat and Joey Barton, and neither of those was a striker.

Before the start of the season I set City three goals: To not lose to that lot down the road, to finish above that lot down the road and to not get relegated. I'd like to suggest that the team and management make these their New Year Resolutions. The second one might be a bit of a big ask. A couple of good personal resolutions on here already. I can't say that I do them, because I've always thought that I was already perfect, but I am told by Senior Management that this is not the case. Ok, I'm too weak willed.

Was it the same guy who told us there were "Known unknowns and unknown unknowns?

No. Let's not start all that again. He did less damage at right-back, where his main tactic of pushing people was less likely to be in the box than when he played as a centre-back.

It looks like he was holding a Palestine Flag, which had to be photoshopped out.