...Ireland. Had better things to do and after all they never watched me when I was crap. Quite frankly the thought of watching Ashley Cole leading England out with the captain's armband turned my stomach. ...read this Blog post →
...grand. Can't say I was feeling that confident about an England grand slam before Saturday's game. My confidence having dropped over the last couple of outings. And then the ref being announced. ...read this Blog post →
...team? The previous two home victories, against New Zealand and Scotland, were good but was winning away in Ireland the indication of where this England rugby team is under Stuart Lancaster? ...read this Blog post →
...Prime Cut. Shergar burgers are back on the news menu after it was announced today that Asda have taken all their value burger ranges off the shelf as the meat contained 80% horse DNA. ...read this Blog post →
...FIFA ranking. The higher you get in the FIFA world rankings the stranger some of the inclusions especially England's repeated presence in the top 10. ...read this Blog post →
...feel good about themselves? Opening games of tournaments have become increasingly cagey affairs, teams scared of getting off to a bad start, leading to some dire football and said teams ending up on the wrong end of a bad start. ...read this Blog post →
...like all the best things are. Stuart Lancaster along with the England team he put together during this 6 Nations tournament have made a great deal about how it all came about in Leeds and it led to Ireland's thumping at Twickenham. ...read this Blog post →
...dolt. It was great to see sad little Andy Robinson with that befuddled look on his face after the new look England scraped a win over his Jock side. ...read this Blog post →
...sixteen years on. It's sixteen years ago today that one of the great guitar players died, at the age of 47, Rory Gallagher. ...read this Blog post →
...hell more than one at times. It was no surprise that the current England side butchered the Grand Slam chance against Ireland they aren't in the class of the 1990 or late 90s early 2000s sides. ...read this Blog post →
...Jocks. After all they repeatedly do their best to make the Jocks look good on a rugby pitch and they were at it again on Sunday as they struggled to keep the Grand Slam dream alive. ...read this Blog post →
...way. England batting, bowling and fielding like bums shouldn't take away from a great victory by Ireland in the World Cup or the great innings by Kevin O'Brien. ...read this Blog post →
...mistake. They don't win World Cup finals at cricket, they got there years back and then were just pipped at the post but recently they've been embarrassed early on but not now. And the Aussies look less and less invincible. ...read this Blog post →
...won? England could have quite easily have beaten Ireland on Saturday in the Six Nations, is it better that they didn't? ...read this Blog post →
...remember and hate. The England rugby side that puts in shockingly awful performances that are followed up by the manager and captain saying how great they were. ...read this Blog post →