Boxing Day in Burnley

I'd be happy just to avoid relegation and we can hopefully build from that!

Hahaha NY not going to happen... unless... actually on second thoughts I'm not even going to go there

I'd settle for 4th botto again, as someone said to me a few weeks ago this club cannot afford to get relegated. Mind you I suppose Blades, Owls, Preston etc couldnt afford it either

Since I was not at the match and only listened to the commentary - some of theirs and some of ours - I bow to the view of the first hand witness. Interestingly I have been to only 2 Championship matches this season - Saints/Leeds and Watford/Portsmouth. All my first hand experience is comparative. Next Saturday at Watford will be the first actually involving Rovers!

Southampton impressed me greatly against Leeds and we beat them (but then went and lost to Leeds!) Watford were lively and deserved their win against a side that had then only recently won fairly comfortably against us. We did not disgrace ourselves against them a week later at the ‘moat, but we might have hoped for better. I think that was evidence of inconsistency. Watford have been reasonably solid since then with one win and no defeats, so whilst we may not doing as well as one might wish, I will still be fairly optimistic if we put up a reasonable show on Saturday.

OK, not particularly conclusive, but if we come away with a draw, I'd be content. If we were to beat a side that has shown itself to be solid defensively and capable of scoring goals we could be quite optimistic.

And we should not forget that some of what is erratic about us comes from the fact that we have not had a settled team.

In case you hadn't noticed were are top of the League in one stat - players used - 34 (3 team's worth!) and probably about to rise again, and already 5 more than our nearest "rivals". We can't discount that as a factor in our unpredictability.

Just couldn't resist giving you a laugh Donny lass after suffering at Burnley. I agree fourth from bottom will do all of us.

By the way, I just got back from a typical American Family funeral, my sister in laws mother. My sister in law put the service together and printed the mass sheets. At the end of the mass was the final hymn and Bonnie actually put
" All sin as directed." True, we left before we found out if they did.


The priest who conducted the mass was very short, and, stood behind the lectern, could only just be seen. My wife, step son and daughter in law were unable to take part in the first part of the mass because I had a Tommy Cooper moment.

The Priest started the mass and I turned to my wife and said, " Who said that." in a TC voice,I had three rows in uproar.

Good old Tommy.

I have now seen the "penalty" given against Sam Hird on Saturday. What a travesty, if that was a penalty then I am a 25 year old blonde adonis. For those who do not know me, I can assure you I am not.

The Burnley player jumped in the air towards Hird and should have got a booking for the dive plus a 5.9 for technical merit.

We wuz robbed my'lud.

NY,
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
but I think it would be stretching things.....
25? blond?

What penalty? I wonder if the ref phoned Deano to apologise.
Deano did warn in his pre-match talk about ref mistakes could play a part in proceedings, he got that 100% right.

NY sorry you had to attend a funeral though your story made me smile. It actually reminded me of my wedding. We'd picked hymns, one each though Bri wanted both of his and on the day we're in front of the altar and the vicar announces the hymn as the one Bri wanted but we'd discarded. I looked at him and he's mouthing "I didn't change it honest" Its looking like our first row before we've exchanged vows when suddenly this booming voice comes from behind the organ "You've got t'wrong hymn, vicar"

And he had!

Yes. t's like the day my mate got married. The vicar said, " Doyou take this woman to be your wedded wife? My mate said " Would you?"
The vicar said NO, so my mate asked why he was palming her off on him.

By the way this is a joke, the other wasn't, but as it's coming up to New Year, I thought we could do with starting off in a happier mood than 2011.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

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