Colonel Irrelevant

I love Test Match Special on the Beeb. I am getting to the stage where I hate the Sky coverage. I am old enough to remember Gower, Willis, Botham and Atherton captaining England and making some poor decisions. I can also remember their reactions to criticism. Today Vaughan decided to bat on for another 40 [...]

Wonderful! Watching a ref make a complete pigs ear of a game because he never gained control. It was like watching a Premiership Referee losing control only more dangerous as people started to police the game themselves. Never mind. The cry ‘Get Real Ref’ summed up the difference between football and rugby. One is a [...]

Hurrah! No more adds, decent coverage and I’m a happy boy! It’s what the licence fee is for. Well done, Beeb. Now to win back Test Cricket and we’ll all be happy …

Well done to Wales, Lewis Hamilton and England for their wins over the weekend. Strange to say that Derby losing 0-1 against Man U also warrants a warm feeling.  Defeat is normally bitter but not conceding 6 – 8 goals kind of gives me hope. How sad is that?

It’s all been a bit mad on the Sporting front. The NFL Conference Play-offs happened and despite a brave (and injured – three key players injured and struggling) effort the Patriots beat the Chargers. All a bit depressing except for the way the Bolts have improved during the season and the competitive spirit shown in [...]

This weekend I managed to watch football (Derby) and rugby (Nottingham) ‘live’, in the flesh and then watched a few games (parts of all four) NFL play-off games. The rugby was really fun, although I expect the openness at National Division 1 or whatever it is comes from teams not being quite as good as [...]

What a horrible weekend. We lose the Rugby world cup, then Lewis Hamilton loses in the Brazilian F1 race to finish second in the championship. Whilst England have over achieved, MacLaren and Hamilton should have had this sown up in Shanghai by taking a more conservative strategy, changing the wearing tyres early and then getting [...]

Why does there seem to be an either/ or mentality surrounding the two games. It’s like suggesting that it’s wrong to like blondes and brunettes; red or white wine; bitter or lager. They are both different. Both enjoyable. And tonight England are in the World Cup Final. Which is a good thing and completely different [...]

I’ve just been watching the tennis from Madrid and can’t express my unrest at the frankly disturbing noises being made by Nadal as he hits the ball. UUuugh; Aaagh; Wuhuagh; And they aren’t quiet! They should dock him a point for every grunt and groan. Or make him play in the Women’s Championships where Grunting [...]

So, England sneak through into the Egg Chasing World Cup Final after a rugged performance against the French. Now if Matt can ditch dinner with his Mum next week we can have a bundle of beer during the final. So come on mate, get it sorted!