Lanterne Rouge

A special offer on sprouts in the run-up to Christmas?

It was ever thus and the only thing you can be certain of, as is proven by this, is that what they do to imitate us will be unreservedly tinpot.

I have an Irish - sounding surname and was forever having my luggage `randomly checked` at airports back then. It didn`t bother me as they often upgraded us on the flight after they didn`t find anything untoward.

Me too. Apparently she`s lost her job at Woolworths.

3-2 Derby

1-1. The Bournemouth equaliser is hilarious. Derby try and play it out from a goal kick, Roos takes a heavy touch and Bournemouth just swarm all over them and score.

Good shout! It was bloody nailed on. I was right in line with it and the defender virtually caught the ball on the ground. Blind side of the ref though so I can see why he didn`t/couldn`t give it. One of those where VAR (spit) would have given it for sure.

I particularly liked the slide to win the ball to the right of our area second half. The forward thought he was going to whack it into row Z and turned his back but JW just slowed up and tapped a pass to Bakinson who started an attack for us.

It didn`t go off with me even though I had a metal torch in my jacket pocket that I`d forgotten to leave in the car.

Just trying to get a siege mentality going - us against the world.

This has been a real bugbear of mine for many years. About the only time we`ve done it lately was when we had Eliasson and before that, Ivan Sproule. IMO the smallest player should stay up (so Jay at the moment).

Somewhere in the multiverse there is a world where Mark Ashton owns City and has appointed Tony Pulis with Hollowhead as his assistant.

Decent public transport alternatives?

It wasn`t really that long ago that it was possible to park anywhere in Bower Ashton, along Winterstoke Road, around the Cumberland Basin, half way up Rownham Hill and countless other places. I`ve even parked on the ramp at the end of Winterstoke up to the flyover many years ago. I don`t recall there ever being any problems with accidents, congestion or anything else back then.

Most of them are like Boris and have no idea how many children they have.

Quid a kid apparently (hence the 7pm KO so say). I`m sure all the youngsters that went will be impressed by their Neanderthals singing about a player dying.

Oh for a 93rd minute MT winner!

I`m just imagining the spittle-flecked incoherent raging that`s going on up there when that beauty went in. Please let him have dived to win it.

Boo.

Mark Little. Judas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They will never, ever get over it will they? Happy days.

Get well soon big fella.

So, home to Snakey`s lads in the replay tonight. Come on the U`s. KO 7pm for some reason. Would it not be a truly wonderful thing if their crowd was lower than the 3k+ that our ladies got at AG on Sunday?

Zonal marking. Years ahead of its time.

Derek Dougan once asked me for directions to the County Hotel in Taunton. Mrs LR once mistook Jimmy White for Alex Higgins at Stansted airport and declared loudly `That`s Alex Higgins`. Mr White was not impressed.