Comments for BHaPPY (not BSaD)

Comment on Watford 0 Derby County 1 (12/12/2009) by rous man

rous man — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:52:55 +0000

Seems to cover every angle !!!

Comment on Watford 0 Derby County 1 (12/12/2009) by Ian Grant

Ian Grant — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:51:00 +0000

Dear Colin,

It’s a good question. In these uncertain times, we believe that the best approach is to ask family members to help you to cover all bases:

1. Stay at home, eat salad and vote Labour.
2. Stay at home, vote Conservative and eat burgers.
3. Go on holiday with Simpson Travel at the time of the election, without bothering to arrange a proxy vote, preferably leaving some salad to go past its “use by” date in the fridge.
4. Get Monopoly out of the cupboard, cross out “Old Kent Road” and write “Vicarage Road” instead, then stack all of the houses and hotels onto it in a great big pile.
5. Hide under the bed until the nasty men have stopped shouting.

This should ensure that at least one family member will be considered to have stood squarely alongside whatever new regime might emerge.

Hope that clarifies matters sufficiently.

Yours,

BHaPPY

Comment on Watford 0 Derby County 1 (12/12/2009) by Old Git

Old Git — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:37:32 +0000

As if things weren’t lunatic enough, I see that it has been agreed that Milton Keynes will be part of the 2018 World Cup bid.
That’s right. Milton Keynes. I can’t see FIFA wanting to go anywhere else now, can you?
And….should I be buying ready-prepared salads anymore, or should I be growing my own?
Please advise.

Comment on Watford 0 Derby County 1 (12/12/2009) by Gerry

Gerry — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:34:16 +0000

Nice to see Ig back behind the keyboard – that was an Ig post from start to finish, with some fine wordsmithery and similes. Love the alternative Sports Personality of The Year… )

These results happen. A team in hot form playing a team with no wins and only 3 draws all season? A naive punter would say ‘home banker’, us more seasoned pros would see ‘coupon buster’ written all over it. As Terry Pratchett has it in Guards! Guards!, “one in a million chances come up nine times out of ten”. Not that this would have been a real banker, but few would have bet on a Derby win.

Never mind, a couple of wins over the Xmas period and the already-receding spectre of the drop zone will be well and truly out of sight, leaving time for a play-off campaign or mid-table obscurity, even the latter being good value considering the club’s financial plight. Talking of which, what’s this I read on Ceefax about the Russos resigning?

Nice to see that Clodagh’s working his Chelsea magic down at Reading. No doubt he promised the Reading board that he’d take the club out of division 2, a promise he’s well on track to fulfilling. Schadenfreude, ich?

Comment on Watford 0 Derby County 1 (12/12/2009) by Harefield Hornet

Harefield Hornet — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:08:38 +0000

Despite all the repeated explanations as to “where the money went” I’m still deeply suspicious about the millions that were raised when we got promoted and the further millions from subsequent transfers. Somebody somewhere knows how/why we ended up in this shite but I doubt any of us will ever learn the real truth. 3 points this Saturday has suddenly taken on a whole new meaning.

Comment on Watford 0 Derby County 1 (12/12/2009) by lukefairweather

lukefairweather — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:42:20 +0000

Five thunks following the AGM last night…

Oh #uck
Oh #uck
Oh #uck
Oh #uck
Oh #uck

Not so much a glass half empty, now its more a case of “did you spill my pint?”

Luke

Comment on Watford 0 Derby County 1 (12/12/2009) by daft_evader

daft_evader — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:37:49 +0000

As far as Bryan is concerned I would have been tempted to throw him on, but suspect he might have received a similar experience to that that Lewis Young enjoyed against Bristol City a year ago. With us trailing and play getting progresivly more direct he would have been bullied out of the way every time the ball came near him.

The solution to how best to cope with Savage left in the summer – not that I advocate violence….

Comment on Watford 0 Derby County 1 (12/12/2009) by Flippo Galli

Flippo Galli — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:07:58 +0000

Well, having been in tune to the farcical events of the last 24 hours, I think the bag of crisps has turned out to be mouldy and the pint is sickening Heineken.

How polarised this year has been: brilliant football (yes, even under R*dgers), terrible off it. Let’s hope the Derby game wasn’t the end of the former.

Comment on Watford 0 Derby County 1 (12/12/2009) by simmo

simmo — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:16:12 +0000

IG – I think the point is we will never know how good Bryan is until he is thrown in during difficult situations. No-one would complain if it doesn’t work at 1-0 down but the crosses into the box on Saturday were below normal standards and introducing Ellington added little or nothing to our creativity.

Heidar has been terrific in front of goal when the quality into him has been good enough. Getting Bryan to attack defenders just gave an alternative to what hadn’t worked up to that point.

Comment on Watford 0 Derby County 1 (12/12/2009) by Ian Grant

Ian Grant — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:03:32 +0000

I’m not convinced about the wisdom of bringing on Bryan in that situation, to be quite honest. The game wasn’t lost: we were one-nil down, with enough possession to fling a few high balls into the box for the remaining minutes. In those circumstances, I think there’s a reasonable case for accepting the nature of the contest and putting more bulky bodies in the box to see what happens. And what happened was that John Eustace very nearly scored an equaliser.

And what’s this “half full” nonsense I keep reading? We’re in mid-table with nearly half of the season gone. As Kris says, we can’t afford to be complacent…but we can surely afford to applaud what we’ve seen so far. In a season where survival is the only objective, mid-table at this point, achieved in considerable style too, represents a full pint with a packet of crisps on the side, nothing less. Cheers!