I turned on the news this morning to hear about the explosion at a fuel depot in Hemel Hempstead. Luckily nobody was killed and casualties were kept to a minimum.
I was up to see the news story progress from early morning, at which point there were worries of terrorism. It seems that nowadays this is the day we live in. Are we always going to worry about Osma Bin Liner every time some major incident takes place?
As the morning went on it thankfully emerged that the whole thing was an accident. The police officer in charge of the incident was urging people to stay calm and not panic buy petrol. Obviously not everyone took note of this advice as stock piling has been taking place.
The panic buying reminded me of this funny clip from The Simpsons where news anchor man Kent Brockman is reporting a story about a mass exodus of Springfield residents. Thankfully the British news reporters are a little more diplomatic than the US ones.
Bollocks. Leeds United’s great run of winning games came to an end on Saturday, losing 1-0 at home to Cardiff City in a terrible lacklustre performance.
I suppose the winning run had to end somewhere although I always hoped we would beat rivals Cardiff. Predictably the “Blackwell Out” Leeds supporters are now out on WACCOE (and numerous other Leeds United message boards). I ask them “Where were you when we were winning?” Some fans are just plain fickle. I think that unless Leeds win The Premiership, Champions League, FA Cup and Carling Cup there will always be some moaners.
While I have had issues with Mr. Blackwell in the past I now value him as Leeds United manager, he is a good man doing a good job. It was a bad result today, he made mistakes as did the players. I won’t hear a bad word said about him based upon what he had done so far. I’ll judge him at the end of the season. He is owed that at least.
I did gain little consolation by betting £10 against Leeds winning (my mini insurance policy). Ladbrokes paid out which I used for a few drinks in town and a taxi home after. Would have preferred 3 points though :o( – bring on Wolves next week who I believe we will beat!
So the draw for The World Cup 2006 was made last night.
England
Paraguay
Trinidad & Tobago
Sweden
What an easy group for England. Decent results from this group will get the whole country believing we are unbeatable and will win the competition. Then we’ll face Brazil…
I think England will win their group and based upon the way the team meetings will pan out should reach the Semi Finals and get beat by Brazil. You can view my full predictions here and also make your own.
So all in all a decent draw, could have been a lot worse, on the other hand it could have been a lot better like this one….
Back to more important football news, Leeds United play Cardiff City today, very special game for me. The real rot for Leeds started in January 2002 with the surprise defeat to Cardiff in The FA Cup. Giving the Welshmen a real thrashing on the pitch will certainly kill off one of the ghosts from the past.
C’mon Leeds!
Great game of football tonight, myself and fellow Leeds fans are over the moon and The Whites didn’t even kick a ball! Manchester United travelled to Portugal to play Benfica, a game they had to win to guarantee qualifying to the second round of the competition…. they lost :o) :o) :o) HaHaHaHaHa!!!!!!
It was actually a good game. End to end stuff which kept me on the edge of my seat for the whole game. Man Utd were pretty poor although you can never rule them out grabbing a goal so when the final whistle went it was a great relief.
One thing about the fans, now I wasn’t at the game so cannot completely comment but those shown on TV today were woeful! Half time, losing 2-1 they were standing around looking glum in silence. Leeds fans at Southampton, 3-0 down at half time, singing their hearts out for the team. Leeds won 4-3. Maybe Man U fans should get behind their team more?
Finally for all football fans who are not Man U supporters here’s a real treat for you – my commentary mix for tonight’s game entitled “Scum Out”.
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One last thing, congrats to Benfica and good luck for the rest of the season, a thoroughly entertaining game.
Well I may be £11 worse off this evening after my earlier bet but I am very, very happy. Four wins in a row for Super Leeds United, 3rd in the league, things are looking extremely rosy for The Mighty Whites. I topped off the fabulous day by going to town to celebrate.
I have already made a goal montage of the game, this week with a Christmassy theme.
I will also give an honourable mention for Liverpool’s Peter Crouch who scored today. His first goal today was debatable and eventually was declared an “own goal”, he later scored another goal which was most definitely his. Well done Peter, guess Sparkster.net taking the piss got you going. Expect a Rob Hulse goal drought blog later in the week…
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