Half time
Leeds United 0-1 Crystal Palace
Bollocks!!!
C’mon Leeds, win this game!
Leeds United play Crystal Palace tonight in one of the most vital games of the season. This match has been postponed since August last year and has become a much talked about “game in hand” in the promotion chase.
It’ll be a tough game, a very tough game. Palace are also chasing promotion and will be smarting from their defeat to Leeds earlier in the month.
This is a must win game tonight, yesterday Watford played Southampton and won 3-1 (thanks for nothing Saints) to overtake Leeds and take 3rd place. A win tonight can put Leeds back in that position, 2 points ahead of Watford and just 1 point behind Sheffield United in 2nd place. C’MON LEEDS!
Derry’s Gonna Yet Ya!!!
MARCHING ON TOGETHER,
WE’RE GONNA SEE YOU WIN,
WE ARE SO PROUD,
WE SHOUT IT OUT LOUD,
WE LOVE YOU LEEDS – LEEDS – LEEDS!!!
I have been watching the BBC series Planet Earth on Sunday evenings. It is a remarkable program exploring some magnificent locations throughout the world and capturing wildlife in shots never before seen.
Yesterday’s episode explored the water life throughout the Earth, unbelievably some lakes are larger than the whole of Wales while areas of Brazil boast marshland with a greater surface area than the whole of England. The fishes, amphibians and mammals that live in these locations are equally as impressive.
One of the other interesting parts of the series is where we see how the cameramen actually filmed the scenes and animals – it’s not just a case of sticking a camcorder in a pool of piranhas and hitting the record button!
I find it so exciting how technology is being used nowadays to capture scenes which, 10 years ago would have been impossible. Man is always eager to explore the vast reams of space although there is so much of the planet yet to be uncovered.
If you haven’t seen this series yet I urge you to watch it next Sunday, even if you are not a fan of nature programs this series is so good it is worth an hour of your evening, after all what else would you be watching?
Some strange results in this weeks football games, mainly Fulham beating league leaders Chelsea this afternoon.
Here are my predictions along with the actual results…
| My Prediction | Actual Result |
| Everton 1-0 Aston Villa | Everton 4-1 Aston Villa |
| Arsenal 2-0 Charlton | Arsenal 3-0 Charlton |
| Blackburn 2-1 Middlesbrough | Blackburn 3-2 Middlesbrough |
| Bolton 2-0 Sunderland | Bolton 2-0 Sunderland |
| Man City 2-1 Wigan | Man City 0-1 Wigan |
| West Brom 1-2 Man Utd | West Brom 1-2 Man Utd |
| West Ham 1-2 Portsmouth | West Ham 2-4 Portsmouth |
| Birmingham 1-1 Spurs | Birmingham 0-2 Spurs |
| Newcastle 2-1 Liverpool | Newcastle 1-3 Liverpool |
| Fulham 0-2 Chelsea | Fulham 1-0 Chelsea |
| Coventry 1-2 Leeds | Coventry 1-1 Leeds |
Out of the 11 games predicted I got 6 results correct and 2 actual scores correct.
Now the next set of predictions. Across this week are the four FA Cup quarter final games as well as two Championship fixtures featuring Watford & Leeds United. My predictions for these games are as follows…
Man City v West Ham ~ Draw 1-1
Southampton v Watford ~ Draw 1-1
Birmingham v Liverpool ~ Liverpool 2-0
Leeds v Crystal Palace ~ Draw 1-1
Chelsea v Newcastle ~ Chelsea 2-1
Charlton v Middlesbrough ~ Draw 2-2
The Maid Marian and Her Merry Men DVD arrived yesterday. The series from the late 80’s/early 90’s will be fondly remembered by anyone aged 18-30 who watched it when it was originally aired. Along with Round the Twist, Maid Marian is quite arguably the best kids TV show ever.
The DVD is very well presented; it would have been so easy for the BBC just to stick the episodes on a disc in a flimsy box with no extras and VHS quality video & audio. This is not the case, the DVD is very well packaged, the soundtrack and picture remastered and a good selection of extras, including commentary from Tony Robinson on episode 1, it’s just a shame all six episodes didn’t have this feature.
As for entertainment, the show is just as funny as I remembered it, there are also a few adult jokes and references which, as a seven year old you would not get watching back in 1989.
All in all a top DVD, Series 2 is scheduled for a summer 2006 release, something to look forward to.
For more “Marian Memories”, or if you are too tight to buy the DVD, take a look at this website, full of sound clips, screen captures and facts on the cult TV show.
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