Dr Gloom

Wide of the mark his signature

i'm right back in the mix after a slobbish few weeks over christmas. so far this week have done two sessions of kettlebells, one spinning and one session of circuits. going to give my well exercised arse a day off tomorrow.

i would love it if we bought him back for 10m. paying the scousers what they should have paid for him int he first place and doing them out of 25m would be priceless. i think they'll give him more time though. he's good enough to succeed there. they just need to learn to start putting the ball in the box for him to attack and stop expecting hi to be running in behind. even dalglish can't be so stupid that he thinks they've signed a like for like torres replacement.

seems a great coach. his two periods at the club, under rapey and sbr, have coincided with some good football. coincidence?

True dat. Our current lot seem intent on giving their manager as little help as possible. It's a combination of good coaching and scouting that's been behind our success this season and you can't rely on that forever when it's combined with paltry investment on players and flogging star players to balance the books. Got to tip your hat to Wenger though with Arsenal at the bottom of that table. They haven't won owt in a while but they're still up there challenging every year.

Tell me what I've said that isn't right? Parker is wank, there weren't too many crying eyes when he left. Shows how shite English football is when he can get 10 caps, his passing further than 10 yards is shit, he can't shoot, he's one of these players that the likes of Ray Wilkins stick to their mattresses about, and I put it down to the fact he's a Londoner in his mould. Best thing he ever did was the keepy ups on the McDonald's ads in 1994. i wasn't gutted when he left either. played the odd good game. always put in a good shift but i wasn't convinced by him either for the reasons you stated i'll be surprised if this lad doesn't bite though. spurs seem to rate him as much as the media.

fucking hell, villa have spent 14m a season since 06! and the mackems almost 13m. i suppose that proves that backing your manager is no guarantee of success. obviously it helps if you have an owner prepared to spend. good judgement is priceless and rare asset among owners too. our last lot, for all the money they threw at it, constantly sacked managers in august or september after letting them spend money in the window, essentially fucking up the whole year. plus they made massive mistakes like hiring souness, roeder and allardyce and sacking robson. the best thing to hope for is some super rich arabs but even then it's no guarantee of proper success. look at man city's return since the takeover. pretty poor so far given the cash they've thrown at it.

a bite must be coming now like

Can TD resist biting? He's showing remarkable restrain so far. Keep fishing Stevie, see what this lad is made of.

i think i'll cook up a thai green curry tonight. or my japanese soup noodle broth. definitely got the hankering for some spicy asian cuisine on a winter's night.

put whole gloves of garlic in so it doesn't burn, then you've got sweet garlic to squeeze out and coat the wedges in. try chili flakes or powder, salt, pepper and plenty of olive oil. sweet potato wedges are good too. i like to make a mix of both

i actually went to a drum n bass rave at cable in london just before xmas. proper old school night with a mate of mine that is 35 going on 21. had an awesome night, despite feeling like one of those weird old timers you used to spot out and about when getting off your tits as a kid. problem was it took me over a week to start feeling normal again afterwards then i came down with the flu for the first time since i was a bairn. i think that was my 34 year old body telling me not to fuck with it like that anymore.

new twenties tbh

so there is a secret forum? snubbed tbh

using half a bog roll after a sep blatter. conversely the rarely seen one wiper is the stuff of dreams.

i think early to mid thirties is a good time to do it. your social life is less important than it is in your twenties. the number of nights in start to dwarf the number of nights out....well at least in my case anyway. all my mates had started so the timing made sense. a guy i work with had kids in his 40s though and always warned of the same. he's in his 50s now and has two kids under ten running around to contend with after a hard day's graft. you really want to packing them off to uni by then and kicking back with the pipe and slippers.

Mine kind of happened by chance. We weren't really trying for one but weren't being as careful as we could be either so we were kind of prepared for it. We just got away with it for so long we didn't think it would happen. I wasn't even sure my boys could swim - always a relief when you find out they're Olympic freestylers. Still hits you like a Tyson uppercut when you get the news. We did 4 tests till I was finally convinced Mrs G was up the Hilary. Mine's just ten months now. Agree with those that say it transforms your social life. But it is still possible to have one. My mrs and I encourage each other to go out while the other babysits. Has to be like that or you'll go mad. Don't be surprised when you regret bring hungover though. Fatigue and guilt for not being in a fit state to spend time with the kid not good. My Inlaws have been looking after him since the wife went back to work and that hasn't been easy. It was different when it's just the three of you in your little unit but once the child care takes over you feel a bit jealous. Like you're not the kids favourite anymore. Didn't realise that would be so tough. All in all though it's the best thing I've done. Mad how you stop caring about your own stuff as much. Your personal shit goes out of the window if you're worried the bairn's unhappy or sick. It's a kind of unconditional love you only know as a parent and it's fucking magic.

Coming over the Tyne on the rail bridge when you've been away for ages. It's been the best part of a year for me since I was last home. Still can't beat that feeling when the stadium comes into view then you look down the river at the bridges.

And the tightest trousers? I don't get why middle aged ex pros all seem to think a pair of bull hugging bottoms means they qualify as a pundit. Put your brains away lads!

God I hate Liverpool

Man speaks the truth

Anything above 50 would be an excellent achievement. But after the start we've had, you never know. Hoping last month was our blip and we manage to get some results while Tiote and Ba are away. If we can do that and keep the likes of Colo fit, who knows? 60 points?

I got tickets in the 'neutral' end a few days back. There were still a fair few left then

Classic Henry finish too wasn't it

i was back on the kettle bells today. 45 minute session, 16k weight. no more than 20 second rest between sets. mix of swings, jerks, cleans, squats, overhead press and lunges. absolutely savaged. i can't recommend this form of training highly enough for anyone that wants to burn fat and build muscle at the same time.