Recent content by Revaulx

I don’t think the Atkinson team was remotely “bang average”. At its best it could compete at the top level while playing great football. Its problem was its inconsistency, which was almost entirely a result of so many of its key players being horribly injury-prone. Robson of course, but...

A fabulous player who could do pretty much everything. His injury record was such that he wasn’t the sort of player you could build a team round, as Atkinson tried to do. That said, whenever he returned from injury he was immediately up to speed, unlike Wilkins who took ages to get back in form.

Why? The job he’s doing (if the job spec is to be believed) isn’t remotely that of a TD. Presumably he will be given a title that actually reflects his role.

@Andy_Cole regarding 3 you need to bear in mind that Ashworth wants to leave Newcastle because he’s been dragged into a turf war with “head of scouting“ Andy Howe, who just happens to be Eddie’s nephew. How much of the recruitment, good or bad, has actually been down to him is open to question...

You’re right about beans; I know because I used to know one. Not sure about Guernsey.

Got to be. Cardiff used to be up there. I'm surprised they don't still feature.

Some of us are rather posh :)

Indeed. Given that, one wonders why it Fair enough. I suppose strong currents (probably a tidal estuary) can take a ship a long way off course in only five minutes.

Probably just because we’ve got more fans than any other club.

If a ship takes the middle of the channel there’s tons of clearance either side. The greater risk would be the ship being too high and failing to clear the bridge deck. In this case though, the ship was nowhere near the centre of the channel. It was so close to the support that any loss of...

Even if it had been built to cope with a strike when it was built in the ‘70s, the size and weight of container ships has increased massively since then. That’s why London’s docks are no longer functioning as such. I suppose it would be less likely for the whole bridge to collapse if there were...

Ken Dodd and his Diddymen only got done for tax evasion.

Those two weren’t great, and you couldn’t accuse Ronaldo of not trying, but his speculative potshots just handed possession to the opposition. Maybe SAF had told him to shoot on sight, believing it was our only hope.

His selfishness in the 2009 final v Barcelona certainly didn’t help us in that game. That aside, I tend to agree with you. These things are rarely black and white; he remains a legend to me despite tarnishing his legacy both times he left. Of course if it had happened just the first time...

Same. Even worse, I had to turn down a ticket as I was booked to sing in a concert in the Lake District. Fortunately I was only involved in fits and starts, so was able to keep taking surreptitious glances at my phone to read the commentary my sister was kindly providing on WhatsApp :)