ThisisLondon
ThisisLondon Rom explains slow start.
mild ramblings from the mild mind of mild mannered reporter Reet Smoot. I haven't got a secret identity honest.
i am having a spot of bother posting to forever but there are two Charlton stories on thisisLondon. God knows how it won website of the year 2004 its terrible who awarded it? They update less than i do.
Physic feelings ,feng shui and now soothsaying I am spiraling in to the underbelly of the underworld of the occult nothing underhand you understand. Just under the influence of being under the weather has reopened my mind to the forces of the cosmos the walls of normal rational thought has fallen under the weight of the underlying pressure of the ....That's it I am out of unders apart from that one. Right lets start again I won a wager last night and now believe I can predict the future. Yes I know I need more sleep but the joy of skyplus means after struggling home from the match through the late night traffic you can then stay up and watch it all again! Small pleasures and all that. Before anyone goes and puts down their life's savings on my next prediction I must state that I am the worlds worst gambler and bookies favorite I very rarely win and when I do I think 'I knew that was going to happen why didn't I put more on?' -mug. I shall have to watch Alex Hammond's tips on skysports news for purely non financial reasons. Anyway I digress which is unlike me my next surefire guaranteed prediction -
Well that was unexpected we won a cup game obviously this has lead to delirium and booking of hotel rooms in Cardiff we are going all the way! Due to my current knackered state my enthusiasm for posted is waning today so I will be briefer than normal. I sure something will pop up soon that I can get my blogging teeth in to but at the moment I am typing like I am pissed this is going to take an age to spellcheck.
Got on a bit of a feng shui tip last night it would seem. I can assure you however I was not on the same substances as a certain lanky defender who is currently working on his tan. I have received rumors that the player in question has a problem of 'scarface ' proportions and there are photos of him and his ex TV girlfriend 'face down in a pile of the stuff'. Could this explain rapid movements on the transfer market?
I must admit I have been awol for , going by my last post, five days it doesn't seem that long but you gain you lose. A surprisingly heavy weekend after a busy week at work has slowed my posting speed considerably. But the Birmingham result was acceptable after my own and the clubs previous outings steadying the good ship Charlton and not to much excitement for me. I cannot believe so called fans have been calling Radio London saying Curbs should go are you mental? Charlton's recent history makes us a special club in the fact that we stared oblivion in the face and survived we need a manager that understands this. Curbs is the man because he lived through it with us and all the boo boys and radio phone in ranters should go back to spurs where they belong. I have mentioned this before where expectation of success seems to be taking over from the survival instinct which isn't to say we should not have ambition but we must always remember where we came from. As the song goes 'and if you know you history it enough to make your heart go....' So remember to be a Charlton fan is to watch football with hope and joy in your heart, hope that may win something and joy that we can still watch Charlton in the best league in the world.
Hello is anybody there? I have just woken up in a deserted valley with no memory of how I got here ( no I am not Jason Bourne, though I do know the chi-dong death touch and I don't know why) They always say its important to retrace your steps when dealing with memory loss. I remember Kelly Holmes parading her medals then someone blew a whistle ah Charlton Southampton that explains it I fell in to a restful sleep. I am overly optimistic when it comes to Charlton but even I had to admit Mondays game was a shocker. We still got a point admittedly against an equally poor saints but a points a point. After the away reverses it is nice to stop the rot and steady the ship and to use another cliche sometimes you have to grind out results like that. I feel as fans we need to be a bit more patient booing off the team left a sour taste in my mouth it was only the third home game we need to put things in perspective. Remember booing is copyrighted by spurs fans I don't want to start paying them royalties.
After my own poor performance after the Austria game I am subbing myself, put me on the bench where I belong. Perhaps I had been up all night playing tomb raider or stories in the press effected me I don't know what happened. I thought I had it covered but as I bent down to scoop it up nuts! Through my legs and the granny shagging story was in the back of the net. I am ashamed of myself but that's all you are going to get here because I am not talking to the press. The general consensus of opinion is that it was a childish act by the players to refuse to talk to the press. Watching sky sports news this morning however it seemed to me it was not only the players throwing their toys out of the pram but the footy hacks as well. I have a personal dislike for footy hacks who stare down from their moral high ground at the players who are in no way angels at all, but people in glass houses. They are not even football fans because they couldn't write rationally about if they were not that they do anyway very often. I suspect that 90% of hacks are spurs or manyoo fans, lets look at the facts one- the general misconception in the press that tottenham are still a big club they are not they are a mid table side with grossly self inflated delusions of grandeur. Two- hacks are paid to fly round the world and watch footy and they still moan and still get the match reports wrong ie see what they want to see, spurs and manyoo fans I rest my case. How many times on a Monday or a Sunday have you read a Charlton report and gone 'what the hell are they talking about!' and then to you loved ones or workmates annoyance spend the next hour talking through the match blow by blow of how it actually happen (you know you love it) .
What is it about international breaks? They should exciting times when the whole country comes together but as the hype and disappointment fades from one tournament the qualifying for the next starts but it is to far away to generate any real excitement. The lack of daily premiership stories also dries up leading to the almost schizophrenic way the press behaves one win and its we won the world cup its in the bag! One less than pleasing result and its sack the entire team. I am of the personal belief that the press ruins any chances that we have of ever winning anything the pressure they create is so immense that every mistake or tactical change is blown out of all proportion. All the pundits and feature writers keep saying lets not allow Rooney go the way of Gazza keep his feet on the ground. He has been on the front and back pages almost everyday since June! No wonder he shags grannies Alzheimers means they are the only ones who don't know who his is! (sorry that's not nice I am ashamed of myself). I am not in anyway excusing James he was terrible but if Sven plays Robinson or Kirkland and they make a mistake the entire press pack will be on him and the young keepers. How do think old flapper Seaman stayed in so long(a gunners fans nickname not club bias) .Those who say that what the papers say shouldn't effect the players are obviously forgetting that we are talking about footballers here, easily swayed is an understatement. Look at young Mr Cole .( I'll go no further lawyers and all) But papers persuade entire nations to go to war how easy is it to convince someone who left school at eight that they are the greatest then, two weeks later, the worst player in the world.
The Official Chelsea FC Website Oh dear Scotty money cannot by you a first team place. I hope your Chelsea career is as fruitful as Jody Morris'