Altogether Now

So Saxondale wasn't that bad and if I remember I might even watch it next week although my memory is currently on a par with a Goldfish. Tomorrow night is a rare night in that I am going out to my mates to see England play Sweden. This match could feature three (yes three!) ex-Evertonians and as part of my build up I shall give you the lowdown on these massively talented individuals.

First up we shall deal with the fat lad. To be honest pretty much all I have to say is summed up here with possibly the greatest final line in the history of fat lad articles.

On to the Swedes and Messers Linderoth and Alexandersson. Its fair to say neither set the world alight at Goodison and frankly were terrible but I still kind of like Tobias and his dull passing style that makes you wonder whether hes awake. I saw Alexandersson more in the reserves at Southport than I did in the first team but he seemed out of his depth playing alongside such reserve legends as Chopra, Eagles and sundry other people who seem to never quite make it.

I got paid yesterday so I have money for a few days at least so I may go wild and purchase some books. Any recommendations will be considered and then ignored as I go for whatever takes my fancy when I get on Amazon. Don't let that put you off suggesting though, all comments will be read and I promise to only snigger behind your backs. I'm nice like that.

Tony "call me Tony" Blair was on 606 tonight discussing all things football and world cup. Now I don't know what it is but as a person I can't help but like the fella. I think overall its a shame that the whole Labour time in power will probably be defined by the Iraq war which was a situation from which I don't think there was any solution that could be called the correct one. I have always had difficulty reconciling my own thoughts about the war and was helped a lot by reading Saturday by Ian McEwan which kind of expressed my thoughts better than I can through its central character. Who really knows what the best decision was?

And now I am discussing Iraq rather than the whole Labour spell of power. I guess its inevitable but I do think Labour has improved the country as a whole. Is the country better now than it was in 1997? I tend to think so and over the coming years the massive investment in the NHS will hopefully begin to bare fruit. Its only by recognising how bad it was before that you realise how much it has improved. Now I don't claim everything is terrific and there haven't been mistakes but the thought of David Cameron or Ming in power? That scares me a hell of a lot more than re-electing Labour. All this and the fella only said he felt that Australia played quite well!

Its nearly sleep time now so I will leave you with my quote of the day:

"The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none" Thomas Carlyle