Mind you, it was galling to see Sharp score. I was keen for us to sign him at the knock down price he was available at and, for the life of me, I can't understand why we didn't make a move, if only to stop Southampton from getting their mitts on him.
Hull and Reading both won but if we can't finish above them then we really don't deserve to win promotion. Cardiff, Birmingham and Blackpool are the biggest threats to the top two and with the two who played stumbling, our promotion prospects strengthened without even kicking a ball. The Devil is still keeping his side of the bargain with Doctor Evil!
Wow. think man city should try and buy that adebayor kid, he looks good.... 4 assists and a goal, blinder!
ReplyDeleteUniversity of Southampton?! oh dear how telling.... very second division.
ReplyDeleteSpot on. First, second, makes no difference. The distance to third is the number to pay attention to. And that looks OK for now.
ReplyDeleteAnd you yourself said Sharp didnt want to move to London, didnt you? And Maynard wasnt that pricey so it all worked out fine.
Sharp didn't want to move south Dave. Southampton, as its name implies, is even further south than London!
ReplyDelete2051, you are right of course. Interviewed for Queens College Cambridge but failed the History paper entrance exam. However, on the basis of an Exhibition pass on the General paper, I was invited to re-apply the following year. Stupidly, having felt very out of place amongst the toffs in my nearly new suit and with my East End accent, I opted for Southampton instead - they had a First Division team and a concert hall that the likes of Magazine, Peter Gabriel and Simple Minds played. The stupidity of youth!
ReplyDeleteMind you, it was a different world then. Not many comprehensive school kids made it to Oxbridge and my college had to hire in a consultant to identify which colleges would even consider me and to train me on how to perform at interview.
So which uni did you go to?
OK, so then what was it? Were we actually in for him or was that all paper talk? If we were then it broke down for any number of reasons. If we were not then by the time Doncaster started listening to offers we were likely well into negotiations for other targets.
ReplyDeleteDont get me wrong, I was excited at the rumours regarding him coming to us. But by and large I think Maynard is an equal quality signing.
Excuse me, I just feel like being really, really pedantic.
ReplyDeleteSome time back you came up with a cracking little story about having to drop your Cockney accent when as a kid you were getting picked on, when you moved to the West country. Right I've got that. But hang on a minute. Now you say that when you applied for Cambridge you had a Cockney accent. When did you magically regain it HF?
You must have lost it again yet again cos I remember you saying that you now had an 'estuary' accent.
So if I've got this right, you went from a Cockney accent to a non-cockney one, back to a cockney one and then onto an 'Estuary' one. Have I got that right?
22:29 uni? don't be silly old chap left school at 16 no qualifications to speak of, worked in the city for shipping brokers, then moved on FX dealing room in early 80's at a merchant bank, thatchers child and all that, then in 1990 after the big financial crash decided to go it alone. Set up my first business, a party promotions company, sold that after a couple of years and set up a company making hand painted banners and backdrops for stages, advertising and concerts, Glastonbury, Nottingham carnival, Radio 1, Prodigy etc., sold that after building it up - all at profit of course and for the last 19 years have been running two companies that turn over a tidy sum each year. Who needs a piece of paper to justify the drudgery of working for someone else when you can enjoy the cut, thrust and freedom of working for yourself?
ReplyDeleteGood on you 1038. Absolutely agree. Three years at university was great when it cost nothing, but £9,000 a year for the privilege? No way.
ReplyDelete22:56 glad you've being attention - consistent he ain't.
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