My loafers are former gophers

All the boxing promoters are shady characters. They're usually vaguely associated with gangster types, and/or murderers or crooks.

That draw with Newcastle must have been quite jarring.

Especially since Foden seemed a bit flat. We're talking about Southgate though, who is super cautious. I can imagine how pedestrian Man Utd will be if he got that job.

It's weird not worrying about form, relegation, being undermined by the owners etc. Still, we probably will be after January.

Luckily I'm in Wales so I can't go to the match. Never seen us beat Coventry, not has any of my family. It's a double curse I have because when I go to watch City play another team, I ruin it for my friends as they usually play like they held a raffle for which in the crowd play.

Raya was magnificent. It was an interesting and tetchy game.

If it was an established Premier league team, then OK. Someone like Brighton, Brentford or West Ham. Southampton are not at that level yet, just went up, and look like they'll do a Burnley and sink quickly. He'd then be at a club with a relegation to his name.

Looks like it's back to Hodgson's Palace-just plodding along hoping a player can nick a goal.

The Typhoon that hit Leicester has just hit my part of Coventry.

Play up Pompey!

I was so surprised when I heard that footballers trained from around 9am to 2 or 3 pm. That's nothing if we're talking 4 or 5 days a week. This was a while ago so I don't know if they stay on, and go to the gym etc. outside those hours. If those hours include fitness work and they're let loose in the early afternoon, it's no wonder why they wander into a pub or bookies to pick up bad habits.

I don't want Eustace to go. Things are looking decent right now, and whilst he'll have the rug pulled from under him in January, I want to build up enough of a buffer to avoid another relegation battle. And we know that we'll get another Owen Coyle type to replace him. Waggott and shadow man will make sure some goon who is easy to control will be in place for the next youth team fire sale.

Everyone wants to play tippy tappy Pep football without realising that you need a full squad of amazing players to do it. Or that a direct, punch in the face style can sometimes be just as effective.

When Preston were a top team, winning trophies, women probably couldn't vote and Franz Ferdinand hadn't been shot.

The Raos will strangle this season if we look like promotion candidates, but right now it's great.

I've never seen Rovers beat Coventry either, and I was at the 5-0 tonking at Highfield Road, and the more recent 2-2 draw when they equalised in the 99th minute.

Jarvis Cocker is brilliant. Pulp were always better than Oasis and Blur. They were on great form when I saw them in Bridlington last year.

In a pub that doesn't have the football. Saw who has scored for us. Awkward.

I'm English and I hate those entitled, free loading nonces and idiots. Stuff the king and his homeopathy nonsense.

Got this coming tomorrow. I'd have bought the proper shirt but it has a Venky's logo. https://www.toffs.com/blackburn-1960-fa-cup-final-retro-football-shirt

Any mention of statistics like xG make roll my eyes. Spouting numbers doesn't necessarily make you a genius.

Not surprising considering golf has been a pastime for upper middle class blazer wearing tossers in the past. Doctors, dentists and architects, that sort.

Sounds the opposite of Rammstein. Sure, their tickets are around £70-90 (depending on the country), but they took sites like Viagogo to court to stop them reselling them for way more. I guess Noel's divorce was very expensive.

Casimero is having a stinker.