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I thought Vale was a revelation in the middle of the park, as I'd hoped he might be, but second half he fell away rapidly and should have been hooked well before he was. His lack of game fitness far more of an issue than Madsen, who was exceptional yesterday and didn't deserve to be on the losing side.
The ref has absolutely Fredwested us there... Wrexham 12 fouling at every corner and continually hacking at Smyth, no card. Smyth first foul is a card and he has to be subbed to save him from being sent off.
Mbengue, I'm not sure the second yellow was a foul let alone a card, but even if it was, we've got a minimum of 4 minutes added on, and in that time we have a sending off with Mbengue leaving the pitch after an absolute age, followed by two goals, each celebrated like they'd won best actor at the Oscars, with the band striking up to try and get them back so we can restart the game. Whistle blows on 94:47.
I've been clinging to the hope that Vale could step in and do a job if Madsen is unavailable. He doesn't really have the pace to be out on the wing but he's a clever player, I don't think we've really found his most effective role in the side yet...
I quite like him, but in fairness there have been audible collective groans at HQ when he turns around for the umpteenth time to lay the ball back when there are options going forward. But yeah, £6m, take it with a sell-on. Mad not to.
I mean, obviously we were abysmal, but how does the ref add 9 minutes, Norwich score on 95 and celebrate for two minutes, then we score, and there's the merest flicker of momentum against a pretty poor side, and he blows up on 99:45?
There was a distinct whiff of Norwich's performance here last season about Leicester yesterday... entitled, arrogant, tetchy, far less than the sum of its parts.
Cordova-Reid, Ayew, Mavididi, James - shocking attitudes, dreadful performances.
The more games you go unbeaten, the closer you are to your next defeat... for a side like Coventry and the form they're in, they go on long runs... for a side like us, coming off the back off of a horrible run with a couple of wins, we're going to mean revert a bit quicker...
And I'm sure this has been done to death elsewhere, but the schedules this week were totally out of whack... Norwich played at home on Tuesday, we went to Blackburn on Wednesday... yes I'm surprised we didn't rotate the squad but he's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't... you're a genius until you're an idiot.
It was a weird game. After we equalised they were rattled and at half time I thought they were there for the taking, but their second goal completely changed it. Esquardinha had been pretty good at Bristol City but letting the winger run past you in their first attack for the opener must have scrambled his brain, hence the absurd shot just before half time. Ipswich looked like what they were, an expensively-assembled side who played to a level you'd expect once they had a bit of confidence. I thought Philogene was a joy to watch, some lovely touches.
Al Murray these days is about twenty minutes of material and an hour and a half of crowd work... oooh there's a bloke who works in IT, someone in HR, a student, a nurse, etc, etc...
The vinyl is a living, growing collection, sorted alphabetically. But I've got a separate hip hop section for some reason.
CDs have been ripped and retired to plastic boxes in the loft. I made the unconventional decision to sort them by year (and then alphabetically within, natch). My reasoning being that if for some reason I pick up a new CD by Alan and the Aardvarks the whole collection of CDs has to shift by one if sorted alphabetically, involving multiple box switches. If I've got a box for each year I just sling it in the appropriate one.
Also you can open a box of CDs and be transported back to a time in your life and see what you were listening to at that point. Alphabetical organising doesn't give you any of that, it just sticks The Saints next to Saint Etienne. Some bands do have their own box if I've got loads of their stuff. Rules are meant to be broken.
I'm still not convinced it was a great idea but it took me literally months to do and there's no going back now, at least not until I'm retired.
I bought some on Saturday but only because we were on a jolly doing lunch and comfy seats in W12 and they come to your table so it seemed rude not to. The winners do get posted on the website...
Great-grandfather born 1893 and was a supporter, attending Wembley in 67 with his son and grandson (my Dad!)
No idea if his Dad was a supporter... apparently they ran a bakers in Harlesden at some point.
I've got my work cut out convincing my 8 year old daughter of the many benefits of supporting QPR, she's in an anti-football phase at the moment, she's more likely to be at the head of four generations of Labubu enthusiasts...
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