He's been well into Jap footie for a while & follows his'local' team and, from the pics I've seen on his fb, has a great time travelling with the locals and some ex-pats. It really looks like a good, friendly, day out.
I especially remember his trip to a venue up north (the name escapes me) and...
AEA for me. He wants to wn the game when he's playing. he relishes the challenge, the tougher the better. There's no hiding when he's playing and I bet if he'd been fit for a certain game early last season a certain ex player would have stayed well away from the ball.
Do you follow the game over there and have you seen the excellent book on Japanese football grounds (in English) written by our very own Shizoko Dolphin?
There may well be games where, with more seating, there are 3, 4 even 5k empty seats. That's something we certainly would not want to see and I hope the club can be 'inventive' on filling these.
The extra spaces should see the retutn of free/cheap tickets for organised groups from schools/local...
I wonder if Paxman is nice and charming before the interview so as to put his guest at their ease or is it that they don't meet him until virtually on air?
She certainly was a sacrificial lamb and I don't think Paxo really had to break sweat on this one. he toyed with her, easy, easy!
The whole tournament has shown we are the dinosaurs of European football, set out to destroy and hopefully get lucky. I think every other country has approached games, certainly in the group stages, with a view to winning.
Gus is right, he's been in England about 15 years and our international...
Bound to be a big demand for Chelsea tickets and these might affect FDM's game so why not, say for 2 weeks, only sell Chelsea tickets to those that buy Reading tickets?
This won't bother the fans who would go to both and also give them a bit of priority.
I t could be that although the job may be near finished, builders will still be on site and so certain areas, and access to them,, will be off limits. Better to be cautios now thanpanic later.