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The truth is none of us knows what's happening or what the prognosis is. There may be some good news in the coming months and maybe Solly will once again be one of the first names of the team sheet, in time. I hope so because before this injury there was talk of an England call-up and a role at...

I’m currently attempting a Fabian-themed reworking of Chas & Dave’s Gertcha. I’ll let you know how I’m getting on in a few weeks.

Mourinho. Klopp. Ferguson. Guardiola. These guys aren’t normal. They have a pathological obsession with winning and their serotonin levels dip alarmingly when they don’t. Smiley and charismatic when things go their way (ok, maybe not Fergie) but pretty foul when they don’t.

I used to check Twitter all the time, with a business and a personal account. I posted a fair bit on the business account and had about 8k followers. A few years ago it was a quite useful way of getting conversations going, reminding the world we were there, and engaging with our clients. But to...

I was much further away than that, but I was watching, as I was curious to know what would happen as he took his place on the bench. I didn't see any of the usual high-five sort of stuff with teammates – or any acknowledgements at all – and in fact he seemed to put his hands over his eyes for a...

I looked at the clock when he did that. It said three minutes. Fair enough, berate the crowd if they're on your back, or encourage them to raise the noise levels if the team could do with an extra boost in a tricky period of the game. But to start gesturing and moaning to a stand largely full...

I was listening to some of the 606 calls yesterday and found myself thinking: why does anyone expect Man Utd to be doing much better than they are this season? Yes, massive club and all that. But look at the current squad. Severely lacking in proven talent and exciting prospects. Why would they...

My cholesterol had been creeping up for many years and a blood test six or so months ago confirmed it was now a cause for concern. I'm 55, eat healthily and exercise daily. Haven't eaten meat for years and don't have a particularly sweet tooth. Drink a bit too much wine but not on a daily...

I was saying this at home just this weekend. Long way to go of course and I expect great things from several of our players. But if we press the pause button at this stage of the season and had to make the call, I'd be voting Veltman or Welbeck I think. Will be interesting to see how things pan out.

Almost gave up after the first couple of episodes but stuck with it and found myself quite enjoying it, and now looking forward to the next series. The storyline is almost comically flawed but I think you just have to go with it. Not all of the characters are well written or well acted. But...

I remember it very clearly, but it was actually “f*** off back to Barnet, Codnor”. Then some sniggering.

Quite odd that you hardly hear it at the Amex anymore. Yet it’s one that even non-singers will happily join in.

For some reason I was reminscing (with myself) about Richie Barker songs yesterday. The two I remember are "Barker the Bear" (Rupert the Bear style) and "Oo ah, Richie Bar-kar" (French national anthem/Eric Cantona style). Seem to remember that one generating a polite ripple of applause one...

Back to the Potter thing – I have no idea why people thought he might be in the frame for the England job. The only thing on his CV that would have been in his favour was the word "available". (This isn't anti-Potter vitriol, by the way. I'm pretty much over all that. I'm genuinely trying to be...

He's always reminded me of this little fella.

I haven't yet come across anything that goes really deep into the environmental costs involved in the manufacture of EVs, or the issues involved with disposal of batteries, so I have to keep an open mind about all that. However I can say it's a very nice feeling not having to pump dirty fossil...

Actually there were TWO twats with microphones, standing right next to each other. Maybe one has to take over the twattery from the other whenever they get tired of twatting.

Found myself in the same room as Kelly Cates this week, who was absolutely lovely and seemed happy to chat.

"Are we Worthing in disguise?" was one of the North Stand chants during one tricky spell in the Lloyd era. And I thought the mass waving towards the dug-out along with a chant of "bye-bye, Barry" when things were particularly difficult was a bit sad, even then. Really glad to see the respect...