Anag Ram

Tomorrow is the day our season turns around.
We will restart a winning run which culminates in Wembley success 🐏🥂🏆

Tomorrow is the day our season turns around.
We will restart a winning run which culminates in Wembley success 🐏🥂🏆

Sounds like a brilliant lineup!

Various blasts from the past at the moment.
Had Morrissey at the Hammersmith Apollo which was an absolutely brilliant night. Next up it's the Inspirals at Shepherd's Bush, and then just bought Interpol tickets for Somerset House.

We have a wealth of talented midfielders and forwards and it’s tempting to want to pick them all and destroy the opposition.
Trouble is, you need to get the ball first and stop them from playing.
Rice and Phillips play well together. Whilst Phillips is relatively limited as a player, he has a fantastic engine and does all the stuff a manager could want from him. Also, Rice has developed into an all-round player and isn’t just defensive.
Pairing them allows Bellingham to do what he’s good at, transitioning defence into attack.
It’s a good blend.
Also, Harry Maguire has become a hate figure. No matter how he plays, people won’t want him in the team. What you can say is he has experience.
There are very few good English centre halves in the Premier League. If we play Stones, we need a solid CB alongside him and I can’t think of one better than HM at the moment.

We have a wealth of talented midfielders and forwards and it’s tempting to want to pick them all and destroy the opposition.
Trouble is, you need to get the ball first and stop them from playing.
Rice and Phillips play well together. Whilst Phillips is relatively limited as a player, he has a fantastic engine and does all the stuff a manager could want from him. Also, Rice has developed into an all-round player and isn’t just defensive.
Pairing them allows Bellingham to do what he’s good at, transitioning defence into attack.
It’s a good blend.
Also, Harry Maguire has become a hate figure. No matter how he plays, people won’t want him in the team. What you can say is he has experience.
There are very few good English centre halves in the Premier League. If we play Stones, we need a solid CB alongside him and I can’t think of one better than HM at the moment.

We have a wealth of talented midfielders and forwards and it’s tempting to want to pick them all and destroy the opposition.
Trouble is, you need to get the ball first and stop them from playing.
Rice and Phillips play well together. Whilst Phillips is relatively limited as a player, he has a fantastic engine and does all the stuff a manager could want from him. Also, Rice has developed into an all-round player and isn’t just defensive.
Pairing them allows Bellingham to do what he’s good at, transitioning defence into attack.
It’s a good blend.
Also, Harry Maguire has become a hate figure. No matter how he plays, people won’t want him in the team. What you can say is he has experience.
There are very few good English centre halves in the Premier League. If we play Stones, we need a solid CB alongside him and I can’t think of one better than HM at the moment.

I’m away that week so they’ll win 😊

Third series of Race Across the World starts tonight.

Oh yes you are correct. I loved that dump too. 

Curtis Davies is finished as a player. Superb servant, just past it now.
 I got lambasted when I said it a few weeks ago but I think people will see it.
We’ve done okay with Cashin and Forsyth at CB. Roberts played well at LB and Smith, despite being the softest player we’ve ever had, has been okay at RB.
That’s our best defence.
Bird will prove his worth again, Knight is a must and McGoldrick (not the one we saw today) obviously starts.
That is the basis of a top six side.
 I like Dobbin because he keeps defenders busy.
We can come back but it’s a mental battle now.
 I saw players unable to play a ten yard pass today. That’s scrambled brains.
For some reason we keep getting sucked in to kick and rush tactics. Strong characters need to get the team playing it on the ground.
We are technically superior but physically inferior to most teams in the league.
If the players can work that out, we’ll be okay.

Poom, Poom, Poom, Poom
Poom, Poom, Poom, Poom
Poom, Poom ….
Poom?
 

Sorry to hear you’re ruff!
 
Gotta go, high-pitched alarm going off somewhere ?

Sorry to hear you’re ruff!
 
Gotta go, high-pitched alarm going off somewhere ?

Sorry to hear you’re ruff!
 
Gotta go, high-pitched alarm going off somewhere ?

Poom, Poom, Poom, Poom
Poom, Poom, Poom, Poom
Poom, Poom ….
Poom?
 

She meant free

He looked good didn't he! Most of my betting is on the Exchanges and I actually laid him for £500. £750 dropped and suffice to say I shan't be laying him again at any price, but in my defence, I'd rate him as having run at least 10lbs better than anything we'd seen from him before. 
And no, I didn't get the 66/1. I grabbed the girly and took her off to buy her a treat and have a celebratory cocktail shortly after the GC but I looked at the race after and I'd not have sorted that horse if you gave me half a dozen picks. The 5 back bets were the ones posted along with Lossiemouth in the opener who I felt was banker material. A good day but also a lucky one.

I'm playing Scrabble with Midge Ure.

I've only got 4 letters left, but they mean nothing to me. OVNR.

Fair play to Mullins. He's been saying GDC would win the gold cup for a year. I wasn't convinced 3 miles 2, fiercely run on tiring ground at a stiff track was within his compass, but it's actually his stamina that won him the race. Young horse too. My guess is he'll be rated somewhere in the low to mid 180s after that and the way he's put that to bed without jumping terribly well was deeply impressive. If he stays healthy, you'd think he'd emulate stable mate Al Boum Photo and defend his title next year.
As for old Protektorat, he ran 4th with only 3 e/w places on offer but he ran his heart out so I can't complain. Ironically, it was him whose stamina failed. Shows how much I know! 
The tip I'd give all and sundry is if you've not been before, treat yourself to a day at the festival next year. There is nothing like it anywhere in the world and if you think the noise of the crowd at Pride Park can be loud, try 300k screaming a well backed favourite home. £55 quid today, which ain't bad for the best racing festival out there, but factor in a taxi as local hotels absolutely take the piss.
Hope you fellow NH enthusiasts had a good one. Same time next year.  
 

Can’t go again due to rail strikes.
Hope everyone who goes has a great day out ?

Wildsmith 
Rooney Fozzie Cashin Roberts 
Bird Smith 
Knight Sibley Hourihane 
McGoldrick