Anag Ram

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 

Wildsmith
Smith   Davies   Cashin   Forsyth
Bird   Hourihane
Mendez-Laing   Sibley   Dobbin
McGoldrick

Subs: McGee, Roberts, White, Knight, Barkhuizen, Springett, Collins

I'd go with the below to start with:
                   Wildsmith
Rooney  Forsyth  Cashin  Roberts
                  Smith  Bird
   Mendez-Laing  Sibley  Dobbin
                 McGoldrick
With Hourihane coming on for Bird and Collins coming on for Didzy if they tire.
Also... Congrats to Fozzy for breaking into our top 30 appearance makers of all time with 300 appearances. Takes some doing in modern football! I imagine he'd be closer to 400 too if it wasn't for a couple of bad injuries.
COYR! ?

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

She meant free

Very Natty. 

She meant free

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

Isn't there a song about this..."All I want for Krystian are his two front teeth"?

You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em
Know when to walk away and know when to run
Every gambler knows that the secret to survivin’
Is knowin’ what to throw away and knowing what to keep
 
Kenny Rogers - the Gambler.
Wise words when it comes to ageing footballing trouble makers too ?

I’d see McGoldrick, Dobbin and Sibley as a powerful attack.
We would need the midfield to stay solid behind it.

I’d see McGoldrick, Dobbin and Sibley as a powerful attack.
We would need the midfield to stay solid behind it.

Could someone on Love Island please tweet something controversial? Please? Please?

Could someone on Love Island please tweet something controversial? Please? Please?

I actually preferred the second series.
Yes, it’s contrived, like all reality TV. However, he knows how to draw an audience. He also knows how to play us so we  root for him against the village. In spite of all of that, he seems quite an affable character.
I found the series hugely entertaining, even though it’s part comedy, part reality.
 

Shameful. Not a lot else to say really, except well done France. They were every bit as ruthless as our lads were cowardly. A good few beers needed to reset after that shower of s****.

Social media is supposed to be a platform on which people can share their opinions.
As long as they don’t break any laws or incite bad behaviour they should be able to express their views.
We live in a world in which if a few people are offended, a person is vilified and the mob demands their head.
Lineker is a good presenter. I don’t agree with all of his views but he’s entitled to them.
On the flip side I enjoy football without punditry. I don’t need someone else to tell me what I’ve just seen.
Imagine if, instead of an ad break in a drama, they switched to a studio so someone could explain what’s happening and why someone is behaving in a certain manner.
MOTD is gogglebox for the casual fan.
The BBC has lost the plot.