West Brom

Benno (@Benglorious):   The Bobbins:  A Tale of Trying King Alexander had ruled Traffordonia for nearly thirty years.  He was much respected by his enemies and beloved by his people because during his reign the kingdom had flourished, and was the envy of the whole world.  Alexander knew that his time as king was coming […]

Ben (Benglorious): Sunderland are the only team in the Premiership that use the full “A.F.C.” in their name.  Apart from Arsenal when they shorten their name and say the whole thing as an acronym.  Or Aston Villa when they both acronym (verb?) their name and drop the “Villa” bit.  And West Bromwich Albion when they […]

  It’s a shame that the first thing we find ourselves saying – if we’re being honest – is how poor West Brom were/are. But they were, and they are and there’s no shame in being honest, honestly. If you can honestly say that you are ashamed of being honest then honestly that’s a shame. […]

Ben (Benglorious): Yet again it feels like an eternity since we last played, particularly because during our last outing we got our arses handed to us by some Greek team that nobody knows how to spell. In the interim leading up to today’s visit to the Hawthorns, we’ve seen United’s legal team start proceedings against […]

I was still away in Madrid during this game, so again, am posting my post-match thoughts through the medium of the text conversations with Bifurcated David and Liverpool Rob… ME: *Hola mi chico! Do you mind awfully letting me know the scores of the main title protagonistas del dia. Gracias. Luego. Amor. bX* BD: *Surely […]

Presuming we’ve beaten Liverpool mid-week, ‘cus why wouldn’t we? Moyes needs a big win to follow that up, to convince fans he’s on some sort of track. (I’m on holiday at the moment (writing this on Tuesday), hence the poor effort. Business as unusual for the Champions League.) Prediction: 5 – 1. Danny with his […]

Sticking with the bullet point theme: Good result. What? Yes, that’s it. MOTM: RVP. Just because.

We’re inviting some of our Twitter friends, and now resident thought sharer Iwan Lenhert, to share some of their ‘Pre and Post Match’ thoughts with us from now on. You can still enjoy my nonsensical, confusing punctuation buffets below their proper good ones… Iwan (@IwanLehnert): If there was one thing that had me mightily worried […]

We’re inviting some of our Twitter friends, and now resident thought sharer Iwan Lehnert, to share some of their ‘Pre and Post Match’ thoughts with us from now on. You can still enjoy my nonsensical, confusing punctuation buffets below their proper good ones…   Iwan (@IwanLehnert): Where exactly did that winner come from? For all […]