This is it...
The time has come, After Derby Countys' less than brilliant performance in the Premiership last year and F*rests' "lucky streak", the 2 teams are set to meet tomorrow.

Come on you RAMS !!!!!

Euro 2008

Euro 2008 is less than an hour away, as there are no home teams there was no-one for me to support, however as I have paid 5 quid to enter the work sweepstake and have drawn France, this is now my adopted team, I am, for the next few weeks going to adopt the french way of life. As far as I know, this will involve the following

• Drinking wine with every meal.
• Riding a bike with a striped top and onions around my neck
• Shout alor and shrug my shoulders
• Drive like a madman

Please note: These "Stereotypes" are taked from the Harraps website and not my perception of French people at all, in fact I only know 2 French people, Bonjou Bonnie from the Royal Mail Days. and Jerome, the chain smoking, drinker Director of an IT company we worked with.

Vive La France

So... We're out of Euro 2008,

Time to reflect and think what if....

Out with the old...

Is it B*ll*cks, it's time to sack McClaren and bring in someone who will actually get us somewhere, he kicked Beckham out of the squad then realised he was being a tit so brought him back, apart from that, nothing much to write home about. I thought we could have done it but I guess it was not to be (again).

...In with the new?

My highlights of the second half (I'm a real life vide printer dont ya know)

56 Mins: The penalty that never was that brought us back to 2-1 but I'm not complaining

59 Mins: Still Croatia attack and still England makes mistakes, it's Carson who is saving our asses (glad James didn't come on, it could have been 4-1 now)

60 Mins: Cracking my2nd can of Stella cos we can do this

65 Mins: A Beckham cross to CROUCH THE HERO bringing us back to 2-2 (Give that man an OBE)

65 Mins: Texts from Ade and Tommo "Telling me so"

75 Mins: Seems as though we have relaxed a bit but we still need to win this game, or failing that not to lose it.

76 Mins: Could I have not just kept my stupid mouth shut, 3-2 Croatia

77 Mins: Text from Ade "Come on!"

78 Mins: Text from Tommo "We're not going to do it"

79 Mins: Darren Bent on for Joe Cole

83 Mins: Text to Tommo "At least we'll save a fortune by not going to the pub for the games next year"

83.5 Mins: Text from Tommo, apparently we'll still be going to the pub for the games.

85 Mins: Darren Bents' first touch of the ball and just skims over the net

85 Mins: Text from Ade "Hmmmm"

93 Mins: Game over and we are out...

94 Mins: Life goes on, Back to I'm a celebrity watching the freakshow that is Janice Dickinson.

Eur-over and Out...

... By the looks of things.
We're half-way through a football match that can only be described as "shit". I have just watched 46 minutes of what is abysmal, watching Croatia attack at every opportunity which has led to 2 goals for them and England seemingly letting them is beyond belief as the 2-0 scorelinw shows. Yes the goalie (Carson) was unfortunate in the first goal by not being behind the shot this was then followed by an "easy" 2nd goal.

We have 45 minutes to work our asses off and score at least 2 goals to keep us from going out of Euro 2008, I would like to see 3 maybe 4.

Let's not sit back and hope yet again that another teams results let us go through (Andorra v Russia).

So Come on McClaren, make your money in the next 45 minutes or you'll be looking for another job come tomorrow morning in the papers, and we'll all be hoping that Jose Mourinho is still available,

Oh and Mr McClare, bring would you Beckham, James and Defoe on and change the formation.

End of half-time result, back to the game and over to you Motty.

iPhone

So the iPhone has been released and all the daft punters are happily enjoying their expensive gadget. I still didn't want one.

It appears however, my iPod mini was set to self destruct at the mere mention of not wanting a newer iPod, and has now decided to run out of battery 5 minutes after each charge. Even google can't seem to give me a straight answer. So far I have restored the iPod to it's factory state, left it on charge for a couple of days, I'm now at the point where I may replace the battery if I dare.

So a week of freebies has led to a weekend of sh*t.

• My iPod playing up
• Watching 60 minutes of abysmal Derby County getting thrashed by the Hammers

The only real thing to look forward to is going back to work tomorrow after 5 months working at home with a dodgy knee, which I'm happy to say is at 90% better. (Thanks to a Forest supporting physiotherapist - boo!!!)

A Week of Freebies

I have had a great week of free stuff, however a week of problems

I went to the Aston Villa v Derby Football match on Saturday, and watched Derby get stuffed 2-0, blagged a lift home from one of the guests then managed to lose my wallet.

On Wednesday I went to the Man Utd v Dynamo Kiev game, drank and ate for free and got a "lovely" red and white scarf.

altogether now "The Championsssssss"

Yesterday I managed to blag a free SkyPe/Home Phone , although I don't know that many people with Skype accounts and the people I know that do have them, i normall talk to on Xbox Live anyway, I'm going to try getting my family with internet connections to get Skype accounts.


I'm just holding out for an iPhone now, (that I don't really want - and definately won't get).

Derby 1-0 Newcastle
About bleeding time. Well done and thank you "Super" Kenny Miller

Day 12 - Nothing to see Here
For the first time in what seems like years to me, but only a couple of weeks, I have had a very unevetful day,

No bloodtests, no operations, (not even a CRP test)
Of course I have my daily injection for DVT and my physio "Boot Camp" session, but apart from that, NOTHING HAPPENED.

I even managed to watch Match of the Day to see my beloved Derby get thrashed 4-0 by Tottenham - Pah !!!

The consultant again mentioned "Going home" as long as CRP drops tomorrow and Monday.

Now then, how do I get to watch the matches tomorrow...

• Blackburn v Arsenal
• Liverpool v Chelsea
• Man City v Man Utd

Super Duper RamsWe are Premiership, say we are premiership

Well done Derby County

A day out to Wembley, next years season ticket purchase and the stress of the playoffs has most definatlely been worth the wait/money/stress.

Unlike my Nottingham Forest and Yeovil Town supporting friends, we went all the way in what has been dubbed the most expensive football game in the world. (worth £60 million to the winner).

and we did it...... Oh yes we did it.

Well done super Rams, well done Billy Davis, and well done me for not getting completely rat-arsed that I slept through the game.

Shame it was/wasn't a sellout. The attendance was 74,500 of the 90,000 capacity, maths definately didn't add up there. Derby sold out in less than a day of the tickets going on general sale.

Garstang - Nothing to say?, if not, please change to your blog, Villa are no longer the "Midlands only Premiership Team", you will get beat by Birmingham AND Derby next year.

No Joke

An Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman each run a football team.

Unfortunately this isn't a joke, it's real life and we need the Scotsman to have the last laugh.....
Come on you RAMS !!!

EDIT: 23:06 - Denied... Lost to Crystal Palace which means we now have to enter the dreaded playoffs
Final to be played Monday 28 May

BBC Sport - Championship table