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Grant's Glasgow Banter
Santino67:
Just finally watched Moneyball, directed by and starring Brad Pitt as has-been pro baseball player Billy Beane, now General Manager of the Oakland Athletics. Based on factual events around the 2001 & 2002 seasons, it"s a very interesting take on how The A"s took on the baseball big boys with a far smaller budget. Other than that I won"t give any more away, other than to say there are some fine strong performances and if you like baseball or know anything about the game, then you"ll surely love this 8)
Think Rounders for poker players ;)
Santino67:
All gone a bit Van Per-shaped!
So all teams have now played their opening games in Euro 2012 and I for one have been rather bored till today. Add to that the fact that I pinned my hopes from day 1 for a Netherlands win and Van Persie as top scorer :D So it really couldn"t have started much worse for me. Thankfully I"m feeling much more inspired following the Greece v Czech and Poland v Russia games this evening, particularly from some of the fantastic intricate play and movement during the latter.
After watching the first lot of games I can only suggest that the likes of Netherlands, Spain & France could play with the same kind of direct approach and urgency, as opposed to trying to walk the ball into the opponents area. Not only would it be far more entertaining but would possibly reap them more rewards.
Here"s hoping Van Persie & Co put it into practice, play with a bit more width and flair, don"t rely so heavily on Schneider and get themselves back in the running ;)
nosey-p:
The first rounds of games in any tournament are always cagey; it should liven up now as in last night. I'm on the Germans
Des:
--- Quote from: Santino67 on June 09, 2012, 13:53:00 PM ---
Been reading the blog of Sir Des of All APAT and his opening salvo brought back some really fond memories of my mum, who many of you will know passed away in January 2011. Today would"ve been her 72nd birthday and I have a tendency to look back on the good with a smile, as opposed to sadness.
What Des wrote about his bus trip reminded me about the strange way your brain operates after a bereavement. She was the first person to enter my head when I won the Scottish APAT in July, simply coz I knew she"d have an even broader smile that me at that exact moment. She"d also be over the moon to know I"ll be captaining Scotland at DTD in August when we all meet up for the ECOAP. Even now, I"ll occasionally still pick up my mobi and go to phone her and for some strange reason still have her number on my phone.
So here"s to Wee Mo, Happy Birthday Mum, Love you always :)
--- End quote ---
Nice post Grant.
Santino67:
Just back from a couple of days in St Andrews and while I was there became slightly confused. Weren"t these clowns moonlighting in Ukraine over the past 10 days? ::)
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