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I find it hard to post at the moment - we have been having a difficult time which maybe later will get dealt with. For now I think the only things I'll post will be pointless crap about Cardiff City and stupid things. Always happy to argue about Pendolino trains though.

Nil nil nil nil nil nil

Our nil nil score against Spurs was a good result: against a 'top' Premiership side who fancy their chances in the cup. But it doesn't disguise the fact that although we are playing better again (since Gilbert came back?) we couldn't score in a brothel. Chopra has completely forgotten where the goal is, and our midfield - well, Scimeca - aren't scoring either. There was a horrible season a few years ago when we drew 23 games - exactly half - equalling somebody's crap record. We of course finished near the bottom of whatever league we were in at the time (third or fourth). We've only lost two in eleven games - sounds quite good - except we've drawn the other nine.

Meanwhile Dave Jones is having problems getting anyone to come to Cardiff. Luton don't want to sell Vine, Hoskins has gone to Watford rather than us. According to the BBC Jones has ay least £1.5m to spend. But on who? We need a couple of players to liven things up.

Mind you, Flood looked quite good today: completely different from the Luton game where he looked rubbish. Role on the replay.

It was 30 years ago tomorrow when Peter sayer's goal knocked out Spurs out of the cup. I remember that he used his bonus to buy a TR7. Seems like only yesterday. Could have used a goal today. Why is a Spurs fan asking me for a ticket for the replay?

Bloody Pendolino Trains

I hate them. Sitting on these damn trains that take you to the Midlands (and elsewhere - went on one to Preston earlier in the season) makes me feel nausious. The seats are too small, there's not enough legroom, the flow of air is dreadful, and the way they tip up going round corners makes me want to puke. Actually that's not completely true - it's the straightening up that makes me feel sick, I've discovered. Having done a few journeys to Birmingham recently I have discovered that the worst bit seems to be between Milton Keynes and Coventry. Why can't they build tracks straight? Or just get some nice French TGV trains?

The nonsense is that the tipping trains means they can go faster: except all that's happened is that the trains now get you to Birmingham at roughly the same speed they used to 20 years ago. I don't get it. I'm getting old and grumpy.

FA Cup Fever

On Sunday City are going to have the fun of playing Spurs in the FA Cup 3rd Round. Bizarrely some City fans are excited by this. Others less so - I have decided not to go to the game but to take the easy 'Sky' option. The question is would I have done this a few years ago? Certainly I went down to Ninian Park for the Leeds game (if you need to be told about this suffice it to say - we were in the third division, they were top of the premiership, we won, and there wasn't a "riot" whatever the press say), so I guess being in Division 2 (in old money) or "the Championship" has made me a bit blasé. But also we lost to Spurs in the league cup only a couple of years ago, and last year's big trip to Arsenal was so much more exciting. (Me and my old man 'took' the North Bank). Anyway, it also seem less exciting when you're watching a team that has slipped up so badly recently and you start to believe every game will be a 0-0 draw. We haven't won in weeks, nor even scored. Our players are tired and injured, Jones seems to have no idea how to get some of them playing again. Chopra is doing a fine impersonation of Andy Campbell, and the only hope for a draw is 0-0. However, I doubt that we'll be able to hold off Spurs, and we'll be very lucky to come away with 0-2. Now the problem is getting a babysitter for J while K and I go down the pub to see the game.

Catching up on stuff

As I wrote yesterday I feel the need to catch up on stuff in the blog. Not going to the pub tonight - staying in and watching Celebrity Big Brother and Desperate Housewives - so some time to do it, albeit briefly.

Christmas was cool, with all of us together. It was a really nice day for all of us. Lots of nice presents, too much to eat and nice to see my cousin Nathan and my Aunt Elizabeth, over from Washington and Virginia respectively. Shame their visit was so short.

Anyway - best Christmas Cracker joke: What animal would you like to be on a cold day?

A little otter.

The kids went away after 27th so K and I had a chance to relax, and have some fun too. This included trips to Islington shopping (sales, gift vouchers to spend etc), trips to the british library to look at maps and to the british museum to see french drawings. Lovely.

New Year's eve we went out and ate tapas in Holloway Road (much better than I remembered, I've not been there for a couple of years) and then went on to the disco at the Landseer, featuring DJ Nacho - who normally exists as just plain Nacho, the pub manager. It was fun, and we managed to stay up late, do a bit of dancing, do a lot of people (I should actually say nerd) watching, and get drunk.

This was followed the enxt morning by a trip to Luton with my old man to watch another City 0-0 draw. Eoight draws in ten games - and losing the other two. Down from being top to eighth. My start of season prediction of ninth is looking pretty good at the moment. Unfortunately I put no money on it.

Since then its been back to work - here today and yesterday, to Birmingham tomorrow, train ing next week. Pretty busy, which I guess is good, except I want the holidays to last for ever really..

Happy New Year

I've not bothered to post for many days now, and I feel like I have a lot to say about Cardiff City, Gerald Ford, Saddam Hussein and lots of other things such as how Christmas went an and and and and.... On the other hand I'm going to out to the pub.

Happy New Year!