Neil’s off to Germany for a whole month of World Cup fun - and I’m jealous.
He’s set up a blog so that we can follow him on his travels.
Football
So Long And Thanks For All The Smoothies
I’ve just finished a spell of contracting back at Sports Interactive, and I’d just like to say cheers to everyone there for making me very welcome once again.
It was scary how easily I fitted back in (and even scarier that I’m sure there were things in the fridge that have been there since I left last year).
The place is still completely bonkers in many ways, and I could feel myself getting dragged back into the arguments about coding that caused me to resign in the first place, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it - hard not to with such a nice bunch of people.
Football Manager 2006 is looking good too…
Next week I start The New Job(TM). Call me superstitious, but after the Dublin experience I think I’ll wait until I’m actually there before saying anything more…
QPR 0 - Charlton 3
Hmm…
Not a lot of good things to read into this score line, but then again I don’t think we should worry too much. We looked a bit shambolic in defence for all of the goals, but I guess they haven’t quite got the first team sussed yet, and there weren’t an awful lot of wise old heads at the back tonight.
My main concern is how toothless we looked up front. Mind you, starting with Santos playing up there doesn’t help, and switching to 4-5-1 after half time didn’t help either!
It was my first chance to see quite a few of the new boys. Mixed impressions:
Shimmin: looked confident and calm (maybe a bit too cocky), took the ball down nicely on his chest in situations where others might have hoofed it. Not too hot in the air though, which is a bit of a worry for a centre-back.
Hislop: not sure - quite nippy but looked a bit inexperienced, and knackered by the end.
Brown: not much in the way of attacking play - a bit anonymous a lot of the time.
Nygaard: I think he’s going to come in for a bit of stick, and he didn’t really do much to impress, although he didn’t get given much of a chance by Ollie. Managed to get beaten in the air quite a few times which takes some doing when you’re a 6’5” striker!
