Wed 16th December

Ada is back in training and hoping to be available foe the weekend.  Richie Green is doubtful with the same back strain that kept him out of the Oldham exhibition and Uncle Ray appears reluctant to pitch the two rookies together again in an environment that will be far more testing than the one at Boundary Park.

Lancaster Gate-gate rumbles on as our 2006 World Cup bid appears to be in jeopardy as a consequence of yesterday’s news.  The newspapers seem to be going a bit soft as they give Kelly a fairly easy ride of it.  They do however put themselves in a possible libellous situation by reporting that he is a Blackpool fan.  I’d sue for that, I can tell you.  

Maybe he is a Blackpool fan after all.  That’d explain where he got his charmless personality from.   David Mellor chair of the Football Task Farce demands the resignation of Mr Wiseman on national TV.  He cites respect for the post as a reason to quit. 

Now correct me if I'm wrong but didn’t he wriggle & fight tooth and nail trying hang on to his cabinet post when he got caught out dabbling in a bit of extra curricular by the tabloids?  Didn’t he refuse to resign?

The European draws took place and pitted Man United against Inter Milan.  The other survivors in the Champions league are Real Madrid,  Bayern Munich, Kaiserslautern,  Juventus,  Dynamo Kiev and  Olympiakos.  The elite are, as Doug Ellis told Dwight Yorke,  in the UEFA Cup and they line up as Celta Vigo,  AS Roma,  Lyon,  Parma,  Marseille,  Bordeaux,  Athletico Madrid and Bologne.  Proof,  if it were ever required,  that Douggie is full of shite.