His Royal Dryness, The Duke of Cork

....and two refs. It was good to see the Blades finish on a high. First half, the Blades were good and deserved a goal without ever really threatening one. Positives were Camara up front, the industrious Ward, Jordan Stewart at left back and the man-mountain Derek Geary (for me) cementing his place at right back. Can't see Kyle Walker getting back in. Certainly doesn't deserve to. Williamson on the bench with Quinn starting I thought was a mistake. Ref was poor, but went off after about half an hour. I had time to get to the facilities and back after my two pints in The Red Deer before the match (well, it is Christmas!). The new ref wasn't any better, so rather than seeing a poor ref at the game, we saw two! Six minutes stoppage time at the end of the first half, I haven't seen the like of before. Second half turned into a dreary, dull affair without really being able to identify a reason for it. Luckily our one shining star at the club put in a quality free ki

All very cryptic. In the week that Swillsborough somehow got chosen ahead of Beautiful Downtown Bramall Lane for the 2018 bid, we've at least managed another point away from home. The Wendy lost at home (McCauley out!) I don't know if being part of the 2018 bid means you get some cash from somewhere. If not, Wednesday may well have to put a load of work in for what will probably get award to somewhere in the Middle East as they're the ones with all the cash (it seems) Oh well, seems like Blades are getting better. Will settle for a point away to QPR. QPR 1 - Blades 1 (also Wendy 0 - Swansea 2)

Just heard Brian Laws has been sacked. Unbelievable! Has to be the worst decision since the Wendy got rid of Tricky Trevor when they were top half of the league (as I recall). Entertainment at its best! Cheerio, Brian. I was worried you would turn the club around. This has to be a mis-quote, but I enjoyed it :- "Brian Laws has done a very good job at Sheffield Wednesday in the light of the low level of resources at his disposal in the first two years of his time with the club," added Laws. from http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/8410561.stm

Back to the good old days. Blades worked hard and played some lovely football. Deserved to win by a few more goals. Palace were poor and apparently they had a virus in the team, so maybe that explains why they didn't look like a "typical" Warnock side. Good performances throughout. Williamson got up and down well. Ward was always dangerous. Defence looked solid (Walker didn't make as many silly mistakes as Tuesday) Saw Williamson's goal back on TV and it may not have crossed the line, so maybe our luck is turning. Ref and linesmen were appalling, but it seems that what we have to accept that as the norm these days. At half time, they lobbed out about 250 T-shirts using a T-shirt cannon. I watched them closely, not because I hope to get one, but because I expected them to fire one straight into someone's front row face! Fortunately health and safety remained healthy and safe. They also unveiled another (third) mascot. Captain Beaky (I think). I'

Forest have to be the modern equivalent of the cheating, un-sporting Leeds team of the 70s. Thankfully, I never had to see dirty Leeds in their ingloriousness (if that's even a word) but sadly I've had to watch this Forest side a couple of times now. Dull, boring and they time-waste from the kick off. Gary Speed summed it up: they came for a draw and they'll be delighted. Blades were by far the better side and created some good chances. One magic ball from Harper to Quinn and another from someone (could have been Taylor) to Killgallon were superb and showed a touch of class I haven't seen for a while. Henri Camara looked good when he came on. Possibly worth a start on Saturday. Walker needs to be dropped or swapped for Naughton. With Geary back to fitness, I would play him. Walker's passing and attitude are getting worse by the game. But we welcomed back the one and only MONTY! He was superb. Getting stuck in, passing the ball nicely. Got booked for some

Was decorating this weekend with my Dad (thanks, Dad!) and we listened to the dullest ever game I can remember. We were both looking forward to doing some glossing (yes, that's how bad it was) and were just about to dip our brushes when up pops Harper. A minute or two dancing round the lounge, with KE on the radio saying we probably didn't deserver it and then we started painting. Forest next. Seen the goal - it finds its way through a forest of players into the bottom corner. Another 3 points! The table don't look too bad, either. Looks bad for the Wendy, though :-)