England Squad Reaction

Ok, I realise the title of this blog is a major turn-off for quite a few denizens of the internet, but I wouldn't be doing my patriotic duty as an English football fan if I didn't react to it at all.

It is important to note at this point that I am a diehard spurs fan, and the views in this blog may not be representative of football fans nationwide.

So there I was at work, relatively busy, and very glad that my lunch break coincided with Roy Hodgson naming his first England squad, the 23 noble men given the ultimate task of any sportsperson, representing their country on an international stage.

Now, bearing in mind a frankly embarrassing World Cup performance, signalling the beginning of the end for the great square-faced muppet lookalike himself, I was hoping for something a little more departed from that squad. The same old faces have underachieved again and again for England, and most of them are now getting to the age where it can be seen as perfectly reasonable to tell them to get stuffed and move over for some real talent.

It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights

Right?

Wrong.

It appears Roy is already in the FA's pocket. The only notable face missing from the World Cup squad is a player who really should have been included in the place of the wife-cheating, possibly-racist liability that we call John Terry.  I mean, really, I would be surprised if he even makes it off the plane before finding himself staring at the wall of a Ukrainian prison cell.

So that's beef number one, Ferdinand should be going instead of Terry. People may counter this argument by saying Rio won't be able to play every game, but they're forgetting Wayne Rooney has been included in the squad, even though he may only be eligible for one game in the whole tournament if we crash out in the group stages.

Beef number two, Stewart Downing. Why? Why Stewart Downing? He has been the Premier League's least productive player this season, scoring and creating the exact same amount of goals as me. None. It's an absolute waste of a squad place, considering infinitely more useful players, such as Aaron Lennon and Adam Johnson, even Danny Murphy, were completely overlooked.

It's time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight...

Beef number three, Frank Lampard. Painfully average all season, picked not on merit, but more for the fact that we always pick him, no matter how well he's been playing. It's about time an England manager had the bollocks to drop some of the recurring big names from our team and start picking players based on form and confidence.

Which brings me to my final rant. Andy Carroll. Much has been made of him this season, which is understandable given that he's only scored 4 goals after signing for Liverpool for £35m from Newcastle. I can see why Hodgson picked him, he was looking for someone to bully defences and give us an aerial presence in the box. That's fine, I get that, but then why not Grant Holt or Peter Crouch? They've both scored more than twice as many goals as Carroll this season, doing the same thing he's been picked to do.

Who doesn't want to see this again?

Anyway, I should really end on a positive note, as I'm supposed to be supporting this team in a months time after all. It's great to see that in the squad overall, 9 different clubs are represented, and all the players play in the country they're representing. I don't believe any other country can claim that is the case with their squads, proving once and for all that the Premier League is the best in the world.

~Flynny

Future Lawyers Are Pretty Dumb Sometimes

You know, working in customer service can give you a great insight into how different people are.

I work for an exam board here on our little island, an exam board delivering Law qualifications, at that. If some of the phone calls I get are anything to go by, our system is going to be completely screwed within about 10 years.

I'm always amazed by the number of people we get complaining about one thing or another, then getting frustrated when we tell them it's all within our regulations.

'Don't quote regulations at me!'

'Tell me why!'

'So what, is that it then?'

I mean, you would think, of all people, students of the law would understand. You read things before you sign them. You think things through before you do them. You don't phone up and complain about rules and regulations, because that's exactly what you're hoping to specialise in!

On a lighter note, we do get some hilarious questions and excuses from people.

I'm not allowed to reveal them on here though, customer privacy and all that, rules is rules.

Here's a picture of an alcoholic baby, to end this ramble.

~Flynny

Right, Seriously Now...

There has to be an easier way to find people on this thing. All I've managed so far is clicking on the 'next blog...' button and coming up with a series of blogs that are long deceased. God rest their electronic souls.

I mean, for a company world famous for their search engine and user-friendliness, you would think they would make it a little bit easier. Am I right? Or just being obtuse?

Alright, alright, I just need more patience, it's a virtue, apparently. If I do end up following anyone, it'll be a miracle that I've found all the right buttons, so you should be pleased, k? Of course, if you'd like to make it easier for me by randomly stumbling across my little blog, and following me, I will of course check you out. I might even find the right button to follow you back, but hey, who knows?

Wish me luck!

~Flynny

First!

Uhhhhh.... hi?

So, owing to the fact that I can't log in to Warcraft to finally hit the level cap for the first time in my life, I'm starting a blog instead.

The award for lamest opening sentence to a blog goes to..........

If you can't tell, I'm a bit of a geek, and I don't particularly care. But I'm not your standard, everyday geek, oh no. I'm a beer-swilling, all-singing, no-dancing behemoth of geekiness. I'm a big football fan, I listen to a wide variety of music, and I don't live in my mum's basement. So suck on that.

I'll be posting all sorts of crap on here, seeing as I have no idea what I'm really doing. I've always liked the idea of having a blog, but I'm a bit worried I may not be self-centered enough to keep writing about myself all the time. In which case I'll write about a variety of other things. Music, games, sports, anything that pops into my head, yadda yadda yadda.

Don't you just hate awkward introductory posts? You know, the ones where some guy sitting on his laptop tries to be funny, thinking it might be the slightest bit endearing? The ones where people don't really know what they want their blog to be yet, so they just try not to end up looking like a total douche? Yeah, those ones.

Anyway, enough blah, I'm going to look for some blogs to follow so I can get an idea of what you lovely people are like.

~Flynny