No Brian McDermott

In the words of Del Boy, bonjour...

Today sees the start of my blog bouncebackability, and I really must start with a complaint at the fact Mozilla Firefox doesn't even recognise bouncebackability as a word. Do none of the developers watch Soccer AM? Lovejoy and Chamberlain fought hard for that word to be included in the dictionary, and Mozilla developers have just shunned it. Poor effort Mozilla.

Bouncebackability - The Soccer AM legacy in the Oxford English Dictionary

Flamingo Land will be an interesting place to be tonight. Leeds United are making the trip there, ahead of their game against Middlesbrough tomorrow. Tonight's event sees manager Brian McDermott taking part in a Q&A with supporters, and after the events of the past 3 weeks at Leeds United, I'm certainly intrigued to know what Brian thinks of the situation. Obviously, his position at the club means he can't say too much, but he's still going to have an opinion on everything that has gone on. If only I was going, seeing Brian McDermott explain the takeover situation to the ring-tailed Lemurs would certainly be interesting...

"And then this Cellino bloke turns up and sacks me. Boy that was bizarre..."

As a Leeds United fan, Brian McDermott has certainly captured my heart and mind. The manner in which he conducts himself during such a difficult time is admirable. He could have thrown the toys after the Deadline Day incident with Cellino. He could have walked away. But, he came back, and has since tried to build a relationship with Cellino himself. Massimo is even sending him some guitars over from Cagliari. They're building quite a relationship... Either that, or the guitars are a compensation package for the next time Cellino sacks him.

 

Brian's knocking on Cellino's door...

The Winter Olympics have certainly had me interested, with Team GB set to at least equal their record medal haul of 4. We're at a massive disadvantage in this country when it comes to the Winter Olympics, due to the fact that when it snows in this country, everything comes to a standstill. Across the world, you'll see countries just going about their daily business when it's snowing, but the first sign of snow here, and we instantly panic. Flights are cancelled, schools are closed, and all anybody does is sit inside, or throw snowballs at each other. I say, to give us a better chance of winning more gold medals, we introduce 'snowman building' and 'snowballing' as Olympic sports. I'm sure that these have been suggested many times jokingly, but I'm deadly serious here. The rules and criteria you would be judged on are as follows:

• Snowman building - The quality of the snowman built. A number of independent judges check the positioning of the nose, eyes, mouth and buttons. They also check positioning of the arms, and see if they match in relation to each other. The roundness of each part of the snowman must also be checked. The rounder it is, the better your score.
• Snowballing - Teams of 5, with 2 members getting 5 minutes to build defences before the main event. It'll be played in a knockout format, perhaps like that of the World Cup/Champions League etc. A group stage, followed swiftly by the knockouts. Technology similar to that used in Laser Tag is used to register the number of the hits. Hawkeye will also play a role (only because I like it, no other reason. My Olympic sport, my rules.), although I'm not sure how.

Watch this space. By 2018, I'm sure you'll be seeing these sports beamed into your living room, and you'll have me to thank for it.

Snowman Building - Coming to a Winter Olympics near you...

Until my next moan/Brian McDermott praising session,
Paul.