So last week I decided to put a days holiday in for the first time since June or when ever it was I went to Spain (I think anyway 
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Thursday was a busy-ish day trying to make sure everything was sorted, and ended up typically staying a little later than normal to get a design & quote done that had appeared at 5pm :rollseyes: Like I said it’s typical Once I’d sorted myself some tea out, I went on COD 5 again, with the intention of trying to reach Prestige Level 1 before the weekend was out! Only problem was it seemed to be taking ages, but Lee Westwood came online with Ryan, and so we had a few games as a party and had a laugh, but by 12 I was shattered and couldn’t keep my bloody eyes open, so ended up in bed. Friday brought some good news, altho I was awake by 9am 
Received a letter through the post which I thought I’d better open, and then half expected the worst when I saw that it was on Northern Rock printed paper! After giving it a read it turned out to be good news, and thats to the rates coming down, I should be saving about £60 a month on my mortgage now! Happy days 
Time to start looking at other ways to sort my money out, and then I can start changing things for the better Did a bit of tidying in between playing a few online games and had a nice long soak in the bath which made me feel 10 times better than I did when I woke up, feeling as groggy as ever
Went to football, and it wasn’t the best turn-out, as q few of the lads had gone to Derby to watch the Derby vs Forest game but still a good few folks turned up. Were pretty even sides, and we all did our stint in net for once :p Scored a few good goals, my highlights being one where I saw Alanman coming out, so slid in, and kept sliding, and hooked the ball round him before he could get there, and kept sliding You know the kind! From there I buggered off home, and got Setanta on ready for the big East Midlands Derby game. Was an awesome atmosphere, and the first half belonged to Derby and they scored when they were on top, but 2nd half Forest came out all guns blazing, and scored almost a reapet of the Derby goal, getting it wide, low cross in, and an attacker dummying it for the bloke behind him to slot it home. John was behind the goal in the Forest end, and I text him to say the injury to Anderson looked pretty bad, and they’d said on telly he’d dislocated it and fractured it! It was a nothing challenge, but he did it with the way he fell.
Saturday morning I headed over to the coffee shop to meet my mother, and had a chat with her and Sue over a coffee or two, and then I said I’d take my mum over to Matalan and McArthur Glen as she was lending me some money, and I wanted to look at a few bits and bobs, and ended up with some new combats and a climafit vest from the Adidas shop that was marked at £40, but down to £15, so I bought it, Would be rude not too, wouldnt it! Dropped my mother off in town, and then sorted myself some food out, and then chille dout on the Xbox for a bit. Had a few games with Daz and chatted away to him, and before I knew it I’d reached the Holy Grail I’d been aiming for for a while now! Prestige Level 1 :lol; Having been called a GEEK the other day by Maddsy and Crit for playing the game a little to excessively maybe, I wanted to get to Prestige Level 1 atleast before calming down on it for a bit Spent the rest of the evening chilling out watching the 2nd film in The Matrix trilogy, having watched the first one on Friday night before bed, and found myself asleep by 12!!
Woke up bout 8:45 and got ready for football. Checked my phone at the exact moment I got a text message through from Maddsy with his order for breakfast! All because I mentioned I’d be round to his house after I’d got myself some MacDonalds. Picked up the order, and then ended up sat at the table with Kieran laughing at him as we were both going “You da man” We really do have a similar mental age me and that lad it’s great. Got to football, and was gutted to find myself on the bench, but I understood why, and part of me is glad, as we were absolutley shite! We couldn’t pass the ball for shit, and everyone was more interested in taking 5 players on, an scoring themselves! Maddsy pointed out at ha;f-time that it’s much easier, if surrounded by players, to pass the ball back to the thrower, rather than turn and try and take players on which is what certain players were doing, but one or two just scoffed as if they knew better! I didnt appreciate the abuse I got from the front 2 on sunday, for doing everyone a favour and running the line for the opponents, as they had a bare 11 men! Each decision was not even close! And on two or three occassions Maddsy even said they were miles off!
Match Report…
Although we have extended our unbeaten run to 9 games, todays performance was the poorest from the RandK team this season.
Credit must be given to Jewels 08, who despite struggling to pick up points recently gave their all and are unlucky not to be walking away with at least a point today.
Jock returned after his 35 day suspension but was largely disappointing like most of our players today.
For some reason we are not playing with a smile on our faces and it was as early as the 10th minute today before players started getting on their team mates backs. Mouthing off never solves anything, if something does’nt go right for you, get your head down and keep giving your all.
Today we played like primary school kids, when players shouted for the ball all you could here was the name of the player that had it, you need to shout were you are, in the middle, down the line etc etc.
Also today we were disappointing on throw-ins no one would make space then all of a sudden we had 3 players making the same runs. Its basics boys!
We did managed to get into a 2 nil lead thanks to Bud and another great finish by Nick, however a freak goal and poor tracking back resulted in Jewels equalising on the 40th minute mark. Good play by Nick resulted in Bud scoring to put our noses infront right on half-time.
Half-time 3-2
We started the second half in good form and were penning Jewels into their own half, however a jewels player was left unmarked to score a free header to bring the game back level.
At this stage we were all over the place again, subs were being made but no one took the game by the scruff of the neck. A collision between 2 Jewels players resulted in one of them with a suspected broken nose, and with no subs they had to play with 10 men, and we still could not finish them off!
In stoppage time we were awarded a penalty, this penalty is seen by the Jewels players and even some of ours as dubious, however the defender went in 2 footed on Winty and although did not knock him up in the air, he did clip him then the ball. No player can go in two-footed and get away with it as it is classed as Intent.
With the pressure on, Brad calmly stepped up and slotted the ball instead the Keepers right hand post and RandK played the out-of-jail card.
Jewels should take note from their performance today, on todays performance they should not be where they are in the league and i hope they claim a few scalps this season as they very nearly did today.
A real poor performance from the team today, if we play like this next week in the cup we will get spanked! Its up to you guys as players as to how much you want it now!
MOM – Rob, chosen by Col. A steady performance today but will be gutted with conceding 3 goals, something he has not done in the last 10 games.
Goal summary:
21 min – Richard Waring (7/10)
Chris Wint supplied the cross, and Richard Waring found the net from six yards out with a speculative left footed effort.
27 min – Nick Jones (9/10)
A spectacular individual goal and a moment of magic! Good lead up play from Scott Hart led to Nick Jones scoring from long range with the right foot.
45 min – Richard Waring (7/10)
Richard Waring fired home from close range with a speculative right foot goal, following a cross from Nick Jones.
92 min – Ste Bradshaw (8/10)
Penalty. Some good work from Chris Wint led to an offence in the box, and with a superb right footed shot Ste Bradshaw hit the mark.
Spent half the afternoon round at my mum and dads having my Sunday dinner, and messing about on the Wii! My dad never does things by the halves, and since my mum wanted the Wii fit when they bought it, but they’d run out when they bought the Wii, since then they’ve now got tennis racquet, baseball bat, Wii Fit, Wii Yoga Mat, Wii fitness mat, Wii personal trainer etc Only had a quick blast on pool, which is more difficult than I first imagined, but got the hang of it eventually 
Spent the evening watching the last of the Matrix trilogy, before being in bed quite early! Monday was a busyish day at work again, and then I ended up in the gym afterwards working on the chest! It was the first chest session in about 3 weeks, and it bloody hurt Explained to John that I was feeling so tired all the time, and he reccommended some Iron tablets and vitamins, as I’m obviously not getting enough from my diet! Which I think stems from the start of the year having my tooth out, then working the Autosport show !Now things have calmed down again, I can get back into a decent diet (apart from tonight when I’m having a large Dominos Pizza and Chicken Strippers Thats all for now
Bet that’ll make him feel a million times better when he’s having 1000 lashings with a cane or something 