The Lair

Rooney whacks English WC hopes in the metatarsal. It could have been worse, I suppose. No, actually. Scratch that, it could not have been any worse. If I didn’t see the challenge for myself on TV, I’d have thought one of the Chelsea players did that intentionally, but it was – to all intents and purposes – a harmless looking tackle. The Blues had already won the game, too. Anyway, that’s now left a “small” crack in the center forward position for England. Might I go as far as to say the World Cup chances are now an official lame duck? No, probably not – but most of the managers in the Premiership have voiced their doom and gloom already.

In other, slightly more cheery news: SL won against Derbyshire by 6 wickets. After the first innings debacle, I thought we were screwed – but shockingly, they seem to have recovered. I’m still thinking that the uncharacteristically late summer is going to cause problems for the batting in the tests proper, but at least we’ve done better with the opening tour matches this time around than in a few years – that’s something. Only, I also see that Slowdort might have cemented his place in the test side with his second innings performance and that, for me, is an absolute disaster.

And I’ve been spending time over the last couple of weeks watching the snooker; the final concludes tonight. It’s been a bit of a yawnfest this time around actually.