The eye of Sauron.....

[Whiskyman]

Buying players who've outlived their shelf life is nothing new to West Ham mate, as you no doubt well know. John Lyall brought in Stewart Robson, amother fine player who Arsenal would never have sold in a million years had he not been damaged goods. Twitchy bought in some gems. diCanio and Trevor Sinclair being two of the best imo, but we also saw the likes of Suker, Dumitrescu,and who can ever forget Neil Ruddock, Titi Camara and Gary Charles FFS. Curbishley's piece de resistance was the never to be forgotten duo of Kieron Dyer and Freddie Ljungberg. And then fast forward to Carroll and Wheelchair. And of course Hart who you mentioned.

It really is laughable. But I doubt if too many people will be laughing tomorrow evening. Chelsea are looking very useful at the moment and if we play our normal game of conceding posession at every opportunity it could get very messy indeed. Good opportunity for Rice to impress one of his potential next employers though.

Coronavirus has proved to be a clever little fucker. It's killed off thousands, but mostly those not long left on this mortal coil. And my heart goes out to the families of those affected. But it's also made the world a far greener place. There are some cults who firmly believe it's an Act of God that saved the planet.

There is an American politician, can't remember his name but he is from the great state of Kansas, who was arguing something along those lines. He also used the term "economically inactive" and "economically negative" to describe many who had fallen off their perches, despite being in his late 60s himself. He explained he meant they were net takers from the economy and not contributors to it.

He also raised the green issue but his general point was that the US should reopen for business as usual to avoid further damage to the economy.