The Barn Door

The Barn Door

Just close your eyes, picture this if you can

Mad money each week, yet still only a man

You’re given the chance from just twelve yards away

It’s now four defeats in the last seven played

Fortress called Anfield is a thing of the past

Four wins in thirteen, faithful sit there aghast

Opposing teams keepers who a cold couldn’t catch

Coincidence they’re all getting man of the match?

Always conflict and drama surrounding the club

Would have been better handled by a few down the pub

Fire fighting not football the name of the game

Cantankerous Kenny adding fire to the flame

Why can’t they just put the ball in the net?

Creating the chances without being a threat

That barn door from training will just have to go

Relying on Bessie and her five string banjo

6 penalites missed already this season (not including shoot outs). Again last Saturday you had players fighting over the ball, this should be all sorted out in advance.

Dire home form resulting in no chance of Champions League qualification.

An appalling 8.5% success rate from chances created.

If only Torres had stayed, he'd have 40 goals.

Deception

Deception

That lad Sturridge, he’s so cool

Clint Hill taken for a fool

Why isn’t his head hung in shame?

This is no longer a fair game

Adam Johnsons in the box

Thinking of who he’ll outfox

Ahead Chris Baird and falling snow

Who put him down? We’ll never know.

A dive inside the Chelsea area?

No, not that cad from far Bulgaria

The Serb removes his leg to show

Daniel Wellbeck, callous throw

All the Spurs fans gaily sing

Bale goes marching down the wing

Agger takes his leg away

Here’s hoping he’ll stay up one day.

The game is plagued by cheating but it's become far worse in recent weeks.

I wasn't even going to write about it because its endemic but when I saw that Alan Shearer on MOTD last Saturday night condoning Adam Johnson's blatant dive, that was the last straw.

It's ruining the game.

Good article here on the whole sorry mess.

Poor Gareth Bale.

This week I'll be mostly listening to...

Nice melodic offering from School of Seven Bells
It's called Lafaye.



A song from Australian artist Gotye featuring New Zealand singer Kimbra called "Somebody I Used to Know"

Despair

Despair

Sometimes I get the feeling where

In order to write I need despair

Cue Bolton away

Last Saturday

And clumps of my remaining hair.

Glen Johnsons defensively weak

Maxi’s too scared and too meek

Charlie Adam, not pretty

Andy Carroll, a pity

That’s just my shortened critique

Dirk and Pepe, our always secure

Looking out of form and unsure

Not fatalistic,

Uncharacteristic,

It’s all quite hard to endure

Tactics must be stared in the face

A defensive midfielder replaced

Standards need mending

The Season is ending

Will the Carling Cup save us from grace?

Top 10 songs of 2011

At Number 10 it's Ghostpoet, he was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize this year and rightly so, this song Liines is from his album Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam.



Number 9 is Swedish songstress Lykke Li, her album Wounded Rhymes was one of the albums of 2011 and this for is the best song on it, called Rich Kids Blues.



Loved Number 8 the second I heard it, it's called Goldstar and is by Belfast band Cashier No 9.



At Number 7 are Pete and the Pirates who released a super album in 2011 called One Thousand Pictures, this song called Half Moon Street.



The Strokes came back in 2011 with a new album called Angles and while it didn't set the world alight for me there were a few stand out songs.
and in at Number 6 pop pickers, is Call Me Back.



Metronomy had quite a few nice tunes out this year on their album The English Riviera, this for me was by far the best, The Look at Number 5.



Number 4 appeared quite late in the year but love this song,
Daughter and Home.



Heard Number 3 first when they played it at Glastonbury and while I wasn't a huge fan of them before this I thought this was amazing.
The Horrors and Still Life



Number 2 is The Drums and Money from their difficult second album Portamento.
The kids love this one and so do I.



and finally Number 1 tune for 2011 is The Vaccines and Post Break Up Sex.
One of the most beautiful songs I've heard in manys a year.

No time to write poetry

My favourite song this week by Daughter called Home.




Here's another super choon from Pete and the Pirates.
She doesn't belong to me.

This week I've been mostly listening to........

Nice little tune from DJ Shadow with Little Dragon.



and also this little ditty by I Break Horses, called Wired.