Oh, the pain...: the Mighty vs Middlesbrough

Firstly imagine Jurgen Klopp with his weird lazer eyes saying 'Ya, but this is the thing, although we always look to do the right thing, y'know, my boys, they are so careful, but what we need to do is abolish all the games with the lower leagues and then let us just play games...

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Mist, Madine magic and misery: Huddersfield Town vs the Mighty

I used to live in Huddersfield. It has an effect. I sometimes say "us' ouse" instead of "our/my house" but I will never ever stretch to describing a chip barm as a chip teacake. There are standards to maintain. Welcome to Yarkshire: Abandon all hopeIt's a very Huddersfield...

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Halfway point (squad review, numbers, too many words)

Welcome to the MCLF halfway report. It's like something you'd read in the actual paper but not as good because it's not got someone going 'oi, that's way too long and you've missed out the apostrophe there!'That's how you market a blog. I haven't got to the lofty heights of...

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Lost in Music: the Mighty vs Peterborough United.

When that fella sang 'It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas' I don't think he had a picture of crowds of nervous grey people shuffling about anxiously in his mind. I don't think 'Christmas Spirit' refers to a palpable sense of underlying unease either. I went to do some...

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Slow and slower (fuck the EFL): Derby County vs the Mighty

Things that happened today in no particular order. I saw the real life Rayne Wooney and he was wearing shitty bright white trainers. From the distance I was at, it looked like his mam had nipped down the Strand in Bootle and got him a pair of plastic knock offs. I noticed the...

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