Beef Bagel

We’ve got a match tomorrow night. Just thought I’d let everybody know that. It’s important we try to think of other things than Chelsea, like for example remembering to turn up at the Lane to watch Spurs vs Braga, after all I’ve paid a whole £51 for that privilege. I think MJ and the boys know there’s something going on otherwise there wouldn’t be all this talk about injuries but other than that there’s barely been a peep about our European adventure.

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I hear the floorboards creaking in the Bakery, the stumble of a man, a tired man, a man in need of a leak. I know that decision. Your head is pounding, your mouth dry and you really don’t want to move. Movement could be painful, lethal but how long can you lie there too tired to rise, too damaged to sleep while the drip drip of urine collects in your bladder. How long can you hold it in?

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Been reading all about the anti-Semitic chanting at the game at the weekend? No? Well, surprise, surprise some of the West Ham fans are racist; not just Alf Garnett then. One particularly clever chap actually posted a video of him and his mates giving Nazi salutes and shouting, “Heil Hitler” (or more likely “Eil ‘itler” by the time it came out of their mouths) on You Tube. Unbelievable that he would be so proud of his actions to actually want to share them with the world. Cockneymatt88 is the name to look out for in forums or perhaps soon in the showers of your local penitentiary. Don’t drop the soap, Matt.

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Life moves quickly in football and although there’s a right Cockney barrell of monkeys out there still feeling the sting as if they’ve been hit by the world’s largest hornet, we must move on. For gentlemen and ladies, we have business to attend. Not only have we our league run-in to consider and consider with some great relish, but we’ve three cup ties to take care of in a matter of just 10 days. Blink and we could be on the canvass with bluebirds flying about our shaking heads, keep focused on the ball and this’ll be a season we’ll never forget.

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When a striker, who’s been waiting all season to score a goal, opens his account against your club, you just know it isn’t going to be your day. But then when a side with a good squad and a good manager are playing with such astounding relegation form, you know that not even an eight goal cushion would never be enough. So was the ballad of West Ham vs. Tottenham.

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The Metro Newspaper and Ask.com have teamed up to run a ‘Best of British Blogs’ competition for 2007. Three guesses as to what The Bagel’s about to ask. If you need a clue it’s written above.

Navigate here and nominate your favourite blog, which of course is this one. Tell them why and then tell all your friends to do the same. There’s a rather tiresome but breif registration process but the Roll With The Hole here would be most appreciative if you could make the effort on his behalf.

Thank you one and all,

The Bagel.

How fucking tedious? A player catches the headlines with a truly wonderful performance and the next thing we see he’s linked with Chelsea, Man U, Liverpool and the newly knocked out red team from Woolwich. Bull shit. Bullshit, that’s the most transparent crap I’ve ever read in my life and it makes me fume to read it. I’m fuming. The words are coming into my head faster than I can type them. My wpm have risen by a good 30 and there’s smoke snaking from my melting keyboard as I bash the space bar through the bottom of my laptop.

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