PART THREE:Come in. Sit down. Shut up.
This to me, is part 3 of the season. Part two started after the final International break. The question we were asking ourselves was - could we recapture that rhythm we'd got going straight away, or will it take time? It took time, and we're still to really recapture it. We've been very busy tho, and there's been some fine wins along the way. Some draws too. Seven points between us and Chelsea. Beat Swansea. Beat Chelsea, then maybe some quarters will be able to tentatively pat their eyes. A scratch of the chin? Hmmnnn... maybe I guess.
Coutinho's back. Which is nice. Just his mere presence lifted the team when he came on at Old Trafford, and a slight, brief moment of hush came from the home fans too. Just very slightly they stepped back a bit... which he can make people do too... will everyone else be wired up to him is the question.
It's also quite nice to be out there first. Played a few games recently 'as black' ... the squad don't seem to look at it that way, but they do. So we bag 3 points this Saturday, and we're brave on the ball and we smile.
I was going to write about the city of Swansea, how their recent story is... play football yada yada, built this, built that, the fact they sacked Monk which looked daft then and looks daft now, about the fact I could find one band from Swansea... One!? How many small towns have a better return than that?! OK two then... just had another look... Badfinger and The Pooh Sticks. All I found last week was Badfinger. Any Badfinger fans? I gave them two.
I was going to stick in a song by the Swans, but it would have been a really shit joke. OK, so there's Acrimony too... just looked them up - stoner metal. Sounds good. Trampolene... Newish band. Lead singer is called "The Libertines Tour Poet". He does stand up poetry touring with the Libertines. Any Libertines fans here? Bit of stand up poetry anyone? Excellent stuff. We have 'Karnataka', they look appalling, not bothering with them, ... Viva Machine.... which is where I ...
https://www.youtube.com/v/rsSnr2OcVu8Let me know how it ends!