The Musings Of An Opinionated Sod [Help Me Grow!]

… I’m sorry for Steve McClaren because I know he is going to experience abuse that goes way beyond just his professional capabilities – plus he’s probably going to go down in history as ‘failing’ [a terrible burden for him and his family] – however I’m glad England lost their game against Croatia because it finally forces the FA to accept their choice of managers [not to mention the overall standard of the team] has been poor and their ‘claim’ to be continually working in the best interests of the national game/team is open to question.

There’s alot of agencies who are like this as well … repeatedly talking up their achievements when all around them, people can see they’re on the slow decline towards mediocrity and poverty …

Why?

OK, so no one likes to accept/face their short comings … plus everyone has an amazing capacity to change the standards they aspire/compare themselves to – but christ, how many ‘signs’ do you need to realise something is going drastically wrong?

I’m a firm believer in ‘unsweetened truth’ – because whilst it might be hard to swallow, once you understand and accept where you really are, good things can [and generally do] happen.

However that doesn’t mean you wait till things go terribly wrong [like the FA have a habit of doing] … whilst being reactive is better than doing nothing at all, I believe being proactive is the most effective path to glory.

Of course its disappointing England are out of a major tournament, however now they can stop living in denial and work towards building something with a real foundation for the future – a foundation that is strong, flexible and able to achieve at the highest level.

I live in hope.

… everyone going to Interesting South today.

I’m gutted I can’t be there but I am sure everyone will have a bloody toptastic time and I can’t wait to hear what happened – especially with my dear Lauren, who is brilliant and will be brilliant but I know is bricking it!

[And a special congrats to Emily for making the thing actually happen – something I sort-of rant about tomorrow!]

… a shopping centre that is near empty.

For those of you outside of this country, you need to appreciate that interms of social pursuits, the majority of the country has 3 key pastimes …

1 Eating

2 Shopping

3 Complaining

Don’t get me wrong, I love this country and have the upmost respect for what Lee Kuan Yew has done/achieved [as I’ve detailed many times throughout this blog] however outside of these 3 activities, the choice for the average person is somewhat limited – which is why an empty shopping centre is worthy of me writing a blog post.

Mental!

I saw this shop window at the ADIDAS shop in Raffles City, Singapore … and apart from the fact they are attempting to use the logo in exactly the same way as SONY Ericsson in their current ad campaign – does anyone else out there think that from a distance, the logo looks alot like a marujuana leaf?

What are ADIDAS trying to say? 

What will the anti-drug Government think?

How many kids will buy their t-shirts thinking they’re being ‘dangerous’?

Why not go the whole hog and print a bunch of clothes that say “ADIDAS Users Are Toxic Abusers”

Mind you, given all the doping scandals going on … that might be abit too close to the mark, ha!

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