Since our exit from the Cup I think Boro’s players are busy thinking about 2 weeks on the beach in the forthcoming summer. After a lacklustre display a couple of weeks ago against strugglers Man City we were equally poor today against serious relegation contenders West Ham.
We were lambasted by Sheffied United manager Neil Warnock [...]

Last night I saw 300. The new movie based on the Frank Miller graphic novel about King Leonidas and the Battle of Thermopylae.

I enjoyed it immensely. There wasn’t much of a plot just lots of bloody violence , visceral battlefield action and girding of ancient greek loins. It was also visually stunning filmed to look like [...]

A valiant first half display by plucky Boro wasn’t enough to see us through against ManUre at Old Trafford tonight. It was very much a case of 11 men behind the ball for much of the opening 45 minutes and it went well apart a shaky little spell right at the end of the half. [...]

Today I took my Mum out for a Mother’s Day lunch. We ended up in Whitby after driving through the North Yorks Moors in an unsuccessful hunt for a nice country pub that wasn’t fully booked. After driving past a couple of places we have tried before and being turned away from the pub in Danby [...]

The Barcodes can get back to watching the Bill on a Thursday!
Out of Europe.
 

It was acceptable you know!

My my here come the Fuzz…
I went to see Hot Fuzz the other night and it was superb. The funniest thing I have seen in quite a while - I haven’t heard why L-H was limping yet!

It’s packed full of great one liners and cracking action sequences. Simon Pegg plays supercop Nicholas Angel who is transferred to [...]

Last night I went to see Australian Rockers Jet play at Leeds University and they rocked. They are clearly influenced by fellow Aussie rock legends AC/DC with some of the tracks pretty much indistinguishable in style and substance. High voltage guitars and anthemic choruses that got the crowd punching the air as well as surfing all [...]