picture postcards from LA!

And New York and California too! Mmmm how I do like receiving things in the mail. Such an exciting feeling it is. Thanks Shireene! May you go to many more places and send me plenty of postcards! Hurry on back, so we can all partake of Ribena together!



By the by, thought this pic would be highly appropriate, given the occasion. It was taken in the dugout at Stamford Bridge in 2003, long before the Special One came along. It was still the era of the Tinkerer, and even before Roman came along with his billions and his dreams of world domination. Pop quiz: who was the only Premiership manager to be fined for not speaking to the press after a game? It was, you guessed it, Fergie at, where else, Stamford Bridge.



I do hope Jose returns to English footy, and sharpish. No matter what you may think of him, there's no doubting his entertainment value. Just consider what he said to an English journalist the day after he left the club: "In football, I have always been a man of war, but in life I am a man of peace."

I daresay United will take Chelski to the cleaners tonight. And in a year's time, Roman will look back and realise that it was the biggest mistake he ever made. Poor old Avram will be out on his rear, and maybe someone like Fabio Capello or Frank Rijkaard will be in the frame.