I've waited all day to make a comment on this - mainly due to some (entirely self-inflicted) password issues :whistle: - so a lot's been said. And this is a long post - it's a bit of a habit of mine - so to anyone who reads to the end, thanks, it's appreciated.
Unlike some I HAVE been bothered...
Ditto. Noone fast becoming my favourite player. I love the slight pause while he seems to consider calling Gerrard 'Steve' and ends up referring to him as 'Gerrard' even though he's standing right next to him! Down to earth is right. Long may he stay in the first team.
I'm in the North stand and that's how I remember it. I paused for half a second when people around me started clapping as it was highly unusual (normal behaviour "[away team's name] subs you must be shit, doo dah doo dah") and then thought "actually that's a grown up, respectful and...
This, this, this. That was the 'neck hairs' moment for me, I'm in the North Stand and would have been quite happy doing "We're the North/we're the West stand" back and forth for the entire match, just to hear that huge stand roar. More please, West Stand.
My Dad was a Gooner and both my brothers were Spurs fans. Go figure. So it should have been one of them, and nearly was; my older brother took me to the Lane at the age of 17, figuring I needed educating. It was rubbish. I didn't have any expectations, but I was still disappointed :) There...
Leave my flat in Lewes Road 12ish. Walk to Falmer chatting to fellow Seagulls. Enjoy rollercoaster of emotions walking up to stadium. Find seat. Introduce self to people around me (North Stand N1A U 310, anyone?) Video the lot for my mate in Oz who has supported the Albion far longer than I...
Pretty standard behaviour on forums nowadays I reckons.
If someone's just written a post that says exactly what you would have said if you'd got there first, why say it again with the words in a slightly different order?
I'm as much of a grammar Nazi as the next man, but I'm not going to type...
"Quite right, Monsieur Poirot. It would have been the perfect crime were it not for the single flaw of telling everyone on a message board about it beforehand." ;)