Ben Burgess out of action for three months!

I am busy at present hence the reason for the late updates, however this evening I have attended the gym! However I also was disappointed to hear that injury-plagued Ben Burgess will be sidelined for three months. He landed awkwardly on his left knee in the game against Southampton a week ago and had to limp off. The extent is now known and he will be out until the end of February.

Peter Taylor is relieved though that it is not a more serious injury, having been without the big centre forward for a whole year when he previously injured the same knee. Elsewhere, Andy Dawson and Keith Andrews return after injuries when City play Cardiff on Saturday.

Unfortunately, Peter Taylor may also have Boaz Myhill available if his red card appeal is won. If not, the goalkeeper will serve a one-match ban after his weekend heroics!

P.S. Will put some more photos on my flickr account soon!

Snow & Ice

Well I am feeling rather jealous at present as most people in my kinja digest have seen snow at some point today, however, living in a warm coastal area I haven't seen any of the white stuff yet this year! Have, just checked the weather forecast for Hornsea and for the time being I do not think I shall see any, will it be December before Europe's fastest eroding coastline, the Holderness Coastline sees the snow?

Gym!

Today, I made my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness!

Hull City 2 - Queens Park Rangers 2

In the first half we were composed, passing the ball well and got a good goal just before half time! Five minutes into the second half Billy Paynter scores his first goal for the club and we are all happy this was going to prove a turning point for "The Tigers", not us though.

We sat back on the lead they got a goal back, ok lets not panic and get the win! Barmby went off injured (hope he is ok!) They score again and the writing is on the wall, Hull City have blown a lead and get a draw.

While a corner is played at one end, Myhill runs to near the bench and said a few cross words! Next minute he handles outside the area and is sent off. The rest of the game potters on and it ends 2-2, before the game this would have been a good result but 50 min into the game you do not want anything less than a victory really!

What is wrong with the tigers, the contrast was astounding! To self destruct like that is not good at all! People who keep saying "be positive" fair comment but how can you be positive from that performance (incedently I was not there just listening live). There is a problem somewhere that needs to be sorted sooner rather than later.

I would have settled for a point at the start but then expected 3 and then lucky to get one! At this rate with Barmby out and Myhill out for 3 we will be lucky to be able to put 16 players out for the squad. Anyway a much better performance for an hour and then we hung on (how many times have I said that this season). A pity about Barmby and Myhill (man of the match even though he got sent off) - our two best players overall - still Duke sounded as though he did OK when he came on!

Hornsea Christmas Lights Night!

Tonight I went into the town centre to see the towns Christmas lights been turned on, and to assist on one of the stalls in the town . Unfortnately it rained quite heavily however quite a lot of people still turned out!

Also today about 500 people became stranded on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall near to Jamaica Inn following a crash which has closed a snow-hit road. More than 100 cars and coaches are on the blocked road, following the crash, which involved dozens of vehicles. Military helicopters have been called in to help police deal with what they are calling a major incident, following England's first snow of the winter.

Scouts!

Went to help at my local Scout group this evening which is always good fun!

Decent increase in performance, simple to use!

On the whole, this is a simple efficient firefox extension that does what it claims. It installs, it increases the speed of page loading in many circumstances, job done, no fuss. However using FasterFox, the default installation is for 'TurboCharged', which exceeds RFC specifications, and may place uneccessary bandwidth pressure on some servers, and may result in blocking from others.

However, I have installed the extension on my Firefox 1.0.7 browser and it appears to work well, however I am still not using Firefox 1.5 as my browser of choice yet due to problems with certain extensions! I am sure this will be sorted in time though!

Hull City 1 - Southampton 1

Nigel Quashie was sent off following a 19-man brawl on the stroke of half time as Hull City and Southampton shared the spoils. Southampton dominated the first half and should have had more than the one-goal leadby the time Hull levelled the score through Nick Barmby just before the break.

However, the match erupted in the dying seconds of the first half when Southampton's Matt Oakley and Hull's Curtis Woodhouse tangled and Nigel Quashie came storming in followed by every other player on the pitch apart from both goalkeepers and Saints striker Theo Walcott.

After the game Southampton manager Harry Redknapp was exasperated by the incident. Hull manager Peter Taylor tried to look at the positives after his side served up a dire display, but he admitted that he is concerned about an injury to striker Ben Burgess.

Southampton took the lead with the fist real attack of the game. Walcott broke down the right and played infield to Quashie, who touched the ball to Kosowski, who fired a low right-footed shot to Boaz Myhill. With just 14 minutes played Burgess hobbled off to be replaced by Barmby and Hull struggled to cope with the change as well as Southampton's impressive, expansive game.

Brett Ormerod clipped the upright with a shot on the turn from six yards and Walcott and Rory Delap both missed decent openings. City failed to threaten in the second period and the lively Walcott came the closest to a winner with two long-range efforts that were turned aside by Myhill.

It was great to get a point but we should have won the game. After a positive team selection by Peter Taylor with the three stikers we struggled to make any impact in the first half. The problem is that we are lacking in many departments. Hull City has not had a successful striker since Burgess/Allsop in League 2. Last season we scored many goals but they mostly came from midfield players, Elliot and Green.

We need someone who will get us 20 a season and we haven't got that. Fagan would be better off turned into a right winger. Brown is going back to Sunderland, hopefully very soon as he is awful. Burgess could be out for a while again. Payter needs time to settle in but he doesn't look like the player that we need. Barmby isn't an all out striker, even though he is the only one scoring.

We need to either sign an old head,like Windass who will get us goals or someone who is scoring, like Lee Trundle. We also need a creative and big midfield. It is clear that Green is not the man and Welsh and Woodhouse, even though they are very good players, are too small and not commanding enough to dominate a midfield. Come on Adam Pearson, open up that wallet and spend some big money or we are going to struggle all season. Sorry for the rant, but this is just the way I feel about Hull City at present!

Gym!

Today, I made my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness! I didn't get in until late after a long workout, hence the reason for my late post!

Gym!

Today, I made my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness! I didn't get in until late after a long workout, hence the reason for my late post!

Reading 3 - Hull City 1

Unfortunately today Hull City where beaten by two goals in an explosive minute midway through the second half. Which saw Reading (second in the championship) defeat Hull to move within a point of championship leaders Sheffield United. The visitors looked to have snatched the draw when Nicky Barmby's close-range header cancelled out Bobby Convey's early opener.

But an acrobatic strike form Kevin Doyle was quickly followed by Glen Little's side-foot finish to seal a 3-1 win for Reading and extend their club record unbeaten run to 21 games. Personally I am not too surprised due to the fact that the match was away and Reading seem to be in good form at present! I think Peter Taylor really needs to improve things and quickly, we want longer than one season in the championship.

Children in Need raises 17.2 million pounds!

I was pleased to see the BBC's Children in Need appeal marked its 26th year with a record 17.2 million pounds pledged this evening.

The BBC said the total was slightly higher than last year. The overall total was expected to grow to more than 30 million pounds when all donations were in.
Madonna, Tony Blair and the BBC newsreaders all took part in the seven-hour show.

The girl group Liberty X started the celebrations with the Children in Need single "A Night to Remember". Madonna also performed her number one single "Hung Up".

The Prime Minister was pranked by John Culshaw, an impersonator from Radio 4's comedy programme Dead Ringers.

Scouts!

Went to help at my local Scout group this evening which is always good fun!

Gym!

Today, I made my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness! I didn't get in until late after a long workout, hence the reason for my late post!

New design cybermen!

First seen in 1966, the Cybermen are robots from the planet Mondas. The first pictures of the redesigned Cybermen have been released ahead of the sci-fi villains' return in the new series of Doctor Who. Thanks to Simon for providing the link, so it looks like the new series of Dr Who still has more to reveal! We shall just have to wait and see whether Billie Piper decides to remain for a third series.

Gym!

Today, I made my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness! I didn't get in until late after a long workout, hence the reason for my late post!

Remembrance Sunday

Remembrance Sunday is the day traditionally put aside to remember all those who have given their lives for the peace and freedom we enjoy today. On this day people across the nation pause to reflect on the sacrifices made by our brave service men and women.

To commemorate this I went with my local Scouts to the remembrance day service in Hornsea! It was not so long ago when I carried the flag for the town at this service on behalf of the 1st Hornsea Scout Group! I also spent a while at the gym today to increase my fitness, before heading home at 10p.m. (pretty late) after my work out!

Argentina 2 - England 3

This evening I was pleased to see Michael Owen scoring two dramatic late goals to earn England victory in a friendly against Argentina.

Striker Hernan Crespo, who plays his club football for English champions Chelsea, gave Argentina a 35th minute lead, England's Wayne Rooney levelled four minutes later and Walter Samuel looked to have won it in the 54th minute by putting Argentina 2-1 up.

But Owen, who signalled his arrival on the game's biggest stage with a wonder goal against Argentina at the 1998 World Cup, headed an 87th minute equaliser and followed up by nodding in a stoppage time winner. So thanks to Rooney and Owen, England are once again looking like World Cup contenders, which is good.

UPDATE: I have now put a link in the post title to the Football Associations website, that shows the highlights of the game!

Wembley chief's Cup final doubts

The chief executive of the new Wembley stadium has admitted it may not be ready for the 2006 FA Cup final. Wembley chief Michael Cunnah told BBC Five Live: "We're going 100% for the Cup final at Wembley, but nobody can guarantee it."A harsh winter could delay the completion of the project, with the 13 May showpiece the first major event.


This is what the new wembley is expected to look like, very impressive I do think, I would like to thank Twenty Four Seven London for providing the picture featured.

Scouts!

Went to help at my local Scout Group which was an enjoyable experience! Have helped at Scouts for seven years, and am also a scout leader for Scouting 2007!

I always find it very interesting to find out what the Scouts I have worked with do in life after they have left Scouts! And tonight I found out what one person now does and actually got a thank you, which really pleased me!

Hull City loose Anderson but gain Welsh and more!

City have accepted an offer from Liverpool to allow Paul Anderson to move to Anfield, with John Welsh coming the other way. Anderson a 17-year-old winger, joining the club's youth team at the start of last season. He is yet to make his senior debut, but Liverpool have been monitoring his progress in the juniors and the reserves. Their initial advances were rejected, but they have now come back with an improved offer and Anderson himself would prefer to make the move, so City have accepted.

The deal involves numerous add-ons that will benefit the Tigers in the long run if Anderson makes the step up to first team football at Liverpool, or if he is sold. It also sees midfielder John Welsh joining City permanently. He signed on a season-long loan in September, but if personal terms are agreed then it will become a permanent move in the January transfer window. The England Under-21 international has played 15 times for City already.

What is a blog?

As this has been a topic of much conversation recently I thought I would state that a blog is supposed to be a persons personal thoughts as described below. The blog format of an online diary makes it possible for users without much experience to create, format, and post entries with ease.

People write their day-to-day experiences, complaints, poems, prose, illicit thoughts and more, often allowing others to contribute, fulfilling to a certain extent Tim Berners-Lee's original view of the World Wide Web as a collaborative medium. In 2001, mainstream awareness of online diaries began to increase dramatically.

Personal opinions on experiences and hobbies are very common in the blog world. Blogs have given the opportunity for people to express their views to a mass audience. What may have been created to be used among a few friends may be viewed by the internet-using public.

P.S. More photos coming to my flickr account very soon!

Gym!

Tonight, I made my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness!

Problems in France!

Why can't the French keep there house in order? Two policemen were shot in confrontations south of Paris, several public buildings were set on fire and at least 186 arrests were made throughout the country in connection with the disturbances, much of it involving gangs of youths.

A call by French President Jacques Chirac for a return to order went unheeded as opposition politicians criticised his public silence on the violence until yesterday.

The violence began in a Parisian suburb on Oct 27 after two teenagers, one of African and the other of Arab origin, were electrocuted while hiding from police in a power substation after fleeing an identity check.

Since then, more than 4,300 vehicles have been burned and more than 1,000 people have been arrested.

Microsoft plunges into the world of digitising books

Microsoft has plunged into the world of digitising books. Like Amazon and Google, Microsoft will provide search access to "25 million pages of material from the British Library."

Unlike Google, Microsoft will only digitise older books that are in the public domain, thus not infringing any copyright laws, though they plan to expand the collection "in the future." It looks like the trend is catching on.

Maybe, most books will be available online in just a few years; I personally think that this is a good use of the mega-power that these companies have. I hope that authors see it that way, too.

Guy Fawkes Night

Guy Fawkes Night celebrations, which takes place in towns and villages across the country, involve fireworks displays and the building of a bonfire, upon which is burnt an effigy representing the most famous of the conspirators, Guy Fawkes. So tonight I am helping with the local Scout Groups stall at a local bonfire. The night is closely associated with the popular rhyme which begins:

Remember, remember the fifth of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot,
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.

Unfortunately Hull City also lost this afternoon, Hull got off to a flyer when Nick Barmby marked his return to the side by firing them into a sixth-minute lead. But Gavin Mahon got Watford back on level terms two minutes later and Matt Spring fired them in front shortly before the half-time interval. Hull's Stuart Green blew the chance of a point with a dreadful 72-minute penalty after John Welsh was fouled.

Out in Hornsea!

Tonight I had a night out in Hornsea with friends, so I have not got much to say really, will post again soon!

Scouts!

Going to help at my local Scout group this evening which is always good fun!

Gym!

Today, I made my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness!

Hull City loose by 3 goals to 0 against Preston North End!

Hull City lost at Preston North Ends Deep Dale Stadium by 3 goals to 0. It was the first home win of the season for Preston North End, I am sorry to say. The changes Peter Taylor has just made have failed. The midfield simply isn't good enough, Brown is not good enough, and our 2 wingers are not functioning at all.

We don't need forwards, a couple of good quality proven effective midfielders are the order of the day, I think that all this buying players from lower leagues is not going to cut it, even with the injury problems, the team is too light weight!

Buy some decent proven players for god sakes Peter, before its too late. As after all it is important to remember that it is not the end of the season anytime soon, thank goodness!