"The flowers left thick at nightfall in the wood
This Eastertide call into mind the men,
Now far from home, who, with their sweethearts, should
Have gathered them and will do never again."
'In Memoriam (Easter 1915)'. Edward Thomas.
In the big picture, sport - football, cricket, the Ashes, trophies, leagues, Bears, Pears, Blues, Villa, any of it - doesn't really matter very much does it?
Comments (15)
It dosen't matter at all.
Posted by Jane Hyatt | November 12, 2007 11:00 AM
Posted on November 12, 2007 11:00
But it matters to those who are risking their lives in conflict and lifts their spirits so therefore it does matter.
Posted by Renfrew | November 12, 2007 1:09 PM
Posted on November 12, 2007 13:09
Depends on the sport. if you spend your time running in because its raining then Id say no. But then cricket is on a par with darts ay it?
However if you risked life and limb for your sport then yes it matters. Look at the Formula One heroes who never returned from the track - Senna, Ratzenberger, Paletti, Villenueve, De Angelis, Pryce, Peterson.
Fever
Posted by Feverish Phill | November 13, 2007 10:13 PM
Posted on November 13, 2007 22:13
Formula One isn't a sport. If driving a car is a sport then go up the M6 and see thousands of sportsmen and women every rush hour.
And watching the M6 at rush hour is more entertaining than Formula One.
Posted by Curly | November 14, 2007 9:36 AM
Posted on November 14, 2007 09:36
Cricket on a par with darts? Phil, youre a philistine.
Posted by Bit O'Bully | November 14, 2007 9:55 AM
Posted on November 14, 2007 09:55
Cricket and darts seems a fair comparison to me. You can drink during a game (the infamous pedalo incident being a case in point), smoke (Phil Tufnell et al) and don't exactly have to be in peak fitness to do either. Now look at what you could have won.....
Posted by J. Bowen | November 14, 2007 10:43 AM
Posted on November 14, 2007 10:43
Jocky Wilson could do a job for the Bears in the Twenty20.
Posted by Iiiiiiiiin One. | November 14, 2007 12:23 PM
Posted on November 14, 2007 12:23
Well, Van Jaarsfelds shirt would certainly fit him.
Posted by kim | November 14, 2007 12:51 PM
Posted on November 14, 2007 12:51
Bless the fixture computer (if, indeed, the ECB possesses a computer). Four days at Bristol would have been about as enticing and enjoyable as four days sucking on sock full of weasel spit.
Gloucester will do nicely.
Posted by brian | November 14, 2007 1:38 PM
Posted on November 14, 2007 13:38
Van jaarsveld would never make a darts player. He'd chuck one arrer then change his mind and go and play for someone else.
Posted by K.O.O.T.B.A.I. the Red. | November 14, 2007 2:54 PM
Posted on November 14, 2007 14:54
Excuse me, there's nothing wrong with my spit.....................Pop
Posted by Mr Weasel | November 14, 2007 4:52 PM
Posted on November 14, 2007 16:52
Curly, if you think cricket is a sport then no wonder we are pathetic as a country when it comes to sport. how many nations play cricket.
F1 is the biggest sport in the world after soccer
Posted by Feverish Phill | November 15, 2007 12:10 AM
Posted on November 15, 2007 00:10
The average namby-pamby F1 driver wouldn't last two minutes in the white heat of a cricket match.
Posted by Curly | November 16, 2007 4:18 PM
Posted on November 16, 2007 16:18
Is your surname Watts? Or perhaps Wurly?
Posted by Jeff | November 28, 2007 2:31 PM
Posted on November 28, 2007 14:31
Tragically, our boy Curly passed away some years ago.
Posted by Mr and Mrs Wurly | December 7, 2007 9:05 AM
Posted on December 7, 2007 09:05