Shaking Hands - or not

Now there's a surprise - or not.
You've lost your missus to the England Skipper who already had one. As a result you also have decided for the good of your country's moral not to join with the England squad possibly missing out on the world cup. And so the moment comes. You have to face the said skipper in a game. He offers his hand at the start of the game. "Let's be friends again". Erm hang on here....
You take my missus; bring shame on me and my kid and what's that - bygones... I don't think so. Terry should be thankful he doesn't have to spend the match marking him. Can't imagine what Rooney would have done to him for 90 minutes (well the 10 or so before a red card got issued).
Respect to Wayne Bridge, not just for not shaking Terry's hand (goodness knows where it's been- I wouldn't shake it!) but more for not dropping the nut on him. I'd be sorely tempted.
Interesting too Terry gets the full backing of the Chelsea brand, a paid holiday in the sun to patch things up with his missus; while Ashley Cole gets told off for tarnishing the Chelsea image. Mr Ambramovich meanwhile on his 3rd wife goes back to his love nest. Mmm the phrase pot kettle and black spring to mind.

True suffering football fans

We all like a good moan from time to time when our teams don't play well. We all take pride in the fact that we were there when this or that time occured. As a West Brom fan I still bear the scars of being at the Hawthorns when Tim Buzaglo scored a hat-trick as Woking beat us 4-2 back in the nineties. I can remember when we went on a long losing streak and nearly got relegated. Even Wednesday's defeat to Reading hurt.
But right now this season I would like to offer up my sincere heart felt sympathy to Gillingham fans who have not seen their team win away this season. Just 4 points from 16 away games. I have a friend who lives near me who supports the Gills and watches them away as most of the away games are closer to him than to go to the Priestfield Stadium. He says he knows of a fellow Gills fan who has not seen his team win in 50 away games he has seen them. To travel away from home is costly and time consuming, not least when there are teams as far away as Carlisle, Hartlepool and Exeter are from Gillingham. But for the small band of fans who travel away with the Gills it must be tiresome this season. I bet there are some who are tempted not to go to the next game but they will because what if they miss the unthinkable - an away win at last. It would be a rich reward for those suffering fans if Gillingham beat Carlisle United on Saturday - one of the longest Trips they will have all season.