The Feast Last Night

After a hard day in the gym yesterday we decided what better way to celebrate than having a massive feast… Sensible hey?

So as a side / starter we had a selection of random “Indian” food:

More accurately:
2 x Large Onion Bhaji
2 x Large Chicken Tikka Samosa
1 x Chicken Kathi Kebab
5 x Poppadom

Probably enough of a meal on its own, but no important to add the main course:

A massive pizza, well half Pepperoni and half Chicken, with some garlic bread.

No wonder I felt like I was going to explode for the rest of the night! Beer didn’t help the digestion either

Who wants in next time? @nickobeano and @chiefinho up for it again?

Lowdown Presenter Competition

Friday is the last day for entries into the Download Lowdown Presenter competition. As I think its unlikely any new gems will be added over the last couple of days (based on the logic that anything good will be well planned, and will have already been entered) I thought I’d write about my favourites.

Download / Kerrang are going to be making a shortlist of their top 5, who will be invited to London for an interview, the best interviewee will be given the job. So, here’s my top 5… in order of preference.

First – Claire, 21, London.

This is my favourite, well obviously as its “first”. But why, well I think this video has clearly been thought about and is different to the rest. I will be campaigning for Claire, as you can see by my Twibbon. I think you should all to! What does that mean? What should you be doing? Easy, join the Lowdown page on Facebook, and Like / Comment on the video. See easy! Or add the Twitter Twibbon, and boast about her using #votemorosity.

Second – Daniel, 26, from East Sussex

I like Daniels creativity here, cool idea!

Third – Victoria, 22, from Southampton

Yay, festival tent!

Fourth – Loz, 23, from Harrow

Good camera charisma!

Fifth – Jay, 20, from Middlesbrough

Again, just like his camera charisma!

Bank Holiday Sunday

Why wouldn’t you have a bbq? It was such a lovely cold and wet day, how could we resist?

Bank Holiday Sunday

First course went down well, burger, sausage, some ribs and potato. Leave room for course two of lamb kebab, steak and another burger! Ace.

Another Scenery Shot

Afternoon By A Lake

Doing some tests here, so forgive me if this goes very wrong…

Batman Characters Remade

This picture on the BBC website had me wondering what the hell Batman was doing fraternising with the enemy! For those not in the know thats Ribery and Demichelis of Bayern Munich.

The real Batman:

The real Two Face:

That got me thinking about other footballers in this game who relate to Batman characters, mainly villains.

Poison Ivy + Scholes – look at his hair, need I say more?

Scarecrow + Alex Ferguson – my dream that his mouth would be shut like this…

Penguin + Rooney – Fat fecker with a stupid face.

Bane + Vidic – Angry chap, only there to cause damage.

Robin + Gary Neville – Boss’s lapdog.

Can you tell I don’t like Man U?

Cricket Montage

It is important to remember that I love Cricket, which is one of the reasons I started CricHatter and why I will be doing something cricket related most days during the summer.

Therefore on a dull, rainy afternoon I thought I’d put together a montage…

The other great thing about Cricket is playing Smacky Chest (yes Carl has a potty mouth so apologies for the language):

Smithy’s Rant

This is funny, partly because I know how much certain people hate James Corden, and partly because it is always good to see celebs taken down a peg.

Part of the Sports Relief show on Saturday night was a sketch done by James Corden, where he is pretending to be “Smithy”, who receives the Coach of the Year Award at Sports Personality. This then turns into a rant at the nations best athletes, well mainly rant, except for the flirting with Victoria Pendleton.

Some of them took it a lot better than others, Dame Kelly Holmes and Paula Radcliffe looked like they were going to cry / kill him. Freddie (I mean Andrew, but who cares?) Flintoff had a similar reaction, but from the work they have been doing together recently on Sky One he is either in on the gag and knew it was coming, or can’t have minded that much.

Nice timing on the Pendleton piece, she currently has a spot on our living room wall, she is the FHM calendar girl for March.

Thoughts?

Side Project – CricHatter

You may have noticed that my Twitter bio changed, to include a couple of other sites I am now either running or involved with.

Today I wanted to talk a little more about CricHatter.com. A new Cricket (obviously) related site which I have recently set up.

What is it?
A site with Cricket news, editorials on the sport, individual teams or even a single player.

Why?
I love Cricket? There aren’t many sites doing a similar thing? It’s therapeutic? Take your pick…

Where is it going?
I hope to turn it into an advice platform for anyone who wants information about Cricket related matters. Ranging from tips on skills, technique or the game, to advice on equipment, clubs and tours.

Most recently I have been writing about my decision to buy a new Bat this season, there was The Decision… and The Purchase…

Check it out, let me know what you think, follow it on Twitter (@crichatter).

Do you love Cricket too? If you want to contribute let me know…

BREAKING NEWS: New Real Madrid Manager

In a surprise move so late in the season, the Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has announced that Manuel Pellegrini has been sacked as the manager of Real Madrid with immediate affect. He will be replaced by the more experienced Colin Mercer.

In an announcement made at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu earlier Señor Perez blamed Pellegrini for Real’s current league position and lack of success in cup competitions, stating:

“…a change of personnel is required if we are going to turn this season around…”

Mercer has had successful Football Manager campaigns at Liverpool, Monaco and Barcelona to mention just a few, most recently taking Liverpool to the Premier League title and Champions League final in his 2nd season in charge.

It is rumoured that he will look to bring players from his previous clubs like Torres, Gerrard and Messi to the Bernabéu.

This news comes as less of a surprise to the panellists on Revista de La Liga who predicted Pellegrini to be on the way out yesterday.