Play It Again Chris

There´s no doubt the points that we earned against Cats
Were three of the biggest this year,
And looking at our recent ´v. Swansea´ stats
This weekend´s game should bring some cheer

I´m sure if Bergman and Bogart were alive
And wearing their Canary shirt,
They´d say "Play it again, Chris", that way we´ll thrive
And keep our snouts out of the dirt

And though Casablanca is far from Swansea
The sentiment does still hold true,
Don´t change a winning team unless needs be
And here I´d agree with that view

The starting eleven last week did us proud
So despite players coming back,
I hope he won´t madden the maddening crowd
And change defence, midfield or attack

The wolfman was as close as he has yet been
To finding that elusive hole,
Even if chances are few and far between
He´s still edging towards a goal

To drop either Elmander or Hoolahan
Would seem really quite harsh indeed,
And the Tettey Howson midfield caravan
Has certainly not run to seed

Some may think 4-4-2 is suicide
To take to the Welsh ´Liberty´,
But we need to arrest our away slide
And Monk won´t expect that, you see. OTBC

PS:

But if I could predict the line-up each week
Then top of the table I´d be,
So no doubt he´ll surprise us all as we speak
But who cares, if our points are three.

 

Good stuff RBF, I just wish Bony wasn't coming into form, I'm sure he'll test our defensive resolve!

 

Ah, the most famous misquotation of them all!

The sentiment I completely agree with

 

"Play it once, Sam. For old times' sake."

 

Couldn´t resist it Rob, being such an apt misquotation, hope you can forgive me

Wonderful film by the way!

 

My fear with Saturday's team is that we looked a bit weak on the left at times because Wes would peal off and move more centrally. I would want to tell Wes to stick to the left as he needs to roam.
I also wonder is we lacked pace a touch, redmond was excellent at getting in behind the Swansea defence at home. If I was looking to make a change I'd play redmond instead of Elmander and put Wes behind the striker.
May be though I'm thinking too hard and playing the same team will be good for confidence. So long as we don't play Johnson I'll be happy at 2 on Saturday.

 

It is more memorable than the actual quotation, a bit like "All that glitters is not gold!"

 

Yep, he´s a bit of a handful Dave, so we need Bassong to have one of his staying-awake-days.

 

Double CPL points if you can say where the phrase comes from without google!

 

wild guess
Wizard of oz?

 

Shakespeare, All that GLISTENS is not gold!

 

A bit before my time but I think you can look to Messrs Aesop & Chaucer for it.

 

Correct on Shakespeare, well done. Merchant of Venice.

But you've made the next common mistake - the word is "glisters" which is obviously now obsolete

 

I use it when I get glitter stuck to my numerous abrasion-sores on my feet...