After finishing our holiday, we stayed over in London last weekend. We didn't have the car with us so that was great. Our hotel was close to Kings Cross and we walked into Covent Garden and onto National History Museum (free to get in). A fair old walk but not stressful at all. Saw lots of great stuff. I also got the hang of the tube. It's piss easy using the oyster cards once you get the hang of it (I didn't trust using my contactless card). The prices were okay (nothing excessive). That is the first time we have really done London (usually it's wembley visits or airport runs). There were lots of foreigners but it was okay. By having the time to explore it changed my perception of London. I would hate to drive or bike around it though.
The two main issues I have with London are the horrendous commuting and the exorbitant rent. If you own your home and work from it (or can work flexi time / near where you live) then London is great. Those two issues are so great that I am glad to be out of it.
I get what you mean about the commuting and the rent. Thankfully, not an issue for me. The thing I loved was it was buzzing even at 9pm on a Sunday night.
Bruce relying on high-earners’ exit to implement Tigers’ plans A MEETING between Hull City’s owners and manager Steve Bruce designed to plot a path forward for the new season has been described as “positive” by a club insider. The Tigers have spent the summer attempting to deal with the fall-out of relegation from the Premier League. With income levels set to slump now back in the Championship and big earners such as Nikica Jelavic, Dame N’Doye and Abel Hernandez yet to find a new club despite making it clear they want to leave, Hull’s own attempts to bring in new faces have been hamstrung. So much so that Bruce is the only manager in the Championship still to make a signing with the new season just 15 days away. A meeting was scheduled yesterday afternoon between Bruce, who was in Portugal last week for a pre-season training camp, and the owners following the return of Assem and Ehab Allam from a short break. The Yorkshire Post has been told a wide-ranging number of subjects were discussed, from the on-going improvements to the training ground through to possible transfer targets. Interest in the club’s existing players – Watford have joined Norwich City in wanting Robbie Brady but with a preference to include some form of swap deal, while Crystal Palace are understood to have enquired after £8m rated James Chester – was also on the agenda. A club insider says all parties left the near three-hour meeting, which had begun at 2pm, in a “positive” frame of mind. The most pressing matter for Bruce, of course, will be making the additions he feels necessary to mount a promotion challenge. Ryan Taylor is one target he has in mind, along with another player to have been at Wigan Athletic with Bruce in Wilson Palacios. The Tigers’ chief is also keen on Southend United goalkeeper Daniel Bentley and Brentford forward Andre Gray. A stumbling block, however, has been that the high-earners who want to leave are still on the books. Should, for instance, those same players still be at the KC come the end of the transfer window then any further additions would leave Hull in very real danger of breaking Financial Fair Play rules during the coming season. This would then lead to sanctions from the Football League, such as the transfer embargo that Leeds United were placed under last January. The best scenario for all, of course, is the wantaway players getting fixed up as soon as possible with Besiktas tracking N’Doye, Napoli showing interest in Hernandez and Jelavic on the radar of Greek champions Olympiakos. Offloading three strikers would, with Yannick Sagbo and Tom Ince having also left this summer, leave Hull badly needing reinforcements up front, but it would also surely give Bruce the green light to start making his planned additions. http://www.90min.com/reader/2389478...&utm_medium=fan_pages&utm_source=facebook.com
The Yorkshire Post has been told a wide-ranging number of subjects were discussed, from the on-going improvements to the training ground through to possible transfer targets. Amateurs. Not even a mention of the dessert...
Even if it had, why would they make it public? I imagine the signings (or lack of) will give us a fair indication of how the talks went.
I guess that our lack of movement either way is a good thing. if our team could do well in PL, we should boss the chumpionship.
Knowing the situation the club is in any potential suitor for the high earners will just have to sit back and wait to screw City into the ground on transfer fees.
Don't upset Patty. He'll find out where you live, walk round, I mean, fly round and sort you right out. Now people, please stay on topic. What is it again?
please log in to view this image http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...d-Im-pressure-I-eat-pork-pies-drink-beer.html apparently he doesn't like it
