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Monday, 31 December 2012

Best Wishes to Addicks everywhere

We head to Vicarage Road tomorrow for what is usually a tough game. Over the years I can't readily remember any easy games against the Hornets. In fact, it's been a long time since we last recorded a win against them - 17 years - and current form suggests we won't do it tomorrow either.

Dervite will most likely return to central defence for the suspended Morrison and I am guessing Danny Haynes won't make it either as he eases his hamstrings. A repeat of the battling display at Millwall in early December looks like as much as we might realistically hope for. I am spending my New Year's Eve with my wife's twin and her hubby down at Halling. I will probably be the first adult up tomorrow and, therefore, the tiredest as I look after the kids and their Staffie takes me for a walk. I have already decided that a trip around the M25 to the other side of London will be too much and instead I plan to get home in time to tune in to the battle.

I would like to wish all of my visitors and returning readers a very happy and prosperous New Year and would particularly like to thank those who regularly comment which makes blogging feel a bit more worthwhile. So, in no particular order, thanks and best wishes to Pedantic Peter, Bob Miller, Tony P, Chicago Addick, Pembury Addick, Mike Barry, Geoff, Hungry Ted, SM, Sciurus Carolinensis Nemesis, Daggs, NYA, Thamesmead Irons, Wynn Grant, Aido, Suze, KHA, Scoops, Algordon, Marco and Crowborough Addick.

Sunday, 30 December 2012

Charlton Athletic 1 v Derby County 1

A big improvement in the performance from the dross we had served up on Boxing Day as Chris Powell made a host of changes and reverted to a more familiar side from last season.

Cedric Evina replaced Danny Seaborne at left-back and made the most of his opportunity with a battling display. Cort and Morrison anchored the defence until Morrison was again red-carded for a second yellow after 70 minutes. Cort was again in great form and is plainly fighting to hold on to his shirt from Dervite. Chris Solly had a much better game at right-back than of late.

In midfield we went with Jackson, Stephens, Pritchard and Wilson. Pritchard made the difference but Derby more than matched us for the duration and their edge here kept them in the game. Wilson had an unusually quiet game and Jackson was less involved than he might have been.

Kermorgant harried the Derby back-line but it was Danny Haynes who looked most threatening and who scored the Charlton goal, the best strike we have seen this season. It's a real shame that Haynes has  tight hamstrings and again had to limp off in tears, this time after just 35 minutes. He was replaced with Bradley Wright-Phillips who also made the best of his chance on the day and proved a thorn in the Derby side for the remainder of the game.

To the game then and Derby started brightly attacking the Covered End. They won several free-kick, one of which saw Morrison booked worryingly early for tackle on Hughes. Hamer was called upon to tip one of these over the bar and another whistled just wide. At the other end, Kermorgant was being shackled by two men but that gave a bit more space for Haynes and he capitalised after 30 minutes. Kermorgant knocked a ball down to him and ran out wide to the left in front of the East Stand, moving quickly, Haynes double-back and turned inside 30 yards out. With players again of him in the box and all taking up their defensive positions, Danny saw a shooting option. I was in-line with the shot and it was a goal all the way as it rose above those in the box and was high and wide enough to be beyond Legzdins reach. Crucially, it was also curling right to left which took it inside the far post - what a goal. It lifted the home side and minutes later, Ben Hamer was inspired to make a superb stop from Tyson who burst through clear on goal and who looked certain to score. His score was low and hard but Hamer managed to block it and hold on.

In the second-half Derby upped the ante and looked like they would score from open play but we responded by getting men forward whenever we could. BWP was particularly successful chasing balls down and we should have increased our lead when a four man move started by a galloping Solly carved Derby open and left Pritchard one-on-one with Legzdins. The Derby stopper made himself big as he rushed out but Pritchard's rushed shot hit the underside of the bar allowing Legzdins to catch in on the bounce.

The miss encouraged Derby to press even more strongly and from a melee in our box, Morrison was dismissed for a second yellow and a penalty was conceded. Jamie Ward, who had only been on the pitch for two minutes, stroked it home and we had twenty minutes in which to hang on with ten men. That we did was a credit to the reds and we even managed to go close a couple of times ourselves as we reshuffled the pack to cope. Dervite was brought on to replace Stephens and Fuller got on for the last five for a tiring Kermorgant. Ben Hamer earned his man-of-the-match award from me with a further couple of important saves as he rallied our desperate defence.

On reflection this was as much a point won as two lost and I would hope Chris Powell starts with as close a line-up to this as possible - Morrison will be suspended and Haynes will most likely miss out. Other results were kinder to us and we remain in 18th place, still about as close to the play-offs as the drop zone on points. The problem is we haven't won in six and we need to break that cycle soon.

Friday, 28 December 2012

Home is where the heart aches

Close on the heels of Wednesday's Valley sickener, we have to remount the horse and face Derby County in SE7 tomorrow. After that we have the M25 visit to Watford and then return for two more testing home games - Huddersfield in the F A Cup and Blackpool. We must tackle the trouble in our back yard.

Like the vast majority of Charlton fans, the Valley is where I watch most of my football and it's what I see there that sets the tone of my relationship with the club. On that basis, what we have seen this season has not been encouraging. Personally, having missed the first home match of the season due to holiday, I have only seen two wins all season - the topsy-turvy 5-4 defeat of leaders Cardiff and the unconvincing 2-0 beating of Peterborough. If you add three winless away trips the two wins come from 15 matches most of which you would hope to have come close to winning courtesy of home advantage. Unfortunately, we simply haven't come anywhere close and it's doing untold damage.

Gates have undoubtedly suffered as a result. I accept that the attendance given is for paid for seats and includes a couple of thousand season ticket holders each home game who have found better things to do on a Saturday afternoon or midweek evening. In recent weeks we also appear to have been inflating gates with complimentary tickets, presumably to cook the books and make the club look more attractive to prospective buyers. Wednesday's gate typified that. It looked to me like no more than 14,000 home fans and around 1000 visitors and yet a gate of 18,830 was given.

For me, the midfield has been the cause of the problem. More often than not, we have failed to control it and have been unable to bring the home fans more into the match. The atmosphere has suffered as a result and away teams have been able to settle quickly. We have also conceded the opening goal on far too many occasions as we have failed to adequately protect the back four. Vicious circle.

Chris Powell doesn't seem to know what his best back four are and, judging by the threads on Charlton Life, neither do the fans. No great surprise when we have had very little consistency from any of those available. I would make an exception for Wilson since he was moved forward and possibly Pritchard but the rest of the options are a struggle. We have had precious little width on either side. Danny Green's contribution is usually defined in his opening three minutes. If he doesn't get past his man to deliver a telling cross almost immediately then you can be sure he's going to do next to nothing. Salim Kerkar has flattered to deceive on the other side in equal measure. Danny Haynes has done better playing out-of-position on the wing but he is just that. Johnnie Jackson has not looked anywhere near as convincing on the left as he did in League One, although to be fair he hasn't looked the same player since returning from injury.

The biggest problem has been in the middle where we don't appear to have one player good enough for the Championship let alone two. Stephens needs more time to play his game than he will get at this level. If you add his inability to tackle to his lack of pace and he looks vulnerable. Add the lack of a covering partner and he becomes a liability as demonstrated against the Tractor boys.

Frimpong has done ok since joining on loan but I expected more from a promising Arsenal youngster - we certainly got more from Alex Song in his day.  Jackson has tried hard when played in the centre and even Dervite looked a modest improvement when moved out of defence.

With Hollands and Wagstaff already elsewhere on loan and seemingly surplus to requirements there haven't been too many options. Bover-Izquierdo, Harriet and Cook all appear to be considered too young or no better than what we have, so without money to spend in January we look ready to soldier on with the graft in midfield and long balls from the back. It doesn't look like a recipe for success. The home gate against Huddersfield when we have to pay for our tickets is looking like a potential embarrassment and record low home F A Cup gate for the 21st century.

None of this is helping our away numbers either. Our travelling support has dwindled despite us having won more matches on the counter. News that Palace are seeking to extract the most they can from us when we visit - £32 is a liberty - I expect the 2300 allocation to hang around until the deadline. I find myself in two minds at this stage and only a real improvement in performances and results will change that. Bah humbug!

Wednesday, 26 December 2012

Charlton Athletic 1 v Ipswich Town 2

Heightened expectations come with the risk of heightened disappointment. Like a child who didn't get what they really wanted for Christmas, we limped away from the Valley this evening in a cold downpour which felt like Mother Nature herself was laughing at us.

For those of you who weren't there today, and that will be quite a few given the empty seats (there must have been 3000 less than the 18,380 gate and Ipswich only brought 1000), this was a thoroughly unacceptable performance by a side who don't look up for it at the moment. Three consecutive defeats and we are heaping the pressure on ourselves and, more importantly I suspect, Chris Powell.

Hard to say what's going wrong but today it wasn't player selection or the timing of substitutions. It was simply the underwhelming first-half and our complete failure to spark anything as a side. We started with what looked like an attacking formation and I wasn't displeased to see Stephens back in for Jackson or Kerkar dropped for Haynes. Hulse got the start with Fuller and I thought that would be enough firepower to see us take control of the match. Green also started although you could be forgiven for not noticing.

The back four were as at Sheffield, Seaborne, Morrison, Cort and Solly, which is our best choice (Wiggins when fit) but they didn't look settled and were given far too little protection from midfield. Solly was again below par and Lee Martin had something of a field day. Seaborne's distribution on the other side was poor.

To the game then and we lost it in the first half. To their credit, Ipswich came at us and were prepared to commit men when they got forward. That was to secure them the points and they could have taken an earlier lead than they eventually did after Lee Martin won them a penalty. Seaborne cut out a cross-field ball but mishit it back across to Martin who cleaned-up quickly and cut inside Solly. He was then tripped by Frimpong inside the box. I must have been the only person in the stadium to think Frimpong touched the ball first but maybe not, the place was like a morgue and Frimpong looked to apologise to Martin after the spot-kick was awarded. DJ Campbell stepped up and knocked his shot wide of Hamer's right-hand post in front of the Covered End but he was to have his revenge. This should have provoked an immediate reaction in the Charlton side but it didn't.

The game moved on and Ipswich continued to come forward looking for a goal. On 34 minutes, Lee Martin again got down the Charlton right and managed to get a cross in that was overhit but rescued at the far side of the Charlton area by Darryl Murphy who drove it back into the box where it appeared to hit Campbell in plenty of space and rebound beyond Hamer. To be fair, it was probably a better goal from Campbell than I am giving him credit for. Still no change or response and the inevitable happened before half-time. This time, Darryl Murphy managed to get on the end of another Ipswich attack which we didn't cope with and beat Hamer with ease.

We started the second-half with two changes; Jackson came on for Frimpong and Pritchard replaced the anonymous Green. For fifteen minutes it looked like we might recover. We began to threaten from the right with Solly and Haynes getting good crosses in on the run but it wasn't falling for us in the midfield and we were squandering good chances by missing simple passes in advanced positions with men committed. Ricardo Fuller misplaced more than most and he was also guilty of being selfish on a couple of occasions when we had superior numbers and real openings.

Hulse worked his socks off but got nothing although we did finally manage a goal even if it did come from the spot after Chris Solly was taken down on 72 minutes by Lee Martin. Again, that should have sparked something but it didn't and the game was slowed by the inevitably slow Ipswich substitutions and we also lost several minutes when a corner flag was broken. Fuller then lay injured for a minute and took as long to vacate the field of play before the game restarted with Kermorgant eventually replacing him.

I was expecting six or seven minutes of added time but we got four. Even then we seemed to wait until the last 30 second to threaten with a routine corner at which all 11 of our players were in the box desperately hoping for an equaliser.

Perhaps it was my personal expectations but this felt like a defining defeat. If not, then I have to say that Saturday's game against Derby County could be if our players manage to deliver another unacceptable showing. The victory at Portman Road earlier in the season and the resurgence of November look well behind us. This was a poor result and a worse performance - something's got to change.

Monday, 24 December 2012

All I want for Christmas

It's Christmas Eve and the excitement is building in my household. Can we do the double over Ipswich Town on Boxing Day? Alright, the excitement is really from my girls who are at fever-pitch and doing everything we tell them for once, simply by looking up towards the sky.

Obviously I am too long in the tooth for the excitement of Christmas but I have always looked forward to Boxing Day more, especially when we play at home. The Valley was traditionally swollen with a bumper gate although we don't seem to have benefitted nearly as much since the Premiership days as our star has waned. It was also the one day of the year when you could expect a completely different and lop-sided team to be announced without any apparent explanation although you always assumed it was down to players drinking too much or not having turned up for pre-Christmas training. Results were often bizarre for that reason too...

Defeat at Oxford United on Boxing Day in 1980 always sticks in my mind. We were on a six or seven match winning sequence and bossing the division but were undone by a flat and lack-lustre performance. Thumped 4-0 at Portsmouth in the early eighties. Going down 3-1 against Wimbledon under Lennie. Simon Webster sent off at Ipswich as we were beaten.Who can forget the 5-0 humping we got at West Ham in 2000? There have been some highs too, of course. Beating Palace at the Valley was one that immediately comes to mind but the humbling of Chelsea when Paolo di Canio orchestrated the match and we hit four.

I am expecting a proper performance from the Reds tomorrow and that first double of the season. The Tractor Boys may have recovered under Mick McCarthy but we should still send them packing if we get at them from the off and not wait until the second-half to start looking to win the match. I see Derby on Saturday as potentially more of the same. I will be disappointed with anything less than four points and we need them to right the ship.

Sunday, 23 December 2012

Sheffield Wednesday 2 v Charlton Athletic 0

A good day out in Sheffield had the gloss taken off it somewhat by an unconvincing Charlton display against a side who, frankly, were there for the taking. In spite of the flooded landscape between London and Sheffield we made good time and were in a taxi just after midday and headed towards Hillsborough. A few pints in the hospitable Old Crown and we walked down with the locals to the ground.

The 500 visiting supporters were housed high in the Leppings Lane and we looked forward to a rip-roaring-goal-scoring victory. The signs were good. Leon "the Beast" Cort was back alongside Michael Morrison and he played an absolute blinder. Solly and Seaborne took the full-back berths although Chris was given an unusually hard time by Helan (I think - didn't get a programme).

I was pleased we had opted for a four man midfield of Wilson, Frimpong, Jackson and Kerkar with Haynes and Kermorgant doing the pressing. Frimpong and Jackson held their own and Wilson was especially lively early on and in the first half although he faded after a booking which he seemed very unhappy about. Salim Kerkar had another duff game and missed a gilt-edged opportunity in the opening few minutes when he appeared to get too far forward and missed a fine cross from Wilson which only needed a back-post touch. He also overhit half of the crosses he delivered as we wasted a number of promising positions.

Wednesday came back into the match and Hamer was called on to save and Leon Cort headed off the line before they opened the scoring. A corner was headed out and fell plumb centre for Rhys McCabe with no-one able to close the shot down. McCabe hit a venomous volley straight above Hamer's head but all big Ben could do was flap at it and it was one-nil. We saw little goal threat after that although Wednesday put a lot of balls into space on the flanks for Johnson and Helan to chase and the threat of a second was always there.

For our part we did manage to get the ball into their net just before half-time but I saw the flag go up as Haynes picked up a through ball from Frimpong and beat Kirkland. We should have then scored but Haynes fluffed his lines four yards out after Kermorgant finally won a far post header and steered it down passed Kirkland for Danny-Boy but he got his legs crossed and the chance was gone. Chris Powell was sent off I understand (didn't see it at the time) for complaining about this and an earlier failure to send Johnson off for his umpteenth crude block on Wilson.

After the break we again persisted with an attack that was struggling against a huge Wednesday back line. Yann Kermorgant was getting no change in his vain aerial battles and resorted to trying to win free-kicks. Haynes persisted as he had the legs on Llera but nothing was falling. With Kerkar still posing out left and Wilson fading, we needed a change but it didn't come until 63 minutes when Fuller entered the fray for the ineffective Kerkar.

Chris then waited another 15 minutes before a belated double substitution as Hulse and Green replaced Frimpong and Haynes. We went for it again as the game closed out but Wednesday had a rare victory in their sights and they defended manfully as Hulse attempted to get one over the booing locals (always hard for an ex-Leeds player at Hillsborough). In the final minute of four added, Wednesday forced a corner and from the pressure down at our end, Helan raced along the goal line and fired through Hamer from an acute angle to give the scoreline an unfair reading.

Two successive two-nil defeats oop north and I think we have learnt that this season will be about consolidation. What I would like to see now is some bigger and bolder performances at the Valley as we rescue our home form and reward our season ticket holders ahead of what could be an improvement next year. It was good to see old face, Dave Nixon and his lad yesterday.

Friday, 21 December 2012

Twas the Wednesday before Christmas

I'm off to Sheffield tomorrow for only my third away game of the season (Forest and Millwall) which is a record low for me at this stage of a season and I am looking nervously at the incessant rain and worrying if our national railway network will let us down.

Sheffield was a favourite city of mine in my youth. There were always lively pubs in the centre of town  (eg The Stone House) and the locals were always inquisitively friendly. It was the venue for  'Blackheath Ramblers' weekend on one occasion ("why don't any of you wear rambling boots?"). One of my good mates even met a lovely lady on one visit which developed into a year-long attraction which helped me develop a convincing Sheffield accent. None of that tomorrow. The Gringo and I will hopefully be there by 12.30, enjoy a few pints in town and then catch a cab to Hillsborough.

I think it will be my fourth or fifth visit to Wednesday and I am still looking for my first victory and a chance to sing Jingle Bells. Wednesday may have claimed a scrappy win at neighbours Barnsley late on Saturday but they have been on an horrendous losing sequence and are in the drop zone. I am expecting another close and hard-fought game and will, once again, pray for a little more ambition from the manager. This match should tell us a lot about the depth of our sides playing conviction, coming three days before Christmas and with us safely in mid-table.

We must make better use of our substitutions later in the game. I don't know why Chris is so loathe to introduce them and why he is invariably too late to tactical match the opposition when they make theirs.
After the 1000-plus following we took there last year, we will likely be down to bare bones tomorrow in the Lepping Lanes end as the desperate go Christmas shopping, but I am looking forward to it nonetheless. Charlton forever!

Sunday, 16 December 2012

Charlton at the London Soccerdome

I was invited down to the London Soccerdome by a fellow northern Scot to see his son playing for Cambridge United today. His lad is 9 years old and has been with Cambridge, their home town, for a couple of years. He regularly plays against the likes of Arsenal and Spurs as well as Walsall and Barnet, but until today never the mighty Addicks.

In the ten years or so that it's been there, I have never previously set foot in the London Soccerdome (formerly the David Beckham Academy) and I have to profess to thinking it was now closed. Anyhow, it was very much open this morning and I was very impressed with both the scale (two full size artificial pitches), the facilities and the quality of the football I got to see.

The Under 9's and Under 11's were at the Soccerdome whilst the Under 8's, Under 10's and Under 12's were playing at our Academy at Sparrows Lane. Whilst all were welcome at the Soccerdome, I understand visiting parents had to obtain tickets to attend at Sparrows Lane!

I was obviously there to support my mates son and to be encouraging to the other proud parents down from Cambridge but it was impossible for me to remain impartial. I was reminded that scorelines are unimportant at this age and that it's all about touch, positional play and movement. That's as maybe but Cambridge were beaten 3-2, 5-2, 6-2 and managed a 5-5 in the other game. It was really good to see some of these kids. Two-footed, quick, comfortable on the ball and real team players. They played to the whistle, didn't appeal decisions and were courteous to their opponents.

I have checked the programme since getting home but nothing below U17's registers. There were no team sheets available and I didn't get all the names but Jeremy and Richard were two I did hear and they were superb.

Saturday, 15 December 2012

Bolton Wanderers 2 v Charlton Athletic 0

David Ngog came off the bench late in the second-half to score twice and break the Addicks resistance. It was tough to take because up until that point we had first matched Bolton through the first half and looked like we were going to take the lead ourselves.

Lawrie Wilson had another impressive game down the right flank in front of Chris Solly and he was involved in creating several chances for Danny Haynes which went begging. Yann Kermorgant was preferred as the lone striker with Haynes playing behind him in a withdrawn role from the left and played his usual physical role in testing the Wanderers defence.

Dale Stephens sounded like he was keen to impress back up north and was unfortunate to be booked early on after Bolton players hammed it up to the referee. He will now miss Hillsborough next week through suspension but we are not short of options in midfield. Manny Frimpong and Johnny Jackson were alongside Stephens but it didn't sound like either made any telling contribution.

The defence stood up pretty well until Ngog exploded onto the scene and Dervite and Morrison had little to deal with in the first half in particular. Seaborne was again at left back and Ben Hamer made one good save from Chris Eagles from a corner but could do little to stop Ngog.

The defeat disrupts our recent momentum but we get another chance to win next week at bottom-of-the-table Sheffield Wednesday who have lost seven in succession but are currently winning 1-0 at Oakwell in the late game. Still plenty left in that one and now's as good a time as any to get another result in Sheffield.

It was our first defeat in eight and we need to bounce back and establish ourselves in the top half of the table before New Year.

Thursday, 13 December 2012

December whizzing by...

Another hectic working week. Maybe I should just accept that this is the new norm but it's hard not to hanker for a more balanced Monday to Friday so will carry on deluding myself that things will slow down.

After I finished last night I joined some old working comrades for our annual visit to Tayyabs and my current favourite world food, 'north-west Frontier' or Punjabi. I have been addicted to British Indian restaurant food (Bangladeshi) since my teens dating back to the 1970's. My old man was an early adopter of foreign foods and I was fluent with Indian and Chinese menus long before my generation got into Chicken Tikka Masala. I also spent a year in Singapore in '95 when I discovered what MSG was and how Chinese food I was used to should more accurately be named Hong Kong food. Anyway, if you haven't tried it, look for a Punjabi restaurant and fill your boots. They are occasionally run by Sikhs but are more often, like Tayyabs, Muslim owned which is why they are often unlicensed although they are quite happy for you to bring-your-own which means you get to drink exactly what you want and at off-licence prices. It was great to catch-up with friends whose level of working cynicism surpasses my own and have a good old moan about the state of the world. I always leave feeling slightly better about everything.

Hopefully things will slow down a bit tomorrow because I am off to the Mick Jagger Centre/Dartford Grammar School for a few pints and a dose of old favourites, the Buzzcocks.

I will be tuned in to the Bolton game on Saturday afternoon and praying for three points rather than the solitary one which looks nailed on. Bolton aren't exactly setting the heather alight at the moment but they have been hard to beat and have drawn eight games so far. Wild horses couldn't persuade me to travel to the frozen wastes of northern Manchester but Mexican Victor is back next week for his Christmas visit and I have agreed to accompany him on the similar trek to Hillsborough on 22nd - definitely no Christmas shopping for me. These games give us a real chance to prove any realistic play-off ambitions.

Fulham are being linked with January swoop for Ben Hamer which I suppose will be successful if they aren't deterred by Spanish Tone's valuation which should be about £4m if his valuation of Dale Stephens is anything to go by. I don't want any disruption to our current squad, at least, until the destiny of this season looks clearer but if Ben is to get the big money move then we will also need to move on and hopefully with a fee commensurate with the increase in his earnings. If it's not Fulham, Nottingham Forest should be rebuffed unless they are dangling equally stupid money.

Saturday, 8 December 2012

Charlton Athletic 2 v Brighton & Hove Albion 2

Another point and Charlton extend their unbeaten run to seven matches. The point was more of one gained than two lost although I was pretty disappointed with our lack of ambition today. Brighton looked a shadow of the side that dismantled us a couple of years ago and, to my mind, they were there for the taking. Having said that, they played more like the home side and looked more likely to nick it at the end.

Michael Morrison returned to central defence but I was disappointed to see Leon Cort moving to the bench for Dervite. Dorian played very well at Millwall but he was over-shadowed by Cort. Lawrie Wilson returned to the right-back berth and was my man-of-the-match. Dale Stephens partnered Manny Frimpong in central midfield and we also managed to fit Jackson, Pritchard and Haynes in with Hulse alone up front. It was a bit of a mess if you ask me and Haynes, in particular, was wasted.

A game of very few chances saw Charlton take an early lead when Lawrie Wilson ghosted into the six yard box to meet a near-post corner and glanced a header past Kuszczhak. We looked comfortable enough after that but failed to push for a second and allowed Brighton to settle into the game. They play the ball around very well and support the man on the ball which is always dangerous against Charlton. Craig Mackail-Smith was lurking and before half-time he pounced. A long ball had Michael Morrison back-peddalling and he didn't get enough on the backward header. Mackail-Smith seized on the short-fall and stroked the ball beyond Hamer for the equaliser.

After the break and kicking towards the Covered End, I expected a sustained step up in gear but we didn't really get one. We simply weren't strong enough in midfield. Pritchard was too slow and Haynes was ineffectual. Frimpong flattered to deceive and Jackson didn't contribute nearly enough. In spite of that, we managed to take the lead. Our most urgent move of the half saw five players attack in unison  and the ball was eventually played in to Pritchard twelve yards out. For once he was alert and switched the ball smartly from left to right foot as he beat the on-rushing Kuszczhak.

We looked unlikely leaders at that stage and I feared an equaliser. Brighton stepped on the gas and Lua-Lua injected some pace and urgency from the bench. A free-kick 20-odd yards out was the opportunity Brighton needed and a wicked deflection beat Hamer for 2-2. Both sides huffed and puffed for a winner but 2-2 was probably as much as either side could really expect.

I can't help feeling we showed them too much respect today and that we have to be more ambitious in future matches. We were too slow with fresh legs and allowed Brighton to take the initiative with their substitutions. We will go again next week at Bolton and then at Sheffield Wednesday where our more cautious approach suits us away from home. I only hope Chris will up the ante significantly before we play Ipswich on Boxing Day.

I took a wander up to the White Swan pre-match where it was good to share a few pints with Addick fanatics, Mick Gebbitt, Mark Garvey and Steve Nelson (as well as Pete and Tony). Fitting really given the reflection on 20 years since our return to SE7.  Brighton filled their end but the home areas were again disappointing. The West looked half-full/empty and the Lower North was sparse. The 19,080 gate was hardly a surprise and put the Huddersfield gate into sharp focus. Assuming we had 15,400 there today, there were three thousand Charlton fans missing from the Huddersfield game. Personally I think we were probably only a thousand down but that would again suggest the Huddersfield gate was inflated.

Friday, 7 December 2012

4th October 1977

Still probably my most memorable league match occurred 35 years ago when tomorrows visitors came to the Valley on a Tuesday night. Both Charlton and Brighton were going well in the old Second Division and both had leading scorers in Mike Flanagan and Peter Ward respectively. Their names dominated the evenings' raucous singing.

My memory as a 14 year-old was that Brighton brought thousands of fans and that the Valley was swollen with a massive crowd. Interesting to read that the attendance was actually only 19,098, although those were the days when Charlton look liberties with the official gate as they avoiding tax by declaring lower numbers than were actually there. It was also a time when people could get into the game in a variety of ways without paying.

There was a fantastic atmosphere that night and the Covered was packed. It was a cold evening but we were kept warm by repeated surges down the Covered End terraces and by the fact there was so little room.

The Brighton side were delayed by traffic and arrived at the ground with only twenty minutes to spare which may account for their slow start.

Midfield prompter, Dick Tydeman opened the scoring after 16 minutes. Just after the half-hour Hugh McAuley netted for the Charlton second and we believed we were home and dry. I leapt up in the air for the second-goal and was caught mid-air by the surge from above which carried me ten yards down the terracing before space opened up and my new Indian moccasins hit the concrete again.

Peter Ward pulled one back after 38 minutes but we went in at half-time with our noses in front. After the break the referee gave Brighton a lifeline when he awarded them a penalty after Mark Penfold, our exciting young left-back prospect was adjudged to have brought Ward down (I walked passed Mark the other day on his way to the Huddersfield match - he's a regular).

Brian Horton took the spot-kick but Jeff Wood saved it, only for the ref to rule that Jeff had moved before it was taken. Horton's second effort was slammed wide but again Wood was penalised for moving early and they were given a third bite at the cherry. The Covered End was livid and and we roared our disapproval. Horton wasn't trusted with the third effort and Peter Ward stepped up to make it 2-2.

After that the game swayed towards the visitors and their comeback was completed after the hour when Winstanley scored to put the Seagulls ahead for the first time in the game. We couldn't believe it in the Covered End and I remember our players having words with one another across the pitch at that moment.

We tore back at them and within minutes little Keefy Peacock out-jumped the Brighton defence to meet a typically pinpoint Powell cross from the right wing and steered home our third. Cue another eruption in the home end and a mass surge down the terraces where the gaps were between the stanchions. We all  turned around and climbed back up the steps to regain out positions and continue the fevered singing. The ground was alive at that moment and every Charlton pass that found another red shirt increased the volume as the East terrace and West Stand thousands joined in. On 71 minutes, Colin "Paddy" Powell sped down the right flank in typical fashion veering infield and threatening a trademark obstruction by deliberately running into his opponent and throwing his hands up in despair. He shunned the opportunity for the free-kick this time, checking inside instead and strode on making a couple of yards odd space, the winner was on.

I remember the movement of that shot vividly. It went left from Powell's right boot (his left was strictly for standing on) which set Eric Steele heading that way but the force of the shot had spun the ball violently and the night air caught the spin and sent it back right. What a goal! Chaos in the Covered End and Brighton were finished 4-3. I lost a moccasin in that surge and was lucky to have it handed back to me by a mate. It was great night which I have talked about on and off ever since.

If Saturday's match is half as good I will be a satisfied Customer, especially if we collect the points again. The gate will be almost certainly be bigger but the atmosphere can't possibly match that evening in a sardine-packed standing Covered End. Oh how I miss it.

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

The F A Cup draw was a tad disappointing. Yes we got a home tie in the 3rd Round Proper but Huddersfield Town won't set the tills ringing. Expect the club to run a Rick-style promotion. To be fair to Huddersfield, it's hardly a more attractive fixture for them having to return to SE7 a couple of months after their last visit. We live in hope, of course, but I am not anticipating a Cup run and by then we might all settle for a graceful exit if we genuinely have something else to focus on.

Our current form suggests that might just be the case. Unbeaten in six, with an improving defensive record and more players to return from injury, the signs are good. If we look at the forthcoming opposition, the average position of the sides we face over the next six games before the Terriers is 15th;

Brighton (8th) - well beaten in their big derby on Saturday and we should look to apply some salt at the Valley to an injury-hit Seagulls.

Bolton (18th) - potential banana-skin up there but not yet fully recovered from a difficult start.

Wednesday (23rd) - obviously struggling and will be under enormous pressure from their deluded fans at home.

Ipswich (20th) - looking for recovery under Mick McCarthy but we have already beaten them at their shop and a double should be achievable.

Derby (16th) - have not maintained their bright start and have been beaten six times away from home so far.

Watford (6th) - probably the toughest of the lot away from home but it's New Year and with a bumper noisy Charlton following, we could capitalise.

I may have the rose-tinted glasses on here but I don't think it unreasonable to expect to pick up more points than those around us through these games which should lift us into the top ten and position us nicely for a second-half charge. We have undoubtedly learnt lessons in this division through the first-half and if we can apply those we can expect a better second-half return which would make things very interesting indeed.

We have a better squad than I think most realise and we have a couple of key players yet to return. Wiggins is the obvious one who would give us one of the best defences in the league. It would also strengthen our attacking left side. With Lawrie Wilson restored on the right we would carry more direct threat and could expect more high quality supply - we have the front men to score the goals if they are given sufficient opportunity.

In the circumstances, I am looking forward to slipping quietly out of the Cup once again.

Sunday, 2 December 2012

Millwall 0 v Charlton Athletic 0

I said before the game I would take a draw and we duly got one.

It was a very decent Charlton performance without our Captain although, typically, he was behind the goal with our fans doing his bit to support the side. First thing first then, I thought Dervite had a very solid game and Leon Cort was counted alongside him as he shackled Chris Wood. Chris Solly was the man-of-the-match by a country mile and that included both sides. Danny Seaborne was better than he has been of late, but he needed to be and that gave us the foundation for the clean sheet.

Our midfield worked tirelessly against a determined Millwall centre although they got the upper hand and did more damage, especially in the second-half when they stretched the game. Upfront Yan Kermorgant and Rob Hulse fed on scraps and Hulse looked like a man trying to knock a wardrobe over against Danny Shittu. It looked to me like we were crying out for Danny Haynes or Bradley Wright-Phillips much earlier but supply was limited to be fair. Kerkar had a poor game down the left and Pritchard wasn't much more effective in getting down the right. Jackson and Stephens were much busier in the middle.

Millwall have a very definate style coming forward. They play in set patterns and they look to do a lot of juggling and flicking, as they bring more players into the attack. They created a number of opportunities but only came really close once in the first-half when Warren Feeney connected six yards out but slid his shot across the face of goal when anything on target would probably have beaten Hamer. In the second-half and attacking the Cold Blow Lane, the Lions had us back-pedalling and defending a lot of corners but there was no sign of the panic displayed in the Posh match and they were limited to long range pot shots, several of which scared the goal-frame and one of which Ben Hamer had to help over the bar. Chris Solly made a goal line clearance towards the end which represented Millwall's best chance to break the deadlock. I am sure one would have lead to two but it wasn't to be for Millwall.

The draw maintains both sides unbeaten runs but was obviously a better result for Chris Powell.

I thought our support was fantastic yesterday. We filled our end and made a lot of noise, things we haven't always done in this, our most local of derbies. I don't think we need to apologise or to be embarrassed about that. Millwall fans have made it very uncomfortable for visiting supporters to attend games and they have bullied and abused us on every visit. We are very used to the throat-slitting gestures of the eegits who choose to sit as close as they can to the visiting supporters and who contort their faces in rage and posture throughout the game. Personally, ignoring these saddo's is the best response because it's the one they can't handle. However, I do know how tempting it is to respond and they can hardly complain if they get some back.

The "Jeremy Kyle....he's coming for you" line was a cutting observation of the differences between more of our fans than theirs and it was probably what wound them up more than the smoke bomb and flare which was thrown onto the pitch at the end by Charlton fans.

Personally I left at the whistle with my two mates and we made our way home as quietly as possible. I chose to avoid New Cross or South Bermondsey so can't comment on the argy-bargy that went on. Millwall fans should do well to think about their behaviour in these games over the years and Charlton fans should also remember that we are not Millwall and for that reason, getting too lairy when we play them is pretty short-sighted.

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Winter Excercise: Best Practices and Advices

Best tips for Winter Excersice by Dr. Melvin Elson MDIt certainly is true that winter is here and it is difficult to continue your exercise routine, but you really don’t have to give up running or walking outside. Just use a few tips to be able to be comfortable and still get in the exercise you need. You can maintain your level of fitness and your weight until Spring will eventually get here and then things will be even more enjoyable.

How to Keep Excercising on Winter?

First and really this is probably the most important. If you are on a road or even a sidewalk exercise going toward the traffic so you can be seen by the driver and you can see the driver and anticipate any movements. It is best if there is any traffic on the road your rout is taking you, not to use an iphone, etc.

If possible run into the wind going out and have the wind at your back coming back so that if you are perspiring the wind won’t blow on wet skin. You must protect your skin from the elements because temperatures even just below freezing can produce frostbite if you are out any length of time.

Be wary of your Skin!

Be sure to wear gloves—and even better are mittens, since the fingers will keep one another warm. Cover your head to prevent heat loss from the area. To prevent chaffing apply Vaseline to the most vulnerable areas—in between the thighs, the nipples and if your face is exposed and it is very cold, you can even apply a thin film of Vaseline for protection.

Always dress in layers, so that air is trapped in between each layer to increase the degree of warmth. It is possible, even in the winter, to become overheated and if so you can remove a layer or 2.

If the roads are icy or slick simply stay off them that day. There is no way to remain safe if you are sliding or if a car is sliding toward you. If you begin to feel sleepy or sluggish, stop and get to a safe place as soon as you can.

Winter running can be invigorating and just as much fun as it is in the summer, but use not only your legs, use your head!

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It's official...

The daughter just pooped all over herself, me and the furniture we were in. It's official - she's a real live baby!! Ah, the melodious tones of the washing machine... This kid makes more laundry in a day than Yoav and I do in a week (especially when you include slipcovers! Aren't we glad we HAVE slipcovers?!).

Here's a pic of girlfriend smiling (looks like it to me!). Note the nicely rounded belly - this was pre-explosive-pooping.

And yes, eventually this blog will not revolve around my daughter's bodily functions. Um, bli neder.

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The goal of this blog is to provide education and bring about higher awareness about Down syndrome. It is to share that life with Down syndrome (DS) is not scary, horrible, or to be feared.

My experience comes from raising my daughter, Nebraska Larae (Braska), born November 2006 with Down syndrome.
The posts on this blog are related in some way to life with DS or disability, and they are reposted here from my other family blogs. There are links to those blogs in the margin on the right side of this blog if you would like to visit them directly.

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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Braska: More pictures from my friend visits

Remember back when I had a party weekend with lots of friends and lots of parties?

Well I have some more pictures to show you from then.

Me and Jack stood in the picture place (by the door) for our pictures.  We have matching clothes and he’s cute. But I think I win, don’t you?

Madelyn helped me decide what we would get at the dinner place.  She’s Jack’s big sister, and she is fun to play with.

On Sunday, we went to church with friends too.  Or they went with us really.  Jack and Nichole even got to go to my class with me!  It was great!

One night, Ellie, Nichole, and Nina came over to my house.  And Jack came too.  We watched Signing Time all together while mommies and daddies talked about stuff.  Nichole is REALLY good at her signs!

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I work for a large national bank that has recently changed our short term disability policy. Of course the employees needed to be informed of the new policy and writing short term disability policy over and over again can be cumbersome. So the MBA's put their heads together for an appropriate acronym and came up with STD. Each week I'm treated to a Beavis and Butthead moment in my office as the STD program is trotted out in an unintentionally funny e-mail or phone call. The most recent mention was in an annual benefits policy newsletter that had the following equation:
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Monday, February 28, 2011

.....Midnight Monologue.....

.....Midnight Monologue.....

The night cold and frosty...
Confines me to an unknown pain,
There is a conflict surging,
Between me and my soul.

Sitting in a clustered room,
By the narrow window pane,
The hands of the clock slowly tick by...
As I wait for the moon to shine at the night.

Tears don't trickle by,
Nor stars adore the beautiful sky...
Waiting for spring to arrive,
I die a thousand deaths in fall...

Writers Note:  Ruffled, lost and a wounded soul....silence is all I wish to embrace now although silence is a silent killer. Guess I'm sounding too weak and depressed am I the only one to feel so or there are other people on this planet like me? Exam in 2 days time and I barely remember anything, just blank and here I wanted to score good grades make up for the losses, so frustrated with my poor health and everything other too... wanna do so much but failing and the moment just wanna break free...Very well know this is the wrong attitude but can't help it; but its nowhere related to the fact that what I'm studying.. I want to leave that or pursue something its not that at all I'm contented with what I'm doing I really am  (some people who know me might feel this is the reason hell no its not!)

Just unable to understand how can a determined person whose always struggled and fought and came out with flying colours suddenly become so fragile and vulnerable and can't seem to find an end to this unending and deserted maze??  Something is seriously wrong dunno exactly what it is...not even able to voice out my inhibitions verbally nor can anyone read my silence...Trying to clutch to something and feel as its slipping away... everyone will tell me you're demotivating yourself and that you just can't say like this, this is the height of immaturity and feebleness but I dunno I'm unable to escape its clutches whatever it is...sigh

P.S: I dunno whether it's right on my part to post this on my blog rather than write it down somewhere in my diary where no one knows about it....but then I guess I post everything out here and hence, even this........

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Two Time in a Row!

Alright...This is the first time I'm getting an award and to be frank I'm too happy as I din get it from 1 person but 2 people and I'm really grateful to them that they liked my work and well thought of me to be worthy of it. It means a lot and the joy I'm experiencing at the moment is much more than I can describe in words!

Thanks a lot Eon and Valli for this award, I do not have words to thank you guys, I was just about to post a Thank You in the morning to Eon when I came to know that even Valli has given me one and I was surprised to react at that moment ! And to be true, these two people are awesome poets...they weave a certain magic and transport you in a different world....not everyone can write beautifully poems and they are the ones who write really well!!!

Now comes 7 things about me and myself:

1) I'm the most unpredictable girl you'll ever come across and my mood changes just like the wind.

2) I can be very philosophical at times and a complete opposite the other.

3) I'm in love with darkness more than the light and find it to be more enchanting, powerful and positive than light.

4) A real big chatterbox and it need not be said coz those who know me do know this aspect very well.

5) I can be selfish and diplomatic at times and not give a damn to the other person's feelings at times, though  I'm a sensitive person.

6) I never knew I had a flair for writing until after my 11th std when one of my friends accidentally read one of my quotes and a small verse.

7) Last but not the least I'm very lazy and I love to sleep, can sleep anywhere at any given hour even in a lecture if I find it boring, that's one real bad thing about me.

I would like to pass on this award to: ( Names Arranged as they come in Blog List)

Aesthetic Blasphemy

Colors N Mumbai

My World's One Big Dream

Simply Words !

The Silhouette...

Words do matter.

Poetry Reflection of My Feelings

To the ppl i have mentioned above, there are a few things you are expected to do after this...they are:

a. Write down seven things about yourself.
b. Pass it on to people you feel deserve it.
c. Ask them to follow suit.
d. Continue writing those beautiful posts.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Dream Of You !

Dream Of You !

Sounds of the bittersweet melody,
Resonates deep within my soul...
As I lay there hoping for warmth after the coldness has gone.
I know it ain't the case and I shouldn't expect,
As I know I've blown all the chances that've come my way,
Yet there is a forlorn hope, that you truly didn't walk away....

You gave me hope, you gave me joy...
You were my light at the end of the night,
Time passed by and days too rolled
Yet there is a question that still looms...
Why did you teach me to walk again?
When you were to leave me crumpled all alone on my own....

It's not that I did not try,
A little more time is all that I needed
Or maybe just a bit of love would have done...
I was just too scared to confess and too insecure to lose,
Lost and confused is what I was back then,
Yet it was me who had to choose.

I dunno why I still love you?
When all I should do is try to forget you....
I'm not stalking nor am I insane,
But I just can't seem to let go...
Wearing a smile on my face and a frown in my heart...
I lead my life in thy memoirs....

Thursday, February 3, 2011

A Pinch of Hope !

A Pinch of Hope !

Before sunlight can shine,
An enchanting darkness smiles !

Lilies bloom and leaves rustle,
And a never ending gloom settles.

The moon is aglow and a starry night engulfs,
Leaving behind trails of lone memories to revive.

Time flees as birds fly,
Turning dusk to dawn and kindles hope.

Retracing the path that I walked on,
I gleam and shimmer like a new  born.

P.S: This poem was written on a prompt..."Before the sunlight can shine." on Dec 21st!


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Tangie Baxter and Molly DeCrow are sisters and perfect partners in crime for creating digital scrapbook kits. Their new kit Dark Room is coming out VERY soon at scrapbookgraphics.com and fits PERFECTLY with the new PArcel #3 coming our VERY soon too.. LOL :)

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Dark Room collab by Tangie Baxter/Molly DeCrow at scrapbookgraphics.com

This is the page I made. I will go hybrid with this one VERY ;) soon too. For now, the digital versions suits me fine. I will put some things that are important for me and about me in the envelope and do some own painting and doodling when I am ready for it.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

One Release Fatigue

The one and only can release women fatigue is shopping. Every woman in these world love shopping and will be always love shopping including me. I love shopping very much and hunting cute things or vintage things. Last weekend my parents told me and my sister to shopping all we needed. Then we going to mall and we shopping what we want. Not what we needed. Less than five minutes we arrived at mall, I just get 2 pieces of clothes. Check this out!

  1. first shirt is beauty! :) xx

  2. The shirt and the earings look amazing...great choices girl!Much love

  3. Such pretty tops! Nice choices :)

  4. omgg the top is gorgeous :)

  5. I really like the top in the first picture! The color is great! :D

    Oh and I would like to personally thank you for joining the fashion bloggers against social injustices network. I hope you would help to spread the words to your friends and also to give some great ideas on how we can spread this good cause to more people. I really want to interact with you more there! :D

    Please check out! You can also follow me at backtofive's twitter too!
    You have to visit Bloggers Against Social Injustice too!

    See you there! :D
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    xoxo backtofive

  6. These are all awesome buy!! Great haul dear <3

  7. Cool ways to display what is fashionable.

  8. Love the striped tee and the dress!
    Hey I'm your newest follower now, and I hope you will follow me back, it would be great to keep in touch!
    Last time by Ylenia Labate

  9. Hi dear, great post! Love the first top <3
    Btw thanks for following me, of course i'd love to follow you back!!

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A crowded train

The train was very crowded, so the soldier walked the length of the train, looking for an empty seat. The only unoccupied seat was directly adjacent to well dressed middle aged lady and was being used by her little dog.
The weary soldier asked, "Please, ma'am, may I sit in that seat?"
The French woman looked down her nose at the soldier, sniffed and said, "You Americans. You are such a rude class of people. Can't you see my little Fifi is using that seat?"
The soldier walked away, determined to find a place to rest, but after another trip down to the end of the train, found himself again facing the woman with the dog.
Again he asked, "Please, lady. May I sit there? I'm very tired."
The French woman wrinkled her nose and snorted, "You Americans! Not only are you rude, you are also arrogant. Imagine!"
The soldier didn't say another word. He leaned over, picked up the little dog, tossed it out the window of the train and sat down in the empty seat.
The women shrieked and demanded that someone defend her and chastise the soldier.
An English gentleman sitting across the aisle spoke up, "You know, sir, you Americans do seem to have a penchant for doing the wrong thing. You're bad at holding the fork in the wrong hand. You drive your autos on the wrong side of the road. And now, sir, you've thrown the wrong b**ch out of the window."

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 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 22:00:00 GMT Big size knee braces. Orthosis is a kind of stabilizer that, like plaster, keeps the joint in one fixed position.Modern orthoses are made of materials that allow air to pass through and allow for faster drainage. In addition, thanks to the compression action, they raise and maintain constant temperature around the joint. The breeches are made in several sizes, so you can easily find the right one. Can you find a special knee support brace xxl for obese? Fri, 14 Jul 2017 22:00:00 GMT Wed, 12 Jul 2017 22:00:00 GMT Compression knee support for sports. People who practice any sport are the group most vulnerable to any knee injury. Croft, meniscus or ACL ligaments are just some of the most common athlete injuries. It happens to both amateurs and professionals Tue, 11 Jul 2017 22:00:00 GMT Solve your ACL problems? Currently, many people who practice various sports are struggling with knee injuries. Their reasons are many. Very often knee injuries result from neglect in adolescence age especially, if some sports were practiced. Inadequate diet, large knee exploitation and lack of proper regeneration are just some of the causes of knee problems. How can you help yourself in the case of an arduous knee injury? Sun, 09 Jul 2017 22:00:00 GMT How to face with shoulder injuries? Subacute Conflict - This is an overstroke pathology leading to inflammation of the subterranea . The first symptom is pain in the shoulder area after exercise. The problem develops most often due to the imbalance between the shoulder muscles and the rotator cuff muscles. This is one of the most popular injuries. This one can be efficiently threaten using shoulder support brace . Thu, 06 Jul 2017 22:00:00 GMT Sun, 02 Jul 2017 22:00:00 GMT Pain in back - how to face it ? Nowadays many people spend hours in front of a computer screen or a TV. Some people have a job like this, but many people still prefer to spend their free time. Because of this, many people suffer from back problems that are most often associated with pain. This kind of pain can be very annoying if you do even everyday activities. Many people are looking for a way to ease the back pain. One of them is a back support belt.
 Sun, 02 Jul 2017 22:00:00 GMT Wed, 28 Jun 2017 22:00:00 GMT How to help lower back pain treatment ? Currently, many people suffer from spinal injuries. Back can be hurt by many different factors. Often through defects posture or contracting limbs that result in back pain.  Currently there are many accessories that can help to cure back injuries and pain. Such accessories are called lower back support brace. Tue, 27 Jun 2017 22:00:00 GMT Anti flat head syndrome baby pillow. Every parent wants to take care of his or her newborn's health as much as possible. Every day we care that our newborn has everything it needs. Parents want to dress their infant appropriately so there is not even the smallest infection. However, it is important to remember that the newborn baby is very delicate and even the sleeping position of the newborn can have a negative impact on its development. One of such danger is baby flat head syndrome. Sun, 25 Jun 2017 22:00:00 GMT Sun, 25 Jun 2017 22:00:00 GMT Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:00:00 GMT Sun, 18 Jun 2017 22:00:00 GMT Tue, 13 Jun 2017 22:00:00 GMT Flat feet problem - its never to late to act It is said that even one third of population can have this kind of foot deformity. For some people it's not that painful defect. But for others its painful beyond measure. We need to walk with ease every day to successfully complete our tasks and fulfill all our needs. How scary is vision that with every step, we experience pain that stops us from such basic activity as walking and running? But we should never give up. There are accounts of older people (in their 70s) who decide to act and try to heal this defect. Sometimes with success. Younger persons should never wait so long and immediately start searching for solutions that are best for them. Because the faster we deal with flat foot problem, the greater chances we have to win a better quality of life.
 Sun, 11 Jun 2017 22:00:00 GMT Fri, 09 Jun 2017 22:00:00 GMT Ankle support and knee braces for kids. Kids are small but their energy and vitality level is probably limitless. This is true for every mom and dad whose children couldn't stop running in house or couldn't quit playing favorite game with them. Parents are often overwhelmed by pure positive energy from their kids. Sometimes even older children can't stop their high intensity activity during the day. But not every day ends well. Sometimes because of child's endless curiosity injuries can occur. Moms or Dads verbal warnings almost never stop kids from doing extreme running, jumping or climbing. There is probably no kid in the world who didn't sprain its ankle at least once. This is where  ankle support  and knee  brace  come in handy. Tue, 06 Jun 2017 22:00:00 GMT Mon, 05 Jun 2017 22:00:00 GMT Fri, 02 Jun 2017 22:00:00 GMT How runners can protect their knees efficiently? Running is one of the most popular physical activities in the world. Its intuitive, requires only minimum of equipment and can be practiced by healthy people without any age restriction. Some reports say that nearly half of running community suffers from injuries that occur at least once a year. There are many factors and methods that can help improve safety of our knees. One of those methods is using different sleeves and braces for knees. Unfortunately runner's knee pain is quite popular injury. Let's look into all different advantages of using  runner's knee brace  and  compression knee sleeve . Thu, 01 Jun 2017 22:00:00 GMT Mon, 29 May 2017 22:00:00 GMT In life every step counts. Foot drop is one of most disturbing injuries that someone can experience. Person that is not able to make comfortable steps will suffer in every day to day activity. There are many reasons behind this kind of injury. Physical damage, stroke, brain injury are most popular causes. When our walk is much harder than it should be we can apply help such as a carbon fiber foot drop afo brace or foot drop ankle orthosis splint . Let's see how those smart inventions can help us in our day to day living. Sun, 28 May 2017 22:00:00 GMT Wed, 24 May 2017 22:00:00 GMT How to prepare for long travel ? Traveling is very exciting and healthy hobby. People who love to travel can learn some interesting things and those who prefer hiking tours can get some stamina. However, it is pretty necessary to prepare for such travel. How to get some cool stuff which is really supportive for travelers? Sun, 21 May 2017 22:00:00 GMT Sport orthoses & support braces
People are living very fast now. It often happens that we do not have too much time to rest. However, many of us like sports. Sport is a way to relax and become healthier. However, in particular, competitive sport can be dangerous. Many injuries can happen because of sport. However, we should remember that we can quickly get rid of the pain but how to do it?
 Sun, 14 May 2017 22:00:00 GMT Baby hip dysplasia - how to treat it ? We are more and more sick nowadays. This is due to a lot of pollution in the contemporary environment, poor lifestyle and poor food quality. The health status of parents can have a significant impact on the health of their child. Unfortunately, often neglect during pregnancy results in abnormalities in the early life of the child. One of such disorder is dysplasia. Wed, 10 May 2017 22:00:00 GMT Umbilical hernia support belt . People are very sick nowadays. Unfortunately, even in young age people are sick more often than in the past. That is why prevention is so important to stop many diseases. But sometimes it is very difficult to prevent illness. That is why it is so important to cure any inconveniences properly. One of the most common diseases in recent times is hernia. So how can it be properly cure? Sun, 07 May 2017 22:00:00 GMT Inguinal hernia belt - when we need it? Abdomen is very delicate area of body. Inside it there are multiple vital organs as stomach, bowels, kidneys and few more. Sometimes proper function of abdomen is disturbed by internal or external injuries. Hernia is one of them. Abdominal hernia is common in twenty-first century. How we can help ourselves? Wed, 03 May 2017 22:00:00 GMT Achilles tendon support brace. Nowadays sport is practiced by many people. This is very popular because everyone wants to look fit. Unfortunately, very often during training we can have an injury. So how can you quickly be fit again and practice? Tue, 02 May 2017 22:00:00 GMT Carpal tunnel wrist brace - wear support you need. Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most annoying wrist injuries that we can experience. Pains created by this trauma can affect even simplest of our day to day activities and it can take away our much-needed quality of sleep at night. But we can help ourselves when faced with this injury. There are support tools that we can use to our advantage. Sun, 30 Apr 2017 22:00:00 GMT Tennis elbow - symptoms, support, treatment Some studies show that even three percent of population between ages of thirty and fifty is affected by so called tennis elbow symptom. Even though its called tennis elbow injury it can affect any other sport enthusiasts (not just tennis) or group of professionals. How this problem starts and how we can protect our arms? There are ready solutions. Tue, 25 Apr 2017 22:00:00 GMT Back pain and bad posture problems - help in time of healing. Pain is warning signal from our body (to our consciousness) that something went wrong in it. Pain problem in our back is often such a discomfort that we can't function normally during the day. At night, it can stop with ease any of our efforts to sleep comfortably or to sleep at all. What can we do with it? Mon, 10 Apr 2017 22:00:00 GMT Back braces and Spine support. Next to respiratory diseases, back pain is the second most common reason for medical consultations. Wed, 20 Jul 2016 22:00:00 GMT Hip brace and abduction orthosis - What is it ? Articulatio coxae is a spheroidal joint and can be moved three-dimensionally. The upper thigh bone - femur and the pelvis herein consitute the bony joint-duo.The hip joint‘s three main directions of motion are: Flexing - extending , abduction – adduction and rotating outside - inside. Wed, 08 Jun 2016 22:00:00 GMT Tue, 31 May 2016 22:00:00 GMT Ankle Braces & Foot Support. The feet are the basis of the human body. They are the mostly used body parts and have to carry the complete body weight when walking upright. They bear all strains during walking, running and jumping. Alone the Achilles tendon of the foot, is able to withstand a weight of approx. 1 ton . Mon, 23 May 2016 22:00:00 GMT Cervical vertebral fracture - symptoms and orthotic treatment Cervical vertebral fracture  - Injury due to a fracture of one of the cervical vertebras. Usually caused by an
acute trauma. Local pain with decreased mobility.more  Sun, 01 May 2016 22:00:00 GMT Sun, 01 May 2016 22:00:00 GMT Metatersalgia - What is it ? Metatarsalgia is a painful condition affecting the metatarsus, which consists of the metatarsal bones of the foot and can be exposed to overloading and high mechanical stresses, especially during sporting and some work activities. more Tue, 19 Apr 2016 22:00:00 GMT Tue, 19 Apr 2016 22:00:00 GMT Bunion or hallux valgus what is it ? A bunion is a deformity of the joint connecting the big toe to the foot and is known as a hallux abducto valgus among medical professionals. It is characterized by medial deviation of the first metatarsal bone and lateral deviation of the big toe. More Fri, 08 Apr 2016 22:00:00 GMT Fri, 08 Apr 2016 22:00:00 GMT Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:00:00 GMT What is the neck degenerative diseases ? Degenerative disease of the joints, due to cartilage injury which ends with an impact on the rest of joint structures. Disease which increases with age.It is characterized by an evolution with pain on the affected areas. more Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:00:00 GMT Sun, 13 Mar 2016 23:00:00 GMT What is the knee orthosis ? ...The knee joint has a very big motion range it can be overextended by approximately 10° and during flexion,it reaches an angle of approximately 150°. In flexion, the joint is also able to perform rotary movements, during which the rotation to the outside of 40° is considerably bigger than the rotation to the inside of 10°. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 23:00:00 GMT Wed, 02 Mar 2016 23:00:00 GMT What is post-op knee brace ? Since the different surgical techniques used in the repair of ligament injuries, meniscus, femoropatellar, arthroscopies or post-surgical complications such as neurological lesions, infections or the total replacement of the knee joint by a prosthesis due to diseases or traumas.More Wed, 02 Mar 2016 23:00:00 GMT What is patella dislocation ? The patella is located in the front of the knee joint, in the groove formed by the femur and tibia bones, and is able to slide along the length of this groove. As a result of trauma, lateral impacts or sliding outside the groove during an abnormal movement or sudden twist or turn, the patella can become partially displaced, resulting in subluxation, or fully displaced, causing dislocation...More Fri, 26 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT Fri, 26 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT Fri, 19 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT What is chondromalacia patellae ? Patella chondromalacia is produced by the degeneration of the cartilage which constitutes the rear capsula of the patella, being very common in young and sport people, especially those performing mechanical large efforts to the knee, such as cycling, rugby, football,running etc. Read more. Fri, 19 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT Fri, 12 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT What is collateral ligament knee injury ? The collateral ligaments - the lateral collateral ligament (LCL) and the medial collateral ligament (MCL) - provide the knee with varus/valgus stability. Injury of these ligaments usually occurs when the body rotates while the foot is fixed to the ground. More... Tue, 09 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT Sun, 07 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT How to treat elbow fracture ? Symptoms & orthotic treatment. The elbow fractures can be produced either in one of its three elements, the lower end of the humerus, the olecranon and on radial head, this may be total or partial, in some cases accompanied by vascular or nerve type injuries, with presence of anterior lineal ecchymosis and increased elbow volume and complete functional impotence. It is therefore, fractures which can have serious complications, irreducibility, instability, open fractures, etc. More Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT Sun, 31 Jan 2016 23:00:00 GMT Elbow & Arm Injury Braces & Support. Arm - the free upper extremity is divided into upper arm (brachium), forearm (antebrachium) and hand(manus). The arm is the human body part with the greatest mobility of all, which is based on the construction of the shoulder joint. Thu, 28 Jan 2016 23:00:00 GMT Wed, 27 Jan 2016 23:00:00 GMT What is tennis elbow ? The epicondylitis, commonly named “tennis elbow”, is an insertional disease (enthesitis). It is caused by repetitive wrist extension and forearm supination,causing fibrillar fractures and tendon degenerative processes at the level of insertion into the epicondyle region, especially in the short radial extensor tendon of the wrist. When this same mechanical injury occurs in the medial epicondyle, it is named epitrocleitis or “golf elbow”. Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:00:00 GMT Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:00:00 GMT What is slipped disc ? The discal hernia occurs when the intervertebral disc or nucleus pulposus realizes a displacement, which can make pressure on the nerve root and produce neurologic injuries. Tue, 19 Jan 2016 23:00:00 GMT Tue, 19 Jan 2016 23:00:00 GMT Sun, 20 Dec 2015 23:00:00 GMT What is Scoliosis ? Scoliosis is a highly-complex spinal deformity characterised by two clear aspects: lateral curvature and vertebral rotation. Sun, 20 Dec 2015 23:00:00 GMT Tue, 01 Dec 2015 23:00:00 GMT Tue, 01 Dec 2015 23:00:00 GMT Tue, 01 Dec 2015 23:00:00 GMT How to treated broken ankle fracture ? The ankle joint of trochlea type is formed by the distal ends of the tibia, perone and astragalus body, performing basically two movements, the plantar flexion and the dorsal flexion of the foot, any lateral displacement can produce a subluxation.more... Mon, 30 Nov 2015 23:00:00 GMT Thu, 26 Nov 2015 23:00:00 GMT How to treat and prevent Achilles tendon injury ? Achilles tendon injury - Achilles tendon or calcaneus tendon is the most powerful of the human body. It is inserted into the rear part of the calcaneus, being the tendon of the ural triceps muscle. Its lesions can be classified in two groups, the tendon fractures, partial or total being acute and disabling and the tendinopathies which can be chronic and at the same time insertional or non insertional.more... Sun, 22 Nov 2015 23:00:00 GMT Thu, 19 Nov 2015 23:00:00 GMT What is Osgood Schlatter's disease? Osgood Schlatter's disease - excessive stress and discruption at the patellar tendon attachment on the tibia , usually accompanied by a painful bump over the tibial tubercle.more... Sun, 15 Nov 2015 23:00:00 GMT Sun, 15 Nov 2015 23:00:00 GMT Sat, 14 Nov 2015 23:00:00 GMT Mon, 09 Nov 2015 23:00:00 GMT What it is vertebral fracture ? The fracture of a vertebra may occur as fracture of the vertebral body, fracture of the vertebral arch or of the apophisis. In the case of a fracture in the vertebral soma, this can occur by crushing, the vertical body collapses by bursting or by tear drop, presents fracture of the anterior or posterior edge of the vertebra,being its most common location in last dorsal or in the first lumbar vertebrae.more... Mon, 09 Nov 2015 23:00:00 GMT Thu, 05 Nov 2015 23:00:00 GMT Wed, 04 Nov 2015 23:00:00 GMT How to treated ACL knee injury ? The cruciate ligaments match to injury with a doubtful regeneration. As its function is the knee antero-posterior stabilization, it has to be established which stability has the knee, without which the joint structures deteriorate progressively. Tue, 03 Nov 2015 23:00:00 GMT How to treat foot drop syndrome ? The drop foot is characterized by a deformity in which remains permanently in plantar flexion position, with limitation or functional inability to perform dorsal flexion...more Fri, 30 Oct 2015 23:00:00 GMT What it is ankle sprain ? Symptoms and orthotic treatment. An ankle sprain is the result of medial or lateral joint displacement. This displacement usually occurs laterally due to an inversion and eversion movement, it can produce the lesion of one of more ligaments...more Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:00:00 GMT What it is Cervical discal hernia ? This is a protusion of the intervertebral disc which irritates the nerve roots.Certain neck positions can increase the neck pain, back or upper limbs...more Fri, 23 Oct 2015 22:00:00 GMT Osteoporosis - symptoms and orthosis treatment Osteopororsis - A condition of the bone in wich a decrease of bone density occurs, making the concerned individual prone to fractures .Typically occurs in older women...more Mon, 19 Oct 2015 22:00:00 GMT Neck sprain & pain - symptoms and orthotic treatment. Neck trauma due to sudden hyperextension or hyperflexion movement,causing neck ligamentous injuries. Neck pain may radiate to the head or upper limbs. more... Wed, 14 Oct 2015 22:00:00 GMT Dorsalgia back pain - symptoms & braces therapy Any type of pain in the dorsal or thoracic area of the spine is named dorsalgia(back pain), including those affecting the joints with the ribs or chest area,since they are closely linked to each other.Read more... Mon, 12 Oct 2015 22:00:00 GMT Low back pain - symptoms & orthotic treatment
Lumbalgia (low back pain) commonly named lumbago, refers to pain in the lumbar area normally produced by a musculoskeletal syndrome, where disorders are appreciated in vertebrae, muscles, ligaments and nervous system. Read more...
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Old 22 May 2004, 01:39   #36
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Originally Posted by Mr Softy
Is "Uninvited" related to this extremely shitty movie involving an evil mutant cat on a killing spree?
It isn't directly related to any movie, just a mixture of many classic 'haunted house' movies like 'The Haunting', 'House on the Haunted Hill', 'The Legend of Hell House' and (if you really want to have a fitting name) there are probably also a few similarities with 'The Uninvited' starring Ray Milland.

By the way, everybody who voted for a Sierra game should be spanked into submission.
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Sorry about my SNAP reply, but you must have known the answer to most of your questions before posting...... didnt you?

Was wondering why [KS isnt free], since AFAIK neither new software nor hardware is being produced...
Because a lot of hardwork went into creating the ROMS, people were paid to do it, and the company which paid for them (and subsequent companies which paid for the rights) want to make a profit on their investment.

Now of course it is illegal to copy those ROMs but it is also illegal to copy any other Amiga software regularly requested here unless the copyright holder permits distribution...
But as you know some hard working people in the Amiga community have managed to get a lot of the copyright holders to do just that (Back2roots).

Is it ethical to sell a product (and expect somebody to pay for) that is mainly used to run illegal copies of software from other companies ?
You are assuming that everyone does this and runs illegal copies of software. I am just pointing out that a lot of companies have released their software (back2roots), People have made legal backups of their own software (CAPS, WHDLoad). And a few people (like myself) dont want to play games, they just want to watch the demo's that were released.

Even if we assume that Cloanto or whoever uses the profits from the sales of ROM images to enhance future Amiga products (which are ?)
But you should know that Amiga / KMOS (who make profits from licensing KS) have made some attempt to make new products, (they did for a while?) pay for OS4 development at Hyperion, they paid for an office, salaries for several employees, sponsored shows etc. OK so it hasnt worked out but that was always a possibility.

You KNOW why the owners to the rights of AmigaOS (Kickstart) wont release it. I dont understand why you started this thread?

The only interesting bit was

[Cloanto] rely on WinUAE or other emulators...Do they support those projects financially from sales ?
I've always wondered that, ask Toni? They also include WinFellow etc. That aside they DID pay for the development of AmiExplorer which is a great bit of software. An alternative to AmigaSamba / PC2Amiga for transferring files to and from the Amiga. The only option for Vanilla 2Mb Amiga's with Network cards.
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Have a look at your goodinfo.cfg, which contains info about the different flags and the corresponding subdirs. If you have a ";n" at the end of a line, the goodtool won't list files containing that flag in the missing.txt file.

TikTok is right, by default bad dumps are excluded - they won't show up in the missing list, even if you don't have them.

If you don't want files to be excluded from your missing list, just delete the ";n" entry, or - a more radical solution - delete the goodinfo.cfg file .
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Tranfering files from PC to Amiga

For those that do not have a TCP/IP network setup between their Amiga and PC has anyone tried this low cost solution? Is it fast? Is it good?
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Dunno, there's this guy called DDNI, he's a troublemaker

Erm, yeah, sounds cool. We could have some kind of stand up comic and pretend to be Bill McEwen speaking random bullshit... i qualify

Put me down sir
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Originally posted by Burseg
Pegasos doesn't run AmigaOs but morphos is said to run amiga programs. Is it a type of emulation or do special morphos versions of these programs exist?
One of the reasons I think users will favor AmigaOne. Amiga users will want to run what is familiar to them.
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Normal auctions dont run for nine days so the logic of extending the auction every time someone bids isnt really a valid argument in my opinion.
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I'm still waiting for mine, they once again said "Shipping tomorrow" Which is for today and it still says processing. If it doesn't ship tomorrow I'm cancelling my order and i'm done with both companies. Expect stern words in an article if it doesn't arrive
Sorry you feel that Neil. There's only one person who works in the department and he's dealing with all the additional orders that came in over Christmas. If you pm me your details I could possibly looking into where your book currently is.
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Saturday, March 18, 2006

Crashing the Gates

Dean Barnett has a great review of Jerome Armstrong ( and Markos Moulitsas's ( new book over at The Daily Standard.

While I haven't read it myself, and due to an annoying habit I have of fact checking non-fiction books I read (something I'd assume would keep me very busy with this particular work) I probably never will, from Dean's short summary I actually managed to find that surprisingly enough, Kos and I agree one something; one of the key problems with the progressive movement of today is a severe lack of central guiding principles.

Of course we totally disagree on the solution. Kos and crew believing the best way to develop a strong set of core principles is to have a think tank tell everyone what they are, while I believe that beliefs are a personal matter and cannot be forced on to a person by an outside source and until that is made clear, too many people will continue to look outward for help defining what they believe instead of looking inward.

(h/t Powerline)

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