Queens Park Rangers 2 Brentford 2. Take a look in the record books and that’s what you’ll see following Monday night’s trip to Loftus Road. So QPR salvaged a point as their manager used his post match interview to savage their fans. And? Move along, there are bigger fish to fry – like Fulham on Saturday.
I didn’t write anything on these pages yesterday. Whilst I’d normally do so immediately after a game, this was different. We all know what happened on Monday night. Although some thoughts were penned (for the Fulham matchday programme), sitting down at the computer with my espresso to start this blog I couldn’t do it. Not that there was any particular reluctance, albeit the evening had ended in what could politely be described as a ‘frustrating conclusion’ , but as I looked at the coffee to try and clear that post-match fug the mind began to wander. And wander. In no particular order
‘Expresso’. FFS, it’s Espresso. Es. Not Ex. What part of anybody with eyes in their head and the ability to read thinks ‘s’ is pronounced ‘x’?
Mrs Brown’s Boys. It’s a man. In a wig.
Mrs Brown. Man? Tick. Cardigan? Tick. Wig? Tick. Jokes? Move along, nothing to see here
Katie Hopkins. Saying. Anything. Just shut up. Please.
The demise of the Brentford ‘Terrace Talk’ video feature.
Getting Ant and Dec wrong – how is that possible? Ant always stands on the left (contractual obligation to stop old people getting confused).
Ian Moose and his ego. The man has more good friends than Paul Nicholas and Jan Francis.
Len Goodman’s ‘Partners In Rhyme’. The bastard offspring of Mrs Brown’s Boys (humour level) and Catchphrase as Len has somehow been convinced that he’s the new Bruce Forsyth. He isn’t.
Alan Green.
Team GB. Why? Where? How was this allowed to become a thing? We’re Great Britain . It’s not Mannschaft D or Equipe F.
On an Olympic vibe, the faux verb, ‘to medal’. I blame Sue Barker for that one.
Memes.
Surveys about the ‘Best James Bond ever’ that have Roger Moore ranked anywhere except number 1.
Roger Moore at his best
Sir/Lord Alan Sugar saying ‘You’re fired’, Granted, it’s a catchphrase, but surely by definition his wannabe employees/ business partners need to be hired before being able to be fired?
Corporate Account hashtags on Twitter. Who could forget the joy of #BigNewAmbitions, #Novemberkings or #Trophyfriends?
The Stone Roses – how? Three good songs (at best).
Mrs Brown’s Boys. If ever The Emperor’s New Clothes was reimagined for the 21st Century then here it is.
Getting videprinter brackets wrong. They start at 7(seven), not sooner . Or, at least, they should.
Nick Knowles – that is, the version that has reinvented himself as a singer (although if you ever need a boost then the reviews section on Amazon for his new album is more entertaining than the product itself).
Eric Clapton – unplugged. Worst. Album. Ever. The plinky plonk versions. The toe curling between song ‘banter’. Six months in the back of an overland truck going across Africa with that locked on repeat in the tape deck is too much.
West Ham. See : Winning the World Cup in 1966. Trevor Brooking scoring a header. Media love in with their season long farewell to Upton Park. If only somebody had mentioned.
The England Supporters Band. Show me one person to claim this self-appointed bunch of trumpet wielding clowns enhance a game of football and I’ll show you a liar.
Nobody asked for this
iPod headphones. For supposed technological giants, the singular inability of Apple to create a product that plays music inwards rather than outwards is one that astounds.
Footballers reassuring us that ‘We go again ‘ after a particularly bad performance.
Clackers and foam fingers to ‘enhance’ the atmosphere. See also: drums. Not quite in the same league as ‘that band’ but not far behind.
South West Rail automated apologies for the inconvenience. Specifically that bit where the system pauses that fraction of a second to crowbar in the sincerity level of their apology during a particularly bad delay.
John Bishop (adoration levels). Apparently he’s from Liverpool and likes football.
Peppa Pig. A terrible example for any young children who may be watching. And yes, I realise they’re her target audience but the amount of mud splattered shoes/trousers I’ve had to rescue over the years has seen a simmering, and one way, animosity build towards the porcine puddle jumper.
I could go on. The point being (aside from the fact I watch too much TV) that no matter how frustrating the circumstances of getting a draw away from home, there could be a lot more niggly things out there to annoy you. If nothing else, that’s still only 1 win for QPR out of our last 6 games since Brentford ascended to the Championship.
Instead, my focus is now on Saturday. On Fulham. On another win.
Oh, and did I mention Mrs Brown’s Boys?
Nick Bruzon
BrentfordFC 
Nick,
good words over my morning coffee…..add to that SKY’s obsession with promoting almost every match as some sort of ‘derby’ match……recent inventions…The Severnside Derby…….between Cardiff and Bristol City…hmm, when I were a lad..a derby match was one between two teams in the same town. Or city. Not two teams in different countries, and geographers out there may have noticed that Cardiff is on the River Taff and in Wales, yes a Principality, and on the Bristol Channel at a push.
I have my own ‘derby’ match for SKY if they are ever in the same division (which hasn’t been since the early 70’s)….. The ‘Hadrian’s Wall’ derby, well, why not? Carslile v Newcastle……Oxford v Reading, the ‘Maxwell’ derby? (Under 40’s Google Robert)….. Derby matches named after bits of motorway or A roads (Derby v Forest) …add to that international matches…..SKY commentators called the Denmark v Sweden a Scandinavian derby, FFS! And even in the past, wait for it, Barcelona v Real Madrid.
Rage over. Second coffee on the way.
Oh and btw, Bees drew a match at QPR on Monday, a result QPHaha were delighted with and we were disappointed with….erm, we were the away team, QPR are sh#t and played League One long ball, oh how times have changed….7-8 years ago we were the underdogs and would have been OTM Brian.
Bring on the River Rats……
Thanks Nick absolutely brilliant,as Mrs Brown might say, it made me laugh so much I had tears running down my leg.
Needed that after the bitter disappointment of Monday night and again dropping more points from a winning position . That is the costly difference between being in the play offs and finishing mid-table . Difficult to decide who was man of the match , Lasse or Sergi who both gave great performances .
Terrific support as usual although there were some supporters who must be an embarrassment to the club for their mocking of Jake Bidwell .It was no way to treat a former club captain who played nearly 200 matches for the Bees and was a loyal and important member of the successful Uwe and Warbs teams that gave us so much enjoyment not that long ago .
BTW did you mention we can still look down the table to see how Birmingham are doing
Nick, I agree with all your dislikes,penned to take our minds off the last 3 minutes on Monday,well how about the toe curling goal celebrations carried out after diverting a teammates shot into the net.I would suggest a goalkeeper saving a penalty then runs to the corner flag,dances with it and then sprints to the manager and performs an indecent act on him,closely followed by the rest of the team the substitutes,referee and linesmen would make even Mrs, Brown seem sophisticated.
Have just about recovered from the devastating last four minutes (added time) of the QPR derby on Monday. Cannot remember feeling quite so deflated following a game in recent times !! Now come to terms with the fact that it was ONLY a game of football and if we beat Fulham all will be forgiven !!
grate blog! tuff to take what appenend on mnday nite I work as a conductor on de 237 so imagine arter de game whn me bus was packd wid celebrating qpr fans rubbing salt in de wounds an al de while I as to continu to collect de fares frm de dis skum I was appy to see de end of dat shift ill tel yer onto fulam to bee frnk not optimistic bart dis one sneekin feelin weel suffer a 3-1 ome loss fulam doin arite dis seeson wont bet on dis don’t want to prophit frm me teams misfortunes
Wait ’til he graduates from Peppa Pig to Paws Patrol, what a treat in store for you. BTW thanks for the link to the Amazon Nick Knowles album reviews, made me laugh ’til I cried.
Love it – nice one Nick!
What about clapping along??