Football Talk: Mowbray sacked, where's the surprise in that?

When they appointed Tony Mowbray as manager of Celtic FC I was surprised. Everyone I know who follows football couldn't reconcile his performance last season at getting WBA relegated and then taking over at Celtic Park.

Well, I told you so! After a 4 - 0 thrashing by some underling team (St Mirren) the other day, the Celtic Board has had enough and Mowbray has gone.

Read all about it here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/8586352.stm

Who are these people who make fortunes in business and elsewhere then buy a football club and lose all sense of reason and acumen?

DW

How old?

Like most people I have a spot of pride and some vanity in my system but sometimes it gets punched out of shape. Take last night, for example.

Last night I went to a barbecue party: not for the meat but for the meet. Anyway, there was a woman there from Tajikistan, Central Asia; and I know she is going on leave shortly so to make polite conversation I asked her if she was going home and she said yes because her parents are very old now and she wants to spend time with them.

I asked her how old they are and she said her father is 60. I said you think that is very old and she said yes. She is in her mid thirties by my estimation.

Anyway, to try to give her some perspective on life and the age of people I thought I'd be smart and ask her how old she thought I was. I stood back and, I suppose, I waited for a compliment of some sort. She said she thought I look 70 years old.

OMG that was a shock I have to say! I stood back again waiting for the punch line or a wry or cheeky smile or even a "don't be silly" but all I got was affirmation. I think I don't look anywhere near 70 do I?

Well, reflecting on that I am considering going to live alone on top of a mountain with some goats for company. At least they won't mind whether I look 70 or my real age which is considerably less than that!!!

DW