The Thursday Picayune Palace,Politics.Players and Porn Pull Out

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80 Million fans shouting in the The Heater Of Beams in a big second leg semi final I forgot was being played, saw Smalling signing autographs for his new best friends. He looked the part and mouthed thanks and smiled and did what he was expected to do. A lip reader may or may not have read him say ' No way am I going to get injured while playing for Fulham'. Well you can't blame him. That 50 50 ball now becomes that Hey after  you matey, I have a contract to protect.

Rumours are tonight rife around the Cottage that Hodgson is cross and tired and may call it a day. Big AL is also tired after blowing out all the candles on his cake. No not one candle for each year. This is Big AL. There is a cake for each of the years of life. But he is aware that he has no cash to spend on the Greenings of this World. Look at the signings you made Roy. Not a Brede amongst them.Other than Brede. Money stays in my fuggin pocket Roy. You sort it out.

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While Smallings fee ranges from 12 to 10 to 8 to 6 million quid, Crystal Palace become the latest club to be put up for sale. Administrony and a points deduction. Moses the star player has interested only a couple of other Championship sides. Meanwhile we are told, as if in some way it comes as a shock, that the gap between rich and poor is growing.

Yeah that is a blow we didn't expect I don't think

I am Man Utd. I look down on them as they are Fulham
I am Fulham. I look up to Man Utd. But I look Down On them
I am Palace. I am bust.

It always was and always will be. But the house of cards is soon to tumble. United will not be able to sustain the sort of debt they are carrying. Wait for a big wind. All the cards will one day fall and we will be left with the smell of greed.

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Porn used to be what dirty old men watched in grubby little shops with the windows blacked out. Now it is and has been a multi million dollar industry. But the age of free porn is worrying the big Porn Barons. Like News, porn is everywhere but not enough money is being earned by those providing it.

So we will look back on these days as the free days. Soon, like the Test Match and Boxing and Football. News and Porn will be free no more. Mind you we seem to know less and be just as frustrated as we always were. We call it information overload. But what people who own the porn and the news and the sport don't understand is. If it is there we will watch it. But it has to be good for us to pay. Right now Football is on the Up. But once the erectile disfunction starts hitting home, and the looks begin to fade. We will stop paying and remember the good days when it was free.

Debbie doesn't look so good now and Dallas was an American Soap. Don't think we will always be there. We wont.

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Elm on his Premier League debut     From HammyEnd
by Dan on January 28, 2010



David Elm says making his Premier League debut at White Hart Lane was a dream come true. He looked useful, too. Here's some Google-inspired translation from his blog:

In just one seconds left one of my childhood dreams came true. I got to play in the Premier League. And I had to quickly swallow the feeling that swept over me, I could not stand there and soak up the atmosphere, I was there to play. Enjoy, I do afterwards. But I know I would have been difficult to digest if my first impressions of the league would be bad, it is difficult to repair a first impression. But I'm pretty happy. Sure first touch was good, no big shots, while it is difficult to know how much it bang, how fast it really goes, and how well I would manage to keep up, but I think I did okay.Once I realized that it was not so bad, took well over five minutes, I could relax and just play. And believe it or not, but I actually enjoyed it tremendously by the time I was there. The feeling is very hard to describe. I just want more of it, experience it again, all the time.

As many times as I sat at home in Broakulla, or Kalmar, and watched the Premier League on TV – especially Boxing-day matches. I sat there and wondered what it would be, how much is different. And I had given up hope, I will never play there, I know, but the dream never quite went out. There has always been a little spark, a little light just waiting to grow. Yesterday it came on a great fire within me, there were only candles, a fire which would not only be right there. I enjoyed the pleasure. A dream that felt hopeless turned out to be anything but just that.

Sometimes I doubted about myself, worrying about how others view me as a footballer. I have heard different opinions, met with different reactions, but I've never had Sweden's football experts behind experts behind me as Ras, for example. I think I quite often had to fight uphill, an effort had me extremely hard to prove, not just as someone who "lives" on the name. Sometimes I have thought about giving up. To stop completely. But I have a family who have supported in all weather and I am extremely grateful for that. For I had given up, I had never been to be part of this.

First thought yesterday when I came into the match was a bit special. I remember it very strongly. I was hoping that M, Dad and Mom watched the match, sharing the moment with me. Ridiculous? Sure. But very true.

It was not just sentimental. There was of course a charge too, a desire to show that you can do it, thinking those s**** now, they will see. All exaggerated respect which I might have received before long gone and I felt comfortable. Do not know if you could tell but then it felt good.

We of course lost the match 2-0. Not good at all. Four away defeats in a row now. Very important match at home against Aston Villa on Saturday.

Some very revealing thoughts. Elm's clearly someone who has doubted himself, especially being thought of as the 'lesser Elm brother,' but there's a real determination to prove himself. Encouraging that he – and the rest of the players – grasp the situation of our results.

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I thought Elms blog was refreshing to read. A footballer who actually still feels nervous and still is excited to play the game.

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...I always enjoy the read, but sometimes feel drained after reading this in-house blog, I hope it is cathartic for you though.. :)