Sunday 28th January 2024

Sunday.

And the second day of the gammy knee.

My gammy knee.

I had a knee brace and time to rest and brief periods between to see if it was all working and we could go north as planned on Wednesday.

I did at least sleep well, so go up and put on the brace, got dressed and worked out what to do.

There's usually a plan, and that had been to go to the prom in town for a walk, but the expected progress and lessening of pain in the knee had failed to materialised, so I decided to sit and rest at home.

The day was clear, cool but bright, with little wind, a day perfect for being out, but I would stay inside.

Jools did go out for the walk I bailed on, then went shopping to get some last minute things, while I stayed home and cleared up after breakfast, washed up and put the bird seed out.

Time for a shower and shave before the football began at quarter to midday.

Yes, you read that right.

The Black Country Derby, in which Derby did not play, but WBA and Wolves did, but the match was marred with bad feelings from the start, and boiled over near the end when Wolves took a 2-0 lead.

The match was suspended for 38 minutes while the police calmed the crowd down, and once that ended, it was time for the national humiliation: Liverpool v Norwich.

This was our reward for beating Bristol Rovers, life on ITV, a match against the recent European champions. And whose manager, beloved manager, announced he was stepping down in the summer.

The team that makes the fewest mistakes wins, so with that in mind, Norwich deserved to have lost 10-0. Playing out for the back, City lost possession over and over again, and yet never changed tactics.

Soon 1-0 down, but then an equaliser. But back down to trailing by a single goal, 2-1, before half time.

But City gave the ball away over and over again, and a combination of good luck, bad finishing and amazing goalkeeping kept the score decent.

3-1 down soon after the restart, then a worldy from City made it 3-2. But then usual service resumed, and the game ended up 5-2 to Liverpool, and the dream over for another year.

So it goes.

Somehow the weekend had slipped by, time for supper and then ready for the two working days of next week.

It won't be dull this week, that's for sure.