Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[bobby1]

That lady seems to like her golf trophy Tony.

[smashedagain]

phew. turns out aimi could have been a whole lot worse lol

[ManuelsMum]

phew. turns out aimi could have been a whole lot worse lol

lol yeah, a lot of fans were duped too, pretty clever really

[JaffaCake]

Presuming u have ESPN, u can watch Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks live tonight. They're playing away at Chicago, one of the top three teams in the league, who also have Derrick Rose at point guard, the MVP of the league last year, lining up in direct oppostition to Lin.

The Knicks have lost five straight and Lin, and to be fair all of them, are coming under pressure. Just saw a preview for the game online which said 'look for Rose to dominate the vastly-overrated Jeremy Lin, his defense is a joke'. Seems the honeymoon is over.

BTW teeks, note when talking hoopies u have to spell words like defense and center the way the Yankee doodles do

I don't have ESPN Jeff, meh.

Another defeat last night, I see......

BULLS 104, KNICKS 99: Derrick Rose erupted for 32 points as host Chicago improved its NBA-best record to 35-9 with its 10th win in 11 games.

Rose shot 5 for 15 in the first half, but turned it up in the final two quarters. He scored 19 points in the second half, including a one-hand flush off a give-and-go that brought the United Center to its feet with six minutes left.

The Bulls improved to 17-3 at home and defeated the Knicks for the second time this season, and for the seventh time in their last 11 meetings.

New York dropped its sixth game in a row and fell into an eighth-place tie with Milwaukee in the Eastern Conference.

All five New York starters scored in double figures, led by Carmelo Anthony's 21 points and Amar’e Stoudemire’s 20.

The Knicks had a chance to pull within three points in the final minute but missed three straight shots before turning the ball over.

Taj Gibson sparked an impressive effort on the boards by the Bulls with eight of the team’s 22 offensive rebounds. Gibson added 15 points, finishing with an emphatic two-hand dunk with 5.7 seconds to go.

Jeremy Lin continued to share point guard duties with Baron Davis. Lin scored 15 points but had some costly turnovers down the stretch. Davis added seven points off the bench to go along with four assists.

Correct terminology? Sorry, & noted. Defense. Center.

PS - Did you notice that last night, Arsenal achieved back to back to back to back wins from behind? (It was Newcastle AT Arsenal, note).

Arsenal's O-fence (phonetic) was a bit lively, that Oxlade chap is extraordinary.

See you @ Walsall on Friday. Hope you slam dunk it.

I did unhappily notice Arsenal's win, I was there in the Arsenal end, taken courtesy of those lovely Blue Square VIP managers. What a fantastic ground the Emirates is, must be the best in the country? Defo better than Wembley. I'll always prefer St James's Park (note correct name) ofc, and I think it's special that on that very same pitch the likes of Hughie Gallacher, Jackie Milburn and Wayne Fereday played, but history aside, that Arsenal stadium is awesome.

At the game I didn't think Walcott was much cop yet I see he got man of the match. Think the Ox looks a far better prospect, I love the upper body strength to go with the pace and skills, Walcott looks like u could push him off the ball. They both play right side tho, and if Arsenal do complete the signing of Podolski, who's a left sided attacker, looks like it's Ox or Walcott, not both. I go for the younger, bigger, more exciting one. Makes u feel old when u remember seeing his old man play too tho.

The Bulls were pretty good last night, but I don't think New York did too bad, or Lin himself. They gave up far too many offensive rebounds, meaning every time Chicago missed they seemed to get a second chance to score. Stop them and they probs win the game despite Rose. U need ESPN now you're into basketball tho, get Uncle Rupert to add it to your sub, they do have poker in there too, u could learn a lot watching Norman Chad.

See you Friday!

[Junior Senior]

What a lovely picture of the 11th at hollinwell there. On the bird front I spotted a beautiful Stone Chat in the gorse down the left of that hole last year. Pretty rare but perfect habitat for it.

It is a bit of a snooty golf club but you go for the course as its awesome and after twenty years of being a member I still never tire of playing it

[tikay]

What a lovely picture of the 11th at hollinwell there. On the bird front I spotted a beautiful Stone Chat in the gorse down the left of that hole last year. Pretty rare but perfect habitat for it.

It is a bit of a snooty golf club but you go for the course as its awesome and after twenty years of being a member I still never tire of playing it

What do you play off these days, Greg?

I may be getting confused, but I seem to recall you were scratch, or something equally daft. Am I confusing you with Grandad Jeff?

[redarmi]

HUGE excitement in the office today.

Cheltenham week is just as big a deal to bookies as to punters. A good or bad week can sway the figures north or south of forecast, & everyone is revved up for it.

During major betting events – such as this week’s Cheltenham Festival – all the staff get e-Mails before each race, telling us what results we want, or to avoid, & roughly what the liabilities are, & then that is followed up by an e-Mail after the race telling us how “we” done.

Turnover this week will be massive, but more important than that, it is a very special week for acquisition. Online Gaming sites have to get acquisition right – it is fundamental to success of the site. 

We have TV’s on every single desk @ Sky, & plasmas on every wall, so we watch all the races as they happen, with oohing & aahing galore.  As a staff bonding exercise, it’s really quite something. Very odd to be on the other side of the bookmakers counter, too.

Sadly, I will miss this afternoon’s racing – sleep required before tonight’s Show – as well as missing Thursday (travelling up to Walsall) & Friday (working).

Better enjoy Wednesday then.

I really miss being a senior bookmaker during the festival.  Loved deciding I really wanted to take one on and trying to get permission to lay it for more than the normal limits and then watching the jock going up and down for his life three from home and the whole office cheering.  Probably as close as I ever got to what it must feel like to be a footballer or  something.

[hector62]

Did you see this story on the BBC website Mr TK?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/17354334

[Junior Senior]

What a lovely picture of the 11th at hollinwell there. On the bird front I spotted a beautiful Stone Chat in the gorse down the left of that hole last year. Pretty rare but perfect habitat for it.

It is a bit of a snooty golf club but you go for the course as its awesome and after twenty years of being a member I still never tire of playing it

What do you play off these days, Greg?

I may be getting confused, but I seem to recall you were scratch, or something equally daft. Am I confusing you with Grandad Jeff?

Handicap is +1. I got down to +2 about 7 years ago and managed to maintain sub scratch since I was 19.

Old man Geoff is a 13 handicap bandit these days, chips and putts like God but can't hit it past his own shadow off the tee

[Royal Flush]

What is your lowest round to par? Wish i was sick at golf

[Machka]

I thought this was pretty amazing and it's not spanish or from 1972.

How hard would you think it is to walk in a straight line, or swim or drive for that matter?

Apparently it's very hard.

[Junior Senior]

What is your lowest round to par? Wish i was sick at golf

Me? 65 on a 72 par (standard scratch score was 74 though!) was once 8 under through 14 holes in a match too but the guy I beat 6&4 wanted to walk in .... Meh!

Would swap my golfing skills for a WPT title and million dollars in a heart beat though

[ManuelsMum]

I thought this was pretty amazing and it's not spanish or from 1972.

How hard would you think it is to walk in a straight line, or swim or drive for that matter?

Apparently it's very hard.

Disruption in attempt at straightness, caused by sense of earth's magnetic field imo

[kinboshi]

Walking in a straight line without something to guide you is made pretty much impossible because our legs are not of identical length.

[77dave]

Any chance of dithering at 7pm tonight?