The Hallucinating Goose

Just had a look down all the emails I've received from the club about the cup game. 6 days ago it was, 'over 15,000 sold!', so in the last 6 days we've potentially shifted another 5-6,000 tickets.

Oh sorry mate, I wasn't paying attention, my mistake!

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Yeah it's gonna be incredible! I haven't been to a game yet this year, can't wait!

I don't think it will sell out but could get close, if not just beat our record attendance at the MKM which is 23,004 for the 2007 derby when KR slaughtered us 42-6. Don't know about sales for the league game, I'm not as involved with the club as I used to be.

Another email from Hull: Secure your ticket for the first Challenge Cup Hull Derby since 1986, as Hull FC take on Hull KR on Saturday afternoon. The match, which will be broadcast live on BBC One, will be the first meeting of the two sides in the competition since 1986, will be the biggest Hull Derby clash in forty years and the lower bowl of the stadium is closing in on being sold out. Tickets for the match in the West Stand Upper Tier remain available to all supporters, with a huge crowd expected at the game. The Challenge Cup Quarter-Final meeting between two of sports fiercest rivals is just a week away, with Hull FC welcoming the Robins to the MKM Stadium on Saturday 5th April (2.30pm kick-off). Popular areas of the ground have already sold out, whilst other parts are beginning to close in on capacity – in total, less than 500 tickets remain in the lower bowl of the MKM Stadium, including fewer than 20 in the East Stand. Seats remain available in the West Stand Family Zone, but only single seats are available in all other areas of the West Stand. Seats remain available in the West Stand Upper section of the ground, with over 1,000 tickets sold. -------------- Less than 500 left in the lower bowl and 1,000 currently sold in the upper west. So that's around 21,000 or so sold then. It's gonna be the biggest derby in years and live on BBC one. What an advert for our game!

I'm watching the quiz show, The Finish Line, and there has just been a woman on who claims she's a bookworm that reads 125 books a year, however when she got a question asking which author created the character 'Jeeves' she said Neil Gaiman and didn't seem to have a clue who PG Wodehouse was.

I swear I am definitely a rooster!

Byesexual (adj.) Being a single Goose for so long that you don't even remember what it's like to have romantic/sexual feelings.

They certainly do. 420 at Beverley Town's last home game of the season. We lost 0-4...

And Murphy loses 1-10! See you at the Worlds, Shaun!

I've just received an email from Hull saying there are less than 800 seats remaining in the lower bowl at the MKM for the derby Challenge Cup game.

Seriously though on that point, I really don't see what benefit that would be. Players use spotted balls in practice to see if they have got the correct spin, swerve or screw on the cue ball but it doesn't actually change the cue ball at all in terms of the way it runs so as long as he's practiced enough, he shouldn't need it in the competitive environment. By saying he wants a spotted ball in the match suggests he doesn't think he has practiced enough; well that's his problem not every other players'

With how poorly Murphy was playing this afternoon, I think he could do with spotted pockets so he can find them.

I was reminded of another thing Murphy had mentioned, players nipping out of the arena mid session not just at the official intervals. I was reminded of that this afternoon when I was watching Murphy being absolutely destroyed by Barry Hawkins and Murphy headed out of the arena to clear his head at one point. I also thought about his objections when he found himself in a tricky situation at one point and spent over 2 minutes stood studying the table. Funny how he's against these things but when it can benefit him he's happy to make use of them.