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TerrasBlog 30/06/08

Monday, 30 June 08, 02:25 PM

Hi all, hope everyone is well and happy.

I hope that the irony of yesterdays posting wasn't lost on many of our regular readers. The beauty of being on the Ole Ole platform is that it is a world wide community of football fans, linked via blogs and forums. Sadly some of our Spanish chums took my post too literally and I have had some correspondence telling me how the photo is staged and Thierry Henry wont be joining Weymouth from Barcelona.

So I hope that clears it up for all of you. 

 Just in case you were in any doubt.

 To be honest I would have thought that the Spanish nation would have had better things to do yesterday instead of abusing the TerrasBlog by email, but hey ho. I must admit to having watched very little if not none of the European championships, but whilst in Spain last week I did join in their celebrations on beating Russia.

As the fireworks went off around me (literally!) and the mopeds hooted their horns, it made me take a moment to wonder about if England were ever fortunate enough to get to that stage of a tournament. I am not the biggest fan of the England team usually, but my heart hurt as I thought of how much I want us to win a European Championship or a World Cup.

Maybe then the fan will get their football back. When you get players in the Premiership saying they have to think of their retirement plan when putting in requests for 400% pay rises and the people on the street are paying more than ever to watch them, it makes my stomach turn.

But to be fair this culture exists even at our level. And below. I know of players on three figure weekly wages in our local league (the 8th tier of English football) who move clubs three or four times a season for an extra fiver here of there. Its bullshit.

Anyway rant over.

A couple of things to mention in upcoming TerrasBlogs. Firstly the finishing touches are being made to the "Beat the Blogger" competition (although I am still trying to source a prize if anyone can help!) and I will be working on getting more of the shirt gallery transferred over from the old site. 

Tomorrow's update will have a reaction to the latest signings the club has made and a bit more of a Terras specific round up.

Until then... 

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