In the event that City lose a game we dominate, we take comfort in the recent news that (XG) will be used should points being equal at the end of the season.
Here’s the (XG) from one of only TWO (2) games (the other was the Euros final) I’ve watched on telly since Covid.
City won the (XG) battle 3.53 to 0.70, Southampton missing a sitter represented by the big red blob but scoring with a 1% chance from the centre circle. The medium sized blue circles are City’s misses.
I was thinking about conversion rates on the train back to Stafford after a great little excursion to Shrewsbury. Another 10 pubs saved, but only 2 ticks.
Oh, go on then. It’s practically staring at me, and I can get a Chinese takeaway from Bamboo Garden (NCTSS 3) at the same time.
Aren’t backstreet pubs near prisons alluring ?
Internally, the Greyhound isn’t a stunner, but it is a GBG regular,
and there seemed to be a posse of CAMRA members in the next room ordering cask (I stayed with the 2 lads watching football and discussing boiler repairs), so the Farmers Blonde should be decent.
And it was; cool, crisp, tasty. Lacings don’t lie, as Shakira nearly sang.
But the Greyhound was one of the 52 pubs I visited in November that didn’t get me a new pink mark in the Guide.
Eighty-four (84 pubs) spread around the country in large towns and small villages has an (XP) expected pubs of 66, more than BRAPA managed last month. My mere 32 represents profligacy and lack of focus.
Improvements are needed from now on, or else Tony Pulis as manager, I dunno.
retiredmartin 
Those 52 non tick pub visits are God’s work though. You should feel good about yourself.
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Did Geek Retreat sell beer. Even a third of craft?
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The only drinks I can see are milkshakes with whipped cream. Is that craft ?
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if they overcharge and sell small measures
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Them Geek Retreats are a chain. They would be easier to tick off. Only 100 or so
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They hang us now in Shrewsbury Jail
The whistles blow forlorn
And trains all night groan on the rail
To men who die at dawn
(A E Housman)
It’s being so cheerful that keeps me going.
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Profligacy? New vocabulary words, beer, mobility scooters, this blog has it all!
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Aww, thanks Dan. Appreciate it. I think revisiting the old favourites as well as newer pubs is essential.
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Is Pulis preferable to Fat Sam?
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He puts more money in the club shop, Scott.
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Sam looks as though he could keep the club bar going on his own though.
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Bradfield Farmers Blonde as the regular is probably because owner Steve Tideswell is from Sheffield.
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