(1011) Awful day out there, fair result so far downunder.
10. This will be the football post item for the day, for the week
(1049 BST) Lions looking good, Cats within one kick though, about 12 mins to go, with extra time. 78-83 … one kick will win it, time for heroes. The feed (a goal is 6 points):
“As we head into red-time, the Cats trail by five points. Geelong averages 8.6 points in red-time in last quarters this year – the equal second-most.”
84-83 … Cats by one point. Exciting.
Lions just kicked one … 84-89.
84-95 … oh dear. 😟
It’s over … 85-95.
Lions (5th), playing the Swans (1st) next week. On form, the Swans should take it but it will be fun … no idea which I’ll choose … I like both. The teams I strongly dislike are not in it this year.
Had everything? Oh yes, win or lose, anything the Cats are in is exciting. Congrats Lions.
9. Isolated case or sign of things to come?
Liverpool Echo just now:
Thousands of people have lost their jobs after a major UK construction company collapsed. ISG has been involved in numerous government projects, including the refurbishment of HMP Liverpool’s B-Wing, and entered administration earlier in the week.
It led to the redundancy of most of its 2,400 UK employees. The firm ceased trading immediately after appointing joint administrators from EY, who confirmed that efforts to find a buyer were unsuccessful.
9. How on earth can a company with government contracts go bust? One of the firms I worked for had a few government customers, HMSO, COI, and a couple of London councils. Each of these spent money as if it was going out of fashion. We didn’t overcharge but certainly didn’t discount. I smell corruption somewhere behind this.