1. Video analysis
Sitting in a room for an hour (or more) watching a film about what you did wrong in a match at the weekend just breaks me. We’d have two team meetings during the week at Tigers, analysing our performance from the weekend on the Monday followed by a look at our next opponents on the Tuesday. Analysis is obviously an important part of the game but I’ve got the patience of a nest of wasps so I struggled to concentrate in those sessions. Dan Cole and Boris Stankovich used to go on about the scrum for a good 45 minutes, while, in lineout terms, Geoff Parling is the biggest ‘nause’ I’ve ever come across, although Richard Blaze runs him close in being a total lineout freak. I’ll have to admit I’ve been guilty of nodding off, but I’m far from the only one to do that. Thomas Waldrom was the worst offender, he always fell asleep. Apparently he’s different with England; he’s really keen when he’s away with them.
TRP verdict: You’ve got the nod on this one. And, while you’re at it, why are we still calling it ‘video’ analysis?
2. Standing on trains
I go to pick my daughter up at St. Pancras every second weekend. That can cost me anything in the region of £80-120 (off peak) in train fares just to get to London and back. At peak times the cost is just crazy, especially as you’re not even guaranteed a seat! I end up sitting on the floor – hopefully away from the toilet part of the carriage – but for some people, like the elderly, that’s clearly not an option. It also annoys me when people put a bag down on the seat next to them while the rest of the carriage is choc-a-bloc. I just ask them to move it. East Midlands Trains is run quite efficiently, they are on time by and large; it’s just that they just don’t have enough capacity. I had a look at buying a season pass and I was quoted £6,500. I’d want to buy the entire train for that!
TRP verdict: Nice train of thought…you’re in again
3. Traffic lights at roundabouts
Surely one should come without the other, otherwise what’s the point? Having two modes of traffic control combined together is just ridiculous. There’s a prime example on the London Road, near Victoria Park in Leicester; that’s the worst roundabout in the world: the lights last for about five seconds. Combine this with the stupid lane system and you’re on a fast lane to nowhere. I avoid that roundabout like the plague. Fair do’s, though, generally speaking driving in this country isn’t too bad an experience. Back home in New Zealand it is a case of every man for himself.
TRP verdict: You’re on a dead end road to Room 101 on this one, I’m afraid.
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