OK, so I know I've not been very reliable at posting anything this week, I can't really claim I'm massively busy or something, but I was short of something to say that would be of any real (or suspected) interest to anyone. Did I mention I'm not very reliable at this sort of stuff? Thought so..

What to tell you then? One thing I could tell you is that the image in the header above is about to change, but unless you are paying very close attention, you'll probably not spot a thing. All I'll say is a brief thanks to Andrew Hreschak who created this skin. Nice work there.

One thing I do wish to get off my chest is the press treatment of Stoke City in the coverage of our games. Almost every time we play a side that doesn't beat us (as apparently some have mandated they should), you see endless sloppy commentary about how such and such side didn't play their best football and that somehow they are flat and listless. Does it never occur to them that the manner in which Tony Pulis sets out our game plan might be responsible for that. Always, the result is attributed to the opposition playing badly, never is it that we were might have been playing well and never is the team credited with that. After a while it really does stick in your throat what is said about us. I know we're not fashionable, I know we're unlikely to ever win any major honours, but at least show that you understand what is going on on the pitch and drop the cheap, lazy and 'big four' biased coverage.

I should also mention that I'm off for another stress technetium on Wednesday - or at least I will if KFNGH can decide whether the appointment is at 12:00, 08:15 or 09:30 - at least I've managed to establish that it's 'no caffeine' from 17:00 the evening before.

No pics from yesterday's Fight Cub this time - competent they may have been but, they didn't exactly set the world alight this time, though the voting isn't over for a while yet. If you're desperate, head over to the Chris of Arabia's Trash Can and look for yourself.