How do you prepare for a derby?

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Ouch...painful commute. Guess not so bad on the train.

Oakland...office is in Burlingame, but I'm usually in Palo Alto where my client is.

Yep! About two hours each way between driving and Bart. It could be worse though. We know folks who commute into the City from Stockton and Modesto. Truly brutal! Your trip isn't a picnic either though.
 
Yep! About two hours each way between driving and Bart. It could be worse though. We know folks who commute into the City from Stockton and Modesto. Truly brutal! Your trip isn't a picnic either though.

Thankfully most days I am beating the majority of the traffic. Able to come in early/leave early most days. Even then it's an hour.

If I leave anywhere near 5 o'clock in the afternoon it's 2+ hours.
 

Dying for a drink tbh, but don't have any plans/mates this eve so will have to settle for getting a few in early tomorrow
 
Hearty breakfast, don my lucky socks ( so called since Super Kevin Campbell notched in the derby), tell the missus how much I hate them scruffy over the park, get in the car, do the manchester to Goodison drive, pint and a pie in the ground whilst working out who to back for first goal scorer and then endure 90 minutes of torture. So, same ritual as every week bar the lucky socks and the torture. I absolutely f'in hate the derby.
 

I spend several days analysing the respective form of both teams, comparing the merits of each player as opposed to their likely adversary on the day; I then apply the possible effects of external influences such as press, player, owner or fan unhappiness and then make a sound, scientifically based prediction of the score (and by association my levels of delirium or despair after the game). This is then applied to my own formulae for alcohol ingestion, both prior to and after the match. For the most part in my long and largely joy-free existence as a football fan, this has been an unsuccessful exercise, hence my obesity, heavily scarred wrists and neck and my inability to form lasting relationships with the opposite sex. God I hate you Everton! :(
 
By the way, we will win three- one with goals from Lukaku, Deulofeu and Luca (og) with the faeces goal coming from Ings!
 
I spend several days analysing the respective form of both teams, comparing the merits of each player as opposed to their likely adversary on the day; I then apply the possible effects of external influences such as press, player, owner or fan unhappiness and then make a sound, scientifically based prediction of the score (and by association my levels of delirium or despair after the game). This is then applied to my own formulae for alcohol ingestion, both prior to and after the match. For the most part in my long and largely joy-free existence as a football fan, this has been an unsuccessful exercise, hence my obesity, heavily scarred wrists and neck and my inability to form lasting relationships with the opposite sex. God I hate you Everton! :(
I thought I was alone in the world. Thank you
 

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