Voice of Reason: 3 September 2008

Sep 5 2008

I’M having terrible trouble making calls on my mobile phone these days.

It has to be said the signal strength is terrible at the summit of the league.

But fear not, we shall struggle on and enjoy another fortnight as kings before heading for three points at Stranraer.

Look around you, my friends. This is no league to fear. Are there decent sides? Yeah, three or four teams who will take the beating.

But over the course of 36 games there’s no doubt we should, injuries permitting, have enough to see out the task.

And this time it doesn’t look like talk.

SPEAKING of which, it’s all been kicking off on the club’s official website.

Chairman Lachlan Cameron decided to put his grapefruits in where it hurt with an open letter to the fans.

And he sure didn’t miss for hitting the wall. For that, there has to be much respect.

Lach’s speech, like a state of the Union address, was serious stuff and left us in no doubt that the waters are choppy.

No stadium means no dice. And that means a change of underwear.

But our American chief lived up to his quarterback build with some telling verbal pass completion.

In other words, he nailed some beautiful points. Let’s hope the relevant people took note.

WE’RE delving into a murky world with this week’s lookalike.

Athletics and politics never mix. Just ask Dwayne Chambers.

But it seems that Ayr Seaforth have managed to combine the two with club secretary Glen Harrower also turning out in Parliament.

He’s been whipping up all sorts of controversy in the role of Respect MP George Galloway.

And when you speak to veteran sprinter Glen, the similarities in their character are uncanny.

The VoR directs you towards the pictorial evidence. Damning beyond reproach.

FANCY a laugh this weekend? Then get yourselves down to Prestwick’s Henry Thow Oval for cricket’s biggest event of the season.

It’s the club’s social 8s competition on Sunday and some of the biggest names in armchair fanship are turning out for the occasion.

Widely tipped favourites are call centre gurus B Cogent, led by Andy Gibson and Graeme Miller.

Spin king Miller revealed: “I’ve never hit a shot in my life, so I’m in the team for my ability to get some turn out of the wicket.”

Bat on ball. It can’t be beaten.

CARNAGE in the VoR vs Dougie Morton betting challenge.

The AUFC lottery dude has streaked into a 5-1 lead as early season results go against me.

This week, Dougie goes for Andorra 0, England 3 while I’m on Serbia 4, Faroe Islands 0.

It’s all in aid of charity and a splendid trophy donated by Bobby Fulton of the Whitletts Road branch of Ladbrokes. It’s a marathon not a sprint.