Bolton Wanderers FC

Greetings from sunny Oman! Sorry for rubbing it in my good friends though I’m led to believe it’s a tad nippy back in Bolton? So I’ll end the urine-extracting now (wouldn’t want to hack off all my good buddies now, would I???!!!) and press on with this week’s musings. Take care and see you all soon. Ali. X

- It’s lovely and sunny over here in Oman!

- Thanks to the boys for going out of the Cup so meekly at Sunderland at the weekend. That’s really chuffed up any hopes I had of getting first team action this season.

- I caught the Christmas special of Shooting Stars on the BBC I-Player. Nearly wet myself at George’s song (1942…I invented the shoe….).

- Congratulations to Alexandra Burke on nailing the Christmas number 1 and bollocks to everyone who thought Jeff Buckley should have been there instead. Yes, Jeff’s version is a wonderfully emotional version but there’s a time and a place – why didn’t his supporters lobby for it reaching No.1 at a time when it might actually have made it? Unfortunately, it pains me to say, Mrs Al-Habsi prefers the Cheeky Girls’ version of the tune…

- Don’t tell Mrs Al-Habsi but I’ve set the Sky+ box to record ‘Dancing on Ice’ whilst I’m away. Of course, it’s purely to be appreciative of the effort all the contestants are putting in, not just Emmerdale’s Roxanne Pallet…

- It’s hard finding a decent fry-up in Oman. What I’d do for a forkful of fried bread and sausage dipped in the juice of a few plum tomatoes…

- New ITV1 drama show Demons? Realistic? Cobblers. If Philip Glenister wants to see real evil at work, he should come and view Meggo on one of his rants when we’ve just been turned over by the likes of Wigan or Sunderland…