Opposite ends of the planet, but both mildly relevant to me.
First off, Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder. All of United’s press conferences used to be recorded, edited and shared. But this season – for the first time ever – they’re live streamed.
See if you can notice when Wilder realises this in the video below.
Press conference errors aside though, it’s so good to see this guy smiling again after last seasons travails.
And then, this:
The weather in Cape Town continues to be pretty bloody awful, and – had it been a bit better – I was going down to the glamourous Access Park today to explore their sports shoe shops. Thankfully, because it was so nasty out, I didn’t. (But then, I suppose, if it had been a bit better, then the big thing wouldn’t have fallen down.)
As anyone familiar with this delightful place will surely attest, it’s all rather shabby. But you would have thought that they could have used some decent metalwork in the big sign at the gate, at least.
On the plus side, after this nastiness is done with (feels like -4, WTF?!?):
Check out the rest of the week:
21o isn’t going to break any records, but I’m loving those big yellow balls. (Careful now.)
And we might (for the first time in a long while) have a Spring-like Spring Day.