Nice Girls Vs Northern Monkeys

[joggerjayne]

So this year's Netball SuperLeague final is between ...

http://www1.skysports.com/other-sports/news/12040/9277655/zeo-netball-superleague-manchester-thunder-and-surrey-storm-through-to-final

The nice Home Counties girls (Surrey Storm)

and

The northern monkeys (Manchester Thunder)

What? Whaaaat?? My reporting of the Netball is always balanced and impartial.

I show no favouritism in these things.

The Final is on Saturday.

In Worcester.

Which is one of those northern monkey type of towns, so that's obviously a complete fix.

GO STORM !!

[Eve]

Hmmm....think I'll have to go with these girls, not that I'm biased ;) They look harder.

http://www.manchesterthunder.com/ntl-squad1.html

Wow, I never knew we had a Thunderdome!!! Having looked it up though I am not excited any more...

There was a big lacrosse tournament near here not too long ago, now that's a great game!

[jno]

"COACH GABS TOWELL", what a lovely caption

[joggerjayne]

Caroline Glenn and Lucy Matthews look like they could mix it a bit.

Jen Ball has a bit of a dipsy haircut.

[joggerjayne]

Is that somewhere near Manchester, Eve?

It's the home of Hattersley's (well, they're in Eccles, I think) from whom most of us have bought every LaX stick we've ever owned.

[Eve]

Yep, was round the uni somewhere, near why I live anyway, or did you mean the "Thunderdome"...which sounds like a college netball court...

Eccles is in Salford :) Don't go there very often any more now there are other Morrisons closer and easier to get to.

[joggerjayne]

The Thunderdome IS a netball court.

Which is maybe doing it a dis-service.

Like saying Old Trafford is a football pitch.

[Eve]

Ooh is it got a bit of a netball stadium thing going on then? I don't get over that way very often, think it's near a climbing wall I went to once or twice, some time ago now, that was in a bit of a rough area though.

[joggerjayne]

Well, it's the home of Manchester Thunder.

(whose celebrity supporters are Phil and Gary Neville)

[Svejk]

///that was in a bit of a rough area though///

we know Manchester's oop north, eve.

[Eve]

Oi haha! (she types ignoring the local news about a man walking down a road with a shotgun not far away this morning...)

Ahh, I've seen one of them (the Nevilles), can't remember which one though, don't do football! They were at the City stadium.

[mushroom25]

//Like saying Old Trafford is a football pitch.//

i'm afraid that's all it is, at the moment.

[joggerjayne]

So I saw the Seagulls' home game against Middlesbrough recently.

We had songs to the effect of ...

... You've come here on your holiday

... It's f'ing grim up north

... We're paying all your benefits

... Etc

They had songs to the effect that we are all gay.

Sadly, we hadn't prepared any songs in reply to the effect of ... No, we just like to keep our options open.

lol