David Gwilliam
Well-Known Member
I thought it was time to do the kind of surreal post that usually leads Bocc to accuse me of senility and Cate to demand to know "what I am on". The answer is nothing stronger than Darjeeling.
In the 1970s I went to see a Bruce Lee movie called The Big Boss. In it Bruce Lee had made a promise to his mother that he would never fight again. For the first half of the movie Bruce Lee's skills were desperately needed but he wandered round aimlessly not fighting. This was unfortunate because cinemagoers had paid good money to see him fight. However, in the second half of the movie he ignored his promise and "kicked ass" - I would add "not before time.".
There is a clear parallel with Jermaine Beckford. Whether he had promised his mother not to score goals we can only specualate Certainly he spent the first half of the season his skills were desperately needed but he wandered round aimlesly not scoring. As with Bruce Lee this was unfortunate since people had paid good money to see him score. If Beckford had made such a promise (and we will never know) he has ignored it in recent games and on Wednesday he brilliantly "kicked ass." - again not before time.
In the 1970s I went to see a Bruce Lee movie called The Big Boss. In it Bruce Lee had made a promise to his mother that he would never fight again. For the first half of the movie Bruce Lee's skills were desperately needed but he wandered round aimlessly not fighting. This was unfortunate because cinemagoers had paid good money to see him fight. However, in the second half of the movie he ignored his promise and "kicked ass" - I would add "not before time.".
There is a clear parallel with Jermaine Beckford. Whether he had promised his mother not to score goals we can only specualate Certainly he spent the first half of the season his skills were desperately needed but he wandered round aimlesly not scoring. As with Bruce Lee this was unfortunate since people had paid good money to see him score. If Beckford had made such a promise (and we will never know) he has ignored it in recent games and on Wednesday he brilliantly "kicked ass." - again not before time.
