Message to Andy Ritchie from JLWBigLil

'if' by rudyard kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master,
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)



Stick to your principles Andy ; attractive , expansive football aligned with 100% commitment from the players. It will win us enough games this season to ensure relegation is avoided . Entertaining football and winning football are NOT mutually exclusive .

 

I usually alter the last line to read 'you'll be a Tyke, my son'

 

I like that

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Always though it was Telly Savalas who had a hit with that &quot;If&quot; song. Was this Rudyard Kipling feller a one-hit wonder or is he the one whomade exceedingly good cakes ? </p>

 

Kevin mate, I couldn't have put the position better !!!!</p>

<font size="6">andy ritchie's red and white army !!!!</font></p>

 

RE: Not got much to say these days BUT that deserves an encore

Well done JLWBigLil.............(clap) (clap) (clap)

 

RE: Not got much to say these days BUT that deserves an encore

Well done JLWBigLil.............(clap) (clap) (clap)

 

THERE'S ONLY ONE

<u><font size="5">ANDY RITCHIE....</font></u>

 

RE: THERE'S ONLY ONE

That was quality

 

brilliant words from mike bassett

 

Mike Bassett - You'll be a mason!

Quality!

Quality post too Big Lil - the lads were fantastic yesterday and deserve all our support. When Ritchie's tactics finally "click" we'll be turning the best teams over if we keep playing like we are doing.

 

Well Said!

 

Never thought of that