This is was a dreadful game apart from the result: Daggers 1 Rochdale 0
First Half
Both defences believed that crossing the half way line was reckless folly. As a result. the default ‘action’ was back-passes to the goalkeeper supplemented by 10 metre passes across the back 4. When the goalkeepers got bored they passed the ball to each other avoiding the 20 out-field players.
Second Half
Phipps had a shot on goal in the 51st minute, which was saved. Rochdale’s Rodney was stung into action with penetrating runs down the left. He was a lonely attacking player. There were no strikes on goal by Rochdale in the entire match, which disappointed their 200+ fans. A comically bad Rochdale free kick created the one piece of magic in the game.
Daggers super-star Dion Pereira became a marauder down the left and crossed superbly for Junior Morias to power home.
Breakaway goals are infrequent at Daggers and when they happen they are treasured. The breakaway took 30 seconds and blotted out the other 89 minutes.
Roll on the 3rd round of the FA Cup. We play much better against competent opposition.
What I miss most- now I’m old Is having a laugh about nothing at all Going down the pub with a few mates Having too many pints and A big bag of crisps And not giving a damn about calories Or anything at all.
What I miss most – now I’m old Is planning a summer holiday Doing a budget – “Yes we can afford it I’ll make it happen Don’t worry.” And not giving a damn about money Or anything at all
What I miss most – now I’m old Is being carefree and letting go Can there be too much laughter? When do you have enough money? How much future do you really want? And not giving a damn about Tomorrow.
In March 1945 the USA bombed Tokyo. They used incendiary bombs on a wooden city purposefully creating an inferno. The Japanese didn’t surrender. In August ‘A’ bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Pacific War ended shortly afterwards.
“Bombs dropped from 279 Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers burned out much of eastern Tokyo. More than 90,000 and possibly over 100,000 Japanese people were killed, mostly civilians, and one million were left homeless, making it the most destructive single air attack in human history.”1(my emphasis)
The ‘A’ bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, “…killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians…”2
The photos below are of Tokyo and Hiroshima after being bombed. The destruction is identical, Why didn’t bombing Tokyo end the war but that of Hiroshima and Nagasaki did?
Tokyo, March 1945
Hiroshima, August 1945
Obliterating Tokyo through conventional bombing was, ‘normal’, unlike ‘A’ bombing. The Japanese didn’t understand what had happened at Hiroshima. It was incomprehensible to them that one bomb could obliterate a city. It was the ultimate terror weapon of mass destruction. The government was psychologically shattered and saw no option but to surrender. This occurred a few days later.
The novelty of ‘A’ bombs made the psychological difference. The USA’s victory wasn’t because of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Bombing remained a strategic failure.
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