Apocalypse Now!

"It’s the end of the world as we know it.
It’s the end of the world as we know it.
It’s the end of the world as we know it,
and I feel fine."

REM: It's the End of the World As We Know It

No, really. At 3pm British time tomorrow, according to some, we shall all be sucked into a man-made black hole thanks to the switching on of the Large Hadron Collider, a bloody great 17 mile-long tube beneath the Alps that through clever science stuff will recreate the Big Bang...and people are even placing bets on it (read the terms of the bet for a few seconds of hysterical laughter).

Why do I mention this? Because, if you've been reading any of the forums this week pertaining to UK hockey, you'd have thought it had already been switched on. With Sheffield and Cardiff locked in bitter arguments over Andrew Sharp and the events at the end of their game (basically, Sharpy got one shift all game, and went out looking for someone to kill), Hull and Nottingham arguing over whether Rick Kozak is the Antichrist (he's not the nicest of individuals, it seems, but if you read some of the posts on the Cage Forum you'd think he had cloven hooves and could kill people with a single touch) and everyone else just sitting back and watching the wailing and gnashing of teeth, there's already enough forum fodder to feed us all season long.

When it gets to the point where Sheffield are releasing press releases about not being given a DVD , it all gets just a little sad, doesn't it? And as for this quote, freely available on the front page....relating to the incident which sparked the melee in Cardiff-Brad Voth maybe or maybe not putting in a knee-on-knee hit on Randy Dagenais (hardly one to pull his leg out of the way unless absolutely necessary himself).

""We all like our toughness and our tough guys they are part of the sport but this is now getting daft, if the league doesn't stamp this out someone is going to get seriously hurt. We will see what the video shows and make our point well known. My view is that there is no place in hockey for this kind of action"

Matsos, you have signed Andrew Sharp-a player who you iced for 25 seconds at the end of a game, and whose sole shift consisted of him leaping onto the ice, dropping his gloves and punching Mike Hartwick. And you talk about "no place in hockey for this kind of action".

Please, just shut up before you embarrass yourself. And whoever writes the Steelers press releases-it may be an idea to check they punctuate your quotes properly.

Rant over...:)

Just to clear up any confusion-I'm not a Man Utd fan either-Cole and Yorke just happened to be the best sporting double-act I could think of...

That's it from me today-short and sweet. Keep keeping your eye on the puck...