Having a Chucky moment We've all had them, a moment of pure frustration that contorts the face and wants to make you spit feathers. Of late Jon Gruden has chewed out players, referees and passing small rodents that have taken a wrong turning in his effort to claw out a victory or two. However, spare a thought for your loved ones. Every football season the non footballing followers of our families get to see a myriad cornucopia of wannabe chuckies. Yep, you and me. Depending how the game goes on a Sunday/Monday night does tend to be a good indicator for our behaviour for the rest of the week. After a Sunday loss, Monday mornings are not the bright cheery mornings that come after a win, especially if it's a frustrating one. The mood for the rest of the day is similar to a small volcano bubbling away, and woe betide that insufferable Eagles fan who looks at you smugly from across the office, if he so much as mentions how well his team is doing! It's not the workplace that really sees your Chucky side though, it's when you are at home sat in front of your TV, radio or computer that the devil inside gets an outing. How many of us have shouted out in frustration when a bonehead play wipes out a nice gain or score? Looked incredulously at the referee when a perfectly good play is pulled back due to holding and the replay shows nothing of the sort? Or more frustratingly pulling a Chucky face when the same mistake is done time after time after time? Usually I get a dig in the ribs and told "not to get too wound up" or more annoyingly "well there is always the washing up if this is too painful" So when a bye week turns up life tends to look up slightly. No Sunday night devil. It's a time to concentrate on other things and also gives the non footballing members of the family a nice break. Don't worry though, it's only a week and we'll all be back having our own Chucky moments in due course. In the meantime there's the washing up, redecorating, hoovering, shopping, cleaning the car etc.. etc. Roll on Sunday. Nick Mort October 2004