Seaman is in decline

Still, it's not the end of the world. We normally have to put up with a few minor heart attacks before we manage to scrape through.

True. Wales did well, though.

They did. I was going to be sarcastic, but I am actually genuinely delighted for them. Good luck to them.

Now on to the first e-mail of the day and it comes from Sally in the UK.

She says: Duncan Ferguson gets three months for giving someone a Glasgow kiss on the field of play and Roy Keane gets a five-match ban and his pocket money stopped for a week or so.

Mmm, that's a suitable punishment.

Well yeah, I think it's an absolute disgrace. I haven't drawn the comparison with Ferguson before, but I don't think Big Dunc really knows what he's doing does he?

He's a creature that follows his impulses, whereas Keane said in his book something like "I followed him around for about 93 minutes, looked at my watch and thought it's now or never".

Then he went and bloody assaulted the lad.

Keano has got off lightly

He cut him in half practically, didn't he?

If it hadn't have happened on a football pitch he'd have been in prison by now, which wouldn't have been fair on the other prisoners.

I mean you don't want hardened criminals walking around scared do you?

I can't believe it. Five games off?! He's gonna be totally gutted about that isn't he?

And the �150,000 fine - all he'd have to do would be to rent out the converted barn in the grounds of his house to get that back.

I mean he's made millions out of this book - which is due in no small part to the fact that he said "I'm going to be honest - I knacked the lad".

I'd get the stocks out for people like Keane. One of the games he's missing is the Worthless Cup and he still gets to play in Europe.

Even Julian Dicks has come out and said he should be banned for life.

The mild-mannered Julian Dicks in action

Oh well, if Julian says it, it must be right! Still, I wouldn't argue with Dicks - but then I wouldn't argue with Keane either.

If he went to argue the toss with me I'd say no, you're right. I don't think it was fair at all.

Well I'm sure that one will run and run, but for now we'll put it to bed.

Next up is John from the USA, who says: Hey Robbo, how's it hanging?! Enough of this talk about soccer and cricket, it's time to talk about REAL sport - baseball.

Oh bloody hell! Go on.

The World Series has thrown up a real shocker this year, with the Anaheim Angels playing the San Francisco Giants.

I know, I was amazed! Carry on.

It's the first time Anaheim have played in it and the first time two wild card teams have faced each other. Should be a classic!

Yes, the wild card teams, amazing. Normally it's the, er, normal cards that get through, but this time it's the wild cards, John's right.

Er, haven't got a clue what you're talking about.

But isn't it Anaheim where Disneyland is, or Disneyworld?

I think so.

Baseball is a goofy sport

How appropriate is that. Every time I think of baseball I think of them goofy cartoons where he gets a bat shoved down his throat.

I don't know about you, but I don't want to watch fat blokes standing on mounds spitting streams of tobacco all over the place.

That's my image of baseball. Not a moment of thought has gone into it as far as I'm concerned.

Then there's the World Series that features only American teams.

I know. I mean they play it in Cuba and Japan, so it's a bit out of order.

They had softball as well at the last Olympics, which is just as cack.

We used to play that at school.

Well that's where it should stay.

It's one of them sports that was invented so fat lads could get a bit of p.e.

Well John, there's Robbo's thoughts - and I've got to say I'm not surprised. Ask a silly question....

Now then, Alex Csar from Australia says: Never mind if the Waughs can play (and we're pretty certain that Mark can't), but Australia will still make England look like a village team.

Sobers is a good judge

Ah, but Gary Sobers reckons England can give you Aussies a scrap and he knows what he's talking about.

I think the only problem we're gonna have is finding 11 fit players to start the first Test.

Flintoff can't bat at the minute and Goughie's not going to be fit. We've picked a squad of people, half of whom aren't fit and the other half who didn't really want to be there in the first place.

I honestly think with our batting line-up we're gonna give you a test though, Alex.

Well, if we bat first we might have a chance.

Yeah, that's our best hope - to put a few runs on the board.

It's the first Ashes series I've looked forward to in a while.

Cricket's one of them games where every series that comes around I think we can't be as cack as we were last time.

But at the moment we're on a bit of an up and I think the time is right to beat the over-30s club that is the Australian cricket team.

Let's hope so. Well we're going to end on a serious note - this comes from Jenny in the UK, who says:

Hi Robbo, I know you generally look at the world of sport a bit tongue-in-cheek, but what are your views on the ugly racism that is springing up around Europe again?

The treatment of Emile Heskey was appalling

The treatment Emile Heskey and Ashley Cole got got in Slovakia was appalling. What sort of punishment/education do you think is needed?

Well I listened to all that and I thought the reason the Slovakians don't know how to respond to people of a different colour is because no-one wants to go there.

If you're an immigrant looking for a better way of life, you're not going to go to Slovakia are you?

Racism basically is about ignorance. If you don't know any black people you probably think they're all the same.

I'm not surprised about the Slovakians. They don't know owt - they've only been in the real world about 10 years.

It's the Dutch and people like that I worry about - I mean look at that treatment that was dished out to Henry.

I hope the black players stay on the pitch and continue to take the mick out of the opposition.

And if it carries on, I think Uefa should start docking points, it's as simple as that.

If they get docked points we won't have to put up with their bloody fans any longer, because they won't be in the tournaments.

And that includes the Dutch. I know we all want to see the Dutch play, but if their fans are doing it, given that half the team's black, then it's ridiculous.

But let's not start getting all holier than thou about this - there's still a right bunch of pillocks at the Riverside who I don't wanna stand next to.

Geremi is letting his feet do the talking

There's only a few of them, but in Geremi we've now got the best right-sided player in the Premiership apart from Beckham, so that's teaching them a lesson.

Anyway, dock 'em points, that's what I say.

Sounds like a good idea to me Robbo. Unfortunately we've run out of time.

Great to talk to you as ever - what are you up to this weekend?

I'll be running around the garden screaming because of the Macedonia result. I won't recover from that for a couple of months.

And then we'll be playing Australia or someone in a friendly and if we lose that I don't even want to talk to you!

I'll bear that in mind.

Ai. Anyway, keep up the good work at Loftus Road. Who have you got this week?

We're away at Cheltenham.

Well put a few bob on the horses for me.

Will do. See you then, Robbo.

Ta-ta, son.