7 People I would love to meet and why

Now today I've gone a bit dreamy. I've had a bit of a hard time at work and some sleepless nights so decided to have a little fun. I remember people asking me “if you could have 6 people over, from throughout history, for dinner who would you have and why?”

Now I thought about it several times and the normal names come up, JFK, Churchill, Gandhi, Bobby Moore, Newton, Alexander the Great and so on, but there are so many to choose from. So I decided to narrow the field a bit but adding in alive people only as a condition.

So here we go, and this is in no particular order:

1. Richard Branson, The guy is a real, breathing case of triumph over adversity. He is dyslexic and when he was young people did not know what it was, he was just stupid to them. I am dyslexic as well but I was lucky enough to grow up in a time when it was started to be recognised and I had lots of help. I would love to chat to him about how he over came it all to create on the the world biggest and well know brands.

2. Boris Johnson, The guy is a legend. He may just seem like a bumbling fool to most people but he is one of the best PR people in the country. He has shown a real human side which as made people like him more and more. He has bought some great changes to London with the Boris Bikes and the upgraded buses and he passion for change and a better London is 2nd to none. I think a certain Mr Cameron could well use some lessons from him.

3. Jay Z aka Sean Carter, The true rags to riches story. Kid from the projects goes on to the biggest rapper in history. What a legend, still seems a really down to earth kind of guy and despite all the fame he still knows where he came from. Could see him happy in a little dinner or eating in the best restaurants in the city.

4. Ridley Scott, One of the greatest directors of all time. Would love to chat to him about going from cult Si-fy, Alien, to massive epics, Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven. He has brought new life to the cinema. Also if all these actors are as bad as we see in the press or if it is as I suspect, blown out of proportion.

5. Sir Alex Ferguson, the football icon and best know manager in the world at the moment, I suspect Jose may have something to say about it in the future. Just to be good to talk to him about football and all the money there is in it. Also what it like to have lots of people dislike you for being so successful and what it is like to watch the managerial merry-go-round every year.

6. Prince Harry, again another legend. I'd love to go a for a drink with him. He just seems such a lad, again what we mere mortals see in the papers but he also looks like he enjoys life. He dose have a serious side with all his charity work and the army and I'd love to talk to him about all his great work as well as he gives so much of his time to his charity’s.

7. Barack Obama, Again a legend and a pioneer. When he was elected president I was so happy I thought it would be the best thing that could happen to the US since JFK. He went in on a platform of change and is still sticking to his guns. He may have had a few problems but he is talking about the hard issues and will not let people forget about them. He also sorted out a race row with a beer, legend.

Now this is my list, you may not agree with it and you might say why would he want to meet them, so come do your own and let me who you would love to meet.

Quitting before the End

Now in most cases quitting something before you have finished it can be a bad idea, stopping a film before the end, leaving a sports match before the end and so on. You never get to see the very end and sometimes it can leave you feeling a little miffed. An example can be the 1999 Champions League final. Manchester Utd are 1-0 down to Munich and there are seconds left in the game. Now some fans decided that Munich were far to good and had the game sewn up so turned off. Then what happened, 2 quick goals from Utd and a historic treble was theirs. It would not be the 1st or last time a sports team turned it around at the death. England vs Australia in the Ashes at Cardiff in 2009, who could have thought that Jimmy and Monty would survive the Australian attack for 12 overs, and ask any European golf fan of the greatest come back and they will say the 2009 Ryder cup, The Miracle of Medinah. However there are sometimes it is better to quit at the top and the main sports news this week is a great example of it. Sir Alex Ferguson, the most famous face of the Barclays premier league is retiring. He was won 20 league titles with them, 2 champions leagues and a host of other honors, 2 many to mention here. No manager in recent memory has done this and I don't think there is anyone who will any time soon. Now some people are surprised by the timing of this announcement but I’m not. The man has won all the main prizes on offer for a club manager in England even the Europe ones so why not go now. He has built a great team and will all ways be remembered as one of the greats of the game. He is 71, is having a hip operation this summer and has many other hobbies outside of the beautiful game. So I believe he has done the right thing of walking away on a high, leaving a great legacy and calling time before things started to go south. Now some would say why should it go south, well most things do after a while, film series for example, Fast and Furious was very good 2 was great but now 6 that’s getting a bit naff, Resident Evil is the same 1st one good but they should have left it there. So as a fan I would like to thank him for all his has done for the club and the sport and wish him well in whatever he chooses to do next.